Evening star., 1924-07-06
Tales of Well Known Folk
- In Social and Official Life
White House Proving Restful to the Distinguished
- Occupants-Camp Life Lures Younger
Set of Ofacialdom.
BY MARGARET h. DOWNING.


occupants. who are to pass the entire
summer here. Mrs Coolidge and her
sons can now spend some of the
morning hours in the spacious rooms
on the main floor, and occasionally
the presiding lady tries the beautiful
gilt piano in the east room which
had excited her admiration on her
first visit to her present home some
fifteen years ago. Mrs. Coolidge has
brought into the historic mansion
fewer personal possessions than per-
;haps any misaress who has ever
sgraced it. Practically her wardrobe
and that of the President and boys,
land those smaller intimate posses
ssions belonging to the sewing table
,and some cherished photographs,
books and desk necessa ries, are all
that the Coolidges claim as their
own.
s Mrs. Harding, the immediate pred
,ecessor of the present first lady,
could not feel entirely comfortable or
at home without the familiar objects
in sleeping apartments. dining room
and sitting rooms to which she had
been accustomed. so that she brought
to the White House a larger assort-
ment Of household equipment than
any first lady in recent years.
: Mrs. Taft was another to whom her
own belongings had an attraction
not felt for those which the govern
sment provides. and she, too, had a
heavy task when moving out to max e
room for the next occupant. Neither
of the wives of the late President
Wilson had many of their own things
ih use at The White House. The
second Mrs. Wilson stored all the
furnishings of her home on New
Hampshire aenue in the attic, and,
owing 10 the serious state Of her
Husbands health when she departed
.on March 4. 1921. to give place to the
tHardinsS. she was unable to send for
them until the following summer.
She and Mrs. Harding had many
pleasant reunions while she was super
intending their removal
Camp life is a lure for the sons and
daughters of some of the most dis
tinguished members of officia dom
and no doubt all the boys of the
country are interested to know that
John and Cal jr.. of the Coolidge
family. after nice, long visit to
their parents. will go to Camp Dew
ems. Mass. to remain until the end
OF August. The two sons of the Sec
retary of Commerce and Mrs. Herbert
Hoover have for several years been
among the directors of d Boy Scout
camp near Santa Barbara. Calf, and
already they are at work in their
usual haunts, although young Her
bert has matrimonial intentions to
abstract his attention from purely
masculine sports. Both the Hoover
boys spent few months in Wash
;ington in the autumn of 1921 and
were attendants at the Western High
School. But they are incura bly, Cali
fornians. and after one session they
begged off and returned to some rela-
stiveS at San Francisco and re-entered
their former academy there. Both
are now al Leland Stanford. the alma
mater of their parents, and Herbert,
,jr, will take his degree next June.
!. Col Henry D. Lindley, past com
smander of the American Legion and
director of the war risk bureau. is it
was called during the world war. has
:recently returned from ondon, and en-
route to his home in Texas made
brief visit here. Among his duties in
connection with the legion was to in
sNite the Prince of Wales to the next
convention of the organization, to be
iheld in St. Louis in 1925. and his idea
throne is apt to look With kindly eye
ION any invitation which calls him
back to this continent. AS he is GO
ling to the ranch ini Alberta next
sspring. there are many straws which
point to his participating in the big
convention of the legion. where so
many Canadians will be present. The
,prince this year is reluctantly COM
,pelled to renounce his determination
It'd visit his property in Canada at
a
spfre exhibition is keeping every
irnember of the royal family on the
Jump, and he could not think of per-
hitting his father and brothers to
shoulder all the responsibility of ap
.pearing at functions and receiving
delegations of loyal citizens from the
iuttermost confines of the earth who
ARRIVE in London bearing gifts. AL
ready large section of the Albert
and Victoria Museum is crowded with
unique presents brought to the Brit
.ish rulers by the people Of the Aus
flralasian continent, of the African
possessions and from the myraitIi of
islands of the South Seas, where the
union jack floats.
: Mr.. oliver La Fargo, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant La Fargo and brother of
.e;hristopher La Fargo. who recently
married Miss Louise Hoar. daughter
;of Mrs. Frederick Gillett, wife of the
iSpeaker, has proved what has often
tbeen remarked. that all of his family
tare phenomenally talented and are
capable, as DR.. A. Lewrence Lowell
sof Harvard recently remarked, of
formulating the ancient Athenians in
turning truth into beauty" Young
mfr. La Fargo, grandson of the emil
tnenu artist. John La Fargo. was the
honor man of his class and was. in
addition. author of the 1924 class
poem and of the stirring words of
.the baccalaureate hymn which was
Sung during the Sunday service
John La Farge's memory at Harvard
will not dim while his most wonder
iful achievement lives. The battle
window. looks down on the gradu
,.ates from the south portal of the
memorial hall Grant La Fargo is
the architect of the Cathedral of st.
lJohn the Divine. and his brother and
iassociate, Bancel, is a mural artist
land worker in stained glass and has
.designed all the decorations both Of
stemple on Riverside drive. in New
York city. Previous to this eminent
work Mr.. Bancel La FARCE had at
.tained a wide reputation for similar
achievements in St. Patrick's Roman
Iratholic Cathedral and the Catholic
chapel at West Point The La Farges,
.who are ancient dwellers on Man
haitian and are established there in
many distinct branches, have col
.ony of beautiful summer homes at
.Saunderstown, r. l., where. adjacent
Ito each other, they pass the heated
term. Miss Mabel La Fargo. daughter
of the Grant La Farges, spent much
thine in Washington during the life
of her aunt, the late Mrs. Henry Ad-
ans. She recently published series
LOT memoirs of the Adams house, now
sthe Brazilian embassy, during the
golden days of literature, when the
historian and the late John Hay were
/. the leading spirits of distinguished
cpterie.
ic- Miss Laura Harlan is resting from