Evening star., 1926-05-26

President Coolidge this week had
Q nt embraced. another opportunity to
exhibit his characteristic calmness un-
der fire. While the verbal brick ba & .
were flying at him ON Capitol Hill In
connection with the HOW famous pro
hibitlon executive order, the President
was vlndicating his position to White
House callers with GOODNESS and cVh-
fidence. one could imagine him TAX
ing exactly that attitude and COM
porting himself Ia just that way II
the American system required the
Chief Executive 10 defend himself
xkainst attack on the floors Ut Con
greSs. II. IS some pretended authori-
ties suggest. Mr Coolidge feels that
he biundered ia issuing the Andrews s
order, his n,aAuer Ia discussing IL gave
no such indication. He stood utterly
aud absolutely pat. lie created the
impression that he would do II again,
If necessary. Obviously the taunts Of
Senator Bruce. Democratic wet, OF
Marylan that the executive order
was akin to the ukase Of a Russian
czar, the nrman 0f u Turkish dtvan
Or tho rescript of u merciless Roman u
emperor" leave the. man from Yer
mont as cold as the Green Mountain
SHOWS.
Ii lac can detach himself for n
while from, functions and social obIi-
cations in Washington. Crown Prince
Gustaf Adolf of Sweden Is certain to
want to dabble bit in archaeology
at the National Capital. PREHISTORIC
antiquities are his royal highness'
hobby. 1T Is that, indeed. which 10
luring him On his present trip around
the world. The United states Ma
- a
archaeological collection. especially
rich. of course. la early North Amer
icun relics amt curiOs. Gustaf Adolf
has arranged to spend part. uf one
Ut his Washington days looking II
over. Not long ago the Crown Prince
took the initiative to create funo
with the aim VI sending out one u
more archaeological expeditions 10
regions in eastern Europe and south
west Asia, where traces may exist
Of the civiliZa tons or cultures mat
f1ourished at the end of the stone
Age and the beginning VI the metal
Age. IL is In connection with recon
nOitering expeditions to he sent out
from sweden that the future King of
that country Is now headed for the
orient. Their basic problem is IL
trace the route Of the ancient east
European culture through the whole
of Asia TO the Middle Kingdom.
Nicholas IIongworth, Speaker Or the
House, will be commencement orator
at New York University, New YORK
CITY. on June y. 1t will be the ninety.
fourth annual graduating function Vt
the institution. From 1t Mick" Will
probably emerge al honorary LII. D..
and his crOntes on the liffl are CERTAIN
soon to begin to dub him DOG. Long
worth 10 u Harvard man. but to date
has never adorned his. name with any
of tho initials which .bstoken culture
except the A. B. he got at Cambridge
in 1891. New York University has q
student body Of rOundly 21,OO0 ana
faculty Of $50. The Speaker Is In
bubbling good humor these days over
the. denomination Of his newest
congressional buddy - Representative
Morris e. Crumpacker Of Oregon.
Music is the tie that binds them.
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Former Representative Samuel T..
WinsioW of MaSsac cbusetts. who used
to be the fattest man In Congress,
blew into Washington this week a
mere shadow OF his one-time rotuDd
self. When they met in the corridor
Of the White House Offices, Postmaster
General New told the Worcester skate
ma nufacturer he looked like a young
gazelle. Winslow comedies that he's
shed about 60 pounds in recent years.
cutting out bread and butter at meal
time, he says, IL the debating process
par excellence. 1t rid him OF ~
pounds In three months. WinslOw
says it's too early to forecast any
thing about the Massachusetts sena.
tOrial battle OF 1925. The State IL
neither thinking nor talking politics
as vet. and there In a corresponding
Aearth of HtIaNsH tn show. AQM-. .t6e