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¶ Early one morning a large unmarked car rolled out of the White House grounds. At the wheel was Mrs. Hoover. With her rode Mrs. Adolph Ochs, Mrs. Edgar Rickard, Miss Margaret Rickard. They drove around the Tidal Basin, saw the cherry blossoms, circled the Lincoln Memorial. As Mrs. Hoover turned homeward into West Executive Ave. a motorist swung into a parking space, missed it, backed out to try again, thus blocking traffic. Mrs. Hoover gave her horn an impatient toot. Not recognizing her, the motorist signaled the First Lady to "pipe down." She did, smiling.
¶ President Hoover bade farewell to Ambassador Hugh Gibson and Rear Admiral Hilary Pollard Jones, U. S. delegate to the League of Nations Preparatory Commission on Armament Limitation. Final presidential instructions: be careful.
¶ The Hoover right forearm ached painfully. The President could write only with difficulty. In one day he had shaken 1,757 hands at the rate of 43 per minute. From their Congressmen, citizens obtain letters entitling them to a presidential handshake. In one day last week, New York's Senator (Dr.) Copeland. who last month cautioned President Hoover to mind his health, sent 188 handshakers to the White House.
¶ Calling on the President last fortnight were three representatives of the International Advertising Association's Convention to be held in Berlin in August, and Publisher-Senator Capper of Kansas. The President was asked to send the convention a message on: "Advertising, the Key to World Prosperity."
¶ For efficiency and organization, a President and his staff need elbow room. Last week bids were received for enlarging the interior of the Stanford-White-designed executive offices. Low bidder ($15,225) was the N. P. Severin Co. of Chicago. The basement will be renovated as office and storage space. The West embankment will be cut away to the street to permit basement windows.
*For a survey of the 1929 Major League baseball season, see p. 20.