Evening star., 1924-01-07
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

uaSh ABOUT politics out In llllnolS!'
Regardless of the attitude taken
by the states two distinguished rep
resentatives in the Senate, the vast
majority OF" Illinois republicans will
demand that the entire delegation to
the coming G.. o. P. convention cast
Its vote for the nomination of Calvin
Coolidge to succeed himself az Presi-
dent of these United States"
This was the unqualified statement
released by Col. B. NJ, Chiperfield of
Canton. ILL.,, millionaire lawyer. for
mer member of Congress and arduous
worker for Uncle Sam during the
great war. When asked for an opin-
ion on the situation at the Hotel La
Fayette, he said.
Much has appeared in the news
papers of late regarding the actions
Of Senators Mccormick and McKin-
ley and l would like to take this oppor-
tunlty to say that no matter to which
camp their support finally goes the great
rank and file of republican voters feel
perfectly capable of padding their
own canoe-they need no instructions.
The truth of the matter is both
senators realize that merry old time
awaits them when they come up. for
re-election. That both will have the
fights of their lives to retain their
seats is freely predicted in all sec
tions of the state"
nel?"
johnson is making some stir in
Illinois. but for the most part it
is all on the surface. President
Coolidge's following Is growing each
day His everyday manner appeals
to the majority of our people, and |
am not stretching 1t a bit when
say that democrats have told me
canfidentialiy. they hoped he will be
Col Chiperfield reported condi-
tions in his immediate section as on
the boom. Canton. q town of $4,000
population. is the home of the Inter
national Harvester Company's flour
manufacturing plant the largest of
such mills In the world. In the i'm
mediate neighborhood more than
two thousand five hundred. miners
work IN the bituminous coal deposits,
and all the surrounding country is
rich in agriculture.
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You know, this scooting around
from place to place asking folks for
opinions on this and that matter Is
the best thing in the world to make
q bird tolerant. Here you meet one
enthusiast who'd gamble the wifes
new electric curler, that President
Coolidge will "gallop" with the rest
of them struggling. while maybe his
own brother will turn deaf ear If
mention is made of any other than
NcAdoo.
For instance. standing in the lobby
of the New Willard Hotel young w.
u. Mcdowell of Scotland Neck, n. c..
son OF the owner of the mammoth
Scotland Neck cotton mills. and him
self superintendent, discussed politics
most earnestly with his brother-in-
law, Evans NJ. Johnson. Bucknell Col
lege student, and son Of the late Gen.
Evans NJ. Johnson, U. S. A, who died
recently in Paris
Approaching the duo. and tackling
Mcdowell first. the all-absorbing
question was put.
erner. there's absolutely nothing to
IT but McAdoo. We in North Caro-.
lima are for him to a man. and un-
ouestionably our delegation will be
be elected, too
DO they feel the same way up
In your section. Mr.. Johnson"
Do Buckneii is located at Lewisburg.
Before You came up / went over the
same thing with Billie, here. and
really can't make him out. He SAYS
that the boil weevil passed them by
this year, and that business has been
exceptional, yet he permits his brain
70 get In such state that he honestly
believes what he just told you. No.
Mister, we in Pennsylvania have al
ready begun to figure on possible
candidates for 1928-this years ex~
citement Is practically over. I sim
cerely hope the Coolidge's have an In
augural ball-have you heard any
mention of it?" and with that the two
relatives beat 1t for Keith's
And while with the younger Sener-
alton. let's chalk up a mark for one
OF Its Washington members, John
Townsley Rogers. author of Once In
Red Moon, the book that obtained
SUCH marked popularity this fall. the
story of which deals with New York
and the Florida coast.
Encountertng the young author I'm
the Lee House 1T was learned that he
In New York. as literary critic for
Brentano's Book Chat
Son of Otis j. Rogers, newspaper
man. young Rogers was educated in
the public schools of the city. grad
natlng from Central High School in
1919, when he entered Harvard Uni
Nerslty In the class of 1918 and
Completed his course in year less
than the usual period, because of
the war. he having served with the
nying corps of the service.
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10 nourisl1 somewhat hazy idea
or a far-away land. its people and
life. without troubling to investigate
Whether the harbored comic opera
impression is justified or not is post
unfair, especially when subsequent
events prove that the country in
question is the homeland of one Of the
most live, progressive and up-to-date
nations to be found in the old world
since the remaking Of Europe.
Prior to the time a call was mad.
on Mr. a. Pip, Ssthonian envoy ex-
tTaorolnary and minister plenipoten-
,Iiary TO the United States, ali that
Ine writer didn't know about the
!Esthontan republic would fill every
than that of Denmark. Belgium. HoI-
land and Switzerland. but following a
delightful hours chat with this
charming diplomat at the Shoreham
and Esthonia became real.
MT. Pip but recently arrived In
washington and will shortly open the
Esshonian sSshea legation at Massachusetts,
ister speaks English fiuently, and
wnen not fighting against Russian
oolshevtsts-the Esthonian's bitterest
enemy-he served his country as
ssiaen' afaIrs Hs ana also minister as Of foreign
Tartu University, founded in 1892,
and at one time taught at the Uni
-Yersity of Petrograd. He edited the
Waoa maa (free country, a flourish
ing newspaper Of Reval, and is a
close friend of Constantine Paets.
present head of the Esthonian Re-
public.
The diplomat reported conditions
generally in his homeland as good,
and said that aside from bad harvests
resulting from frequent foods, busi-
ness was normal and his people
happy.
LAS you know, we declared our in
dependence In 1917" said the for
eiSner. Our currency was stabilized
in 1920 and by 1921 all powers in
Europe. including the bolshevists,