Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1928, Page 4

4 CURTIS FAMILIAR :l s & HOOVER IS HAPPY D.C. SOCIAL FIGURE ~ g IN FAMILY LIFE HOOVER IS FOND OF PEANUTS, IRGINDELEGATES ENROUTE TOHOMES Life of égna(orrin Capitali Secretary Enjoys Average for Presidential Nommec. Tells l Hoover-Curtis Ticket. Taken Up Largely by Fam- ily and Functions. BY SALLIE V. H. PICKETT. It is pleasant to contemplate the ! gocial life of Senator Charles Curtis in Washington as the Vice President. for he is a fimihar figure here in every walk of life. Since his appearance here | with the Fifty-third Conv. ess. when his | children were voung, he has considered ‘Washington in a homelike attitude, and during the life of Mrs. Curtis, who died | shout four years ago. and the school Nhfe of his two daughters, Camila Cur- tis, now Mrs. C. P. George. wife of Maj George, U. S. A, stationed at Fort Sill Lenora Cu Mrs. Webster of Provi . R._ I, and h's is of Chicago. they | were familiar figures in the Methodist Church and in the social life of \Nasl’\»i ington. Mrs. George and her children, Anne and Charles Curtis, and Mes. Kuight #nd her children, Charles Curtis Knight and Constance, come every few months to visit the Senator. and they were more frequent visitors before the death of Mrs. Curtis. It is said that the In- dian has a closer feeling for family ties than have most races. and certain it is that Senator Curtis is clannish in the | extreme where his family is concerned grandchildren and en- company His son, Harry s a little less well known s sisters, both of whom debut in_Washington and e gene in society, but He s | here than made their o host of frien geveral children e DAL atwanl children, Wife Was Invalid. Mrs. Curtis was an invalid for many years before her death and the devo- tion of the Senator was untiring. He frequently left the Senate to join her for little visits, taking her gifts and lavishing kindnesses upon her. One of his particular interesis was in adding to her collection of ele- phants—elephants from all parts of the world. of every color and kind &nd | ranging in material from ivory to com- | mon clay. And she also boasted a col- jection of ivory monkeys and other ani- | mals. This collection was almost daily scdded to by the friends of Senator and Mrs. Curtis and afforded the in- valid no end of pleasure and entertain- ment For many years beforc her death Mrs. Curtis was a complete in- but patient. interesting and en- g to her friends and family. Before she married Senator Curtis ! in 1884 she was Miss Annie E Baird. ; caughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. | Baird of North Topeka, Kans. Her | great forte was housckeeping and she | was_reckoned one of the finest cooks | in Kansas. holding a high place in! mnnmnu big political dinners and bar- | cues. Many of her recipes are still used by Washington housewives, who depended upon her for many dainties | whenever there was a church fair or Seraar 1o be supplied. Mrs. Gann Political Aide. [ An inmate of the Curtis household from her early childhood was the Sena- | tor’s younger sister, Dolly Curtis, now | Mrs. Edward Everett Gann of Wash- £ 2 EE e HOIVER WD SMITH Exirre G PRASEABROAD work for five or six ., 8he showed | marked d had such m’ of political an such a of 1 aftasrs that et Drother Soae et o eampagin manager. She s practically | ;h.-d only political manager he has ever | =1 When he lost out in 1912, it was Mrs. | Gann who engineered polities in his | State for him and brought him back, | and she is one of the best authorities | on mm::- zv.c :r’xfllnrog:n! Of any | By the Associated Press. ‘woman e Capital 'nator Cur- | Ve tis depends upon her and values her| -LONDON, June 16.—Herbert Hoover advice and guidance. {will hold a prominent position in to- Mr?{ l‘(h;am‘pr:w dxl::gmfn, it lh;mm-m morning’s London papers, both ., Wi im in nomi- | nation, that cares most for politics, in the pictorial and news sections. Many Mrs. George is a typical Army officer’s | special articles will be devoted to de- :1”'.:46',:"’ km‘:n' that at btsl“l‘heiuua of his private and public life, and ould have to b> a nomad in politics | egitoria ’ . vi- 24 zhe traveled from one military post ;‘,:m et gl I s o &nother, she has practically no in- The Observer says, editorially, that ',’i'h"‘_,‘“ things political outside of her | Mr. Hoover “Is the strongest figre the .Afl'l‘ career. { Republican party has found to repre- ¥ the death of Mrs. Curtis, the isent ft since Theodore Roosevelt, and Benator broke up his household at 1830 | 4s the best known outside of America." Belmont road. where he had lived for | " The Bunday Times thinks that “it o g P4 00k up his residence | 45 (o the credit of the Republican party Nghttal homs o 40 thelr de-|that they have stepped