Show r- r Men and Affairs ROBERT ROBERTT T SMALL Copyright Cop 1023 y The WASHINGTON Au Auff ll-A ll 11 1 A A flO- flO bOtel flOp Ho Hotel p tel h tc House where th the high and the th low Jow of o the nation might come to dine and sleep under the same root roof as es the president of o the United St States has bas given Washing Washing- Washington Washington ton ton a new tIon these last tenIa ten tenda da Ia i 1 Its third floor given entirely oer o I to the tho new president and nd the ac- ac J about him the New Willard haq ha nevertheless continued as a ho- ho bOtel hotel ho hotel tel giving refugees Inner comfort to all Bho ho ho could be bo accommodated thin its portals Nor has access to toi the third floor been restricted restricted restricted- p in any manner m Only the double doors of o the presidential Suite Suite- the th same samo suite that Calvin Coolidge I occupied as aa vice are president president are un- un under un under der geard g ard There admission is tobe tobe to be had only olt at the behest of the tho r president himself II The Tho Th hotel has ben be n the Scene cene of I much ucb committee mingling lIng a meet meet- meeting and out out- outgOing out out-COlne Incoming ing place ot of the gOing tides tide of ot the tho changing admin admin- adminIstration administration It his h been a 0 reflection ot of Washington life In Its ne neer nc cr er ac- ac aCUs ac Us th On n a single sincle night here hero It h i what the observer could see during din din- dinner din dinner ner nor on the tho roof root whence the sultry heal of ot August has haq sent all alt alike alle 1 Mr Chief Justice Tan Taft dining I with former Senator and Mrs Sir Kel- Kel Kellogg K l logg of ot Minnesota friends friend and as- as associates as associates j since the old Roose Boose I as-I cit elt f f days while Mr Taft as secretary of war and Mr Kellogg as as ustIng Inc Ing the Standard Oil 01 tru trust t I Colb secretary ot of state for tor a a time under Wilson I on and afterward his bis In law The partnership was HIS p as dis dissolved solved a 0 short chort while bile ago aco because of I Wilsons continued Impaired health Colby gras cra of or hair black ot of moustache undeniably hand hand- handsome handsome hand handsome some was dining Colonel Bill fill ely Ze sometimes of ot Okla- Okla Oklahoma Okla Oklahoma homa more often but oll ays of the cs c both Colby and the tho colonel were ero seen to reecho ese se eral eral notes Frank W V Stearns of ot Boston and tiis lIs Stearns Steams Steam Stearn tile Hie discoverer ern and the backer of or Calvin Coolidge lIe He will ill be presIdent some da day said stearns Steams IIo lIo Is IsI president today and Mr r Ste Is I hero here to rejoice with lIh him Already Stearns Mearns Is called the Colonel I house of ot the new administration lie Ho Is more at home in business than In politics politic however Any An Any Any- Anything I thing that Calvin has bas e ever eer er wanted t I of o Frank he could hae ha c Whatever Frank may want ant ant of Cah but but In-but but his I closest friends say he doesn't want ant am an thing I w DinIng with the Stearns William William Morg Morgin in Butler also of ot Boston and al already desIgnated as s the th new at- at attorney attorney at attorney torney general of ot the United States I Bill Butler reminding old Wash Wash Wash- something of ot Frank roIi and Frank Frnk Stearns Steams ro-I ro ro- ro ro rotund i and happy are ar Cals Cal's two I Jest best friends Major General George H Har Har- Harries Har- Har Hardes Harries des ries In uniform with five lve rows S of ribbons across his Ills left tok breast breast tok token en of ot decorations decoration bestowed upon him from the nations of or the world t Once ho was commanding general or of the District of ot Columbia I guard After Arter the tho armistice he bo heas as IlS as American commander in Berlin rJ It ith It unprecedented authority lIe Ito was reported missing In the Kapp 1 but his trl friends knew i George Ceorge Harries could take care of himself even el even In a German revolution revolution tion Across Acro s New Kew Jersey tale all tale broken out with Jersey Democracy Governor George Senator Edwards Joe Jo for tor eight sears ears secretary to President Wit VII Witson son Wll-son son longer than any secretary ever r as secretary and the governors governor s saide r aide and secretary IS 1 as Irrepressible as e e cr cr saying he was t wast going to announce himself for the United States senat senate on a platform ot of changing the seating arrange arrange- ments merits In the senate chamber