Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-15
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BY HARRY B. HUNT
(NEA Service Writer)

AoI11NG 4OIH-<1iI GdQy w 0oAt-
ington is figuring the effect of Presi-
dent Harding's death on the coming
seasons social calendar. What had
been looked forward to as a-winter
Of unusual brilliance and activity
now seems certain to be quiet and
Subdued.
To begin with. custom DEGREES a
six months period of Off Il mourn
ing, following the death of a presi-
dent, during which time all official
social functions are beneath the ban.
This situation also has brought
about considerable speculation as to
how soon President and Mrs. Coo
lidge will take over occupancy of the
White House. Guesses range all the
way from n to six months.
President Arthur permitted an en-
tire year to elapse following the as
sassination of President Garfield be-
fore he moved into the executive
mansion. 1t was eight months after
President Lincoln was killed before
Andrew Johnson took possession OF
the official residence. The Roose-
velts moved in within a few weeks
following President McKinley's
death, largely due to the fact that
Mrs. Mckinley, an invalid, already
had returned to Canton to live and
had left but few personal possessions
In the White House.
Because of the heavy strain Mrs.
Harding has undergone and the
rather precarious condition OF her
health, 1t Is believed President and
Mrs. Coolidge will insist hat she
| take her time in winding up her af-
fairs at the White House.
Politics and poetry seldom run
| hard-in-hand, but ]. Alfred Taylor.
| congressman-elect from Fayetteville.
| w. Va, demonstrates they are not
an impossible combination. The
broad sweep of Taylor's poetic in.
spirations is indicated by the follow
Ing lines;
1--WE cut a pawpaw fishing pole:
I've dug a can of bait;
I've a hook and line and the day is
fine
I won't be home till late!"
Taylor understands how to catch
the public interest with popular
catch-line phrases. Once he has his
hearers hooked, then he proceeds to
teach his lesson, He publishes a
paper in the center OF a great coal
mining territory. Its name is 1.-THE
Pick and Shovel"
There's at least one United States
senator, born in the United States,
free, white and past thirty-five, who
is totally disqualified as a candidate
for the presidency by reason of the
place of his BIRTH He is Henry F.
Ashurst, Democratic senator from
Nevada-over six feet tall, straight,
slender, aquiline features, black
haired and handsome.
1t happened that Ashurst was born
while his parents were on their way
from California to Arizona. No log
house, no adobe hut, nut even a tent
stake or sardine can marks the spot
And a candidate for the presidency,
though humble birth be an asset,
must at least be able to point with
pride to the lowly home where he
first saw day. All Ashurst can do Is
point to the Great American desert,
Politicians can't see 1t!
William Tyler Page, clerk of the
House of Representatives, is seeking
someone to teach him a Scandina-
Wan accent before next congress
convenes, December 8. Unless he
acquires 1t he will be Unable to pro-
nounce properly the name of the new
member from Minnesota, who sue
ceeds Andrew J.. Volstead-A. ].
Kvale.
Magnus Johnson solved the prob
lem for George Sanderson, secretary
of the senate, by defeating Governor
Preus, pronounced Price" But the
only way out for Page seems to be
to learn how to say Kyale-and you
don't say it like it looks. The near
est he has gotten to 1t is "Kwalley,'
but those who have heard him, say
he still lacks several degrees of CIV
ing it the distinctive Minnesota
Scandinavian flavor.