The Washington times., 1926-05-10

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President and Mrs. Coolidge, VINO
annarentlv enjoy weekend cruises
aboard the Mayflower more IMAM
any form Of diversion. set sail
Yesterday after church, with
narty of guests aboard, returning
10 the White House this morning.
The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur also had guests for an
over-Sanday cruise on the Sylphl
the Navy heads official yacht. And
Senator and Mrs. Jesse Metcalf
have given up their apartment at
The Ancorage to live aboard their
Yacht, anchored off the Capital
Yacht Club.
In taking to the river thus for
the spring season Senator Metcalf,
il following Senatorial precedent.
for it will be remembered that for.
mer Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuy-
sen used to keep his yacht, the
Victoria, In Potomac waters for
weeks at a time and used to move
aboard her bag and baggage as
soon as the weather warmed up.
Quanfico Is Cruising Limit
The limit of the Presidential
cruising range is usually Quantico
or the big bend Of the river just
beyond. Which seems rather a
pity, as some Of the most pictur-
esoue scenery OF the Potomac bor'
ders the lower reaches of the river
and at quaint St Mary's on the
MARYLAND shore one finds the site
of the first State House of the
colony and the very cradle Of the
Free State of Maryland"
However. President Coolidge likes
70 reach Haines Point at nightfall
On Sunday evening, anchoring there
until morning, so that there viii
be no possibility of q delayed land.
trip in the allotted time and re.
turn comfortably, it isn't possible
to 20 much below Quantico.
There, is moreover, much to see
along the shores of the Potomac
lust below Neutrality-suspicious. Yer
non, our most famous shrine, pass
ing which the Mayflower crew al.
ways lines up at attention while
the Star Spangled Banner is played;
Marshall Hall, now a pleasure re-
sort but a place OF many historic
associations, old Fort Washington,
with Fort Hunt just over the way.
and lovely Gunston Hall. which Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Hertle have re-
condition in the days when it was
the home of George Mason and
center OF hospitality for Colonial
Virginia. And the river has never
been loyeIier than it is today, with
the woods running the gamut OF
clear greens, dogwood breaking out
in snowy patches and the fields
literally carpeted with buttercups.
MayfIOwer Guests
with the President and Mrs.
Coolidge this week end were Sena-
tor RansdelI of Louisiana, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Scott Leayitt Of
Montana. Representative and Mrs.
Royal johnson Of South Dakota.
Representative and Mrs. Cleveland
A. Newton of Missouri, Representa-
tive VIII r. Wood, of Indiana, and
Secretary to the President and Mrs.
Everett Sanders.
Secretary's Daughter Coming Home
Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur had
with them on the Sylph Interstate
Commerce Commissioner and Mrs.
Clyde B. Atchison and their young
son, Bruce Atchison. They timed
their return for last evening as
the Secretary was leaving Gown
last night for Boston to remain
until tomorrow. He is transacting
some department business.
Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur are
rather expecting to go to their
home in California this summer,
leaving town about the middle of
June. Meanwhile they are waiting
with keen anticipation for the re-
turn of their daughter, Miss Edna
Wilbur, who has been abroad some
thing over a year, studying at the
Sorbonne and travelling extensively.
Miss Wilbur is sailing on May 13
on the S. 8. Republic and is due
20 land on May %. She will pre-
sumably come to Washington then
to be with her family, but she ex-
poets to make a series of visits in
the East before going to California.
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