Evening star., 1924-11-26
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SIMPLE HOLIDAY
Few Guests May Be Asked to
Dine at White House
With Coolidges.

Simplicity will mark the service OF
Thanksgiving at the White HOUSE
tomorrow. Other than attending
special Thanksgiving service, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Coolidge will follow out their
regular routine.
AS will be the case in most Ameri-
can homes, turkey will feature the
Thanksgiving dinner, and it Is
thought likely that several close
friends will be invited to participate
in this feast The dinner will, how
ever, be at the customary hour, 4
o'clock, and after the meal the
President, Mrs. Coolidge and her
guests will remain in the White
House during the evening.
SON Stays Mt School.
John Coolidge. the son OF the
President and Mrs. Coolidge, who is a
student at Amherst College, did not
return home for the Thanksgiving
holidays, having postponed his visit
at the suggestion Of his parents
until the Christmas holidays. when
he will be at the White House for
more than three weeks. The only
house guest who will be with the
President and Mrs. Coolidge will BE-
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns Of
since election. night.
The President his wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. Stearns will attend the morning
services at the First Congregational
Church and It is understood follow
ng the service they will motor for
probably an hour or more before re-
turning to the White House.
The size OF the turkey that VIII
grace the White House table tomor-
row or anything about its history
has not yet been made known, but
one Of the White House attaches
said today the bird will be Of ample
size to fill the needs of the situa-
ton. 1t has been reported that Billy
Sunday, the evangelist was send
ing a. large bird TO President Coolidge
for his Thanksgiving dinner, but III
noon today this had not arrived.
Those who see-to il that the presi-
Dental menus are always success
fully carried out said today that
another turkey has been obtained
and Is being made ready for torlor-
row and it will be OF little moment
If Sundays turkey fails to put il
an appearance in time.
During the past day or so more
than a score OF wild ducks and pa
tridges have been received at the
White House by admirers of the
PreSl0ent, ana i Is understood tEat
some of these birds Will form. the
principal feature of the midday meal
tomorrow. Col. 3. +. Sly of Yuma
iriz, presented TO the President to-
day crate Of grapefruit and navel
oranges grown on his place in Ari-
zona. He was accompanied to the
White House by Senator Ashurst OF
Arizona.
Following a conference with the
President today, Senator Gooding
stated that he is very eager to see
some action taken at tho coming
short session Of Congress that would
afford general relief TO the agricu-
tura1 situation in this country. He
said he looked upon this subject as
one of the most important ones that
this session of Congress will have I"
face and that there should be no de-
lay in enacting a law that would give
the American farmer substantial as
sistance and would necessarily con-
tribute largely to the prosperity OF
the country. The Idaho Senator said
that in the event that agricultural
Legislation fails during this coming
shot session the President should
lose no time in calling an extra ses-
sion of the new Congress to settle
this matter.