Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

walter Edge began his political career
juSt as he started out in buslneSS-aS
an apprentice His first public ONCE
was that of journal clerk in the New
Jersey Senate. Later he was made Sec
rotary Of that body.
In 1909 he was elected a member of
the Assembly and enjoyed the dlstlnc-
ton of serving as Republican leader
his first year. In 1910 he won a seat
in the state Senate and two years later
was elected majority leader OF that
body.
In 1915 Edge was out for governor
and won by a plurality of more than
SO 900 votes In 1918 he won the seat
of the late United States Senator Will
liam Hughes. In 1924 he was returned
to Washington with plurality OF 276,-
300 votes.
And in the meantime he was push
ing his advertising agency, first to New
York then to London, Paris, Berlin and
elsewhere. He had also acquired the
Press and Union, two powerful news
papers in Atlantic City.
At the age of SIS Senator Edge devotes
almost all of his time to public service.
His two newspapers in Atlantic City
are owned and operated by three OF his
former secretaries. His advertising
agencies are now in the hands of men
who have been faithful in his employ.
He retains only the agency at Atlantic
City, which he bought on the borrowed
$500.
When he Is in Washington he is one
of the hardest working men on Cap1tol
Hill. But when he is not busy he plays
with the same zest and enthusiasm.
Every year, in November, he goes to
brownsville, Ga. to hunt. There he
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regular session Of Congress opens. He
plays golf some, but is not an erthu-
Siast. He enjoys swimming
He has been married twice. He has
a son by his first marriage who Is the
pride of his father. The boy is IA. Not
infreuuently the Senator goes all the
way to Bath, Me, just to spend one
night with the boy.
His second wife was the granddaugh-
ter Of Arthur Sewall, candidate for vice
President on the Bryan-Sewall ticket.
Mrs. Edges father was Harold Sewall,
the last American Minister to Hawaii.
Americas most famous baby-little
Paulina Longworth-is carving for her
self a considerable niche in the social
life of the National Capital.
The daughter of Alice Roosevelt and
Nicholas Longworth, Speaker OF the
House of Representatives, Paulina could
hardly escape the inevitable attention
that comes to one of such nlustrious
parentage. But 1t Is fast becoming evil
dent that she need not be compelled to
rely wholly. on her father and mother
for recognition. ;
Even at the age of Miss Paulina Is
a very much grown-up young lady.
For example, at the swanky Willett-
Hays wedding In Washington recently,
when her, mother and father found 1t
Impossible to attend, 1t was Paulina
who represented the family. She sent
her tasn present, handsome silver
vegetable dish with her engraved card
incloseds
And at Atlantic City, when the pho
tograpl1ers wanted her and her father
to pose together Paulina obligingly
climbed into Father Nick's arms. smiled
broadly and Rugged him f1ercely.
She has acquired some Of the viii
and gift Of repartee that have long
made her mother known as one OF the
most interesting persons in Washington
when, the Longworths went to theil
Cincinnati home during the recess OF
CongfeAs4PAuiina, with her nurse. went
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