outside of the e o rhersioomb sitest. Cleve- narrow political grooves and chosen as > ere thed Bim- | (heir champion .a man of such obvious 8l bag and baggage, establishing an fitness for the post.” office there as well a5 at the Capital and “The " “There is every um'ur:;:a 1o take the advice and ac- Iikelihood Democratic an- cep service of his sister. tagonist will equally be a man whose Who as Official Hostess. nomination involves a break with tradi- g tion. Gov. Bmith has most of the ooty % wondering who popular qualities that Mr, Hoover lacks.” %in out in the November election; whether his sister. Mrs. Gann, or his daughter, Mrs. Knight. Por the latter, »ho has a very “weli-to-do” hushand In Providence, it would mean breaking up a delightful home. To Mrs. Gann, # would simply mean a litte wider rangs in social activity than she has yel enjoyed. With her sister-in-law the 1 she became Congressional Club and n 4 member of the Senate L h Club. Bince her brother | has made his nome in her house, she has 2 the necessary social “DUErtaining his sens- | Bpecial Dispatch to The Blar Mde. meeting his constituents| OREGON, T, June 16—The ques- 1885 and wise looking | tion whether he would support Hoover 8121 his wocial fences |and tne Republican platiorm was put Yor many years dunng the iliness of | direct to former Goy, Prank O. Low- Mr: Curtis sfter establishing her own | den st his far mtoday, He waived it fjevarate household, Mrs. Gann visited | aside with the reply ey per's home each morning, cor- | Levs not talk about it 1 didn’t tlled Mrs Curtis as 1o the marketing | holt the part I am going o stand snd family purchases for the day, wen: | on thas tls statement T made. at o market and shopped for her and | Kanses City.” Tons #iways called “sister” by both the | This statement was In efizcl that he Bena'sr and Mrs. Curtis could not accept a nomination on the e %o platform adopted nator Is Sociable. P ;m:Ww keep right on fight- Benator Curtis 1 not s sockal rectuse, ' ing.” he said. My plans are not def but on the other hand s particulerly | injte as yet, but 1 shall continue my socianie. . No member of the Benate | effoits to work out the farm problem 8T more prom in sccepting & | ‘The situation will grow worse all the Wiite ation and he is one | time.’ t of the most oonspieuous figures all . “ariy ans wag w15 i sanmiers | DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON HOUSTON, WHERE SMITH FACES TEST * they zeeompany bim. and My (Continued from Pirst Both Represent Break With Political Tradition, Says | London Sunday Times. | will be- hostess should he LOWDEN IS SILENT | ON HOOVER SUPPORT Will Continue to Push Fight on Farm Problem, Illi- noisan Says. o ang Gann are generally with At the President’s snnusl din- | o the Benate. Mr. and Mrs. Gann w1 & Wasbington lawyer e giuests not wtend dapees Yight saeiel functions Benator Curtis’ provher-in-law and s Mr snd M P. M. Colvin of Tooeka olen visit Bim her and per- hepe i weked whal sppessed o him moAt in his sisters he would tell you it i their ke of gerdening. One of hie delgiie when in Washington wore m ot in Mrs Geon's wateh ner plant eollection 861 U it whenever possibie > he s have Benstor Ourtis dnes or wmils or other Poge.) ants In the field against him will be on_hend w direct thelr forces Whether there will be harmony or » fresh outbresk of hostilities hinges | platiorm developments as well ws ean- Aidacier. There are bound 10 be show- Y gowns on both probibition snd farm “araer | rolief und these two fssues i themselves BIOW ANG | couid furnish the fuel for & disastrous conflagration gel anywhere with their Haugen program st the convention are moving on o Houston They wil)l appesl W the Democrats for recognition, «nd one of their arguments will be thal voles can be gained in the | ferming vegicns i » plank, looked on with favor by the McNary i put in the platform As for probsbition Uhere is certain 1o b & clash beiween modificationisis snd those who favor rigid enforcement of the dry laws, In helween there will be & group that will advise u in ether extreme. Thus 1h McNary- HEADS TECH ALUMNI. 