New-York tribune., 1920-08-29
II WO young uisitors and
L Jumbo on the Harding
la2Cn at Marion

ld2Cn at Marion
Bobby, who kept vigil there, incon-
solable until death claimed him, too.
The last dog the Hardings owned
was Boston bull, registered ami
NAL purchased at an Eastern ken
mel by Mrs. Harding in an effort to
beguile her husband from his grief
over the death of Jumbo. This pedi-
greed brindle pup they named Hub.
Would Wash His Feet
"He was Warren's in the daytime"
Mrs. Harding said of him, "but if
he thought I was going to a party
he'd trot home from the office by
himself. 1t was always a mystery
how he determined when / was GO
ing out He was wild about riding
in the automobile. At night he slept
at the foot of my bed. Do you know
that for eight years he never failed
to go to the bathroom at night to
have his face and feet washed? He
knew that if he didn't he'd have to
sleep on the floor.
"When Mr.. Harding was Lieuten-
ant Governor portrait painter q me
to do his picture in oils. We fer-
suaded him to make a picture also
of Hub. The picture he made of Mr..
Harding is in the attic, but the one
of Hub hangs over the fireplace in
the library.
Zone day, after we had had him
about eight years and were power
fully attached to him, we came home
and found him coughing. Either he
had been poisoned or he had devel-
oped pneumonia. l sat up with that
dog two nights, until he died, and
made myself i'll. l got myself talked
about, too. People don't always un-
derstand that sort of thing.
Il always know this about a dog:
That he is never going to abuse me
or betray my friendship. There is
one thing I'd like to be, and that is
the head of big humane society to
protect children and animals.
| haven't any ambitions for myself.
I'm perfectly content to trail along
with Warren Harding. He has the
warmest human sympathy of any
man I've ever known, and if this
country doesn't appreciate him.
we'll" - Mrs. Harding paused.
Newsboys Liked Harding
Those newsboys down at The Stsr
office have always been just as crazy
about him as his dogs were. You
know, l was at The Star office for
fourteen years.
Mr.. Harding was taken i'll not
long after we were married, and
then the circulation manager quit.
had always told Warren that he
wasn't getting the money out of his
circulation that he should get. The
papers were just sold over the coun-
ter in the business Office. There was
no delivery.
Il went down there intending to
help out for few days, and stayed
fourteen years. l started the car
rler system, and the boys we had
there have surely grown up to be
splendid men. There was one red
headed youngster that we took an
especial fancy to. That was Orrie
Baldinger. When Mr.. Harding went
to Columbus to the State Senate we
took Orrie with US. Mr.. Harding
had him made a page in the State
Senate. Those boys got SIS a dav
during the sessions. Orrie's father
was dead, and his mother had to
make her own way. He sent her
his wages. She saved them for him,
and when he was little older sent
him to Staunton, the Virginia mill
tary academy. He had a natural
bent for military things.
Organized the Flying Circus
"Then came the war. He got tS
be major. He has kept the rank os
captain, and tell you we're proud NJ
hlm. You remember that Flying
Circus, the aviators who went about
the country advertising one of tn.
Liberty loans? He organized that
The Star boys, it seems to me. have
all grown up to be splendid men ana
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