Evening star., 1925-04-26
BY MAR{;ARET n. DOWNING.

DR.. Lyman Pierson Powell was rec.
tor of the Episcopal Church in
Northampton,s Mass..- for five years,
1S9S-1903. and in his book of memoirs
he gives delightful picture of
NeighbOr Coolidge, who lived lust
around the corner and up the street
a Bit and who walked by=the home
of the Powells so punctually along
about in the morning that the fam
lily clocks could be kept in order by
noting his passing. Mr. Coolidge had
been a resident of Northampton for
10 years before this scholarly divine
who had been rector of St Johns in
LansdoWne. Pa. became "A fellow citi-
zen. .AlreadXy in 1885, Tim" Spald.
ing. a Character of Northampton who
figures .Iargely in, DR.. PoWells book
of memories. saw the brisk punctual
Young lawyer on his way to the White
House, which makes another of the
political seers of the small Massa-
chusetts town who watched the star
of destiny rise for the 30th Chief Mag
istrate. The kindly author of this
narrative, concerning a chapter in the
Presidents life not often expanded by
other biographers. notes that as early
as 1898 ''Neighbor Coolidge was an
able, thoughtful. useful citizen of
Northampton, who seemed to get
elected, no matter what Office he
sought. and who won. even if the re-
mainder of the Republican ticket was
defeated" Even then the Coolidge
success in politics was a local mXs-
terry, for the traditional reticence and
ability to make decision on his own
account was: thertalk of@Ihe village.
Mistress Dolly Madison having
been formally and gratefully accepted
as one Of the pioneers of world trade,
~ har J, u .,il nd
A vast and distinctive American in
duStry, the making of ice[ cream. be-
came possible, attention may well bo
directed to other debts which national
business concerns owe the mistresses
of the White House. Mistress Dolly
made ice cream: .fa shionable and had
II served Invariably a her routs and
garden fetes, and that. of course. made
the fortune of this particular confec-
ton From enjoying vogue in family
circles its fame grew and its produc-
ton increased as early as 1920. until
now the manufacture of ice cream is
counted among the great national de-
veldpments and the source of income
for a multitude of multi-millionaires
If Mrs. William Howard Taft could
estimate the civic advantages which
have grown out of her admiration of
the cherry trees of Toxic and their
introduction into Potomac Park, she
would be as amazed as any of the
citizens Of Washington over the out
come. MRS. Theodore Roosevelt re-
ViVed the dying vogue OF plain sewing
and knittingt and. her example of
busily finishing a Seam while she
Chatted with tea callers sent hundreds
to join the neddlewomen's guilds and
to adopt knitting as a tonic for shat
tered nerves. Mrs. Coolidge has in
f1uenCed many towards knitting, the
results Of which are not so apparent
now as they will be 10 years hence.
The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was d
practical landscape gardener and her
labors to make Washington beautiful
are apparent in thousands of in
stances.
Mrs. kellogg has dropped into her
place as wife of the foreign secretary
as the term goes with the diplomatic
corps and she has assumed her multi
farious duties with her accustomed
ease and efficiency. OF the three
charming daughters of her sister,
Mrs. Otis, Miss Elizabeth, who spent
so much time bl Crewe House, home
of the American Ambassador in Lon
don, will be almost a resident. next
season. while Miss Clara Louise who
is the godchild and namesake of Mrs.
Kellogg, Will visit Washington when
ever, her work at Wellesley College
will llgpermit The. Secretary of State
and Mrs. Kellogg hope to pass such
vacation as may accrue to them in
their home in St. Paul This domi-
cile naturally needs much attention,
since it has been opened but rarely
during the absence of its owners in
London and before that in Chile. This
picturesque dwelling, which is on
Fairmont avenue in st. Paul, is par
ticularly dear to the Kelloggs and
they consider it home in every sense.
Mrs. kellogg has the adaptability of
the American woman highly devel;
oped, but she often has said that one
may own or live in mary houses but
there can never be but one home
The Secretary and Mrs. Kellogg seem
very comfortable in the house they
took over from the Hugheses, but they
anticipate with keen pleasure regain
ing their former residence on Nine
teenth street in the Autumn. Mrs.
David Ireland's lease will expire in
the late Summer. Meantime. the mem
bers of the foreign corps greatly ap
preCiate having the new Secretary
and his lady just where they were ac-
customed to call upon the recent pre-
mier and Mrs. Hughes.
The Solicitor General. Mr.. James NJ
Beck. was chief speaker at. that -eX
ceedingly' unique celebration Thurs
day of last week, when the, birthday
of Shakespeare was celebrated, by the
English Speaking Union in New York,
with dinner in honor of the mother
tongue. Sir Gilbert Parker was the
inspiration of this memorable honor
which was bestowed on the English
languages which the bard of Avon
so immortalized- and he paid high
tribute to Judge Beck in presenting
himaT to the assembled guests. The
Solicitor General has many eminent
talents in the legal way, but he is
known wherever the English Ian
Euase is known for his profound re-
searches into the life and writings of
Sha kespeare. He has addressed more
Shakespearian and histrionic societies
than perhaps any man of his genera
ton. and, despite his arduous duties in
the Department of Justice, he-iS al
wavS ready to take up moot ques-
tfonS in regard to quotations, to cos
tunes and customs of the great era
wnen the dramatist of Strafford was
in tie flesh. DR.. John H. Finley, who
has worked so diligently for the
English Speaking Union and who is a