Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1926, Page 4

RED TELLS OBECT OF DISTRET PROE New House Subcommittee Should Seek Improvement of City Affairs, He Says. The proposed Inquiry into District affairs by the special House District subcommittee, appointed just before Congress adjourned, should be con- ducted with a view to finding out “how we can help the District and improve it,” declared Representative Frank R. Reid, Republican of Illinois, 2 member of the subcommittee, upon his return to Washington today. He said he had not heard when the subcommittee would meet, nor has there been any definite program of procedure mapped out, so far as he knows. Several of the members are still out of the city. Indications that the subcom. mittee will not meet before the early part of September, at which time it will organize by selecting a chairman, and planning the scope of its activity. RAINIER FOR éXTENDING RHODE ISLAND AVENUE Right of Way and Finance Com- mittees Named on $125,000 State Roads Commission Plan. pateh 1o The Star MOUNT RAINIER, Md.. August 5. ~The plan of the State roads com mission for the extension of Rhode Island avenue from the District line 1t Mount Rainier along the northwest side of the electnic car tracks to Hyattsville was favorably received at a special meeting of the mayor and town council in the town hall here night. A committee to secure s of way, comprising Benjamin R. Sherwood, Councilman Louis Rosen- field and Dr. V. J. Lohr, was named, as was a finance committee, consist ing of Perry Boswell, H. L. Stanforth Howard Duck ion before the under the plan is §125 The road would be concrete, 20 feet wide, with a 40-foot right of way. uffording space for sidewalks or any other featurs deemed advisable. \With the start of work on the avenue, construction of a the Baltimore and Ohio s a short distance north f vattsville station undertaken. This bridge would begin near Marion street on the Washing ton-Baltimore boulevard and describ ing u gradual turn p: over the tracks and enter the Bowen lumber vard property, through which it would continue almost parallel with the rafl- road tracks tn Wells avenue, where connection would again be formed with the Washington-Buitimore boule vard. The State, if the plan is accepted, will finance the building of the bridge, but the citizens must advance the $125.000 for extensfon of the avenue, upon guarantee of the te to repay. v the $125,000 and to interest. that the finance committee in Mount Rainlet | and Hyattsville have been named. The plan will be presented to the citizens of Brentwood and North Brentwood at a meeting tomorrow night at Brentwood. Tt is stated on behalf of the roads ssion that if the plan is accept- are made to! 1t into execution in from 20 to 30 d work will be started on the Rhode Island avenue extension with a view to completing-it this year. Dr. H. T. Willis, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Hyattsville, has added B. F. Edwards, owner of a gas station on Rhode Island avenue in the Woodridge neighborhood, to the Hyatisville finance committee. carry LEGLErsusiMAiNiM;I;RIES. ! Brakeman Recently Injured Takes Bride in Alexandria Hospital. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va. August 5.— Ethelbert Simpson, who lost both ¢ a train in Potomac Rail- would be | af PRESIDENT ENJOYS VISIT TO OLD HOME, DESPITE LONELINESS keeper for Col. Coolidge for 20 years and who has been caring for the old home since, the former’s death, seemed | to sharpen up his appetite. Miss Plerce had the house tidied for the visit of its present distingulshed owner. Soon after arrival Mrs. Cool- idge gave her attention to cullnary and similar matters, and asked “"Dick’ Jervis, chief of the White House se- cret service, to do some shopping in Ludlow. He was furnished a long list of groceries nnd green vegetables. As he was about to drive away Mrs. Cool- | idge called to him: “Mr. Jervis, please pounds of green beans.” Mrs. Coolidge Calls President. It was Mrs. Coolidge who appeared on the porch and summoned the Presi- | dent when things were ready. shei was attired in a_plain Summer dress and wore white low shoes and stock- ings. Close at her heels followed Pru- dence Prim, the younger and smaller of the two famous Coolidge white o®l- lies. Rob Roy, the other one, was left at the camp. Although he is the Pres- ident’s favori{e, it was agreed to deny him his trip because he has a habit of continually barking on such excit- ing occasions. ! Mrs. Coolidge gets comfort from the | company of the dog. She arranged a | bring two screen on the porch, but Prudence, un- accustomed to the strange surround- ings. barked and later became involved | In i a common brawl | with % mongrel called | Barney. Secjet service men prevented | the unladylike conduct from proceed- ing very ars Following b sat on the po the President | “alter Lynds, | local handy ni ar re. | paired the karn door. They talked earnestly for,a few minutes and then drove off 1o fhe cemetery “Uncle John” Present. | “Uncle John” Wilder was much m} evidence. He is wearing a_black | derby this vear, apparently of a by-| gone vintage. He, however, has di carded the red flannels which he had | been advised to wear throughout the year as a cure for rheumatism. The‘ he is trying something else. In former vears the little windmill that Calvin Junior made N put out doors when the sident | and Mrs. Coolidge returned. but this| time it was missed and evidently has | been put sway with the belongings of | the lad which Mrs. Coolidge cherishe Mrs. Coolidge’s five pet canari which she took with her from the White House to the Summer camp also were left behind. She left in-| structions about their feeding and| care, but severul times on the ]I)UPHP_\" here she mentioned something about wondering how they were getting long without her. Immediately after breakfast the President was again out in the open. He would sit for a while in an old quaintly carved rocker on the low, narrow plazza, which seemed to exe cise for him a powerful fascination. and for a while he would stroll about the place. First he visited the small barn attached to the lower end of house bulldings. He examined the in- | this terior and exterior. Then he walked among the flowers near the front| visited the little orchard ADOLPH KAHN President MEMBERS OF