Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-01

| Mr.. VIII Rogers today parked MS
right foot on one of Mr.. Willard s
very best plush-coyered chairs, rested
his right elbow on his right knee and
his chin in his right hand, and de-
livered himself as follows: II may be
kind of a lousy horseman, but I figure
I'm still man enough to 1ope down the
Avenue In my old age"
Which indicated that Mr.. Rogers
was rather indignant at the publicity
given to the fact that a chauffeur was
hired yesterday to gallop down Penn.
sylvania avenue in his stead and at
the lack of publicity given to the rea-
son for the substitution. The chauf'
feur. Fred Lacey Of the Red Star
Sightseeing Co., doubled for Mr.
Rogers in the role of Congressman
| Maverick Brander. when that cine
matte parsonage performed feats of
horsemanship in the embryonic mo-
ton picture of "A Texas Steer" yes
terday
Tells OF Doctors Edict.
| In explaining the reason therefor
Mr. Rogers had an opportunity to talk
about his operation, a subject for
which he has shown no distaste. He
removed his right foot from the plush.
covered chair, put his left foot where
his right foot haad been, and assumed
the reverse of his former position.
I've just been out of the hospital
five weeks" said Mr. Rogers. You
know the big thing about an opera
ton is keeping quiet after It's over.
Three doctors told me l couldn't
work in this picture at all. AS for
riding horse in it"
At this point Mr.. Rogers removed
his left foot from a plush covered
chair and put his right foot back.
His interviewer put his right foot
up on the chair next to Mr.. Rogers
and initiated his posture. He just
couldn't help it.
''As for this talk of my life being
too valuable to risk" said Mr.. Rogers.
pushing his cap down over his left
eye, We'll, I've always figured that
one mans lifes worth just as much
to him as the next mans life's worth
to him. People talk about being
afraid to go up in an airplane be-
cause they've got a wife and chill
dren. What about the fellow that
runs the plane? His life's worth just
as much to him as mine is to me.
Graves to Ride Horses.
Mr.. Rogers continued. who couldn't
lope down the street," He pushed
his cap back from in front of his left
eye and Immediately pushed 1t down
over his right eye. What hate Is
not being able to get on a horse
back home. It's a big joke at home.
I've got a polo field that cost me
all the money l made in a year and
dozen polo ponies. Other people
come over and ride 'em while l stand
around and watch. The doctors told
me I couldn't ride for a year."
Mr.. Rogers and his interviewer
simultaneously removed their right
feet from the plush-covered chair and
put their left feet up where their
right feet had been. The plush.
covered chair was beginning to look
rather the worse for wear by this
time.
II broke in my 15-year-old kid the
other day." said Mr.. Rogers. AT
polo, / mean. He can ride pretty
l could have used him for my double"
Mr.. Rogers took his left foot down
and with both feet planted firmly on
the floor gave vent to a final burst
of indignation. II stood down at the
polo grounds the other day and
watched 'em play polo." he said. land
my mouth watered. And they say
I'm scared to lope down the street,"
Tip on Coolidge.
Having said this, he put his right
foot back up on the plush-covered
chair and shifted his cap from In
front of his right eye to in front of
his left eye. With a heroic effort his
interviewer managed to keep both
feet on the floor.
We'll probably leave tonight" said
Mr.. Rogers. "Well get out just be-
fore Coolidge gets in." He took off
his cap, scratched his head and put
his cap on again. "I don't know any
easier way to win money than by
betting on Coolidge in 1928" he said.
Congressman" Has Spill.
CONGRESSMAN Maverick Brander
himself came to grief this morning. 1t
may have been that Mr.. Lacey, who
did what Mr.. Rogers calls lope SO
well yesterday, was uncomfortable in
his swallow-tail and pink nightshirt,
or it may have been that constant as.
ISOLATION with sightseeing buses had
given him a technique which wasn't
efficient with horses-anyway. Con-
gresham Maverick Brander in the
person of Mr. Lacey, took spill
The Congressman got as far in his
mad dash from his hotel to the Cap
itol as the lower end of Pennsylvania
avenue when darkness overlook him
yesterday, and so he decided to lay
overnight and continue the ride this
morning At the edge o., tho Capitol
grounds he mounted AMI si<F~-