Evening star., 1924-02-18
TALKS and TALES
With and .4Lout
CAPITALS GUESTS

up Saturday, when proceedings were
postponed.
Hardly had the much-prayed-for
gong sounded, and the committee
room emptied. than Immediately all
local hotel lobbies began to fill, and
until far into the night "oil" was
discussed from every conceivable
angle.
The tragic Developments of the past
week were thrashed out to a fare
thee-well, and while many were dubi-
Gus as to the final outcome of the
hearings all were as one in express
ing delight over the body blow dealt
civilizations common foe. the whis-
peTing campaigner and probably you,
too, would have joined in had you
been present, for:
run across him. the rooster" who
features they say; the heard-and-
seen gink who takes keen delight in
passing the buzz" of the day: the
gumshoe "persimmon" who totes
in town; the pussyfoot goof who
never sleeps well till his findings are
dealt all around.
They say that young Richly is
beating his wife" he'll, tell you with
countenance bland. And that old
Squeezem is plumb on the rocks, with
none to extend him hand" And
when you inquire for chic Mrs
Fluff, whose hubby's but recently
dead. he'll pull YOU down closer and
whisper it low: "They say that she's
secretly we'd
And so he trips carelessly on
through the crowd, ever chirping his
venomous lay; Il Stacker at heart
with the personal pronoun, but a
bearcat when dealing out they"
Not a thought of the damage his
prattle may cause, caring less about
whether it's true; restless hyena,
unhappy and sore, when not dishing
out gossip to you.
But. like all others, he'll sure have
an end, and like others will have to
relate all that he's done throughout
his career when he reaches the heay-
enly gate. And while it sounds cruel.
we'd like much to see just whether
or not he will grin when old Saint
Peter has told him point blank. "They
say you're not wanted Within
X X X X
But suppose, Dad, just suppose:
That when the lid is lifted
by the wisest in "the know
The pot is full of water,
And there is no tea" TO flow?
X x x x
Waiting in the lobby of the New
Willard until Representative A. f.
B. Stephens of the second Ohio dis
trict had told former Senator Atlee
Pomerene how glad he was that
President Coolidge had chosen him
special counsel for the oil squabble
and that the Senate had approved the
appointment. CONGRATULATIONS were
extended the noted Buckeye lawyer.
and when asked If he would return
TO Ohio before assuming his duties.
he said
Il can't tell. My plans are indefi-
mite at present. After c"nferrinE
with my Cnlleacus. IL might he that
| will slip ont home for day before
l buckle down to work.
Senator pOmcrpr" was the center
of all eyes at the hotel. and he was
kept busy accepting congratulations
from the many En' a. ne eib' ID
through the crow the cle
for his apartm"r
When You ca" down
enough To sh' 60 ioetida OF
the front page the. all ~
question about IL be-
ton.
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ABOUT TWO months ago at.
Lantenberg of Brooklyn, y. Y s.
ped at the Hotel Shoreham, and whe
asked to. express an opinion on tn.
political situation in his section said
there appeared to be a strong senti-
ment in favor of President Coolidge.
IF the President manages to pre-
serve his exceptionally cool head for
the next two months he will sweep
the country" said the physician at
the time.
The brooklyn man returned to the
Shoreham Saturday and the first
thing he exclaimed when greeted by
the writer was: He managed to pre-
serve it,
Does that mean the Coolidge
sentiment is growing in Brooklyn,
docter?"
1T means that nothing else is
talked of all over New York. No one
considers any other republican has
chance for the nomination, and while
this might sound a bit presumptious.
coming from a republican, there are
thousands Of democrats up our way
who will be perfectely satisfied if he
runs away with the election"
Who remembers when all a guy had
to think about in presidential year
was now pig the eleclloH poHHre was
going to be?
X j: x X
The presidents reputation for re-
markable poise under any and all
circumstances is fast spreading
throughout the country for according
to Jesse f. Mcdonald. former Cover
nor of Colorado, republicans of the
Centennial state are rallying around
the Coolidge banner like track walk
ers to a pay car. especially since the
determined stand he took regarding
the oil confiagration.
the old school, is not unlike the Chief
Executive when it comes to reserve.
He arrived at the Hotel La Fayette
yesterday, on his way to New York.
and had not been apprised of the
fact that the republican central COM
mittee of Colorado had indorced him
for the United States senatorship, the
news having been flashed after he
left Leadville, his home.
80 they went to work and did it.
eh?" smiled the quiet westerner.
We'll. reckon now my hat is In
the ring"
Asked if he thought Mr.. McAdoo's
connections with the Doheny interests
would react against him in Colorado,
Mr.. Mcdonald said he was afraid they
would. From all l could gather from
my democratic friends before leaving
home" he added. 'it looked very
much is if Mr.. McAdoo' was done with
out there
He reported conditions in his home
state as most healthy, and said that
while cattle men were prlImhlfpp