Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14

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and giving him peep at the pike and
trout he has hooked.
All the while Mrs. Coolidge will be
engaged with Mrs. Smith. who will
accompany her husband on the visit to
White Pine Camp. 1t is not thought
these genial ladies will have the least
bit OF difficulty entertaining each
other. Possibly while the President
il showing his fish and his rods and
lines and the Ike, Mrs. Coolidge win
take Mrs Smith to her flower gardens
and waIls SHOW her embroidery and
knitting.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge to-
day entered upon their second week at
White Pine Camp. Both mentioned
the fact today and commented how
swiftly the time had passed.
Both Enjoying Selves.
They both are looking well and say
they never felt better, and are having
| q pleasant time. They are out In the
open most OF the time, and each has
individual interests which they enjoy
and which makes the time slide by as
IL 1t hid wings. They have had no
company, but neither has made any
comment about being lonely, How
ever, the point is now being reached
when they viii want visitors and II Is
understood that e number Of invita-
lions have been sent out to friends
and intimates to come to the camp
for a visit. The Presidents interest
In fishing is growing with each catch.
He has caught the fever now. He APP
pears to be perfectly willing to cut
down on his work each day as q
means of affording him more time to
angle and to be out in the air.
After q long walk through the for
est this morning, the President had
Oscar Otis, the camp guide, paddle
him in a canoe to far distant point
of Osgood Lake, where he trolled for
half an hour and returned to the
camp with q 3-poung pike. Be-
fore dinner last night he caught q
Ipound-and-a-half small-mouth bass,
which he had Maj. James r. Coupal.
his physician, present to Mrs. John T..
Lambert, wife of Washington news.
paper man. Mr.. Lambert covered the
Massachusetts, statehouse while Mr..
Coolidge was governor. When Mrs.
Lambert received the fish 1t still was
Hopping. It was wrapped In yellow
paper and inclosed in bag.
During the last campaign, Mrs.
leafed clover ais token. Of luck. Last
Winter, Mrs. Lambert fell i'll and Mrs.
Coolidge returned the talisman to her
with an expression Of her hope that
| 1t would help coax back good health.
It did, and Tuesday the President
showed his interest by sending her
the fish.
Guide Confirms Catches.
Otis. the Presidents guide, takes
vigorous exception to statements BY
fishermen Of various degrees of knowI-
edge and experience that they have
doubts about the accuracy Of the
reports concerning the President s
catches. One dispatch indicated in.
Ecredulity relative to the pike the
President had hooked.
They're pike and nothing but
pike = exclaimed Otis anent one re.
port. 'Osgood Lake has pike, perch
and bass. The President has been
catching pike and bass. He then
launched into description Of pike
which had been caught in the same
waters, declaring that there now are
In the dining room of the Presidents
camp mounted pike which weighed
lis, 16A and IL pounds respectively.
The fish all measured above 80 inches,
the largest being 81 inches, Otis said
Otis asserted that the last pike
caught by the President was weighed
on two scales. each Of which registered
exactly six pounds. 1t was 20 inches
long. He declared aagin there was
no doubt about It being Great North,
ern pike.
Otis has considerable admiration for
the Presidents fishing skill. He said
today the President didn't REQUIRE
teaching. but needed only q little