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Show ilN AND AFffiSM lASKINffl By R. T. S. A . . . .m- i.ii OorrC8pondcnl ol The Stand- ard-l . unlii i. ! WASHINGTON", Ju-i" 2 4 Mrs. Potor Oleson may not win the MUVip-sota MUVip-sota senatorial toga this fall, but al-reaJ al-reaJ she- has achieved what may - lily be considered the political triumph of the year In her forthconiln , tl j against Senator Frank Tt. Kol'.o.g, the Republican nominee, she has bec) tendered fch,actlvo support of the distinguished dis-tinguished gentlemen: Jamea M Cox. William G. McAdoo. I William Jennings Bryan. If thero be no triumph In bringing these three gentlemen together under jthf- same banner, what Ho n Indeed; tn triumph ? ! In Tox McAdoo and Bryan. you have all the contllctlng elements In I Democracy. In them you have the contender con-tender for the leadership 0e -nec j presidential campaign, an 1 among them you will not find enough love to disturb so flimsy a thing as a radio Iwavc If' Jlmmle Cox says a thing is white. Mr McAdoo Insists it is black land Mr. Bryan tells thr- world thai both hre forever anjl eternallj wrong That these three gontlemeq of aia- 'metriealiv oppoalhg vh-v.- over could be brought to an indorsement ol one nd the same candidate for o f ce little short of a miracle And there 'are those who believe Unusual allgn-mebt allgn-mebt presages something out of tli ord nary. If all thre-e should Invade Minnesota this fail in tuc interesj ot !r? u:..t,,r..h.. would ";;- -;;v !ho welkin ring. Naturally ther hp those kill-Joys who say Mrs. Meson I will have k better chance irshe c6ri-'ductH c6ri-'ductH her fight alone, but the moral Pun." the Cox-JlcAdoo-Bryan trl, 'is bound to be an asset after ail. I Mr" Oleson Is best rememb. red In W'hlngton for the notable speech Inhtn'ade at the Jefferson day dlnne. ihCGoiernorCox. Mr McAdoo and Mr Br?an au heard he,- on that occas.or and all were won to her The miUtanl campaign haj the 120 poSd bundle of energy, khown 1. rdokle Oleson will make In .Minn-. sota between now and election will 'constitute one of great political fea-tulreifl fea-tulreifl of the year and It will bo interesting inter-esting to see how the Republican or-ganlaatlon or-ganlaatlon will met)t this entirely un-uaual un-uaual attack. i Sitting on eltlr side of Secretary of State Hughes Thursday noon at the anniversary luncheon of overseas wrlterS, the new and somewhat exclusive exclu-sive newspaper club of Washington, were two other honored guests. They a.-.-. M. . m- L.lw.ird l;. II and Kilward Bell. All of the luncheoners with the exception of those who saw service In London during the war were much confused at the situation. Who is the handsome gentleman at the left of the secretary""' they asked. "The one with the Shantung suit and the fearsome black mustache, eh, who ,lS he?" "Why." replied one of the . initiated, hit Is Ed. Belli who used to be lb Icnidon " And who is the slender, serious vis-aged vis-aged young man at the right of the secretary?" Why that Is Ed. Bell who used to be In London." "Oh, no, you told me about Bell a moment ago. I don't mean the handsome hand-some man in the Shantung suit with the fearsome mustache, I mean tho slender one." I "Ed Bell, of London." "Well then, tell me again, who Is the handsome man In Shantung and blttck musLiche?" "Ed. Bell; who used to be in London." Lon-don." By this time diplomatic relations between questioner and Informant were about at an end. and even the smiling face of the secretary scented trouble in the air. The mystery having proceeded far enough, a general note of explanation was sent ahout tho tables explaining that the handsome gent In the Shantung Shan-tung suit, with the fearsome blacit mustache 'was Edward Bell, w ho used 'to bo secretary of the American eni-bassy eni-bassy in lyindon and was later charge 'at Toklo. where it Is presumed he ac- i . 'inlred the Shantung suit, for it was he Who handed the American arms conference con-ference invitation to the Japanese foreign for-eign minister, and It was at the Washington Wash-ington conference that the Shantung issue was settled. The slender, serious-faced gentleman gentle-man at the secretary's right was Edward Ed-ward Price Bell, dean of American newspapermen in Europe, who for 22 yean has represented the Chicago Dally News lu London. The English refer to Edward Price Bell as Doyen, rather than dean of tho American correspondents and thereby hangs a talo of the Savoy lounge at the expense of one Lou Payne, in private life the husband of Mrs. Leslie Carter, tho noted actress. During the ..at .Mr and Mrs. Payne were living outside London. In fact their villa at (Maidenhead was quite d gathering place for Americans those in the profession pro-fession and out. Mrs. Leslie t'.irt.r was much In demand In London for benefits of various sorts. At last thoro came a time when B benefit was being arrannod for some I war charity under the auspices of the I American correspondents. Mrs. Leslie jt'arter received an Invitation to fO-. fO-. I or give an entire act from one I of her plays. The Invitation Included the names of the patrons of tho affair Including "Edward Price Bell. Doyen Of the American correspondents, Kob- ri. M Collins," nnd various othern That evening Lou was showing the Invitation about the Savoy grill, "I 'know most ol these follows Boll, and ! Bobby Collins, and the others," ho said, "but I'm damned if I ever hesrd ,of this fellow Doyen " The ferocious barracuda, or "tiger 'of the sea" which ntnrtlr( the country the past week by a fatal attack upon a girl bather at Tampn I'la., ls no Mlrangcr to the dcop sea fishermen of the Florida coast. President Harding iwho rnrely missed a visit to Florida leach winter before ho become the chief executive, knows the barracuda SbQUl as well jls any man In Washington Washing-ton with poaslbble exception of Jack La Cores ol ths National Qsographtc society, who also has niado tho ex-pedltlon ex-pedltlon In Florida waters. Prwsldftnt Harding has outfought and landed several sev-eral barracuda on his various trips. The ta i I. ' hal be used In dealing with 'tho " tiger" would hold an ordinary mule on ono of his worst rampages. SI, nder, sharp-nosed, with an ugly tin-dershot tin-dershot Jaw. thS barracuda has the swIftnesH of an arrow and tho strength Ol a panther. "n the fishing trip he made south of Miami Jum bofoto his Inauguration, Mr Harding landed nomo wonderful specimens, somo of thoni lima urlng fully eight foot long He I alio caught two Mil fish, a real fining fin-ing aehlevomont. Thero ls an oxclu-lve oxclu-lve club In Palm Beach known as the .Sa'l Fish e!ul anil only those who ihave landed one of these evasive hlgn- finned (teniae ns of tho deep ie eligible |