Show I SieW l 01 I J 1 I 1 IS TILE WIlY IN IX W I By Dy CHARLES CHAnLES P STEWART NEA Serko Sen 10 Writer Wilier WASHINGTON Jan One a-One IS thing this season White House Houie lI social functions Itay have proved ts is that the th plug plus tile 11 ls is tar fur from froni obsolete ob- ob solete lolete I That Is 1 to say xay y Its Ifs still till affect affect- affected i ed by an overwhelming majority lor I of the presidents president civilian callers Of course cours the army and ani navy men I wear their uniform headgear I With few ew exceptions lIons the mem- mem members bers bera of or the th corps art arfi uniformed too mo mostly 1 v Ith cocked hats and some ome with way way- I In Int ini plumes PJ like an n old fashioned hearse harse Eu nu But for ordinary people people I nary people of ot consequence pot not the tho hot hoi polloi who attend the th ul public lIf the receptions the the stovepipes stovepipe's the thc rule rul among amon all who care a cent lor tor appearances es A Fortunately I Fortunately It I t tomp compulsory sory Po Gen Gen Gentral ra rai l New tW dould not get eel In I It If r it were tIe Hs H's fe one oneo 1 of the th rebels rebel r bel He fe H iy a high hl bats II a a relic of or barbarism Ho He swears floppy brimmed by by a wide floppy floppy- brimmed black western louch i It th the only kind he hew her ever seen Been In no matter dressy the oe- oe occasion oc occasion casion I The oilier cabinet t rs get get- getups up ups upa are strictly conventional or all of or them Secretary o the Treasury Mellon Is the most mot finicky Tho re rent t con con- conform con conform form to the th sartorial proprieties but do it more mor or les perfunctorily Mellon must devote pro pro- profound found profound thought to nis Ms raiment or or- orand orand or orand and Its It's it a likelier hia gues-hia cues his valet alet does doel it for tor him When It cornea comes to looking like on an school old statesman n nobody has on Sen Senator lor Short Short- led diml-led ridge e of CalifornIa Tall ali all tied bled and nd majestic hes hea he a II credit In lIvery every particular to 1 j i topper II a alone tailed long coat and paIr of pearl gray groy trousers 6 spat 1 tl I und end nd patent leathers Chief Justice Tart raft is another Imposing figure On him a plug hats hat's cant can't be b said uld aid of 01 everybody At the th last White House reception reception- Tad fart glanced lanced around and remarked Thi place seems eem familiar Pres Pres- PresIdent Prea- Prea President ident Coolidge talked t thim tc him him- for all of two minute Vice President likewise also In a which of or cours course he left In tn the th chock check room lit oPI appeared ared un- un unnatural unnatural un unnatural natural however No pipe None In sight si ht anyway anway Speaking of o hats hate hat Representative H St t l George Tucker of ot Virginia had his hi blown off orl a few f w daya day ago aco going doWn aV avenue nue In it wal wala wa a speech Tucker had prepared denouncing the appropriation or of money to enable prohibition agents to buy liquor The wind broad broadcast CUt that speech all over Washington asb on Right then thin Tucker delivered a aSpee Spee h all right but jt it lt was un- un Impromptu Im Impromptu B Wheeler grinned i when he heard about It Colonel Cheney ChOney chief military aide at the Whit While Iou House used u eto to be b one of or he h principal orna- orna orna ornament menu ment at all functions there l Now ow theres there's ther a scandal bout him All AH during the th New Years Year's Year Tear re- re reception reception re reception one on of or the th front but but- buttons buttons buttons tons of ot his full drej drea uniform coat Vb unbuttoned NobodY I noticed It at the th time but photograph of him standing In Inthe i ithe Ith the receiving kin line alongside the es subsequently It revealed It it The Th president has haa decided I against a martial court-martial but life never can can be b the th same lame again ln to Sherwood Cheney Chency |