Evening journal., 1920-07-30
BY ZOE BECIa.EY
\. 4. A. staff COs1eSponder


MARION, O., July M.-On the way
from the station to the most widely
celebrated front porch in the country
/ asked the native driver OF orr
Henry for whom he expected 10
vote.
The driver stepped on the emer-
gency brake hushed the olalier OF
his vehicle and turned.
Whom going TO vote for?" he
asked feeling he could not have
heard Alright. why, for W. c. OF
course. ....... This is why Marion.
Marin. senator Hardings HOME
TOWN. He continued 10 regard me
with curiosity, If not suspicion
Ignores such foolish Question
Then you think he would make
IA good president2"
Without replying, he started up the
iitney again, doubtless sensing that
such Ignorance was too deep 10 be en-
lightened. lie drew up before the
pleasant, tree-shaded greenland cream
house Of the Hardings.
This he said, lis the senator's
nome. He's lived in il 30 years. Boy
ana man, he's been a Marionite. I'm
goin. TO vote for him Everybody
goin' TO vote for him. DON'T YOU
BELIEVE IN BOOSTING YOUR OWN
HOME TOWN."
Ctastened, l entered the Harding
nome. That's 1t, Harding and Home /
III seems 20 iit senator Harding who
ewes lhe impression Of belonging 10
lle quiet places OF life rather Than
me hurly-burly and complexfty OF
modern eXisiance.
His sternly handsome face looks out
from practically every window In
Marion. They all are honey windows
lot even the steam-shOvel factories
Whlch produces the machinery FOR the
fdhaina canal have a friendly. neigh
Everybody Knows Everyday Else
Everybody knows everybody else in
Walk into any shop or Office and
tne iirst person YOU meet knows ali
about Warn Harding-used to holm
MIN club snakes out Of the bushes as
preliminary to goin' swimmin' in
old Whetsione Greek; remembers him
recltin' a piece TO the school exercises
m iberia at the age OF four: used io
get MIN To set cookies from the
housewives cause Warn ALWAYS had
a nice way with him and EVERYONE
ilkeu MIN used TO see him dirrin'
Dalt Tor his father, Dr. G. Tyron Hard
ink, played In the town band when
| warn footed the double bass horn
with grand effect because aItbo,5gb n
boy" ''''7 Vi d
There are lots OF folks. ioo who
ike best 10 remember the senator ss
struggling newspaper editor
tins type, making up the forms. writ
ing, clipping, pasting. hustllng IN ads
ana, when he finally called IL a dan.
siltlng there In the modest office. his
olQ alpaca coat sort OF hitched nm
Denind and down nj front" his chair
tilted back and his feet hunched on
lts rungs, chatting comfortably with
Wnomsoever dropped in.
| Inc senator. as / have said. is q
man OF imposing appearance. tai
neavy, severely handsome. He is
well groomed and we'll drssed
iet somehow you feel he loved that
old coat he wore In the Star offlco
sort OF sagged In the front and shor,
behind and nobly creased where he'd
SIT upon It. No clothing salesman
would ever dare offer Senator Had
ing what Is called "a young mans
Safety-CautiOn-to Unusual Deoree
But ne does not radiate youth and
mso,d1ernity' he certainly impressas yor
with the utmost measure OF safety
sanity, caution, reserve.
He comes across the bit OF lawr
that separates the home Of his score
tary George Christian, Jr.. from III,
own; IL makes YOU think instantly ot
neighborhness and friendships thai
the men OF big cities know nothing Of
IN ms arms are a sheaf Of papers 4
foot thick. Slowly he sscends fbs
steps OF the house he and his wiz
built 30 years ago, crosses the famors
porch, enters the parlor and sees !
stranger there.
The stranger gets fhe lmnressl.r n