Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-09


est in the organization has not waned.
There was the day last Summer she
drove her car from Washington up into
Pennsylvania when the Scouts were at
Pine Grove Camp, near Harrisburg
She stopped within a mile of the camp
site. Getting out of her car, she
changed her slippers for comfortable
oxfords and liked in sprightly fashion
to the camp.
Not infrequently in Washington she
finds time to take party of guests over
to the Girl Scout headquarters at
Eighteenth street and New York avenue
for luncheon. Often the Scouts pre-
pare some sort of entertainment when
they know in advance Of her coming.
On one such occasion a retired admiral
was persuaded to come around and play
the either for her.
the express purpose of attending an ex-
hihition of early American furniture
sponsored by the Girl Scouts and
arranged as a benefit for that organi-
cation.
It is a safe bet that her generous
gesture of hospitality will not go want
ing. No date as. yet has been set, but
a rally on the White House lawn is
certainly in the off1ng.
IL ID 1lUOIlulB LlcW 1OT LlLSIISSS "a
the Executive Mansion to have hobby
There have been many first ladies to
display enthusiasm over something that
appealed to them and in several in
stances their interest has been just. as
marked as, Mrs. Hooyer's Girl Scout
work.
There was Mrs. Coolidge, fo- example
She expended vast amount of energy
I1ny- toe
in raising big fund for the Clark
School for the Deaf. And just before
leaving the White House she was able
to announce that she had been sue
ceSsful.
Mrs. Coolidge also was interested In
music. There Is the story of how she
visited the White House when she was
Grace Goodhue. Like many Others, she
was attracted to the beautiful gold
piano in the east room. Walking over
TO it, she sat down and played few
notes--until an aide told her the instru.
ment was not for the public.
Years later when she went to thu
mansion as mistress one Of the. frs
things she did was to walk over to the
gold piano and finish the piece the aide
had interrupted years before.
The first Mrs. woodrow Wilson wa!
deeply interested in social service arlc
welfare WOTk. 4C WAS largely ttlEOukL
her efforts that Congress passed bill
doing away with alley dwellings.
The bandstand on the polo grounds
in washington was built as the result
of Mrs. Taft's efforts. She liked to q
there ON Saturday afternoons. sit II
her car along the drive and listen Il
the Marine Band. She wanted the
stand there to act as drawing card, 81
that people would come, see and appre.
ciate the cherry blossoms along the Mall
a gift to her from the japanese govern
ment. -. =.
"The rhetoric of Moses"--a fanilial
phrase in Washington and subject
early brought to the front In any dis.
cussion concerning the merits OF United
States Senators.
George Higgins Moses Is the Senator
from New Hampshire-the man who
can get away with verbal jibes that few
of his colleagues can. And it's because
his expressions, although blunt, scintil.
late originality, brightness and wit anc
at the same time carry conviction.
Once he made verbal assault In the
Senate on the Versailles peace treaty
Charles s. Thomas, Democrat ane
then Senator from Colorado, admitted
that he read the speech through twice