Show o lein Intimate stories of Woman Side of Official Li fe in the Capital C V fr j t I t r 1 S A 1 f 2 5 4 How a Kiss for Mrs Coolidge Cool Cool- Coolidge idge Made the Senate Ladies Ladies' Luncheon Club Very Very Exclusive By ALLENE SUMNER CHAPTER II II I. I I was lunching with Mrs Coolidge Cool Coal idge the other day and she said to me- me When Mrs Senator sits down at her mahogany spinet de deto dek to write the low down to the folks back home its it's a safe wager that before the missive ends the above line gets in The girls gave Mrs 1 Senator a shower before she left for Washington Wash Wash- ington and the ver very last tiling thing they said aid as they gave her the silver coffee coffee cof- cof fee set was Tell us all about Mrs Coolidge when you write WITH MRS COOLIDGE So she does it Its It's much easier for her than for a congressman's wife or even a cabinet secretary's wife for the senators wife does indeed lunch with the presidents president's wife almost every week when congress congress con con- gress is in 10 session Of course if the girls back home think that tile the senators senator's wife means literally that Mrs Coolidge and lIen lIen- self breeze into a sma smart t tearoom her I for fora a chicken sandwich and a cup of chocolate and discuss husbands and things they're just too s silly to think It that's all What she really means is that she belongs to one of tile the very few clubs in the country of which the First Lady Is a member And tile the senators senator's wife neVer forgets It Every Tuesday God willing and nothing Interfering the senators senators' wives lunch and gossip with the First Lady The Senate Ladles Ladies Luncheon club meets promptly at I 1 p. p m. m each Tuesday In the senate of office lice buildIng build build- Ing just to the right of tile the capitol where tile the senate husbands toil and delve del for their countr country The senate wives are supposed to tobe tobe be there before the appointed hour For the law of the Washington Medes ledes and Persians reads that underlings un- un must be In their places before before be be- fore the FIrst Lady appears DO LETS LET'S BE SENSIBLE ir rs Coolidge herself tale has It it is no stickler for the court of tile the land Dignified observance whenever possIble is her code but do lets let's' be sensible One of the senate wives tells ot of the First Ladys Lady's settling of two lIttle fuss fussy matters There was the matter or of making reservations for Cor tile the luncheon Once upon upon a time it was necessary fur tor he senators senator's wife to take her pen penIn penn In n hand and write a very formal regret or acceptance in best Emily Post manner Lets just send out cards with aYes a a. Yes or Xo No line said Mrs Cool Cool- Jilge and well we'll put cr crOsses In the Yes Ye or 0 o blank and there weare we weare are It Was the First Lady too who vho S 5 5 S 11 J S Above Mrs Coolidge attending a meeting of the tho Senate Ladies Luncheon club At the right Mrs Coolidge and her personal secret guard Jim Haley I decreed that great S bIg girls like us are certainly capable ot of walt waiting n on Lets Let's do our own passIng passIng pass pass- Ing so that ev everYbody can sit down So o the ten hostesses for each fes- fes can now tiow sit down with the rest of the gan and the meat loaf and creamed potatoes potato g are pas passed ed from one end of the table to the other a la Ia best boarding house style The First Lady often walks from the White House house- to tile the luncheon tr tryst st Her secret service serviceman man handsome Jim Hale Haley tries to keep up her pace Handsome Jim JimIs Is left outside the however and th tha FIrst Lady enters unannounced unannounced unan- unan and unescorted The bo boys s 's around town have lots lotsof lotsof of fun it seems Jim Hale He boasts that he has become a connoisseur of wares ir in ladles ladies shops as his Job partly consists in chaperoning the FIrst Lady when she shops They tell tales on on Jim to the effect of- of feet that when h Mrs CoolIdge CoolIdge Cool Cool- Idge to the senate luncheons he car ies a pan of meat loaf and a jar of pickles under his arm for Mrs 1 rs Coolidge insists on her turn ml 11 proVender However Ho it is quite likely that the viands are sent by special delivery delhery rather than by tile the ald aide from the White House kitchen S THAT KISS 5 5 Once Once upon a time se senators senators' ator wives were ere permitted an occasional guest j S 5 II S S at tile the luncheon meetings But no longer Not Oot sInce rs Coolidge was I kissed S The isser I was the tho senators senator's visiting vis- vis lUng mother in I Perhaps she was awed and h hys- hys s 's at the idea of meeting the Lady Perhaps lIcE hel act was the result of sheer relief at learnIng learning learn learn- Ing how easy it is to meet Mrs Coolidge he merely wanted wanted want want- ed to tell that she had kissed the presidents president wife for kiss Mrs CoolIdge CoolIdge Cool Cool- Idge she not did just a dab at the cheek either but a a. real kiss right righton on the mouth The guest list Is now restricted restricted- highly restricted There are so many stories in and around Washington that dont don't get printed Perhaps 1 l' l shall shaH tell tell you you on one or 01 two of tIle the best ones to- to morrow moi Copyright 1927 1027 NEA EA Service Inc |