The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-06-04
By the National Editorial Association
Especial to The Herald)
President Comes West
For Morse Centennial

Washington, June 2.-The question
which is causing considerable discus
sion in official life here is the extent
to which a mans political affiliations
restrict his social affairs. The most
astounding revelation of the week is
the comment seeping thru from Ala
bama as to Senator Oscar w. Under
woods trip with the President of the
United States when he wa guest A.
board the U. S. S. Mayflower recent
ly.The principal objection seems to
be that it is not right and proper
for one who was an avowed candidate
fro the Democratic nomination for
President to mingle socially with the
man who was elected Chief Execu-
tive of the Nation.
While no publicity has been given
this development it is said that both
men feel that it is intensely petty
criticism and is indeed carrying poll
teal hatred to a deplorable extreme
Inquiry shows that Mr.. Coolidge and
Senator Underwood became firm
friends while the former was the pre-
siding officer of the United States
Senate. The many courtesies extend
ed to the then Vice-President by the
Senator from Alabama made a deep
impression.
Those who know the President well
say that the associations in the senate
established a firm friendship between
the quiet and sometimes shy New
Highlander and the genial and courtly
gentleman from the South. AS a
consequence, Mr.. Underwood has al
ways been warmly welcomed at the
White House. 1t is said that neither
the Senator nor the President need a.
pologies to explain the invitation to
cruise with the Coolidge family "a
board the Mayflower.
With politics at a low ebb, high
officials in Washington are deriving
considerable amusement from a re-
cent social episode. 1t is said that the
annual spring reception in the beau
tiful Aztec garden of the Pan-Amerl-
can Union rank second in social sig
nificance only to the diplomatic re-
ception at the White House every
January. Of late years Washington
has become the social center of the
world and the demand for invitations
to functions of this sort is constant
ly from the diplomatic and official
over-crowding the invitations to the
spring party are restricted to one
thousand persons selected principal
ly from the diplomatic and official
set. This year there were nearly
twenty-five hundred applications for
cards of admittance rejected.
Bank Account Aristocracy
It is a well known fact that Wash
has many social climbers
principal claim is founded up
their bank account. 1t was the an
tics of the socially ambitious that pro-
woke 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 international re-
that they spent hundreds for {
clothes for the occasion. /
They even went so far as to insist that {
husbands, who occupied high
positions but were not on the select V
list of guests, should use political c
pressure to obtain the coveted slip {
# pasteboard to the garden party.
The bitterness and disappointment Q
provoked by this affair is still felt Il
lere. To those who have weathered 0
he social seasons in Washington. it n
ii seems absurd because these recep- a
ions are nothing more than a mere 0
landshake and the opportunity to V
'arade the latest creations of he
.ressmaker's art. q