Evening star., 1926-05-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

| The Circus Fans Association ot
/ Aneri0A" is the very newest thing
| under the sun. 1t came into existence
at Washington On May 10 during the
presence Of the biggest show OH earth
Gen and women from all over the
United States, many of them eminent
are among the charter members
Better and clea circuses' il the
object and slogan of the ass0cia ton.
Anybody can belong who admits that
he likes 10 go To the circus. The found
ing fathers include United States Sen
ators James r.. Watson. George Ii.
Moses and Franz l.. Greene. Gov. AT
, r.. Smith of New York. former Gov.
f.. Lee Trinkle of Virginia. .tesse l..
L-asky, r. =. Albee and Wells Hawkes..
Marshall King of Washington. ID. C.,
was elected the first president Of the
circus fans; Robert l.. Johnston OF
Concord, y. H.. vice president, and
Karl n. knecht OF Evansville. Ind.
secretary and treasurer. The associa-
ton will meet annually in some town
during circus week. 1t began opera
tions a a banQuet in Washington, and
the entire membership then hurried
off to feed the elephants.
Uncle Sam will mint special coins
and print special postage In honor OF
the Sesq uicent at Philadelphia
this year. The coins will he In two
ations-silver 50-cent pieces
and gold $25V pieces. The silver coins
will sell for a dollar apiece. and the
gold pieces for $3.50 each. Both are
being minted At the Philadeiphia mint,
the design OF John X. Sinnock, chief
designer of the United states hard
money coins. The Sesqui stamp VIII
be a s-center. the subject being the
Liberty Bell. and will be a red issue the
sam size as a special delivery stamp.
Plans have been made to place in I'M
mediate circulation. as fast as produc'
ton permits, 800, ,00G 900 of the special
issue.
ANY number of matrimonial unions
| in congressional life have romantic
| backgrounds, hut none more interest
| ing than that of the senior United
! states Sena tor from Arizona and Mrs.
| Henry Fountain Ashurst. Mrs.
Ashurst was a young widow named
Eliza beth McEvoy Renoe, daughter OF
| Erin, when she was wooed and won
| bv the rising young Flagstaff lawyer.
| Her first husban was an employe of
the United States Weather Bureau at
Washington. When he died his widow
| had to shift for herself. She applied
for A. position in the Weather Bureau
! service, though confessing complete
| ignorance OF the science of meteor0l-
oev. There was nothing that could
| be given her except a place a. lone
station. near Flagstaff, AriZ. She said
| she'd take It. 1t was tough, afdu-
ous lob, and rough work for a young
woman. But she made good Ashurst
| fell In love with her. They were mar
ried in 1904. Eight years later he in.
troduced his wife into the senatorial
circle at Washington, which they now
have adorned continuously since 1912.
President Coolidge isn't pla wing any
favorites at his senatorial brea kfas
parties in the White House. Among
the II solons who ate New Engla nd
1apiacks sprinkled with Vermont
maple sirup this week were Senators
Hira m w. johnson of California and
James Couzens of Michigan. johnson
has been an inveterate foe of major
administration foreign policies this
session--the World Court and the big,
debt settlements-and Couzens never
ceases fire on the noble pillar of the
Coolidge official household, Andrew
w. Mellon. Throughout history the
cooks Of rulers have been valiant po.
| litical adjutants of their august mas
| ters. Bismarck, in the days when he
| was running imperial Germany, fire.
ouently brought hostile political ms
around to his way of thinking by in
viting them to dinner.