The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-06-04

avowed candidate for the Democrat
i: nomination for President to nningle
socially with the man who was elect
ed Chief Executive of the Nation.
While no publicity has been given
to this development i. is said that
both men feel that it is intensely
Petty criticism and IS indeed carry
ing political hatreGs to deplorable
extreme. Inquiry shows that Mr..
Coolidge and Senator Underwood DC
cane firm friends y.l.ie the former
was the presiding officer of the Unit
ed States Senate. The many courtes-
les extended to the then Vice-Presi-
Gent by the Senator from Alabama
made a deep impression.
Those who know the President well
say that associations in the Senate
established firm friendship between
the quiet and sometimes shy New
Highlander and the genial and court
ly gentleman from the south. AS a
consequence, Mr.. Underwood has al
ways been warmly welcomed at the
White House. 1t is said that Meth
er the Senator nor the President
need apologies to explain the invita-
ton to cruise with the Coolidge fam
lily aboard the Maga0wer'
With politics at low ebb, high of
ficials in Washington are deriving
considerable amusement from a re-
cent social episode. 1t is said that
the annual spring reception in the
beautiful aztec garden of the PAN
American Union rank second in So
cial significance only to the diplo-
matte reception at the White House
every January. Of late years Wash
ington has become the social center
of the world and the demand for in
vitations to functions of this sort is
constants increasing. In order tc
prevent over-crowding the invitations
to the spring party are restricted to
one thousand persons selected prin-
cipally from the diplomatic and Of
fetal set. This year there were near
ly twenty-five hundred applications
for cards of admittance rejected.
1t is a well known fact that Wash
ington has many social climbers
whose principal claim is founded up
on the size of their bank book. It
was the antics of the socially ambi-
tious that provoked amusement in the
inner circles. The story is current
that several wealthy women were so
sure that a card of admission would
be sent to them in time for the in
ternstional reception that they spent
hundreds for special clothes for the
occasion. They even went so far as
to insist that their husbands, who oc-
cupied high positions but were not
on the select list Of guests, should
use political pressure to obtain the
coveted slip of paste board to the
garden party.
The bitterness and disappointment
provoked by this affair is still felt
here. To those who have weathered
the social seasons in Washington, it
all seems absurd because these re-
ceptions are nothing more than
mere handshake and the opportunity
to parade the latest creations of the
dressmaker's art.
1t is expected that President Cool
idge will give considerable study this
summer to ways and means of saving
in governmental expenditures. The
President has already notified the
War Department that they must be
prepared to trim their budgets at
least 2 per cent annually. 1t is not
the intention of the Buget Bureau to
force such drastic cuts that the ma.
chinery of the Government will be
put out Of gear. The plan is to cut
off the expenses gradually.
Whether Mr.. Coolidge remains in
Washington until June 22, as origin
ally planned, depends largely upon
his health. He will leave the city
Saturday for Minnesota, where he