The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-06
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner rutty


Things just happen to some peo-
Pile. Luck has something to do
with it. Looking like a magazine
cover helps. But that magic it
and we don't mean sex appeal
makes some people, seemingly with
out effort, walk through life with
unexpected, unanticipated. colorfIl
things happening to them all along
the way.
Margaret Emery, the 10 year old
Romeo Peach Festival queen is one
OF these. Sidelights become high
lights on her visits to the nation s
capital. Misfortunes even pay div
dends. (Airsick, exhausted. with
a fever Of l0l ii was tough to meet
the big wigs of Washington with a
smile. But tile reporters repaid
her by featuring her spunk in their
stories.)
To most queens, the "day-after"
schedule would be an anti-climax.
after her whirlwnd first day top
ped with a call that became a
visit at the White House. With
Queen Margaret, the second day
events, planned and implanted, be-
came eXcitingly important.
The call on Vice President Wal
lace was not lust another of those
things. No sir. Wallace. who
knows his peaches, discussed the
merits of freestone versus cling
varieties.
Senator Prentiss NJ. Brown hur-
riedly left a large delegation to
greet the South Lyon girl-and
then fingered to tell her about the
new tax bill which is keeping him
and Senator Nandenberg in Wash
ington, while the majority of the
members of Congress are on vaca.
ton.
Brown, asked for the latest,
rosiest peach to give toi the chair
man of that taxdrafting Finance
Committee, Senator George, of Geor.
gia. He wanted the senator from
the rival peach state to see and
taste Michigan sample. Brown
says 1t is pretty generally conced-
ed that the Michigan varieties are
more tasty, but the Georgia peaches
| look better. So he wanted a
Michigan peach that looked Geor-
gian.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg
posed for pictures in his office.
/ When the photographer asked him
to take a bite of peach, he looked
at the queens nearby cheek and
wisecracked which one?"
Those three calls were planned.
But was the day over for this
Michigan queen? No-just started
Going over to the capitol on
the famous little underground
train that carries senators to the
capitol, she accidentally met Sena
tor Bilbo, OF Mississippi. A photog
rapher was handy. Best picture.
Just happen. Bilbo Immediately
claimed it was only fit and proper
that he should share in the Mich
gan queen excitement, because h,
was an alumnus OF her Universit!
OF Michigan
At an early lunch in the Senati
restaurant for senators only, sh
met johnson. the colored head
walter who has been a beloved char
acter IN the capitol for ~ years
He gave her the recipe OF the rest
aurant's famous bean soup. Tn
equally famous gingerbread mui
FMS, hot out OF the oven, was ar
other treat from Johnson. (She ash
ed him to autograph the menu
p for the members OF her court.)
The superintendent OF the Pres
q Gallery put her in the "specia
n guest row to see the opening Of
p short meeting OF the Senate.
Just as she left, she met Sena
q tor Arthur Capper. OF Kansas tn
millionaire bachelor who is a fa'
oritc with the ladies'. lie told he
a grand Georgia peach story h
had heard President Roosevelt tel
s 1t seems Roosevelt bought a Geo
;. gia peach orchard and protect.
n his crop by the purchase OF Gro
. Insurance from an Atlanta Insul
o anee company He paid a $40
premium. Bad weather came. Tn