Evening star., 1926-02-26

John Coolidge, who has Just fig
ured in the pugilistic news from Am
herst, takes after his mother in phys
ical type, rather than after his Ia
nous father. Little Cal" was the
light-complexioned of the presidential
bows. John is a brunette, like Mrs.
Coolidge, and seems to have inherited
her dash and punch, too. He Is
shaping" rapidly at college and
winding up his sophomore year with
his earlier boyish shyness pretty
thoroughly overcome. Regular sum-
mers at Camp Devens as a citizen sol
der have developed John Coolidge
in a fashion extremely pleasing TO MS
parents. The opinion can safely ne
risked that his demonstrated abllty
10 take care of himself under Marquis
of Oueensberry rules causes no per
turbation at the White House. On the
contrary, 1t probably makes amends
for Johns reported failure to hit as
high a mark in French last semester
90 his doting and distinguished daddy
hoped for.
On Capitol Hill it's an open secret
that the two men who put their heads
together and really brought about
conference agreement on the tax Dill
we're Representative John NJ. Garner,
Democrat, of Texas, and Senator DaVld
A. Reed, Republican. of Pennsylvania.
Garner was the ranking House con-
feree. Reed held the same place among
the Senate'S representatives PoW-"o"s
had not been in progress long be1ore
Judge Garner discovered that Dave
49, wi on SQn1tq
side of the table. So the Texan decided
to concentrate on the Pittsburgher
whenever matters became critical, and
eet-toeether tactics were necessary
to break an impending deadlock. Gar
ner is one of Speaker LongWorth
Democratic cronieS. So Is FINS D.
Garrett of Tennessee, minority leader
in the House.
Herbert Hoover begrudges himself
an annual Midwinter fishing vacation
of a week or ten days, and mas JUST
returned from 1t. He took his ROD
and reel to the east coast OF florloa,
but was never far out Of touch with
effairs at Washington, for U. S. S.
Kilkenny, one of the little steamers
in the Bureau Of Navigation service
on the Atlantic seaboard, was kept
close at hand for the Secretary's on-
ciaI convenience. On these occasions
Il flies his departmental fiag-tWo
white ships rampant on a quiescent
sea of blue. Hoover has always
burned incense in front of lzaak wal
toms image. The administrator
handy man calls fishing first aid 10
thinking, In Florida waters last year
Hoover landed an amberJack that
gained him a f1sherrnan's coveted solo
button, the scaly captive Weighing o,
hounds. His luck wasn't SO sooo
this Winter. Hoover is usually ac-
companied on fishing holidays by
coInle of friends. His companions
this month included Associate Justice
Harlan F. Stone, DIR. Vernon Kellogg
and Mark Sullivan, anglers all.
Wayne B. Wheeler. czar OF all the
drys, is not disturbed by the plans
! of the alcoholic liquor traffic commit
, tee of the House to make a searching
survey of prohibition conditions
When it comes to surveys, the Anti
Saloon League claims to be monarch
of all it surveys from its lookout at
the foot of Capitol Hill. Thus Gen
eral" Wheeler views without alarm
| the wines and beer bills, the fnvesti
| cations and the other projects
launched from day to day against Vol
steadism and the eighteenth amend
! ment. One Of the things at which
Wheeler Is expert is counting con
gressional noses. He keeps In prac.
tice from favorite gallery seat ad
| jacent to the clock in either house
Wheeler'S tabulation Of congressional