The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-13
MAYFLOWER
ON WEEKEND
CRUISE
President and Mrs. Cool
idge Have Guests
Aboard Yacht
BY. JEAN ELIOT.

president AND MRS. COOL
IDGE started this afternoon
for q weekend cruise aboard the
MayfIower. their first In several
weeks. as they were in st. Paul
last Sunday and the Sunday before
the President had engagements
which kept him In Washington.
As usual, they are accompanied by
q small group of guests-about all
the Mayflower can accommodate
comfortably for an overnight
cruise.
This time President and Mrs.
Coolidge's guests are Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Kellogg, General
John J. Pershing, General John A.
Lejeune, commandant of the marine
corps; Mrs. Lejeune and Arthur
Brisbane.
trips has become almost q ritual.
Setting sail early on Saturday aIter-
noon. the Presidents yacht cruises
1list far enough down the Potomac
to allow OF the return journey be-
ing comfortably made by Sunday
evening, the custom being to cast
anchor off Haines Point for the
night in order that the landing
NAV be made bright and early on
Monday morning. President Cool
fdge. who is the soul OF punctuality.
In always at his desk by o'clock
: Monday morning, and to insure
that breakfast Is at and the party
disembarks at $50 o'clock.
After dinner on Saturday eve
nings motion pictures are usually
shown. II the weather is warm
enough the projecting machine Is
set up on deck so that the ships
company may view the film, their
seats being lined up behind those
of the Presidential party. In case
of incIement weather the saloon Is
used for the picture show, the film
being presented earlier to the crew
while the President and Mrs. Cool
idge and their guests are at dinner.
The Sunday morning services on
the 'sfan tall of the ship-or in
the saloon if the weather 10 bad
are always interesting to guests
aboard the Mayflower. The church
pennant-the only flag which flies
above the Stars and Stripes-is run
mp, and the entire ships company
@ assembled, the chaplain reading
the service and everybody Joining
In the hymns Another ceremony
which Mayflower guests find most
picturesque and stirring Is the turn
ing out of the crew for "honors
whenever Mount Vernon Is passed
before shutdown A fanfare Of bugles
announces tlaeI approach to the
shrine. and the band plays tine
Star Spangled Banner" with the
officers and crew lined UP alongside
at salute.
Mayflower Present Accommodations
Conmodious and Delightful.
President and Mrs. Coolidge'a
staterooms on the Mayflower open
into one another and both are ap.
preached from the saloon via q
small study or writing room, book
lined and set about with comfortable
armchairs and shaded reading lights.
There Is g. large writing table
equipped with pens, ink and the
crested notepaper Of the Mayflower.
The Presidential staterooms are
hung in blue. with blue curtains at
the portfolios and the furniture ie
painted ivory white.
The guest rooms are on the lower
deck-two big state rooms each
with twin beds and several smaller
rooms with the familiar ships
hunks. The two huge marble tubs
which were put In during the Taft
Administration ornament the baths
opening from the two larger state
rooms, and In one with little brass
plates detailing their history, are
the ivory tinted beds which were
used in the stateroom Of President
and Mrs. Wilson on the George
Washington on their historic trip
60 the Versailles peace conference.
The ward room and the officers
quarters are forward on this deck.
On the upper deck is the radio
room, where tea. Is occasionally
served for small parties Of guests.
The saloon IL large room and
very homelike, with gay colored
chintzes-selected by Mrs. Harding,
/ believe-on the chairs and daven-
ports and blue silk curtains-new
this season-at the portfolios. The
room, too. IL always filled with
flowers, fresh and fragrant, when
Mrs. Coolidge IL aboard. In the
dining saloon the same color scheme
Of blue and white is-found, in pleas
ant contrast to the dark mahogany
Of the furniture. A large company
can be comfortably seated here.
MRS KELLOGG HERE
FOR SHORT STAY
Mrs. Frank B. Kellogg has re.
turned to Washington from her
home in st. Paul, Mimi, and is
with Mr.. Kellogg, the Secretary of
State, at their new home at the
corner of Nineteenth and r streets.
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