Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-07
RETURNS TODAY INCREASE HOOVERS MARGIN

| with his irrepfessible grandchildren,
Herbert, Sd. and Peggy, children of Mr.
and Mrs Hoover. jr Herbie the third
had celebrated his first birthday the
day before. while Peggy is going on
three" Peggy is of an inquisitive dis
position, and she insisted on finding out
what was in her granddaddy's cigar
box. Grandpop took the box from the
table and let her play with it.
Driven Over Campus.
Not long after luncheon Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoover, MFR. and Mrs Hoover, jr., and
Lewis Strauss wartime personal Secre-
tary of the nominee, entered closed
automobile and we're driven through the
sun-bathed. palm bordered driveways of
the 200-acre campus. Allan preferred
to get at the wheel of green sport car,
and he sped away to visit with class
mates and other university friends
Learning of the illness Of one of his
professors, he drove back to the house,
scooped up basket of gorgeous yellow
roses that had been presented his
mother, and took them to the bedside of
the faculty member.
Back from the refreshing drive
Hoover went into his sunny, oak
paneled study, seated himself at desk
lighted a cigar and began to read the
meager preliminary returns. He was
Joined by the other members of his
family, his house guests and few
friends. At one side of the desk rested
spoken his final appeal to the electorate
He finished reading the few dis
patches on his desk, and turned to
gaze through the broad window upon
the inspiring panorama of sloping
lawns. and bare limb EUCALYPTUS trees
and waving palms stretching away at
his feet Beyond the treetops he could
see the silver silver of water that is San
Franc SEQ Bay, and behind misty veil
on the horizon doomed the Shadowy
outlines of the Contra Costa Mountain
range Away to the east he could
glimpse the stately top of old "Palo
Alto" itself-the gigantic pine on the
shore of the bay for which the thriving
little college town was named.
Memories Come Back.
Perhaps his thoughts drifted back to
the day SO years ago when he ap-
preached that then virgin campus, a
bespectacled youth of II with little
money, and few night school credits
and world of ambitious determination
It was that f1rmneSs of purpose that
carried him through the newly-founded
university to B. A. degree and started
him on his phenomenal rise from COL
lege-bred mine laborer to candidate for
the presidency of his country.
He was called from his reverie to
supper in the oak-beamed dining ROOM
to the right of the spacious living room
as one enters the front door, He ate
a hearty meal. as is his custom.
BY the time supper was completed
the family circle began {. to SWELL with
the arrival of groups of university
friends and neighbors. The expensive
console radio, at the left of a. massive
stone fireplace, was turned on SO that
the visitors could hear the reports COM
iny by air
Meanwhile, there were arriving at the
house, great bundles of gifts and
patches of kilograms. A novel "tele-
gram" made of cake by Washington
caterer who had painstakingly lettered
it to appear like a telegraph blank,
bore the following inscription: Hon
Herbert Hoover: Falo Alto, Calf
Heartiest congratulations to you and