Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 22

CHANGES ARE FEW 1 IN WHITE HOUSE| 2resident and Mrs. Coolidge | to Find Repainting Chief New Note. When the President and Mrs. Cool- ige return to the White House next they will find no sharp the appearance of their home, despite the fact that a ¥ terior decorators and ers has been thor- p the | rior of the » House ever since Mr. and Mrs. ldge departed for Swampscott. ith the approximate date for the rn of President Coolidge and his family than a month off, Maj. 5 Brown, acting director of and ground: and Maj frey of the same de- partment made a trip through the Executive Mansion yesterday after-| ually the progre: less H w a few months ago rmal dig of the lobby or hall of the White House is a labyrinth of lader: nd )w, with numerous pots E tered everywhere. The blue room and the room are in the same condition, pt that great protection sheets ¢ lin have been draped over the w bby Is Repainted. 2 lobby has been repainted. custome white A simila cellir receptic nothing but scaffolding of t een corative scheme under- gone merel g Both M s > east roon 1 thorot rown and Maj. Meha- ed satistaction over the "hey have been inspecting frequently and declare the and decorators will be through with their prescribed tasks by the time the President and Mrs. Coolidge return from Massachusetts. The only room needing attention after S aber 1, it is sald, will be the green room Since this room it_was le 1 have plete the Ma prog the work painte to be redecorated t until last, since impossible to work until late in the haffey s. he cou wh: decorative followed, but he artists in_ cha 1 color scheme retain its now been rould nt low be the L grec room could historic na; Privacy Veils Upper Floor. t what changes are being made on the second floor of the White House, the manston, vulged be- cause of Mrs lidge's well known aversion to publicity about that sec- fon of the White House. It is known, however, that the change: re no more radical than a repaint- ng and possibly a bit of redecoration sre and there. The work on the econd floor is being done entirely decorators and painters from the ice of public bui and grounds. The mo: hange, in fact, :ems to be the installation of a new acuum cl system. This sys- s e S ew. Otherwise, the te Hou m top to bottom as it did last Winter the better for some additional t of familiar hue. oth Maj wn and Maj. Mehaffey ations that severe nger way are nothing RENCH “RED” LEADER WILL LIVE IN A PALACE Deputy Invokes Aged Law to Get Quarters at Versaillés as Per- quisite of His Office. By the Associa PARIS, ist party i py one of the n king,” Louis iiles. The unexpected lerable emo- of the Social it ha tion in ther party “What caused are we ¢ to?” is the | general remark, Alexandre Varenn, overnor general of Indo- ; Paul Boncour hobnobbing with eois ministers and of reactionary repub menarchies Barthe playing the nabob i d trimmed salons and boudoirs of Louis Bart} Guestuers of the Cha \ber of Deputies, which is mmittee of the he is going seems to live in a re ites the precedent estab- | he ate secretary of the gene Pierre, who spent s in t ment re ailles for t - king up the records, e apartments nder the French Pa t Versailles regularly | the period of the commune, d that they never have been abol- | ished WISSING WOMAN SOUGHT IN NORTHERN RESORTS fons when Socially Prominent, Wife Is Be- lieved to Have Been Hurt When Spouse Stayed Out to Dine. By the Associated Presw N! YORK, August 15.—Search r Mrs. lsabelle De Puy Thompson, member of a socially prominent fam- fly who I bee missing from her irdens, Long Island, morning, today | nd No er thinl e to visit friends, who is the 22- George Alanson former instruc- rsity, left her and ‘no word | to relatives from or | »f her. left behind her five- | onths-old son. Her husband said | hat she did not have more than $10 | hen she disappeared. Mrs. Sarah De Puy Goldersleeve, mother of the missing woman, said he feared her daughter kad met with ome harm. Failure of ome Satur tinner she ¥ aused the vy n, tor at home has_ since e daylight, come e her husband to return night for an elaborate ad prepared may have | ung woman to decide Thompson said she ap- | when he took dinner | New York, but that to him about It art with friends in she said nothin, ERLIN, July 27 Germany' Ives regularly to any form of sport, | ccording to Theodo cretary and president of the Ger- an committee for physical culture. Of the 5,000,000 members of sporting lubs he figures that only 20 per cent may be called active, that is—go i ar training. . Around THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. the City Editor’s Note.