Evening star., 1926-11-14
Women In Senatorial
Group Who Formerly
Graced House Circle
List Quite Large. But Nota-
bic Exceptions Are Listed.
Review of Interesting So
cial Feature.

Of the wives Of Senators have reached
their exalted station through the
journeys of the officeholding member
of the family from the House of
Representatives or from the guber.
material chair of the State. There
are, however, frequent exceptions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Waterman
OF Colorado have lived in Washington
for four years but in semi-ofiicial
role, Mr.. Waterman being an expert
of the Government on oil and other
vital problems and Mrs. Waterman a
hostess of exceptional charm and wide
experience. Perhaps none of the
Senator select. or their wives either,
are quite as interesting as these, for
they come from Vermont, and the
future lawmaker was born near the
same rugged hills in which the
President saw the light, and Mrs.
Waterman, who was Miss Anna r.
Cook. claims the same natal place as
Mrs. Coolidge, Burlington. But
the Water7nans followed the course of
empire westward and selected the
centennial State as their home. This
was after both had laid solid founda-
ton for fortune and usefulness in the
academies of Vermont and in the
grind of duty which life meant in
those days. Senator-elect and Mrs.
Waterman have lived in Wardman
Park Hotel ever since coming to
Washington and they are active in
the social affairs there and in a gen.
cral way, especially amongst the
residents of their State.
OF the group of members of the
House who will soon be members of
In,- noa
stow Halves will take his seat when
the second sessions convenes, since he
has displaced former Senator VIII
liams, who was an appointee of the
governor. Mr.. Hawes has lived in
st. Louis for many years. but is a
native Of CovingtOn, KY, while Mrs.
IIawes claims Washington as her
birthplace Before her marriage in
this city in 1899 she was Miss r.
Eppes osborne Robinson, a name
which her elder daughter bears. While
among the social leaders of st. Louis.
Mrs. Hawes and her daughters have
been rather quiet in Washington, be-
ing here only at intervals. They oc
cupy a splendid home in Westminster
place, st. Louis, almost continuously.
However, they will come to the Capt.
tai Immediately after Thanksgiving.
They are to entertain a host of friends
November Is in honor of the twenty
seventh anniversary of their marriage.
There is a shrewd suspicion that if
n person knew where to read, q lot of
details of the career and general char
acteristics of Representative and Mrs.
.Albcn William Barkley of Paducah,
Ky. could be gathered from the writ
inSs of their esteemed fellOw-towns-
man and immediate neighbor, Irwin
cobb. This genial humorist has not
neglected the deniZenS Of Paducah,
and their fame has SNlpad wherever
cotemporaneOus literature is appreci-
ated. Mrs. Barkley. like her husband.
is a native Of Paducah, and she Is just
AS proud Of it as is Irwin Cobb. She
was Miss Dorothy Brewer when she
was married to the rising. young law
ver in 1903 She has been active in
Kentucky society here and in the Con-
SreSSional Club, and belongs to many
Of the. Southern societies which have
benevolent purposes.
Renrese ntative Carl Trunlbull Hay
den Of Phoenix, AriZ.. has been in the
House for many years and he and
Mrs. HAYDEN have scores Of friends
in Washington. The latter has many
relatives here, too, for she was Miss
Nancy Downing, a family which has
many local affiliations. Her branch,
however, went to Los Angeles. Calf,
some. 25 years ago. The marriage was
the result of a romance begun when
she and Mr. Hayden were students at
Leland Stanford University, and it oc-
CURED in 1908. Representative Hay
den was horn In Arizona and in
region which figures largely In the
border Observation-Disclosures County.
He is one of the picturesque figures
of the House and served his county
for some wears aS sheriff in an era
when had men were tried, condemned
and hung all within a few moments.
Representative and Mrs. Elmer
Thomas Of Medicine Park. Okla, have
been in Washington less than live
,,arS. and Mrs. Thomas is perhaps
less well known than her associates
in the other branch of congressional!
society who will enter the charmed
senatorial circle. She was Miss Edith
smith Of Port Arthur, TEX, and the
marriage occurred in 1903. Each of
these ladies' will be the recipient of
much attention from tho Congress
Sional Club and from organizations
from their State, and their Winter
promises to be unusually active and
pleasant.
In the three new Senators-from
Massachusetts, New York and Mary
land-the bachelor group Will receive
valuable acquisitions, and the list Of
eliCibles in that eminent body Is con-
siderably enlarged. Senatorelect
Walsh of Massachusetts is of IA de-
lightful preaence and a charming com
lanion AT dinner or other amenities.
hut he has proved invulnelablc {" tn"
shafts of cupid Judge Robert Fcr'il-
l<nd Wagner Of New York, who sue
leeds Senator James w. NadSWorth,
IT,, will come to Washington unknown
in the social way. even among New
Workers. who claim they know every
body. Judge Wagner is III his late
sos, and IT would seem that he too,
would be- proof against the tender
passion. The Senatorelect from
Naryland-Millard T.. Tydings--is In
his thirty sixth year and has been cne
of the gallants of the lower house.
Recently the president of the Mary
land State Society, he has been quite
active in the domain of Vanity Fair
and is accomplished in every way.
Mr.. Tydings belongs to many clubs
and maintains a pleasant home in
HaNTe de Grace.
1na detail Overlooked.