Joe Joo wants to put ox 1 Johnson I right alongside Henry Cabot Lodge At another table another Jersey man but a 0 a Senator Walter Edge dge and his bride looking cry attractive In n a simple blac black 0 own n Many friends stopped to say saya saya saya a word ord of ot greeting Loul Louis Brush of Ohio the rising young Lord Lord of ot the Bucke eState o State Louis had bought the Marion Marlon Star front from Warren arren Harding just before betor the party left ft IS ashington for tor Alas Alas- Alaska Alaska Alas ka ka He paid a 0 half million dollars for It and Jie he has h a a II halt dozen oth- oth other other oth other er neV in Ohio equally qually good Before he the tho th Star MarIOn had two afternoon p and no morning paper Brush recently on the Stars Star's rh rhal 1 Into a morning paper and one of its first missions was to the of Marion Marlon their first news s of ot- ot their own presidents president's death Henry Allen Alien Cooper of ot Wiscon Wiscon- WI Wisconsin Wisconsin con con- sin sin lookIng more and more the thc patriarch He lIe has been In tao tho house of ot representatives longer than any one ono except Speaker Gil- Gil Gillette Gillette lette The speaker has served 15 terms Cooper 14 Uncle Undo Joe Can Can- Cannon Cannon Can Cannon non served 2 23 Jimmie Sloan once one of or the see sec secret sec secret ret service but hot now a broker It was 23 year years ago aco that Jimmie had his first White House dut He thought he had gotten grotten away from the White t hite House Rouse but the brought the White bitt House to 10 the hotel where here I he Is living living- Jimmie Jimmi was dining I II with Ith Pete McLain of Canton the tho I home or of o the tho last president to bo be buried burld with military honors from Washington the ton the the martyred McKin- McKin McKinley ley icy ley S ie te days Pete Is la In the ship ship- ship shipping ping business Other do dais s be he is Iq not And at t all of ot the tables someone of note or of particular Interest Many senators senator's many I representatives representatives tives and the governors or the corn como com commonwealths all all stop at the Hotel White House the House the first Hotel White House Washington has ever I I I I I i It develops now that in spite O 0 Othe the announcements made by At- At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney G General Daugherty and oth ers Mr harding had not made up his hs mind to run tor for another mother term ternin in ID the White House Houe Hou e Not Kot so very long lone before he left lert for tor Alaska Mr harding was tall talK talKing Ing with one of ot his closest associates associates ates of the th c l I I I am tired lie he h said Anyone who ho wants this jOan jot jos can an have It it r- r rr forme or r 1 me the th clamor is 15 gone cone Mr Harding had begun to leo eo the seamy side of ot the presidency tile Constant fighting and bicKering jealousies and the Intrigues that constantly go eo on around a chief ex- ex ex He bad had had bad many disappointments disappointments disappointments In the White House Tho senate had been particularly disappointing Having been of ot that body having ser screed with Ith Its mem- mem mem members bers hers for six years ine ha spoken their language and understood mem-I mem their attitude toward to the larger Issues or orthe orthe orth the da Mr Harding thought the I senate was of or a mind to go so along with lIh him But he lie was wrong The senate became recalcitrant It would not note see see- e- e things In the same light that lie he saw them It would not play ball or give five him the tb teamwork he hei heso heso so much mitch desired His own great creat respect tor for the theoffice theoffice office was not lessened one whit Ho He was wa saddened that others dl did not have bave hav tho the same respect he ho wall wa disillusioned In many ways But Tut chief you may have hav torun to torun torun run It if the party demands It said the cabinet member Perhaps so perhaps so sighed I the president Wo We shall see Call Cah In Coolidge now and often otten In Inthe inthe Ir the future will be referred to as lu a man mn of destiny In the twink twink- twinkling ling line of ot an eye y he wis wu lifted out of 01 the Iho obscurity of ot the tho lice Ice and placed at the helm belm of ot tate state That Calvin Coolidge the tho plain sll- sll silent ill ill-ent ent man of or Massachusetts had hac hadI dreamed dreams however hower Is e esi- esi cil 1 I nt nt A searcher In his personal found up upon a the tho shelves II a I Ume labelled 00 Men Men olen of ot n Dest Destiny |