The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-28

q famous walker and now that his
duties leave him so little time for
recreation he has solved the prob.
lem OF getting enough exercise by
walking to the State Department IN
the morning, home for luncheon at
noon, back to the office afterWard
and home again in the evening
good six miles a day. Mrs. Hughes
and her daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Hughes, are both accomplished be.
destrians and although their engage.
ments do not permit Of their walk.
Ing with the Secretary very often
they usually find time for e brisk
walk during the day.
When Miss Hughes attended the
Cathedral School for Girls on the
outskirts of town, it was her
mothers custom to drive out to meet
her each afternoon, dismiss her car,
and walk in with her daughter
through Massachusetts avenue; and
now that she is a student at a
school in town other excuses for
their daily walk are found.
William Phillips, sometime Under.
secretary Of State and now AIneri.
can Ambassador to Belgium, used to
be a member in good and regular
standing Of the ''Walk-to-Work Club 4
tramping in every day from Beau.
voir, his home out by the Cathedral,
to the State Department. And oc.
casionally his successor, Joseph G.
Grew, who leased Beauyoir when
Mr.. Phillips left washington, may
be seen following in his footsteps
down Massachusetts, avenue. More
regularly, however, he motors in.
Eliot Wadsworth, Assistant Sc.
cretary OF the Treasury, is a per.
sistent. pedestrian and frequently
one meets him walking briskly up
Sixteenth street with his chief,
Mr.. Mellon. The Secretary of the
Treasury walks to his office relig,
iously and home again in the after.
noon ''irregardless' of the weather.
Retiring French Ambassador
Is Ardent Pedestrian.
The French ambassador, NJ, Jus;
serand, over whose recall all Wash.
iIlgton is sorrowing, is fond of walk.
ing, particularly these glorious gu
tumns days. Nowadays Nine. JUS
Serand is always his companion, but
in President Roosevelt's day he
used frequently to accompany the
doughty colonel on his tramps. In.
deed, it is of him that Archie Butt
tells the following engaging anec.
dote in his inimitable letters:
1t seems that Colonel Roosevelt,
M Jusserard and companion came
out upon the river bank in the dead
OF the country after stiff walk one
warm spring day and being over.
heated, they were moved to strip
and plunge into the river for q
SWIM. Just as they were knee deep
In the water the President noted
that NJ. JUsserand was wearing a
pair. of black gloves. Undoubtedly
he had forgotten to remove them,
but when the Colonel demanded to
twinkle, "Well, You see Mr.. Presi.
dent, / thought some ladies might
happen by.
Other determined diplomatic walk.
ers are Doushan Marinovitch, the
Serbian legation "a distinguished
bearded figure-and his coTnpatriot,
Mr.. Godjevac, Of the legation staff.
This striking pair are daily to be
met on Sixteenth street and so much
ground do they cover, that they
are frequently to be encountered q
few minutes later half across town
on Connecticut avenue extended.
X The Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Hoover are excellent mixers,
but somehow they seem to find little
time for such things here-walEing
In the city has no charms for them
land do most OF their tramping
when they are at their home in
Palo Alto, Cal.
Trio Of Pedestrians Seen i'm Rock
Creek Park in Early Mornings.
An interesting trio Of pedestriuns
was to be seen almost every morn.
ing In the spring and early summer