Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

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crobe ID having a very bad
time finding victims. We have
had this long, cool Spring, and
there has been all that serious
Ieefslation to be written Into tine
statute books before adjournment; and
so very many members arc looking ap.
prehensively to q. vista or campaigns.
Many OF them, for some occult reason.
refuse Ioint-blanR to admit that they
have ever had a vacation IN ali the
years OF their career.
1t has all been very uncertain. MINI
rods guns are rusting In their cases,
and old Zaak's rods are yearning Tor
the magic ny and the rush Of rain.
bow trout But their masters are bent
In 90 many instances on weary fest 10
the hacked and muSty halls, where the
constituents wait, with questions In
their mouths, and potential sheayes OF
ballots In their hands.
Even the lucky ones who have no
campaigns are not always able to fol
low the paths Of their desires as do
ordinary folk When the business OF
the people has been attended to, per-
sonal affairs Of an urgent nature are
too frequently waiting to be settled,
and long dropped stitches must be
caught up II the fabric Of public Hfe
Ii gOing. to wear well
vice President Dawes, from his high
ana lonely seat on the Senate rostrum,
has been looking longingly 10 the Colo
RADIO Rockies. Last year he and Mrs.
Dawes spent 10 perfect days at Wagon
Wheel Gap. 500 miles southwest Of
Denver, In the camp Of his friend Col.
A. E. Humphrey. And the erstwhile
general Mdn't miss a day out Of the
entire 10 from his fishing. Hip-boots
and a lusty stream, and the quiet
peace or the high hills-that was the
real thing! So this year, II all goes
well, he is planning to do 1t over
aEaan. Evanston first and last, with
golf tucked into the corners between
necessary dinners and talks and con-
ferencel,: but somewhere In the middle
of the picture the mountains and the
river.
Mrs. Dawes went west some days
ago to act as hostess for the Crown
Prince and Princess, ana the Vice
President was supposed to have gone
along, but couldn't, because OF the
lateneGB OF adjournment.
Another Ynislaid vacation IL that OF
Senator Bingham, who had hoped to
be able to take q cruise on q friends
Yacht up the Maine coast the end OF
June. Not all mislaid, however. be-
cause, between the time he leaves
Washington and the time, early In
August, when he must begin an en-.
tensive speaking tour through Con-
necticut. he expects to 60 down to the
Virgin islands with the other mem
bers Of a committee to look into af-
fairls there with q prospect OF their
later readiustment. In the meantime.
there Id waiting his Summer camp,
10 miles from New London, one OF the
most picturesque spots in the East.
III belonged originally TO Donald c.
Mitchell author Of "Reveries OF g
Bachelor and came TO Mrs. Bingham
from her family. Deep in the Con-
necticut woods, Its scattered bunga.
lows overlook q rustic pond from the
top OF d. little hill. Here the Senator'S
sons will meet their mother-six OF
them, two from Yale, and the younger
ones from their prep schools. The old.
est lad wont be back this time,
though. He = out in Picking learning
to be q diplomat as q "dollar-a-y
man ].
\ Speaking of yachts brings to mind
Senator Jolnsori's adventurous trip
last year, with his son, In their 9O-
foot beat. the Kernah. Etarting from
Kew west, they circled down through
the Canal and UP the Pacific Coast TO
their own Golden Gate, landing ia
san Francisco after about two months
81, the very high seas. Mr.. Johnson
seems to think that Ii almost enough
vacation TO last while, 30 ne VIII
stay at home this year. San Francis
co is cool and foggy IN the usual not
months, anyway, and there Will Is
plenty OF political teap0ts hupbling Up
round about to keep interest from ias-
ging. !, s. -.
ridge. Is Campaig nsn $500
ne Is one Of the trreconciliab les where
vacations are concerned. His proudest
boast II that he never took one II Ms
life, ana that he spends his spare
hours studying Shakespeare, the biple
and HIS law books.
Capper or Kansas, one cf the DuMess
men on the Hi. seems to thrive neak
WITH many irons III the fire. Not con
tent with senatorial duties alone, ne
continues the business AZ his many
Dublications. which include two DALI
les, woman's paper ana e nuinper
Eof farm papers: and Tor e See me
helps organize pig and pouisry ciups
among the children Of his state. ID ~
AZ aIi the youngsters In Topeka and
tie surrounding country are invited
70 his party, and that means an
0,,finr IN Garfield Park, with every
5concessiun In the place running tree
Car once. what an outing q 600 ~
i6 900 bows and girls let loose Tor al
fl,e rcIIer-coaster rides their dizzy
Heads can stand: all the bumps they
want tO bump; MI the Ice cream cones
as,d lelaonade they can imbfba. There
Isn't much need to question which
way the juvenile vote goes. And them
befween August is and September III
when the ogre OF hay fever reaxa
its head. Senator Capper speeds for
distant places and 3 real vacation.
Sometimes IL Is the MAssac htlsetts
coast; sometimes, the Colorado Rock
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