Evening star., 1928-11-27
COOLIDGE PARTY
LEAVES TOMORROW
President Looks Forward to
Hunting in Mountains on
Holiday Vacation.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge will
leave Washington tomorrow morning
for the Blue Ridge Mountains of Vir-
ginia, where they will pass the Thanks
giving week end at the Swannanoa
Club. about 20 miles southwest of
Charlottesville.
This will be the first time they have
been away from the Capital to spend
Thanksgiving since they have occupied
the White House, and the first time
they have visited that picturesque and
historic section of the country.
President Expects to Hunt.
They are looking forward to the
visit. not only as a rest and a change
in their busy daily routine, but to an
old-faShioned Thanksgiving of the
kind for which the Old Dominion has
been noted for generations. 1t is their
intention to avoid social activities as
much as possible They hope to be in
the open a great deal The President
is looking forward to some hunting
He has been assured that quail. wild
turkeys, rabbits and squirrels are plen-
tiful and that if he goes far enough
into the fastness of the mountains he
might find deer or bear
In anticipation of this sport the
President will take along his trusty
12-gauge repeating shotgun, the one
with which he crashed clay pigeons
in record breaking fashion while in Wis
conSin last Summer and the gun re-
Gently presented to him by some WASH
ington friends. That little experience
in Wisconsin, especially the thrill he
derived from winging full grown crane
with an automatic revolver, served to
arouse the Presidents interest in this
form Of outdoor sport, and frequnetly
since returning to the White House
from his vacation he has expressed a
desire to have more of it.
That section of Virginia where the
President is going is famous for its
fox hunting. He has been reminded
That the hounds will be run every day,
In some part of the country, near
SWannanoa, during his short stay, but
he has given no intimation that he has
any idea of participating He is not
much OF hand at riding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns of
Boston, old friends of the Coolidges, and
VINO are frequently visitors at the
White House. will be with them on their
trip. The journey will be made in a
special train of the Chesapeake a. Ohio
Railroad as far as Waynesboro. The
remainder OF the journey, distance of
miles, Will be made in automobiles.
Personnel Of Party.
Others in the presidential party will
be Edwin c. GeiSser, the Presidents
personal stenographer, who will serve
IN the capacity of private secretary on
thls trip; Col. OSmun Latrobe and
Capt. Wilson Brown. military and naval
aides respectively; Col. James F. Coupal,
the Presidents physician, and Miss
Ellen A. Riley, who has been house.
keeper at the White House for nearly
four years. Besides the customary
number OF newspaper correspondents,
there will be about 10 White House
servants.
The offer from officers of the Swan
nanoa Club to the President to take
over the clubhouse on this occasion In
cluded all the necessary Household
servants OF the club, but regardless of
what he has heard and read of the
traditional Virginia cooking, the Presi-
dent is taking along Katherine Buck
ley and Hannah Heffernan, the two
principal White House cooks From ex-
perience, the President has reason to
know that their cooking suits him pre-
ciSely. The club chefs may rank high
as club chefs go, and they may be ar
lists where cooking turkey Is concerned,
but the Thanksgiving meal will not be
his only one at Swannanoa and lie is
particular about his wheat cakes and
sausage and sweet buns, which are just
as much part Of his daily routine as
his walk before breakfast. his work at
the Office and his afternoon Siesta.
The President is taking Talbert E.
Dowling, his valet and Mrs. Coolidge
will have the services of Annie Fulton,
her personal maid. The other White
House employees to be taken to Swan
nanoa will be doormen, walters, kitchen
and bedroom maids.
Two Autos Are Dispatched.
Two of the White House fleet of au-
tomobiles will be at the disposal of the
presidential party during their Virginia
visit. These cars left Washington to-
day and will be at the station at
WayneSboro to meet the President when
he arrives tomorrow afternoon.
The presidential train will not arrive
until after o'clock. Gov. Byrd and
other State officials and officers of the
Swannanoa Club, as well as citizens of
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will be on hand to extend welcome.
The governor viii be one of the small
party to accompany the distinguished
guests to the club.
The Swannanoa clubhouse, once a
private home. was built on most lavish
scale. It was the home of the late
Maj James Dooley, wealthy Virginian.
who loved the mountains and the view
afforded by them sufficiently to spend
nearly 81 100000 in the building of
marble castle and the laying out of
gardens and grounds of a most formal
and pretentiouS nature. The luxury OF
the home is said to include a Roman
bath, which adjoinS the suite tO be
occupied by the President 'and Mrs
Coolidge. Not only Is there much
splendor within the building, but the
view has been represented to the PreSi-
dent as something really entrancing
the building is situated on the slope
of the mountain at an altitude of
nearly 1000 feet, which makes it pos
sible to have an unobStructed view of
scenic Splendor as far as the eye can
reach.
Will Attend Foot Ball Game.
Col. E. w. Startling of the secret serv-
Ice, who is now at Swannanoa ar
ranging details for the Presidents visit,
is known to have been kept busy in
forming the we'll meaning people of that |
section who want to extend hospitality |
to the party during its stay that the |
President and Mrs. Coolidge do not ex-
pect to participate in any gayeties, and
will accept as few social engagements
as possible. They will, however, be |
guests at Thanksgiving luncheon at
the home of President Alderman of the |
University of Virginia Thanksgiving |
afternoon.
Following this luncheon President |
Alderman and his guests will go to the
bowl on the grounds of the university |
to watch the annual game between Vir-
ginia and the University of North Caro- |
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