The Washington times., 1927-03-07
JEAN ELIOT's NEWs AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY," IN THE c
s SENATORIAL
EXODUS TN
PROGRESS
Cruises Popular With
Congress Group;
Mayflower Out
By JEAN ELIOT

termed the ''big blow on.
capitol Hill being over and the
country having ''got wind when It
paid to get wisdom"--a gradual
official exodus is in progress and
ernising seems to be the popular
order Of the day.
Even the President and Mrs.
Coolidge can claim q holiday cruise
Though SO brief that 1t Is already
over. They took the MayfioWer out
on Saturday afternoon for the first
time since the autumn and drifted1
down the Potomac as far as Coles
Point, spending last night anchored
off Hams Point IN order that, ac-
c0rding to custom, they might make
m early landing this morning. a
Among the guests aboard the yacht
were the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs, Davis, Assistant Secretary Of
War and Mrs. F. Trubee Dawson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest ". Stires, OF
Seminary ELL, Va, the latter e.
daughter Of Nine. Louise Homer;
Hiss Mary Pollard, of Vermont, a
cousin Of the President, and James
q. Williams, Of Boston.
Vice President Off Today
The Vice President and Mrs. /
Dawes are getting off today. bound
fIrst for Florida to spend day or
tSo with his sister, Mrs Harry b.
HOyt, ana headed afterward for Ha-
vana and Panama. They will go
later to their home in Evanston, and
IN m aIa
1ngton until next December. Their
son, Dana Dawes, now in school In
the East, spent the weekend with
them, and they also had as guest
Sir Robert KindersIey, who was one
oe the British members of the Dawes
Preparations Commission
Reeds Bound for Bermuda
On Saturday night Vice President
Dawes was the guest of Senator
David Aiken Reed, who entertained
! distinguished company of men at
dinner. Senator and Mrs. Reed, by
the way, are leaving Washington
on Thursday and are heading for
bermuda, to be gone several weeks. |
The Senator Is hoping for quiet and /
rest-and, doubtless, needs it. After
the Senate gave Quito quote |
VIII Rogers again-the Senator
from Pennsylvania, who had con.
Quoted the long-drawn-out filibuster,
slept, from o'clock Friday after
noon until 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. and thon admitted that he was
Sill tired.
Binghams Sail For Orient
senator and Mrs. Hiram Bing.
ham are of the Senatorial con.
They viii sail from San Francisco
on March 10 and win tour the
Philippines and Japan, also going |
70 China to see their son, Wood.
bridge Bingham, who is studying |
kho Chinese language and literature
1T the Yenking School in Peking.
The engagement Of Mr.. Bingham, |
o graduate Of Groton and YALE to
Hiss Ursula Wolcott Griswold, OF
New York, has just been announced.
she attended the Spence School ana
Eoxcraft, from which she was grad |
mated last June. and is a member Of
khe Junior League.
Senator and Mrs. Bingham viii
Feturn to their home In Connecticut
late in July.
In West Indies
senator and Mrs. William III.
King are to spend the next few
weeks cruising in the West Indies.
aator and Mrs. Walter Evans
Edge are headed for Panama, very
popular Just now as a vacation
npot as the fleet is lowering in
the neighborhood. Mrs. Theodore
douglas Robinson and Miss Helen
Robinson are spending some time
there, 1t viii be remembered, while
Mr.. Robinson, Assistant Secretary
,Df the Navy, is with the fleet.
Senator and Mrs. Frederick Sack
ct are going abroad and will sail
soon to be absent three months.
Senator-elect and Mrs. William 8.
Mare are also Europe bound and have
taken passage for March 10. Sen.
Nptor and Mrs. Lawrence G. Phipps.
on the contrary, are going West and
win be at their home in Denver,
Colo, for a while before going to
California. Senator and Mrs. Claude
Swanson will leave town tomorrow
and expect to be away month,
spending the first part of their holi-
day in Atlantic City.
To Linger Here
However, there are some Of the
Senatorial group who propose to
lfnger in washington until well into
the spring. Among them are Sem
ator and Mrs. Porter H. Dale, who
love the old-fashioned garden of
their home on Capitol Hill too well
to leave it at this season. More
over, they are frank enough to
admit that they find the spring in
washington more agreeable than In
Vermont. Senator and Mrs. Henry
Wilder Keyes win also stay on here,
Mrs. Keyes being very actively en-
gagged in literary work. and Senator
and Mrs. Robert N. Stanfield will
be here for some time. The Senator
may go West next month, but Mrs.
Stanfield doesn't expect to leave
until summer. Although now in
the lame duck class, the Stanfields
expect to maintain their home in
Washington and to- spend q good
deal Of time here.
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