6. T Merchmant, 07, Chosen by Genrgin Body ATLANTA, Ga., June 18 (& George 1. Marehmont, 1907 graduate nas been elecied president of the Na- tonal Georgie Tech Alumni Assocketion revslte of bulioting auring 1he lost fisral year just lsbulsled by lhe aseoctstion showed sy | Otner officers nemed were George € Griftin 1922 graduste first vice presi- | makings for a row, whirh pariy ehj ol KD Cole 1922 sccond vice | txing wil) do (hely i m i wverd, Jagt esident, snd B4 C. Liddell, 1922, | how that ie going 1o he done remsing earer, 10 he seen | Coolidge’s veto, ‘Charley’ Curtis | Comn belt farm lenders who falled o | Republican | ’ :}:wln | 850 “augenites, | o ican nominee with his German sherierd dog, T Recent portrait of Mrs. Hom : Studio portrait of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, jr. right: A view of the S sireet hom-. RD PARTY MOVE WAITS ON OUTCOME OF HOUSTON MEET (Continued from First Page.) THI it will be the best equipped‘third party that ever threw itsell into the netional fray. There are suggestions‘of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Pinchot in this connec- tion. ‘The coun hes net forgotten that the former vernor of Pennsyl- vania spent nearly $200,000, mostiy the money of himself and his family, in trying to be nominated for the Scnate in 1926. . By suggesting that the cours> of events depends on Houston, the third perty people have frankly fn mind the possibility that Al Smith’ will be nomi- nated by the Democrats. They are evi- dently figuring on the readiness of Bouthern Democrats to folk into an independent group dedicated jointly to the cause of smashing Hoover and de- stroying a Democratic candidate who is wet, Catholic and Tammany. It is plainly indicated that if there is no Smith nomination at Houston. there will be no third party movement, for its projects acknowledge that a strong Southern adhehsion #s Indispensable. Progressives Rap Curtis. It I5 an amazing disclosure that al- though Senator Curlis’ nomination for second place on the Hoover ticket was delib-rately made by the G. O. P. 1o “take the curse off” in the Republican progressives, the latters' spokesmen pooh-pooh the idea that it has done so. This is whal they are saying on that score “When 1t came to a showdown on the McNary-Haugen bill, 1. e., should be repassed by the Senate over vent back on us. He voted (o stand by the President instead of standing by us. He is, moreover, a field marshal in the Re- publican Old Guard. His sympathies, despite the integrity of his personai character and the charming qualities of | the man himself, are Old Guard and not progressive, No onc has thought of including Curtis in the little Senatorial group that stands, like a rock, for progressive policies at Wash- ington, The grand old party miscal- culates it 1t thinks Curtis as rubning mate will popularize Hoover in the farm belt. Moreover, every practical politi- clan knows that the occasions in na- tional election history are few on which the identity of the vice presidential candidate made a whit of difference in results in any single Btate” (Copyright, 1929 BILLY SUNDAY INDORSES HOOVER AS DRY NOMINEE Evangelist, Who Run for President if Both Tick- ets Were Wet, Out of Race. By the Asscinted Press BT. LOUIS, June 16.-The nomina- thon of Becretary Hoover meels with the hearty approval of Billy Bunday A remurk the evangelint made while holding hiz revival in the Bt Lon Coliseum lust Pebruagy was recalled to- day No¥ That Becretary Hoover has deckared himselt clearly " for the on- forcement of the Volstesd act and the cighteenth smendment, he Is a5 goo™ 05 elected.” Bunday was quoted He will go in with & bang” Bundsy, himself a date for the presidentinl nomination on & laweenforcement and dyy plaiform pre ided the Democrats and Fepub icans both nominsted “wet” cand) now considered out of the Threatened to drtes ruce Limited Divorce Wife's Plea. Mrs. ‘Teresa Bowles, 1268 Four and » whether it | testative candi- Day’s Work Ends. BY REX COLLIER. Herbert Hoover may be a machine- | like colossus of efficlency to the body | politic, but he is Jjust an intensely human, home-loving husband and father | to those who complete the Hoover household up on S street hill. i Much is heard and said of Hoover's | long hours at the office, of his penchant | for statistics and reports, of his close | | attention to departmental routine. But few persons have been privileged to glimpse the other side of the picture. | It is a picture of average family life in | | movement | heavy meal of beefsteak or husband and a faithful wife and ex- uberant children and laughing gra children; of a pampered police dog and | other backyard pets: of an overworked | radio—in short of everything that goes | to make up the typical cozy home circle of modern-day life | Enjoys Garden. | The most inviting feature of the | Hoover residence at 2300 S street is the forest-fringed garden in the rear, stretching almost to Decatur place. In this secluded spot Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and their children spend much of their leisure. Overlooking the yard Is a broad porch opening into the drawing | room. It is this garden and porch that| beckon to the Secretary of Comrnierce cach evening as he clears his desk and heads for home about 6 o'clock. The lure of a home-cooked mezl in the tall cellinged dining room, to the right as | one enters the reception hall, also plays ' a quiet important part in the homeward | likes a happy American home; of a drvoled' | Hoover w0 eat. He enjoys a chops cr | fowl. with all the trimmings, as much as he enjoys his work. His health e of the best and his appetite is excellent | ~almost (0o excellent, he says for uny reducing ideas he may entertain. or battle with, ‘That girth has froubled | him from time to time, #nd every now rand then he goes in for a :pell of set- | | Underwood Photo Harris-Ewing Photo. —Harris-Ewing Photo, —Star Staff Photo ‘FARMERS ADVISED TO WORK FOR SELF Netional Grange Master Urges Them to Place Less Reliance ! | on Government. 