AMSTER. JEWELERS and went to the slfed across the road trom the house and in which are neat- lv piled the old shingles which his father and his son John removed last Summer preparatory to putting a new roof on the homestead. It was while engaged in this task that Col. Cool- ldge was stricken with the malady ' mountain scene pictures which are| indeed in contrast to the expensive tapestry and rare engravings and water colors about the walls of White Pine Camp. Nelther Misses Luxury. But nelther the President nor Mrs. which, in less than six months, re-|Coolidge gave any evidence of being sulted in his death, Recalled Last Summer. While viewing this pile of old shingles the " President probably re- called the labors of his father and son in removing them. Very lkely he remembered John's collecting the shingles from the ground and his father carrying load after load of them in a wheelbarrow to this very shed and there stacking them in a very neat und even fashlon, while tix: President looked on and sort of bossed the job. Mr. Coolidge went also to the large pile of junk at the lower side of the shed. This pile consists of old horse- shoes, pleces of machinery, and ircn of all sizes and description. There is no telling just how long the Caclidge family hus been colleeting this pile nor could any one guess what 15 going to be done tvith it. But the people in these parts never throw anything away. The trips to writer during his Plymouth Notch has on more than | one, occasion seen the President stop suddenly in his tracks to lean over and pick up-some bit of iron, such as a piece of horseshoe or big nail or spike, and carry it across the road to the junk pile and put it down with the same care he would exercise if he had been handling a talking machine record or a piece of rare china President Enjoys Rest. Aside from these frequent journeys yout the ground and to the shed across the rond the President ap peared today to be perfe v content to rest and revel in the atmosphere in which he was reared Despite the marked homestead and its simple and homely surroundings and the White House and even the camp in the Adi- rondacks, from which he has just come, the President appears happy and comfortable. evertheless. it is somew of a transition from the luxuriously fur- nished millionire’s camp on Lake Os- good to the simple little white frame house in Plymouth Notch, which building is vaiued”on the town ks at $700. house is anything but sious. 1t is neat and tidy and the atmosphere of a home, but it is lacking in much. It is without electriclty and all other modern im- provements, It was only during the past year that a telephone was in- stalled. Last night the President slept in a room that in his father's early days would have been considered stylish. It had curtains at the windows. It is the only room in this house that has. but compared with the Presi i dent’s room at the White House and at White Pine Camp, # is indeed simple and plain, For instance, the bed is of maple and has slats. The mattress is typical of these hard affairs generally found in country homes. There is a very plain walnut bureau with a mirror in- clined to be a trifle tricky and wavy. At the other side .of the room is a pine washstand, which holds a white china pitcher of water, a basin and mug to match. On the floor are two small sized braid rugs, typical of New England thrift, and the walls are painted and are bare except for two ARTHUR J. BUNDLU Treasurer DAM DIAMOND EXCHANGE of.Aatkinne. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AT 935 F Street DIAMONDS And Other Precious Stones PLATINUMSMITHS difference in ! i disturbed by these contrasts., Look- ing upon them today one would never suspect that they were accustomed to anything difterent. Their welcome back to their native State and to the Notch was to their liking. 1t was sincere if not emo- tional. At Burlington, the first stop in Vermont of the special train that brought them here, they were given quite an ovation. A crowd of several hundred persons was on bhand to cheer them. At Ludlow, where they alighted from the train, a hundred or so citi- | zens waved a welcome and at tife Notch a score or so or citizens and a dozen or so natives from nearhy stood by and waved and smiled their pleasure at seeing their old friends return hom possib! LANSBURGi@BRO were' a_hundred tourists whe had heurd of the President's coming and had parked thelr cars along the rondside and waited. "The welcome home was stmple and typleal. A handshake and “Mowdy, Calvin,” or “Hello, Grace,” followed by a kiss, ended the ceremony. There ‘ere tweo persons, though, who did not join in the demonstration. One | was Mixs Pierce, the other wag Lynn Cady, the farmer who has leased the Coolidge farm on shares. He scarce- Iy looked to see what was going on as the President arrived, but then he was busy handling & team of horses drawing a clattering mowing ma- chine. Culvert Contract Let. ‘Contract for the construction of a culvert across KForty-sixth street be- tween Albemarle and Brandywine streets was awarded by the Commis- sloners today to the G. B. Mullin Co., nc. This company was the lowest bidder on the project, quoting a price of §2,01.2 With deep sorrow we announce the death of our Vice President Stanley Lansburgh The Store will be closed- until Monday Wm. Hahn & Co. Beg to extend their sin- cere sympathy to Lans- Saddened beyond words by the péssing of their friend, Stan- ley Lans‘burgh, the executives of The Hecht Co. wish to express their sincere sorrow to his family and to his co-workers. burgh & Bro. in the great loss they have sustained in the.untimely death of Mr. Stanley Lansburgh, With deep regret we note the passing of Our Friend and Business Associate Mr. Stanley Lansburgh Whose untimely demise is a terrible shock to the entire community. Our sincere sympathy goes out to the family in their bereavement. where he was employed was marrfed in the Hospital yesterday after- Anna_Olander Spear, and Mrs. Oscar Speurl a man who, in spite of his Alexandr] noon to Open at 8:30 AM. Every Business Day youth, has made his mark of Rosslyn, The date was that set hefore the accident The ceremony Rev. William Morton, rector of Christ Episcopal Church. Simpson sat in a wheel chair when fhe vows were taken. 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