The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-09

display II In any house she has lived In since.
The campaign of 1912 was a difficult one Tor
this daughter OF one leader and wlfe OF another
who were going separate Ways. although that
never made the slightest difference IN the per
sonal relations OF the two men nor their respect
for each other. Nick Longworth stayed on the
standpat Republican side Of the fence. 70 save
his own political life. and this fact made II more
less impossible for Alice TO campaign openly
for her father.
Throughout her fathers career she was a 10y
al passionate and complete partisan of bis.
Those who succeeded him In the Presidency
we're somehow usupers In her eyes So when
the break between Roosevelt and Taft came she
took something ~ n savage delight in the defeat
Of Taft IN 1912 She regarded him as an "aml-
able and good-natured" follower OF her father
who had been quite outside his rights when he
bad broken away from r. RS policies
~To me there was something not quite pleas
lng In the idea OF my dear SIR. Taft as great
man. and stiii less pleasing as great President.
rubbed In by my lnlaws. too There
was also an unmlstakable attitude on the part
Of members OF his family Of here be Is where
he ought 10 be- and we don't owe 30 very much
to Roosevelt anyway: be could have got along
quite as well without him"
In reply TO an Invitation to the White House
inaugural lunch. Mrs Longworth explained 10
Mrs Taft that she might not be able TO attend.
rs she was seeing her father OF for New York
al noon "Mrs. Taft said most civilly that was all
right and In case did decide TO come. she would
send me a ticket so that should be able TO get
into the White House is. few shouting
20 friends and relatives with the news that !
was going 20 be allowed 10 have n ticket 10 per
NIT me 20 enter the white House-I-a very
large capital l. Indeed. | gave myself
Of, ,nsa f.f r
ing"
Woodrow Wilson was her fathers political en-
emy 50 he was her enemy too. and so when
President Wilson got back from Paris q.
went down TO the station and parked on the
outskirts OF the crowd II was sparse crowd
there was very little cheering /
hurried uptown 10 see how many people turned
out TO greet him he entered the White House
grounds There were not more than two or three
hundred. got out OF my motor and stood on the
curbstone fingers crossed. making the sign OF
the evil eye, and saying: "A murrain on him. a
murraIn on him. a murraIn on him"
AS for succeeding Presidents and admlnlstra-
tons. Princess Alice" has some rather acid com
ment: Harding not a bad man. He was
just a slob." Coolidge changed the atmosphere
OF the White House from that OF the back room
OF speakeasy to that Of New England parlor s.
was primarily owing TO the huge publicity or
ganlzation that he and his supporters had built
up and kept on the Job for him" The present
President Roosevelt has the name OF Roosevelt.
marked facial resemblance TO Wilson and no
perceptible aversion. 10 say the least to many
of the policies OF Bryan"
The much-talked-of Gann-Longworth social
war" she lays TO foolish mistake by newspa-
pers II was not a matter Of social precedence
between her and Mrs. Gam, she says. but q
question as to whether Mrs Gann as hostess
for Vice President Curtis. should precede wives
OF foreign ambassadors at official and seml-Ofi-
cIaI dinner parties. "It seems to me the word
hostess has lost Its meaning or acquired new
one since IL has become associated with night
clubs and hotels" she adds by way Of comment.
The immediate cause OF the whole affair was
dinner at the Eugene Meyers, dry" house
and Speaker Longworth seized upon the Gam
precedent quarrel as an excuse for not going TO
this dry dinner party.
"Of course, obviously. there never was any
row anyone who knew me was aware that rank
and conventionality were things l always fed
from and shirked. | could not very well tell the
true story-that Nick had seized a straw to
avoid a dry dinner, so all l could say was, I
have really nothing to do with 1t"
G BY Western Newspaper Union