Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-26

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hatlesss. Some wore '1O-gallon''
| hats and several were in regular
| cowboy costumes.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
| stood in receiving line, as the people
| came forward to shake hands and bid
| them welcome. Many had their chill
| dren along, and both the President
and Mrs. Coolidge paid special atten-
| ton to the little ones, the President
occasionally patting a little tot on
| the head and Mrs. Coolidge chatting
| with them. One shy little youngster
bashfully walked past without offer
ing his hand, only to be caught up
| by the laughing Mrs. Coolidge. Here.
sonny, aren't you going to say hello
BUSINESS, "why, that's terrible" the
farmers chuckled and the boy grinned
sheepishly as he put out his hand.
Sioux Tongue Puzzles.
Tom Berry, d picturesque cowboy,
dressed as if he had to be ready in
an instant to punch cows. puzzled the
President, by jabbering at him: "Wah
zu wee chaska, lila wasta kaspa.
eakta unyapahe, lila unke usepe. y
The secret service man who always
stands directly behind the President,
watching like hawk every hand put
forth for the presidential handshake.
stared at the Westerner in amaze.
ment. What he had said, in the
tongue of the Sioux Indians he repre-
sents in the legislature was simply
Great leading white man. extra fine
leader, you are welcome to our hills"
All but Is of the lat members of
the legislature, and several prominent
State officials were in the gathering.
having Travelled five hours in a special
train from Pierre, the State capital.
and 80 miles by motor from the rail-
road centers of Rapid City since
o'clock this morning. In special ses-
sion to reconsider the general appro-
priation bill vetoed by Gov. Bulow.
the legislature took the day off for the
event. Sixty per cent Of it's members
had never seen the State Park where
they invited the presidential party to
pass the Summer and perhaps SO
out Of 100 Of them had never seen the
President.
Lunch Held i'm Park.
After lunch in the park nearby the
State game lodge which is the Summer
White House, the 40 senators and 95
dIl0 CldIG OilSAdAS
congregated on the lawn, while with
Gov. Bulow and United States Sena-
tor Peter Norbeck, with legislative
committee of three senators and three
representatives waited upon Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge on the veranda and for.
mally notified them of the presence
of the legislature.
The crowd, about $50 feet removed
from the veranda, applauded as the
President appeared in the doorway,
followed by Mrs. Coolidge. A round
Of hand shaking with the official COM
mittee and the group on the veranda
descended the stone steps to the
drive and from there descended sew
eral more steps to the lawn, where
the president and Mrs. Coolidge stood
to receive the long line.
When the last of the line had filed
past some of them coming up the
second time for handclasp and word
of greeting, State Senator l.. II.
Simon, who was in charge of the trip
from the State Capital to the Black
Hills, conversed with Mr.. Coolidge
for a moment or SO and called out to
the crowd that the President would
SAY a few words" This was greeted
with a burst Of applause.
Glad to Drop Formally.
In addition to what was mentioned
above the President said he was glad