1 By the Assoclated Press | SEDALIA, Mo, June 16.—The Ameri- | can farmer was advised to place more reifance upon himself and his own or- ganizations and less apon the Govern- ment, politicians and party platform: by L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange, in an address here today, “It 15 proper to fight for recognition for agriculture in party piatforms,” Mr. Taber sald, “but it is more important to strengthen and develop farm organi- zation “Agriculture is not asking for any favors, but is insisting upon equality of opportunity and of reward. The lack of organization in a business way among farmers has permitted the legislative and Industrial fabric of the Nation to | verlook the real needs of the farmer.” | The, Grange, Mr. Taber said, has a | program that would benefit agriculture and tend to. restore farm prosperity without affecting other Industries, It would place a tariff on many articles now on the free list, such as hides, fats and fruits; increase the tariff on all farm products sufficlent to eqaulize the difference between the cost of produc- | tion at home and abroad, and put in orce the export debenture plan as an agency to bring tariff benefits to those farm products of which there is an ex- portable surplus. * i | Blissful Ignorance. | Prom Capper's Weekly Professor of mechanies - Deseribe the mechanism of the steam shovel | Freshman engineer—You're just kid- | ding, prof. You know you can't carry | steam on a shovel cver | ting up_exercises. ‘The Hoover dining room s 1ot too large to detract from its comfortable atmosphere. Its walls are light-colored | and relieved with large molded panels Tall silver candlesticks bedeck the mantelpiece and buffet and occasional tables about the room. The table is of avy mahogany and the dlglng chairs have comfortable arms and high backs. An Oriental flavor is given the room by numerous pleces of bric-a-brac and bronze work from Par Eastern coun- tries, and A rare tapestry hangs above the mantel. | Study Is Favorite. The dining room is separated from the study or drawing room to the rear only by a broad archway. The stuay is one of Hoover's favorile naunts on Winter evenings. He sat within its paneled, beamed-~lling corfines when he heard by radio his nominaticn for the presidency last week. | The rear portico has its sper'al ap- peal in the Spring and Summer, how- ever, and in its cool atmosphere Hoo- | ver will scan the newspapers, when supper is over. Newspapers and period icals are always kept close at hand. and here a dark secret—he nas a decided liking for detective tales and ‘mystery stories.” ! His reading of evenings often is in-| terrupted by the friendly “nosiness” of | Tut, the family police dog, a gift sev | eral’ years ago of a friend. Tut is ex tremely fond of his master, and he al- | | lows his friendship to interfere with | newspaper reading. It is sald that Tut has learned, however, to keep the papers from blowing away by obeying his master's command to act A paper | weight. 1 Tut is equally fond of Mrs. Hoover, | although he does not share her sym- | pathy for the wild birds which flock about the garden and among the tall trees at the back. ~'Mrs. Hoover is a devoted lover of wild life, and she often wanders beneath the trees and watches the antics of the birds and squirrels which abound there. She has placed | several bird baths about the yard, and | sometimes she feeds them crumbs from the pantry Fish Pool in Garden. A novel attraction in the garden is a | fish pool, built by the Hoover boys, | Herbert, jr., and Allan | Just now both the boys are staying with their parents—Allan being sched- | uled to arrive here {oday from Kansas City. He s a student at Stanford Uni- versity. Herbert, jr., lives at Cambridge, ! Mass., but he and his attractive young wife are at the Hoover home here for an Indefinite visit. They have luu’ young children, of whom their xnnd-‘ parents are rapturously proud. Another member of the household is Miss Janet | Large, niece of Mrs. Hoover, who is attending Holton Arms School here. