Show I Men and Affairs I By ROBERT T SMALL I MEN AM D A AFFAIRS Copyright 1923 1928 by The Standard Examiner WASHINGTON Aug The lB-The 18 The personal pronoun I has come comeback back baek to the tho White For two years and a halt half It was banished by Mr Harding He always spoke ot of his hia In a detached way In the third person If It Mr Harding had h been asked It if ho expected to ro- ro reI remain romain re main In Washington through the I remainder of ot the summer he be would have ed I The president expects to remain I here I W Wen Wien en the tho question was put to toI t Mr Coolidge ho he replied In a very firm voice I I shall remain here hereIt It Is not customary for tor corre- corre correspondent correspondent to quote a president dl- dl directly In his talks with them but this transgression of ot the rule Is I permissible to Illustrate tho the change that has come to official Wash Wash- WashIngton Washington Wash Ington Warren Harding had faith In Inthe inthe the presidency Calvin Coolidge has faith In Calvin Coolidge and Massachusetts COO Many Interpretations have been beer I placed upon the applause which I greeted President Coolidge at the th conclusion of his first Interview w with the great body of Washing ton newspapers correspondents at atI atthe al althe I the White House The country at al I largo large seems surprised that the th hard boiled men ot of o the news have been moved to such al alI I spontaneous tribute for tor the corre- corre I corre-I correspondent I supposedly Is a person without the usual run tun of ot d emo emo- emotions mo- mo motions I emoI Probably the most surprised of oC nIl all were the correspondents them them- themselves themselves selves No one appeared to start the hand clapping It just broke out out There Is not truth in the re- re report report re report port that It was started by the New England Journalist It Is true that these journalists have taken laKen a very fatherly Interest In InI Cal since sinco that coUler up in I Massachusetts helped to make mako him president for he Is the first New Ne England man to occupy the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House In 70 years but bul the ap- ap ap came from all nA the corre corre- correspondents correspondents correspondents alike and was a tribute or of which the new president Is proud The applause was not due so much to what Mr Coolidge but to the manner in which he said It seemed to the tha writer It was due also to the tho happy discovery discovery discovery ery that silent and taciturn though he may be the president has hils adry a adry adry dry sense o of oC humor which Is a most pleasing attribute From a aman aman roan man of extreme reserve a a few light words carry a very decided kick Mr Coolidge gave the cor- cor correspondents correspondents cor correspondents respondents a n kick and their reaction wa was all but instantaneous In a delightful vein ot of o humor President Coolidge told of oC how the mission of oC the Secretary of Labor Mr DaMS Daus to Europe had been misunderstood by the Euro Euro- European Euro I European governments gO who thought he had come over to arrange for more emigrants to this country instead of fewer Some 0 ot of the govern govern- governments governments ments misapprehension acting under the hension had agreed heartily to co- co cooperate cooperate co cooperate operate with Mr Sir Davis They got quite a jolt when disillusioned The taking taking picture ordeal which fol- fol followed fol tol followed lowed the interview was also faced by the new president with equanimIty equanimity ity He smiled for or the photographers even gave them a smile D weds In response e to their de- de demands demands mands and tailed failed to retreat when the movie men In search of close I close close- ups close ups brought their cameras to with within in 18 Inches of ot the presidential nose Do you mind em cm Mr Prest President President dent dent- dent someone asked No he ho replied slowly You know they used to pay occasional attention to me even In he ho past It was said of ot the late war that It had killed the cavalry The Tho great struggle dragged itself out Into a contest of oC o artillery and Infantry In- In Infantry In Infantry fantry and fyling corps Several times the British tried to put cavalry cavalry cavalry alry through the charge ot of o the guns Juns of ot the tho enemy But the broken terrain the ground plough plough- ploughed ploughed ed by shellfire and cut by en- en entrenchments entrenchments en entrenchments stopped the horses and machine gunfire did the rest I But Dut the cavalry spirit of ot the tho American army is I not dead fort forI nowadays wherever two or three cavalry may be ono one can hear a raucous dUty ditty which ro s somewhat In this manner Im I'm a cavalry man manSo So Bo and bold Im I'm Ima a soldier through and I through I ride my horse Because or of o course course This is the tho proper thing to do dd I wear my spurs Both night and day So Bo that everyone may see sec That of ot all aU the things I i might have been Im I'm not of ot the tho tree In 1 Im I'm m not of the he tree fan Gifford Pinchot governor Of oC PennSYlvania Is a as asi I well as A a 0 fisherman an lIe He does not regard himself or any other man I to good government tn in in the land Someone suggested to the governor what a great I caI ca- ca It would have been to th the count country If It tho the dome of ot the capitol i had tumbled In during the funeral service of ot the late lato President Hard Hard Hard- HardIt Ing Hard I It was suggested that the human fabric of national govern I government ment might have been wiped out by such a blow the president the cabinet supreme court governors of many states slates tho the high officers or of army and navy senators 1 government officials ot of o high and low rank to say nothing ot of a very large Be representation from the foreign diplomatic corps I The The country would have peen governor tete paralyzed said the he governors governor's governor tete-a-tete tete at dinner The country would have havo gone Aman on said Governor Pinchot A man would have risen up to take the tho place of or every man destroyed No Government man is indispensable Govern Govern- ment rises above the individual I I |