—Miss Nanrde Lancaster, who for several years has conducted the in Europe for several weeks. ‘Around the City” column of The Sunday Star, will be During her absence students of the eve- ning journalism class of George Washington University will contribute their observations of Washington and {ts daily life. Writer’s Quest Ends In Big Disappointment. T was on the Berengaria, four days out from London, that two men were standing by the rail much en- grossed in conversation. The speaker would easlly be recognized as a Frenchman ; the other, a typical American college youth, was from Washington. The acquaintance had fust been made, os could be inferred from the French man's answer Yes, it ees my first visit to ze States. I weesh to see so much ze | great American chick.” Ah, Oui, je desire voir la fille qui est si bien celebree,” said he. “I am ze magnee- feecent French noveleest, and, monsieur, I need her for my hook.” The Washington youth laughed and enthusiastically announced that It would be a question of only a few days before the boat would dock and his friend's curiosity would be satis- fled. The ment of New ene changed to the environ- York City when the hored passengers sallied forth Into the great metropolis. The couple, who had become great friends since their first meeting, meandered toward Fifth avenue with ail of its points of interest. As the Washingtonian about to point out a large building he sud- denly stopped and, seizing his friend by the arm, “Those eves, we have her, ‘chick.’ The Frenchman American's gaze and beheld ap- proaching a girl of 17, whose face showed conspicuously ~the paint which had been applied, eyebrows plucked, lips scarlet, skirts short and gait masculine. “Ze typical American the Frenchman in a deeply pointed voice. “I return to ze Paris tomorrow. GORDON H. PHILLIPS. * % % * Changing One’s Mind At the Critical Moment. T was two minutes to twelve. slowly steered his car up Fourteenth street, first glancing to right, taen to left, like an eagle or bird of prey . looking for some: thing to pounce upon. He made a right-hand turn at G street and stopped in front of a restaurant, squirmed over to the right side of the front seat. looked at what he at first thought was a parking space, grunted, and then started his_engine again on his slowly mov- ing_search. Down G street he went; down Thirteenth; down F and down Eleventh; up the Avenue up Fourteenth, around the right-hand turn at G street, and stopped in front of the same resta nt again. His face by this time had acquired a worried, do'~rmined. devil-may-care. and a reckie I 3 He maneuvered as close id alongside another car parked at the curb, lifted his eyes in a sort of prayer, and popped out of the left-hand door He had sought. in vain, so now he taking the bull by the horns and parking right where he wanted to go, but out In the middle of the street. He crept stealthily around the back of his car, squeezed between two ma chines packed in at the curb, sighed, looked ard the west and toward the east, and right into the face of a gentleman in uniform, who was hold- ing in his right hand a pencil and in his left a little white pad. Zat your car, out gloomily asked. Yes,” weakly replied the guilty ope. “Golng to park it there?” questioned Mr. Officer. ‘Well, T was, but you see it's this way, officer, I've changed my mind,” replied Mister Guilty in an assumed harum-scarum volcs “Glad you have, of the law. The driver of the marooned auto sadly slouched back to his seat in the car, started his engine, gave a long, moisty look at a cream puff that was peeping out of the lunchroom window, threw her into low, and started again on his search. It was one minute to one. those lips—ah! there the typical American followed the chick,” said #He there?” he mumbled the imb EUGENE F PR What the Potomac Meant to a City Visitor. STR(\NGE how that veln of loyalty to the Old Dominion persists in her sons and daughters, even unto generations far removed! The old gentle- man had come to ‘Washington to visit his daughter. He was from the Middle West — from Illinois—and proud of it. But his ancestors had beer natives of old Virginia, with a boasted record of Colonial and Revo- lytiona service, and his familv had never been permit- ted to forget that fact. As he started forth to “do” the city, he said, “You know I've always wanted to see the Potomac River."’ “You must see the Capitol first, and the Congressional Library, and then the White House; that will be about enough for one day,” said his daugh- ter. She had his sightseeing all mapped out for him. “The reet ca get me SWEENEY. ! mixed disap- | up. Let me do ®ome of this on foot while I get v bearings,” sald he. He carried ‘his 75 years lightly, was a good walker, and had a well developed bump of location. The Caplitol and the Library came up to his expectations, and they start- ed up “the Avenue,” but instead of re- freshing his memory with its pagean- try of State, he suddenly asked, “Are we walking in the direction of the river?” | . “No, don’t you want ‘White House first?" “Oh, all right.” to see the The mansion and its proval Daughter was beginning to feel fa- tigue, but the spirit that had led his ploneer ancestors through the wilder- to see what lay beyond, seemed now to be leading the old gentleman on and on. “What s that tall shaft yonder? | The Washington Monument? Let's gO over to it.” | “Can’t you see it from here, father? I'm awfully tired—not used to walk | tng_so much.” | “You needn't go. Sit here on a park | bench till I come back.” She dragged herself wearily along. Now that is a monument! Wonder if George Washington knows about it—hope he does!” Then his appreciative eye swept the landscape. ““That looks llke water down there beyond those trees. Can that be the Potomac River?” "'Yes, fathyg that is the Potomac River, but it's o long way down there, and I simply cannot take another step; I'm_exhausted. “Well, daughter, you stay right nere. Sit down on the grass and rest. I'm going to step down and tuke a look at that river.” Daughter, to her surprise, was able to cover the remaining distance to the Potomac’s bank, wondering if she would be able to walk at all the next day. As her father gazed upon the noble stream which, to his mind, typ- ified the old mother State, she saw what it really was that had brought him East. There were tears in his eyes. The love and pride and rever- ence of four generations came surg. ing up, and left him speechless. Fi- i nally ‘he found his voice: “Well, I've seen {t"" And, having seen it, the day was complete. With great solicitude he asked: “Pretty tired, aren’t you, daught Don’t you think we'd bet- ter go home?" A bus came by, and both were ready to take it. ISABELLE SMITH. * ¥ ok ok Breaking In Upon A Singular Dinner Party. JFROM a window in the Monmouth Hotel one looks into a beauti- fully kept back yard, where several fussy mother hens have devoted the Spring and Sum- mer to raising families of — not flappers, but brofl- ers and frye: intervals a mald dashes out of the red brick house, retrieves a straying chicken and retreats until the next time. How any chicken can get out of the inclosure with out high-flying 1is a mystery. Per- haps = the maid kno for the mystery does mnot seem to disturb { Two rats appeared on the scene The first time they were observed the neighbors feared the worse. But no frenzied clucking arose. Nothing hap { pened. The rats are sleeky gray and pros- perous in appearance, like the country mouse in the fable. They inhabit a dugout somewhere in the nity and take thelr meals regularly with their feathered neighbors. On a fine afterncon shortly after the feed w: the chickens, thelr regular guests the rats, and some unexpected bird com pany were all at dinner, the chickens taking the smaller portlons as heseems the family of the house, when « slink ing feline form skulked along the tence. Flash, flurry, flutter—the yard wis empty except for a sadly disappointed tabby. DEBORAH 1. GOLD. o ‘White House Tree Favorite of Bird World. HAT pecullar attraction does a certain tree which stands on a knoll in the White House grounds have for the birds? The tree appears to be very much like the other trees in its neighbor- hood, except that it is distinguished by a heavy drup- ery of ivy that clings to its trunk and its top ex tends two or three feet higher In the alr. Perhaps It is the majesty of its helght that makes it preferred above the others. Atany rate, it seems to be a resort for the birds at_all se sons of the year. Last Fall the observer, passing through the White House grounds, heard a_tremendous commotion high in the air. Looking up, she saw the tree black with birds, which had paused in their flight toward the South to rest awhile in its branches. Each must have tried to make itself heard above the rest. A great discussion—probably on the progress of the journey— was under way. Some late arrivals, delayed on the trip, were circling around, looking for a perch In the tree. Other trees, near by, stretched forth friendly branches and, to the observer, looked as invit- ing, but evidently the birds did not think so. During the long Winter months there was little life in the tree, though sersby could usually see a little flock of sparrows huddled in the top of its branches, twitting in subdued very recently, scattered WANTED REPUTABLE DAM BUILDER CONCRETE WORK —to start preliminary work on Monday, August 17th, on Kelly Ford, Virginia, Damsite, 59 miles from Wash- ington. ments. 1 Ford, Virginia, Remington Survey has been made, also rock bottom test. Have necessary timber, horses, wagons and Everything necessary at Stevens’ Farm, Kelly imple- Station. KATE STEVENS, Owner Address Mrs. C. Amory Stevens, Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D. C. Home Address, Atlantic Avenue, Sea Gate, Coney Island, New York Phone Number Coney Island 0888 { guests ‘of last Fall and of other sea- srounds met with his entire ap-| C, -AUGUST 16, 1925—PART 1. 