The White House Week

The White House Week

P: The President designated Charles Evans Hughes as one of the three U. S. members of the International Court of Arbitration at the Hague, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George Gray in August, 1925. The other U. S. delegates to the Hague Court are Elihu Root and John Bassett Moore. Mr. Hughes arrived at the White House a few days after his appointment to spend the weekend.

P: Chief Justice William Howard Taft and the eight Associate Justices of the Supreme Court called to pay their respects to the President, before convening for their autumn session (see p. 8.)

P: Will Rogers, funnyman, self-styled President's unofficial ambassador to Europe, telegraphed Mr. Coolidge that he would like to have a few minutes' chat with him. Forthwith, the President, who has recently been revealing his human side to the nation, invited Mr. Rogers to spend the night at the White House. The funnyman arrived, dined, told some of his "Worst Stories," slept, left the next morning. Mr. Rogers then informed the press: "I guess I was too much for him. We sat around in the living-room upstairs, swapping yarns, but by 8 o'clock he started to yawn and by 10 o'clock he had fallen asleep."--

P: The President and Mrs. Coolidge are planning a busy social season at the White House this winter. The chief events on their calendar are: Dec. 2, Cabinet dinner; Dec. 9, Diplomatic reception; Dec. 16, Diplomatic dinner; Jan. 1, Public New Year's reception; Jan. 13, Judicial reception; Jan. 26, Supreme Court dinner; Feb. 3, Congressional reception; Feb. 10, Speaker's dinner; Feb. 17, Army and Navy reception.

P: The President heard that his uncle John Wilder, 80, famed fiddler for diddling jigs and square dances, had signed up with four other natives of Plymouth, Vt., to tour U. S. vaudeville and cinema houses. William Morris, Manhattan theatrical manager, is booking them as an old-time barnstorming orchestra. They will open in Boston on Nov. 1, and return to Vermont in the spring in time to plant their crops.

P:The American Red Cross held its annual convention in Washington last week, and Mr. Coolidge had a message prepared. Said he: "The higher idealism, the true philanthropy is not that which comes to the rescue after the catastrophe, but rather that which through obedience to sound economic laws creates a prosperity among the people that anticipates and prevents the need of charity." (I The President and Mrs. Coolidge attended the wedding of Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Alien Property Custodian Howard Sutherland, to Stanley Raymond ("Bucky") Harris, manager of the Washington baseball team (see p. 35).

--The fact is that Mr. Coolidge did not fall asleep on that night until he had re-Kr-.d to his bedroom.