Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-19

William T. Cosgrave, President or
the Irish Free State" will not be re-
ceived in Washington with the honors
accorded a ruling sovereign. He VIII
not, in other words, be privileged to
receive a call at the Irish legation
from President Coolidge distinction
accorded Viscount Wellington, king
of Canada" who was. here early In
December. The difference between
Mr.. Cosgrave and Viscount Wilmington
is that the Governor General or
Canada ranks as a "chief of state
i. e., the diplomatic equivalent OF
crowned head-while the president OF
Ireland" ranks merely as prime
minister. Mr.. Cosgrave will be enter
tanned at a state dinner at the Whlte
House and be the recipient Of other
exalted courtesies extended by our
Government to distinguished strangers
But the President of the United States
will not have to leave card on him
when the Irish statesman tarrles
among US in January.
Charles G.. Dawes made private
visit the other day to business prem
ises in the downtown district. He was
received in the outer offices by
superefficient young woman secretary,
who asked for his name and request
ed the general to cool his heels while
she took it in to the boss. Heavens!
exclaimed the latter, when the secre-
tary said who was waiting, "Why
didn't you show him in? Don't you
know he is the Vice President of the
United States?" Rejoined the steno-
graphic nymph: mercy, no! l didn't
recognize him without his pipe"
Until the time comes, Mr.. Coolidge
says he's not going to give any con-
sideration to his future employment
until he leaves the White House. The
inquiry that evoked this statement
referred to common rumors that
either the presidency Of Amherst Col.
lege or the Craftsmanship of the board
of the United States Steel Corporation
will be graced by Mr.. Coolidge after
March 4, 1929. To this observer
comes a much more likely suggestion.
A constituent writes in to say he
knows what Gals" going to do in
private life. HE will make cross
word puzzles" is the information
vouchsafed.
Though they admire most every.
thing America has to offer them, the
foreign diplomats domiciled on our
soil like to surround themselves with
things that come from home. Senior
Don Alexandra Padilla, the Spanish
Ambassador in Washington, recently
acquired one of the Henderson man.
sions on Embassy HILL" Sixteenth
street. for his country's official estab-
lishment 1t has been built and COM
pletely ready for occupancy a long
time-Mrs Henderson once hoped
Congress would puy it for a vice
presidential White House-but Am
bassador Padilla has just adorned the
front door with an exceedingly hand
some iron grille. specially designed
for the purpose by a foundry In
Seville.
Politicians think they know the true
inwardness of Charles d. Hilles'
latest declaration-that If the Kan
sas City convention chooses to nomi-
nate Calvin Coolidge" the President
must and win run. This is the way
the G.. o. p. wiseacres diagnose the
statement of the Republican national
committeeman from New York. Hllles
was 100 per cent for Hughes. When
I1ugneS va ~
cember 7. Mr.. Hilles had nowhere to
go. So he clings to Coolidge. prob
ably realizing, as most men do, that
the President hasn't the glimmer of
a notion of accepting denomination.
That means-the dopesters explain
that a Hilles-controlled New York
delegation will go to Kansas City, pre-.
pared to throw its formidable strength
in whichever direction the going looks
the best. The Empire State vote
may well be decisive factor. And
Charles Dewey Hilles' possibilities
are correspondingly big.
X X X
Ogden L. Mills of New York, I'm
dersecretary of the Treasury, is about
as rock-ribbed a Republican as ever
stood pat. But his Office overlook.
/ ing Alexander Hamilton's statue on
the south front Of the Treasury 4