Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-11
OPEN WHITE HOUSE
IN HARD|NG'S PLAN
Apparent That New Execu-
tive Win Bring Atmosphere
of Marion, Ohio.
speci.l pisp.tch to me star.

oPeSiei Dtsp1tCu 70 Auc ot1ts
PORT ISABEL. Tex, November H.
Not only In matters Of foreign policy and
domestic management. but In good
many other things that count to-
ward the sum which makes FOR sue
cess will the next administration be
different from the regime Of woodrow
Wilson. For one thing. it viii not be
an exclusive or seclusive AFFAIR.
1t is already apparent that the atti-
tude Of the Hardtnss will be to make
the people more welcome at the White
House than they have been for years.
The gates will not be locked and
barred-in a word, the general etmos-
phere of the Executive Mansion Will
be more like that In Marion, Ohio.
Senator and Mrs Harding like peo-
pie. like to have people around, are
fond of seeing people enjoy them
selves. They are the simple-man-
nered folks; they. dislike fuss and
frills. and are eager to do away with
rep tape and restrictions when such
manded. This means not only that the
White House will take on the social
atmosphere of Cleveland's and Nc
Kinley's and Roosevelt's day. but that
visitors to Washington and Washing
toniaps will have more pleasure out
home of the President and the first
lady of the land.
The grounds were locked when war
came as a precaution against bomb
throwers, but have not been opened
since the armistice.
May Entertain Largely.
1t is probable, too, that Senator and
Mrs. Harding will entertain largely
and generously. both with large
affairs and with small parties. Such
entertainment has been impossible for
some years, first. because of the ex-
igencies of war time and because OF
President Wilson's poor health But
things will change when the Hardlngs
arrive at the White House. They have
not merely scores but hundreds OF
close personal friends. The worries
and burdens of the administration OF
| the next four years will be softened
measurably by the dinners and dances
and receptions and house parties
which the President-elect and Mrs
| Harding are planning.
, The President-elect is benefiting
| richly from his vacation. His face is
highly colored by the subtropical
sun. and the red glow is giving place
to a tan that is being fixed by the
| trade winds from the gulf.
Appetite 6f Healthy Man.
He has lost a few pounds Of weight
| that he did not need. His appetite is
the appetite Of a big. healthy man.
He is up at Z o'clock every morning
! and by o'clock at night he is 30
sleepy that he is glad to wish his
! friends goodnight and take to i'm
mediate slumber. After few more
days of fishing off Point Isabel and then
three weeks at sea and in the Canal
| Zone, he expects to be tuned up
! physically and mentally for the great
task that will confront him on his
return to Marion, Ohio-the task OF
| selecting his cabinet associates. OF
| approaching a new foreign policy. in
! cluding a world association to dis
courage war. and of laying the foun-
| dations of domestic policies, suggest
! ed in the republican platform and In
his own subsequent addresses.
| Today he is in Brownsville to ad-
dress the post of the American
| Legion which has assembled 10000
| persons from the Rio Grande valley
| to celebrate the second anniversary
of the signing Of the armistice
| These visitors and the whole popula-
| tion Of this city have saluted hin
with splendid friendliness and marked
| respect The legion and military
here, a squadron of the 5th United
States Cavalry. have paraded proudly
| before their coming commander-in.
chief. 1t is great day for south
| lCcnv-~Ax ION