| Show r NATIONAL MEN AND AFFAIRS I A Story on Coolidge China Sends Peanuts and Eggs to U S Selling Cow to Schwab Stamp Mistake I n Bl Ba T SM S SILL LL Copi right au 12 by Tho The Consolidated detect dated lat 1 Press Association I T HERD hIts ns more lucre point to the T 1 story told by President Frank D B No es of ot The Associated Pies Pi esson I on president CoolIdge at the theA i A P luncheon In l New W York YorkI I lat last Tuesday than Mr No Nob es him himself self perhaps Imagined Imag Iselt President en t arsa 7 facing tOI the first time Ihne the sand sandI and andI I publishers o ot of the tho country AnI All An through the luncheon the they had hadI I been watching him with aith an aft ap- ap appraising appraising ap appraising praising eye And they d that although he wa was seated be- be between be between tween Mr Air Noyes NoIre and Mr MelvilleE Melt ille illeE E Stone t two tso 0 o of the tho most noot widely traveled and luncheon companions In America Frost Frost- President President dent Coolidge was mainly silent So much so In fact that both Mr No es and Mr fr Stone lapsed Into the same mood About halt half theay the way ay through the lunch lunch- luncheon luncheon luncheon eon President Coolidge lit a cigar and putted puffed 0 away ay ai nt It as the tho thelast last courses were ere being sen ser ed od Mr told the tho story etory in his best style It i Is related In Washington he said that a year or so ago a certain ory ory high official of oC the o with a reputation for tor reticence that had become world wide was seated at dinner with a ry er lady as partner The Tha Th lady turned to the gentleman In question and told hint him that It lay within his power to win 01 oc lose for her a quite desh able wager Site Sl o said she lad had wagered angered that no mattel how silent he be with nith others the very cry hIgh official would I con erse with her Theren There n was a pause continued Mr Sir Noyes and then the gentleman said ou lose loso I The story made a great gred hit with Ith the tho big luncheon audience and time the effect was as heightened when hn Mr Coolidge with Ith a grim Brim little mlle mile 1111 Ing about the corners ot of his mouth declared that like many other reports report emanating I flom Washington this tins one was as a without the slightest foundation I 1 President Coolidge listened with real Interest to Mr Sir No Notes Noes es I ex-I ex expression pross Ion of the purposes purpose and Ideals o of The Tho Associated Press But In Inno inno Inno no way did the president of that I org organization better Illustrate Its I ts to bo be partisan non-partisan and andI Interpretative I non Interpretative than when hen he turned to Mr Coolidge and said sad saidI I have lou iou ou realize Mr lr Coolidge no commission from the me members ot of The Tho Associated Press author author- authorizing authorizing izing me to give their lews Ies on any contro question Ac- Ac Accordingly Accordingly Ac Accordingly cordingly r I I cannot say to you that they thy agree with Ith ou In OUI stand on the surtaxes or any other question now Ing public thought although I do feel war ar warranted ranted In at least lenot a guarded ap approval pro al of your Thanksgiving day proclamation Sir Esme Howard the new Brit Brit- BritIsh BrItIsh British ish ambassador to Washington 1 la- la laments la laments ments meEts the fact that he has no gl 51 eat cat oratorical peas 10 powers ers era although who ho ha have hae e listened to toi his hs simple earnest talks talk since Inee he ha h has been In this country are aro Inclined to with Ith him 03 9 is to lIs effectiveness especially as an dinner dinner after speaker At the LIce dinner of oC the ad section of the tho American In paper Publishers association New lork ork Thursday night SIr Esme was o apologizing at the tho out out- outset out outset out out-I set of oC his address for tor his sup sup- supposed sup sup-I sup supposed posed forensic Insufficiency I Perhaps he said I can best you understand how I feel Cel L n on n uT n Lu u I U ow me by M 1 Schwab Sch coming 0 oer er on the tha Oh not so long ago Mr Schwab as us iou OU know mo Owns aery a very tery fine tIne herd of Jersey cattle A farmer one day of offered cred to sell him another cow eo Is she a n Jers Jerse 7 Mr Mr Air Sch Schwab ab Inquired No o 11 li ii not Well Vell does sIte she gh give giO e a lot ot of milk mu k No sir Ir not s a veri er cr great deal Then If K she sIte Is la not a n J Jersey orsey and not a why hy should I buy her said l Ir lr Sch aD some somewhat hd petulantly e 11 II sir r replied the farm farm- tr tarm-tr cr she aho Is a good kindhearted cow ow and she he will give gise gh e all she sho can f 0 J J B Wood of oC Chicago war correspondent and reporter who has been iii hI hIthe Inthe the Far Eist Elst tor for the past three years tells an Interesting story of oC a young lad ladi school teacher from the he southern part of ot the United Stats States who set net out oOt for Cor China Chinn to devote her life lito to edo edo- edu education cation of the Chinee The i young lady was as particularly ton fond 1 ot of a peanuts peanuts a product of oC her native state and ond her hr one thought In going to China Chins was wag what she would do for peanuts She thought to solve the problem problem lem at least temp temporarily by buy bUy- bUyIng buying buying ing an extra ll fl ory ery large I one and one and packing It to th brim a with Ith her favorite goobers Imagine t the yie e surprise of ot the I oung lady said Mr Sir Wood when hen she he stepped ashore at atI I to find that China ship of I nearly three million pounds pound I peanuts to the United States your It may surprise a lot of people to know that last year ChIna also shipped pounds pound of ot eggs egg to the United StAtes State Why shouldn't the United States raise enough peanut peanuts and I enough nough eggs for tor Itself This coun coun- country Coun- Coun Country country try al also o could raise all ot of the raw I silk which Is Imported annually from China and Japan E B D Power 0 a 0 well known philatelist recalled to some frIends a few tew nights ago the very serious but at the same time lime amusing mistake which was made by the tho United States postal IlU- IlU au authorities In Issuing memorial stamps for tor the tha world worlds s fair or Columbia exposition held In tn Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago Chi Chicago cago In 18 1893 9 Older persons person will easily tecali the Issue The stamps s here ere very VOrY fine tine works of oC art de- de deT de depicting T In the various arlous denominations denominations e events In the life liCe o of Co- Co Columbus Co Columbus lumbus One of oC the tite stamps showed sho Co- Co Columbus Co Columbus lumbus In sight of land Ho He was a fine upstanding figure Abo Aboe e all he ho was as clean shaven Another denomination showed sho Columbus landing presumably a few tew hours bours or perhaps a day or two later In the brief Interim the discoverer of ot America bad grown a fu full II bea beard rd n |
