An Ancillary Relation

When President Coolidge passed through New York on his way to Washington, he was met and accompanied to the Capital by Frank Wat- erman Stearns. Mr. Stearns is, like the President an Amherst graduate; he is owner of a large department store in Boston and reputed a millionaire. He is also President Coolidge's closest friend.

At once the curious began to ask: "Will Stearns be another Colonel House?" The facts of the relationship between Mr. Stearns and the President seem to be simply these: that Stearns has supported Coolidge through the thick and thin of politics. That he was Coolidge's right hand man in the settlement of the Boston police strike. These activities earned Stearns the titles from political opponents of "Lord Lingerie" and "Cal's Angel." As far as several able political correspondents can make out, however, the relation between Mr. Stearns and the new President is only about as "sinister" as friendship.

Nevertheless, the name of Frank W. Stearns is on the lips of more than one politician. The suggestion is made that he may be appointed to fill some office as yet unnamed, thus becoming a "Daugherty" rather than a "House."