The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-12
"FISHERMAN'S
CABI N EFT"
PROPOSED
Angling Is Favorite Sport
With President Cool
idge's Advisers
By JEAN ELIOT

won't begin to hear of Mr.. Cool
idge's s'fishermen's cabinet" brack
eted with the Roosevelt tennis
cabinet" There's an election com
Ing on and there'd be no surer way
OF delivering the fisherman vote o.
the United States to Calvin Coolidge
It is not really a sporting grcuI
that President Coolidge has as
aernbled as advisers. Secretary O.
War Davis plays tennis often anc
well, but his chief claim to- fam'
On sporting circles is as the oonol
OF the Davis cup, which the Amert
cans carried off last year IN com
petition with Is nations and which
has been won by the United States
Secretary of State Kellogg IS an
enthusiastic golfer, but his game
win never challenge Bobby Jones
Secretary Davis Of Labor COLTS
little and swims little, but can
aoarcely be called athletic despite
his fine physical development. Sec
rstary Mellon of the Treasury Pc
longs to what has been called the
sfperipatetic school," finding his
CHIEF relaxation in walking just Is
President Coolidge does.
Anglers In the Cabinet
But the most ardent sportsmen
IN the Cabinet are all anglers. Post
master General New devotes his
vacation annually to fishing in the
early summer. with a little hunting
on the side in October or November
For both he goes to Turtle Lake
in the Michigan woods. He mas
aIraaflv spent several weeks there
this summer. rod In hand most OF
the time. and win go back later
on for the shooting-deer being
plentiful in that region. Mrs. New
il also q successful hunter, but uses
q camera instead Of q gun.
ATTORNEY General Sargent IL no
(levotee Of hunting. But fishing!
In the language OF the Tennessee
wildcat. that's what he does moth
fng else but on his vacations lie
expects TO leave Washington toward
the last of this month for three OF
fotIr weeks. and the time viii be
divided between his home at Lud
low. VT. and a cottage in the foot
hills Of the mountains. He boasts
of the good trout streams or Yer
mont with which he has tamil
iarity that breeds no contempt,
Fisherman's Luck
Secretary Hoover Of Commerce.
protests that he is now fc0 h,sv
to. even talk about vacation. But
az he is a great fisherman ard
willing to cast line any place, ne
manages to do a bit OF succsssrul
angling In nearby streams during
fha time he is detained in WASH
fnpton. No other sport appeals e
him very strongly, but ne Las
been known to lay aside his roo
TO damn a creek or work out some
problem of engineering in nm
iature.
Mr.. Hoover hopes to get away
for 4 while in the late summer and
N he does, will doubtless 20 TO ms
home at Palo Alto. Cal.
THE Secretary of Agriculture. Mr..
Tardina. fishes enthusiastically and
also PLAYS a bit of golf for recrea'
fion. DIR. Work. Secretary OF the
Interior. protests that he has no
sporting proclivities. 1t is explained
that he is a physician-the obvious
deduction being that doctors
recommend outdoor pursuits Tor
their patients but refuse to take
their own medicine.
4 4
PERUVIAN ENVOY
10 GIVE LUNCHEON
The Peruvian Ambassador. DR.
Herman Velarde. will entertain al
luncheon on Thursday in compii'
r1ent TO DIR Albert Solomon. OF Peru
who is here on a special mission fCr
his government.
The French Ambassador anc
Nine. Berenger will return tC
washington early in September
They have been at their home in
Paris for two months and will g
to Arcachon for August.
\
The Counselor Of the Czechoslo
vakian Legation and Mime. Lipova
are expected to arrive in New Yort
FRIDAY aboard the Mauritania. NJ
: and Nine. Lipova have been or
vacation in Europe for some time
and will come at once to Washing
ton on their arrival.
The Secretary Of the Polish Lega
ton and Nine. Oriowska will close
their apartment at Wardman Parl
Hotel Wednesday and leave foi
several weeks trip through the
White Mountains, going first Il
Breton Woods and visiting Other
points of interest in that region.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant is ex
pected to return to her home on New
Hampshire Avenue this week troll
Chicago. where she has gone because
of the death of her brother. Adrian
Carr Honore. which occurred las
weak In Florida.