805 VOTES GAINED CHARGE GEM THEFTS. . BY STECK IN RACE |Women of Three states Alleged Victims of Norfolk Prisoner. Recount in 51 Counties, Exclu- By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., August 15— sive of Contested Ballots, Gives Him Lead. fashion, as befitted the dreariness of the season. But the tree again became the cen- tér of a cheery throng. Its Summer residents returned. No doubt, also, its sons, in their flight to the North, so- Jjourned briefly in its branches. Anyhow, there are now gay times in the tree. A lively twitting and chir- ruping greet the ears of the passerby. One can imagine the things that talke place in Its branches—the love mak- ing, the family disputes, the curtain lectures, the scoldings of the children, and the welghty councils, as solemn and dignified to the bird world as those that are held in any.mansion. ELLA B. RATCLIFFE. * K X ¥ “Keep Smiling” Rule Is Still Being Observed. CERTAIN motorman on a one- man Lincoln Park car outrivaled the celebrated patience of Job his practical application of the “Keep Smiling” slogan | through one of those trylng ex: perfences which are amusing to all save those con- cerned. Motorman - con- ductor No. 211 had | The - recount in Just finished ex-| o'Brien and Osceola plaining patlently | practically completed {0 a feminine pas | ther side acored subs o heime To; | these counties. oft at Fourteenth | b ) 1R O R 8 and B streets| What you learn to northeast, that he ' remember longest. would be very glad to deposit her at Fourteenth and East Capitol and | direct her course from there, but that | he really couldn’t drop by B street, | as the track didn't go that way; when, as this passenger subsided, the bell rang, and another of the falr sex pre- | ared to allght. | Motorman No. 211 slowed down for the curve at First and st l'&lpllol‘ streets, and the passenger called out | to him to stop at once—she had rung | the bell and he was delfberately pass- ing her stop. ! Smilingly Job’s rival continued around the curve and brought his car to a standstill at the offictal stop, ;x-‘ plaining politely over his shoulder that | he could only stop where there was a | stopping place | ou've gone by it.” insisted the | ngry one. “You conductors are al-| vi doing that. I'll report you—I've | ded to several others just like | vou, and I'll attend to you.” 1 The motorman continued to &mile | and, after opening the door, courte- ously assisted his irate passenger to| alight, warning her not to miss her | step as she descended. | Still smiling, he returned to his post and started on his way, apparently in the most excellent humor. A B Charles Watts, 40 years old, alleged love pirate, was held under $5,000 bond today, following a preliminary hearing here on charges he inveigled women of three States out of & quanti- ty of jewelry. Watts admitted having possession of $4,000 worth of jewelry votes in the Iowa, senatorial contest | belonging to a Wilson, N. C., woman, o ~. | when faced by his accuser and identi- :1:’”"‘ s th‘ Do & fied, but declared he did not Intend to | Steck, locratic _(‘on(e!‘&nnl. keep the valuables. showing a net gain of 805 over Sena- ‘Another hearing has been set for tor Brookhart, Republican, in the 51| Aygust 27. A woman from Bluefield, counties officially tabulated. | W.Va., has been called to identify This gain does not take into consid- | watts and police meantime asked the eration the contested votes, which will court to hold the prisoner as a fugi- be before the committee for review. It | tive. Women alleged watts gained pos- | represents additiona! votes counted session of thelr valuables on pretexts here, which were not included in the | assumed after he had made -love to totals of the same countles as report- | them. ed by State officers, The official s ement issued yes- terday by the Senate committee con- ducting the recount added Monona to |the countles previously reported. It | gave Steck 211,286 nd Brookhart, 199,113 uncontested votes with 1,117 | Steck and 3,648 Brookhart ballots | i | The third week of the recount of | ni & Bulgarians Observe Holiday. Correspondence of the Associated Press. ¢ SOFIA, July 26.—International Co- operative d s celebrated recently and was made a national holiday in every city, town and village. The movement for the celebration was | under the direction of the Central | Co-operative Bank, which hasa large establishment in S The growth of this bank is re- flected in its business for the last vear which was more than 2,000,000 leva. Its previous high record. did not exceed 1,000,000 leva for any year. 5 bl challenged. 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