Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-10
PARTY
SUFFERS IN HEAT
Humidity and Insects Make
Washington Look AlIuring
as Summer Capital.
y ( staff Correspondent Of I,he STAR.

&. w 11A1E EAHNG N&AMEp Ns#Ast Nug
To- Something dreadful has happen
ed TO the nationally famous Coolidge
luck.
The dgurative horseshoe the Presi-
dent ID reputed a. having carried the
quarter Of q century he has been
climbing to the pinnacles appears to
have lost its charm since his arrival
in the Adirondack mountains.
There. has been an almost contiAu.
GUS rain since the presidential party
arrived at camp. and millions Of fast!
working mosquitoes, and black gnats
have served to detract from the Joy
and comfort OF every one. Today. the
campers are undergoing further dis
comforts caused by q high temporal
ture. a Iull in the mountain winds, and
q humidity that 10 causing some little
distress.
one could close his eyes and never
imagine he was far up In the noun.
tains and only few miles from the
Canadian border. II would be easier
to imagine that he was right back in
washington, where Summer invari.
ably is Summer. The. thermometer
before noon had climbed above T6,
and the humidity was increasing pro-
portionately.
Heavy Garb Cast Aside.
woolen shirts and other heavy
clothing which are the fad up here
were being cast aside today with dis
gust by the members OF the Coolidge
party. Because of the long losing bat.
tie they have been waging with the
mosquito and the black gnat, the In
cessant rain, the heat today and sud
den storms the members Of the White
Pine outfit are not in high spirits.
without fear Of contradiction, It might
be said the majority of them would be
willing to return to Warrington.
The President II not doing much
complaining, at least outwardly. He
has lost the smile he had the first day
at camp and the light-heartedness and
hilarity that followed his first fishing
expedition.
The rain let up shortly after 10
O'Clock, and the skies cleared. which
afforded him an opportunity TO 90 out
on the lake again to try his luck With
the rod and reel, and THOSE watching
him from the lake shore were hoping
his gloom would lift and his smile re-
turn.
The President declined to clear up
the mystery surrounding the size and
weight OF his first catch when he held
his first conference with the news.
paper correspondents yesterday after
noon. He was represented as saying
that he did not think his angling was
OF any great interest to the public.
and, besides, Il was not good manners,
as his spokesman expressed 1t, to
question q fsherman's story.
The elements and mosquitoes and
all the other things disturbing the
Others Of the camp appear to have
no in effects ON Mrs. Coolidge. She
does not seem to mind these little an
noyances. At least she Ii not letting
them detract from her enjoyment.
She y understood. however. to have
been q tribe disappointed last night
when the President would not permit
her to place canopy OF mosquito
netting above his bed to protect him.
L She had sent to the nearest store for
a quantity Of netting, thinking II
would insure . good nights sleep.
Plymouth visit Expected.
There Is q feeling about the camp
today that the President 10 going to
visit the old Coolidge home ct
Plymouth Notch, VT, much sooner
than was his original intention. The
President was Represented az saying,
while discussing this proposed trip,
that he expected to take II soon, but
he had not determined the date or
just how long he would remain
The President was born and reared
at the notch and he win always have
q tender spot In his heart for the
and Mrs. Coolidge Hike 20 visit the
old Coolidge home and despite Its
snailness and It's Kerosene lamps
and lack Of other conyeniences. they
never fail 70 derive q real happi-
ness while there. 1t may be dir
ferent this Summer, with the old
colonel. the Presidents father, who
died last Winter. no longer there to
greet them and see to their con1-
forts and to tell them all the news
and gossip Of the countryside.
This visit to the Notch will BE- the
first the President and Mrs. Coolidge
will have made since their journey
over the snow-covered mountain roads
his death. The old home u being
cared for ~ Aunt Aurora, who
Wa the colonel's hOusekeeper for
nearly 20 years.
The President has Indicated, how
ever, that he dCes not expect to stay
al the Notch more than three or four
days. It Ii thought the journey win
be made by auto to afford q good op.
portunity TO see the country going
and coming, I'd visit the military train.
| ing camp at Plattsburg and famous
old Fort TicOnderoga on the way.
Mosquitoes May Be Reason.
The fact that the President ii
considering making this trip 20 soon
after his arrival at White Pine Camp
III believed TO have been prompted
BY the presence Of the mosquitoes af
/ the camp, and the assurance of the
natives that the pests generally de-
Dart around the middle OF July.
| The President ID understood ID have
| this IN mind and ID hoping that IL
| he makes the Vermont trip soon the
mosquitoes viii be gone when the
party returns to the camp.
Besides their fondness for the old
homestead. both the President and
Mrs. Coolidge are known to be anxious
| and young Calvin, the son who died
IN Warrington so suddenly two SUM
mers ago. The second anniversary
ok the lads death was silently %.
served ~ the President and his wife
the day they arrived up here. There
ID no indication ~ yet that the Presi.
dent Ii expecting any visitors shortly
| at White Pine Camp
Representative 10. ID BnrlSneSG of
North Dakota who, with mrs. Burlx.
mess. A motoring IN this section, pre-
scented himself IT the executive once
today ana after 3 brief chat with ESQ.
rotary Sanders went en his way. Ti4
Representative said he wouldn't bother
the President.
New York. waa another caller &c the
executive once, but there Wa no III
ldicafion that he would SEQ the Rr1si.
dent heloEe leaNfnG this 1ecticn