Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-09
PreSident-EIect and Wife Re.
visit Scenes of Courtship
While Resting.
May COME BACK HERE
ON BOAT VIA PANAMA
Already Loses Freedom as Secret
Service Men Take Up
Guard Duty.
BY REX COLLIER.

PALO ALTO, Calf, November g.
Having spent scarcely more than one
year at his home on the heights Of San
Juan Hill since its completion some
nine years ago, President-elect Herbert
Hoover is making the most of his short
stay there before forsaking it for an
other four years.
Almost greedily he and the First
Lady-to-Be are drinking the rare beau
ties of the bloSsom-splashed hills amid
which snuggles their Pueblo-style Cali
fornia home. Afoot they wander on
early mornings through the inviting
pathways to the West and by auton1o-
bile they revisit memory-stirring scenes
OF their campus and courtship days.
All too soon they will have to put
these pleasant reminders of a romantic
past behind them. Before long they must
transfer their residence from the quiet
semi-tropical confines of their Stanford
University home to that whirling center
of public life, state functions and sight
SCSAlS-LLIe WulCe @1OuSe.
Guards Already on Duty.
This is as it should be, but neverthe-
less, the prospective master and mis-
treSS OF the Executive Mansion will give
themselves over to their public" with
feelings of mixed emotions. ShadinO
the elation which they feel over the
overwhelming honor thrust upon them
by their fellow Americans is a real note
OF reluctance and regret. They are sac
rlncing the comfort and rest and Sc
ciusion OF typical American home cir
cle Tor the busy. blatantIy public ex-
tsIenCe Wnlch Presidents and Their
families must endure in the service n
their country.
ALREADY they have had taste of what
Is yet to come. So soon as this they
nave been forced to forego those in
gereStlng StrollS In the foothills. awav
from pry1ng eyes, that were their right
and their delight until YESTERDAY, Nov
Wf1en they fare forth in quest Of eyer
ciSe and solitude, the inexorable eve of
Gne secret service is upon them. IN
oaunted by formidable accumulation
OF telegrams and letters to be answered
anu Dy the mass OF problems which
weeks. the President-elect is sI1oviru
the world he meant it when he an
nounced his intention of getting some
rest before tackling the pressing tasks
Wnlcn loom uneasily about him.
Yesterday afternoon he tore himself
away from the beckoning problems pil
ing up on his desk and went with Mrs
hoover and Allan, their Younger SON
LOT long automobile drive over the
roHing panorama of flowers and palms
ana q Shrubbery that is the campus of
ms anna mater. More than 200 acres
OF tnat campus Is developed and he
Sonu So are nearly 5000 acres more which
oelolg 70 the university and which it
cannot dispose of because of Provisions
IN the original deed.
Cabinet Question Prominent.
Among the questions which must soon
receive Hoover'S studied attention hI1t
10 which so far he has refused stolidIv
70 give more than a passing thouohf
are the makeup of the slate for his
caolnet, plans for the simple inaue1,ra.
tion next March and, more immediateIv
tn tne tine and manner of his return to
the National Capital.
speculation as to the Hoover cabinet
Hoover knows, but he insists that nSi
soul VIII know the truth in this CON
nectlon until he makes the announce
ment, himself. His advisers declare in
an seriousness that he has not taken
up the cabinet problem at all. as vet.
r1e mas read With interest, however. the
comment in the press regarding nos
slpie appointeeS, for he smilinplv noinfs
out that If any such appointments are
g % De made he would like to know about
AS for the the inaugural ceremonies
ue ooeS not think great deal of
VIII be necessary. In fact,
event. the better 1t will suit his retir-
ing, Quaker nature. He realizes he must
submit to such fanfaronade as is pro-
vlded by troops of escort, and to the
accorded by those who
view the ceremonies, but he certainly
VII veto any major elaboration of the
program
The date and route of his triunphal
Journey back to Washington are to be
1eclded very shortly, it was indicated
ooay at his home. Representatives of
eaolng railroads are bringing every bit
II pressure to bear on his assistants to
influence "the Chief" to choose their
espective lines for the return trip, but
hey have received no satisfaction
whatever, thus far.
May Return by Boat.
There is possibility that he may
lbandon railroads altogether on the
rip and sail back to Washington or
Jew York aboard a naval or conn
nercial vessel. by way of the Panama
canal. A battleship or cruiser might
'e placed at his disposal, if his choice
les in that direction. In this way he
ould avoid the long. tiresome ride
cross country he has seen so many
ines and secure two weeks Of refresh
1g relaxation at sea.
Consideration also we'll might be
iven to the great influx of invitations
lie has received to visit the formerly
old South on his way to the White
Iouse. Hoover still chuckles with
Measurable satisfaction over his
chievement In undermining the SOL
darity of Southern Democracy. He
kinks IL will result in decisive renais-
ance In Dixie and rebound to the
eneft Of national prosperity as a
1hole.
Moreover, he Is keenly tickled over
he unprecedented majority of electoral
otes given him in the election, for
e feels that now it cannot be said
hat bigotry put him In the White
Iouse. The majority was so impressive
hat he believes none can say that
nything other than major issues was
lvolved.
He is known to have feared that the
ace might be close. and that the mar
ow margin might create bitterness,
owever unreasonably.
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