New Britain herald., 1928-04-27


 the |. $. secretary of agriculture, gives in this article some most in teresting impressions of Mrs Her bert Hoover, wife of the T.. $. secre- tary of commerce, and next first lady of the land" possibility. The article was written by Mrs. Jardine especially for the Herald and NEA Service.
 By MRS. WILLIAM M. JARDINE Wife of the L. $. Secretary of Agri-
 culture.
 Most people I meet are Indoor people They would rather be ill a house, eating or talking or dancing or playing bridge, than working or camping or walking, or doing any thing else out-of- doors.
 Of course, one gets used to this. but l for one have never got over my love for the outdoors, which goes back to my childhood in the far west. And so feel q sense of com radeship with outdoor people.
 And Mrs. Herbert Hoover is. first and foremost an outdoor person. aand a very healthy, wholesome, comradely one.
 Her Gartlen-a WOOdsy Place
 You are more likely to find her out of doors than anywhere else. She may be in her garden. which is a woodsy place with big trees. quite different from the fashionable terraced lawns of the neighhorhood.
 Or she may be out motoring or walking or camping. She always has been interested in flowers and trees and stones. (In fact she spe- cialized in science in college, and in geology at that. It was in geology class that she met MT. Hoover. who was studying the subject in prepara- ton for mining engineering.) She really knows nature, and loves 1t. Mrs. Hoover likes everything that goes with living outdoors. Indeed. she never sleeps under roof if she can be out. She delights in outdoor cooking, camp-making. and the 1n- formal human contacts of life away from the towns.
 A Girl Scout Worker I suppose it is this, along with her genuine affection for all young people, that has made her so &C., tive a figure in the Girl Scout movement She isn't just an off, cial in the organization - she is really a part of it, an older girl among girls. l doubt if she enjoys anything more than the Girl Scout meetings and camps. She talks and laughs with the girls, inspires them with self-reliance, tells them stories of the pioneers.
 In fact. telling stories or listen ing to them is one of her favorlte recreations She has an amazing rcpertory and with a group of con- genial friends or eager girls she Will tell one tale after another. her blue eyes and humorous smile radiating democratic friendliness. While she talks, she is likely to be busily knit ting a small grandchild's jacket or adding stitches to needlepolnt screen that she herself has designed. Her Home
 She has made her home one of the most comfortable places l know. It isn't a show place or an art collec- tors gallery; it is just a home-the sort of home that you instinctively feel is just right for young people.
 The Hooyers have two fine sons. They aren't at home now, but there are almost alway young people ill the house. And there are olderpeo- ple-peoplc of all sorts. because the Hoovers are interested in men and women who are doing things re- gardless of wealth or position or anything of that sort. The home has comfortable furniture and pleasant I pictures and books-Mrs. Hoover is | especially interested in American history, particularly of the pioneer days, and in stories of adventure. ] Mrs. Hoover's interests and point back to her pioneer experiences. Like her husband, she was born in Iowa. but when she was very young 1 her parents moved to California and settled in Monterey. the old Span ish capital. Here Mrs. Hoover-then Lou Henrs-grew up.
 She Liked Exploring
 This was still sparsely settled region. rich in stories of the days of '49 and the even earlier days of the f