Small gifts of vegetables, fruits of all kinds and flowers are received daily at the White House. Often when a farmer raises a particularly fine crop of peaches, he sends a basket of them to the White House, probably on the theory that the best is none too good for the President. Sometimes the gift is onions, lettuce, or other vegetables. If the gift is not too bulky, the President usually accepts it and uses it on the White House table. Parcels of flowers come to the President from all parts of the country, chiefly from the growers, who are so proud of them that they desire them to grace the White House, even if only for a short time.
But there are many persons who offer gifts to the President for the sole purpose of advertising themselves or the article. This is true of some manufacturers of food products. But these gifts are seldom sent to the White House. The President is asked by letter if he would accept the gift. In almost every case, Mr. Coolidge declines.
Traveling Cheaply Is New Fad of the British
London.—Cheap traveling on the Continent has temporarily superseded nonstop dancing and long distance cricket scoring as the craze of England. The honors of the cheap traveling contest, it appears, will go to the person who travels the farthest and the longest on the least money. The daily papers are being swamped with letters from claimants.
A London vicar requests the blue ribbon for the feat of having traveled from London to Switzerland, and gone on a 15-day walking tour through that country, and then returned to London with a net expenditure of 8 pounds 16 shill.  ings, equal to $40.50. 