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover enjoy an auto- | moblle ride of evenings (hrough the | Capltal's parks, and Mrs. Hoover is an | ardent hiker. Her Inclinations In this | direction are reflected in her active in. | terest in the Girl Scouts, of which she | is president i “Morrisplan™ Your Vacation RE you qning —seashore—abroad? Or have to the mountains you no vacation plans because you can't afford them? Borrow $100-to $5.000 for this or any n'hflr “”"'hy purpose. A monthly or weekly payment plan is arranged for you, You will gain in health, happiness and increased efficiency. Half street southwest, has filed suit for | limited divorce from Thomas W of the OCharles ider Baking Co, at & salary of per week ‘The wife echargs uelty and neglect, She is represenie Allorney James A, Burns an_ employe hiel 0 ‘Hnmcd to Direct Near East Relief. Dy, ) Calvill Clarke, Gonthern st going | reglona) . | u!nm: | :u":m director of the Near Kast Re Nes heen appoinied ta yefieve : [ Harold ¥, Pellegrin as Potomer division | Afreetor, 11 wes ennnunced vday Hr. Pellegrin, who is in_poor hnlllyv will resiime his duties in Beptember, THE M PLAN Under Supervision 1408 H i | | ORRIS BANK of U. 8. Treasury ecet N.W, | political life of the Nation. ': 3 38 — American Home When of His Meals. MRF. EMMA C. BARKER. —P. & A. Photos. Like William Howard Taft, Herbert kins. Her apologies were brushed away Hoover is worrying about his girth. | by Mr. Hoover with the statement that. and at the same time is extremely fond “we could hr of peanuts, eating them—bags full—-at 'them any way.” his’ daily luncheon. some times with as many as 18. are The authority for this is Mrs. Emma | her specialty and she prepares the food C. Barker. who dafly serves luncheon 8t home and has it delivered at the for the presidential nominee in his o:- department. fice in the Department of Commerce. She knows as much about his appetite as any one else, with the exception of Mrs. Hoover, and what's more, he likes her cooking and has told her so | Moreover, these luncheons have in- cluded Senator Curtis, Seeretary of the Interior Work, Senator Borah and numerous other ' celebrities in tne BUS LINE EXTENSION INTO EFFECT TODAY Service to Rock Creek Cemetery and C. U. Will Divide at Warder Street. | Motor bus service to Rock Creek Cemetery and Catholic University will be inaugurated today by the Washing- !0 ton Rallway & Electric Co. by the ex- Mrs. Barker is authority for the '{{,‘:“,’,’:,f{,u{:;;:;’;‘;',‘,.i‘i,“u?:fl. e cally menu. which Includes soup. a route are scheduled to start at 6 am salad, cold meat, plenty of corn bread, | "The extended route will be divided coffee with cream and peanuts. into two branches at Rock Creek Why the other day." she sald, “I Church road and Warder street. One served luncheon for Mr. Hoover and | branch will go to Catholic University two friends and they ate five bags of | via Warder street, McMillen Park and salted peanuts. Michigan avenue. The other will con- On another occasion she recalls with | tinue out Rock Creek Church road to A shudder that a maid, assisting her in | Webster street, returning on the same serving luncheon to the Secretary and | street to Seconds street, to Rock Creek a party of friends, falled to place nap- ' Church road, to point of beginning. Mrs. Barker says that she asked Sec- The reply came that he liked her food and her cooking, but had “watch his girth" | Hail i gotten along without | Business conferences, | Predict Heavy Vote in State. By the Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (om -rain), July 16—A tired by cheerful Toup ‘of Virginia Republican delegate: as tonight speeding across wh: ormerly the Northwest Territory a art of their own Statc acclaiming the loover-Curtis combination as a “great " and expressing a desire for rest During the day many of the delegate: btained a few hours of sleep and ali rere ready for their berths tonight. Col. Henry W. Anderson’s name was ot placed in nomination for the Vier >residency at his own request. dele- jates stated today. He joined with a 1arge number of Republican leaders who *xpressed their desire for Senator Curtis 2nd when Virginia's name was called, it *¥as announced that the State would pass. Several others who had been placed in nomination had already with- drawn in favor of the Kansas Senator. “We had been assured of support from a number of delegations from the Southern States and the Far West.” Lester Parsons of Norfolk said. “Except for Col. Anderson's expressed desire we would have placed him i nomination believing him well qualified to serve the Mation as Vice President” With one accord the members on the iraln thought the Hoover-Curtis ticket an unusually strong one and several were predicting that the Republicans would poll a large Virginia vote Not all the Virginia delegation came back on the special cars. Mrs. M. M. 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