The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-10

the ranks of the Democracy who are
not McAdoo men.
Young Folk Throng Washington.
With good grace and with entire
honesty OF heart any American today
well might paraphrase Browning and
say "Oh to be In Washington now It's
April there"
Many thousands of Americans, the
great majority of them of school age,
are in Washington glorying in April
and enjoying the sights of the season
and of the setting which the city gives
1t. Grammar school, high school boys
and girls, college men and college
women, instructors and professors
are here. They have taken over the
town, every guide TO the places of
note therein and the vast majority of
the hotel rooms, to say nothing of all
sitting and standing room In the vari-
Gus kinds of public conveyances.
Somewhere in the crowd probably is
future president Of the United
States; possibly as things are going 1t
may be school girl now here who
one day will look out of instead Of
into window of the White House.
Early in April Washington had a
blizzard. The residents looked on
snow six inches deep when they peered
out of their bedroom windows. The
fear was that everything which was
just about to burst into spring beauty
would be killed, but luckily the buds
o1 n 10
affected by the cold, which happily
was not severe. Snow seldom kills
anything unless accompanied by freez-
ing temperature.
Blossoms and Bridal Couples.
Today virtually every yard and
every park In this city is a place of
glory. The japanese magnolias, the
blossoms of which come before the
leaves appear, are in full bloom. The
forsythia and the jasmines cover a
thousand bushes with a blanket of
yellow, the crocuses are gone, but the
hyacinths are here, the first tulips
are in bloom and the perennial pam
sizes form variegated spreads for a
thousand garden beds.
AS usual at this season the brides
and the groOms are here. Sometimes one
finds himself wondering why they
come to Washington to see the sights
when neither one of each couple has
eyes for anything excepting the other
member of the couple. The wonder is
that a score or so of these joy walkers
are not sacrificed daily to the joy
riders juggeSnauts.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution knew what they were
about when they chose the week of
April 10 as the time for their annual
convention and the city of Washing
ton as the place for it. The delegates
and the alternates to the convention
have been here $500 strong, and with
them came their sisters, their daugh-
ters and In some cases their mothers,
to say nothing of their cousins and
their aunts.
Brilliant D. A. r. Gathering.
On the opening night of the conven-
tion Continental hall presented one of
the most brilliant scenes possible to
visualize. The gathering embodies all
that is finest In American womanhood
and every state In the Union was rep
resented. 1t was brilliant scene when
the President of the United States ap-
peared upon the platform accompanied
by Gen. John ]. Pershing and the Eng
lish, French, japanese and Brazilian
ambassadors. General Pershing fol-
lowed President Coolidge in the speak
ing list. He was given a reception
that must have made him pleased and
prideful.
. The Daughters of the American
Revolution have no antagonism. as
some organizations of American fe-
males have, for meu who are willing
to fight for their country. Pershing's
plea for preparedness for defense pur-
poses was strong and to the point
He knew his audience and knew his
message would be carried to every
state in the Union and probably felt
that some of the sinister propaganda
which has been continuing ever since
the day when some weak one wrote
81 didn't raise my boy to be a SOL
dier" might be Offset and perhaps
nullified.
Heat has not yet descended In
Washington. 1t may be laggard this
year. for sometimes the sizzling days
do not come until late In June. AS
things are climatically just now one
wonders how they could be improved.
The capital is at its best in spring
and fall. In summer 1t frequently Is
unspeakably hot while in winter, If
one may so speak, there Is neither
fish, flesh nor fowl in the way Of
climate. There is not here the cold
of the North, nor the warmth of the
South, but just a mixture Of the two
generally accompanied by a chilly
drizzle which makes for the general
discomfort of man.
Washington today is great flower
garden, one that is filled with sing