Evening star., 1926-11-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

has dignified the contest with an Off
| cial communique, which says:
I am especially interested in
these annual games, because they
are the big service games from the
enlisted mems standpoint and
should lead to more and better
athletic contests in the Army. For
these reasons 1 believe that this
| game should receive the full sup
port of all Army personnel in and
about Washington, and hope that
all will make it point to be
present.
Brig. Gen. George A. L. Dumont,
Frances popular military attache in
Washington, calls this observers at
tentiOn to an error in this column in
| connection with foreign honors to
| the United States Army's world flyers.
1t was fnaccurately stated that Japan
was the first nation to pin medals on
the bosOms Of our globe girdling avi-
ators. Gallant France, as becomes
| the. country that blazed so many
| trails through the air. rightly claims
| the distinction Of being the first to
decorate Smith, Arnold, Ogden Wade.
Nelson and Harding. Soon after their
| achievement, France offered the flyers
Congress had not enacted the neces-
sary legislation. AS soon as it was
permissible, the French sent the in
sigma Of the Legion to the men who
| flew ring around Mother Earth.
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Irwin B. Laughin of Pennsylva mia,
until recently American Minister to
Greece, has returned to the United
| States and expects to abando
! diplomacy for private life. He is one
| of the most experienced Of our career
| men, having begun as private secre-
| tary to our envoy to Japan 23 years
| ago. Laughlin Is a man Of great
private means. being one Of the pro-
prietOrs of the vast Jones & l-aushlin
steel industry at Pittsburgh. lie and
Mrs. Laughlin (who was Miss Therese
| Iselin of New York; recently built one
of the most palatial private homes in
Washington. They expect to make the
Capital their permanent home and
maintain here the innumerable inter
national contacts Mr.. Laughlin enjoys
! by reason of his service in many
lands.
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| Mrs. Coolidge retains her member
| ship in the luncheon club of senatorial
wives, and seldom fails to attend it's
| periodical meetings in a private suite
| attached to the Senate restaurant
Eight ladies act as hostesses on these
| recurring occasions, the groups being
| arranged according to alphabetical
| order. The First Lady of the Land,
who became a member of the club
| when she was Mrs. Vice President, is,
| as she is nearly everywhere. the life
Of the party. She particularly insists
| on taking her turn as q serving hos
tess, and alse in bringing to the
| feasts her statutory share of the
eats" The story the senatorial
women like best to tell about their
most popular member concerns her
mishap in connection with q cauldron
Of White House creamed potatoes.
| Somehow or other, the bottom of the
utensil fell out and cream streamed
| in countless rivulets over the floor
from getting down on her hands and
| knees and doing her share of the re-
| moval process before the guests
! arrived.
Queen Marie can't be very much
| astOnished or upset by trihes like
squabbles aboard the royal train now
taking it's cantankerous way across
the country. Such things are every
day occurrences in all the palaces and
castles on earth. Intrigue in the en-
tourages Of crowned heads Is as
much a part and parcel of the mo-
narchial game as etiquette. Every
body, AOOner or later, somehow or
other. grinds a little ak for favor
currying purposes. The jealousies,
rivalries. back-bitings and wire.pull-
ing that result reach the throne. but
seldom rock it. Thus. however vexa.
tious the headlines represent hostilities
aboard the royal Rumanian special
to be, it's dollars to doughnuts that
reminders Of home, szsst home.