Evening star., 1923-09-14

In one of the London papers the
other day it was suggested that Presi-
dent Coolidge is a Quaker. or of
Quaker ancestry. INQUIRY at ethe
White House disproves the report.
All the Coolidges of American record,
beginning with Iohn Coolidge of the
vintage of 1882, have been Congrega-
tionalists Edward T. Clarke, the
Presidents personal secretary. enter
ed Official denial to the. Quaker story
with a lament. Sorry" he said, I'D
like to lay claim to the Quaker vote.
but the ancestral tree won't allow it.
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william Knowles Cooper of wash
ington. general secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association, is
proud to call himself "a fighting
Christian, In an eloquent peroration
before the Rotary Club, of, which he
is a past president, Cooper was re-
counting his recent observations in
Europe and narrating the militaristic
state of mind there dominant. "On
Tuesday of this week" he said. Il
sazed skyward in New York and saw
1.-THE shimmering ZR-1 floating. over our
heads. 1 said to myself: I'm for
that. Let's build more of them Then
Is saw the escorting airplanes that
were circling around the Leviathan of
the heavens l said: I'm for them.
Lets build more of them. l am a
Christian. / am for peace. But love
my family, my home, my civilization
and my country. and L want for them
of q
A sermon which our national council
for preventions of preparedness might
circulate with profit.N
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David Lloyd George has a special
obi jeet in entering the United States
through a side door-the noble state
of Minnesota. He wants to meet Sem
ator-eIect Magnus Johnson. Ar
Efangements have been made for him
to do so. His secretary and advance
agent. Sir Alfred Cope, was in Mime
sofa and st. Paul this week, and, In
connection with other plans, fixed up
a confab with the newest luminary in
the farHner-labor constellation. Also
IL. c." wants to inspect some typlcal
American wheat farms. He will find
them dotted with shocks in Minnesota
Eby the time he reaches there in the
second week of October, but his Go
pher state. hosts will have a plenty
Of rural magnificent distances to ex-
y *.*
I Thst S. p. C. s. P. G. Isl America s
latest fraternal organization. It's the
society for the Prevention of Calling
Sleeping-car Porters George" The
following are the society's patrons
and officers:
George washington, patron saint.
|. Admiral George Dewey, patron
Gen. George Goethals, honorary
president.
George NJ. Cohan, honorary vice
King George v. English represent
George AIDE, poet laureate.
George T. Dexter, honorary treas
ureF,
Following is an explanatory extract
ANY member may elect new men,
| her by issuing a membership card and
administering a the oath of allegiance
to the sole object of the society.
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James j. Davis, Secretary of Labor,
expects to be the first member of the
Coolidge administration to fly ACROSS the
country. He will combine business with
pleasure, If the trip comes off. Mr.,
Davis is pledged to attend the American
iLegion convention at San Francisco in
/ october, but requires to be at Moose
heart, H., the orphanage of the Loyal
Order of Moose, to welcome Lloyd
George at almost the same time. He
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nlents by travelling to California with
a pilot of the air-mail service, and
| this is what he would like to do. Mr..
Davis contributes "A panegyric on War
| rem G.. Harding TO the current number
tof the Moose. magazine. He calls the