Show of or election ov over cr they both were carefree and amI happy and pointed out outto outto outto to each other spots made famIl familial u uin In long ago days After a restful night the president-elect president and the first lady th that t Is to be were awake early an and l had breakfast together Ina in ina ina a small breakfast room overlooking the tine beautiful garden of their hom It Jt was a simple ample meal such as mO most L families might night sit down don to to consisting consisting consist consist- ing of or melon bacon and eggs toast and coffee Donning heavy wraps to protect them against the early morning chill they started out for fol an hours hour's walk van moving leisurely as they took tOOl in the beauty of the sun-dipped sun hills which form the tho western ridge for the rolling c campus of ot the school where they first met Returning home the tine president president- elect went to his study to write writ his message of thanks to tho American i people for selecting him hint as president president prel- prel dent for the next four years and a telegram to his Democratic opp oppa nent Alfred K Ij Smith in reply to the message he lie received late last Jast night congratulating him on his victory vIctory victory vic vIc- tory and wishing him a successful administration While he lie was engaged in this tIlls work Hoover received a congratulatory congratulatory congratulatory message from President Coolidge Coolidge Coolidge Cool- Cool idge which he also intended to an answer answer answer an- an later in the day along with those received from front Vice President Dawes his leis running mate Charles Curtis of Kansas and from many others As the morning wore along th the president-elect president literally was deluged with telegrams and cablegram cablegrams 1 More than two thousand were re received received re- re at his home during tho the night and word came that the telegraph companies literally were swamp swamped d with messages Hoover t today day sent the following if response to the congratulatory telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram sent to him last night by his Democratic opponent Governor Al Alfred Alfred Alfred Al- Al fred E. E Smith I 1 am aill in tn receipt o of your our kind tele tele- gram grm I deeply appreciate both the spirit of or it and your good wishes for fol forthe forthe the future |