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The Washington times., 1920-11-30
FALLON MADE HEAD OF
PLATE PRINTERS UNION

Andrew J. Fallon was elected presi-
dent of the Plate Printers Union.
Local No. at the annual election
h,Id sunday might aI Typographical
Temple. Raymond Burrows was
elected recording secretary: Thomas
Biumenhau"r, financial secretary;
Harry j. Gotthold. treasurer: Frank
j. Coleman. editor of the Plate
Printer; Clement tIcrgcn. Inspector;
Nr,hur HUdke, inside guard and David
NJ. Hass"it, outside guard
>rh" members Of th" executive COM
n.li-r" WhO were elected are Thomas
.. NrQuad'. William r. I'isk,.
- umu- y Jarvis. James II McNcE.
auI Ia ucS II, " nuSor: trustees
James \ " hoe. Hrujainin T.. Harri'
and Walter B"IioT D"loGatrS to tu"
t,ntraI Labor Iriou are Frank j.
Coleman, August l;aduc, Harry
Patterson. Elmer :. J"rdon and car
rDl! Reeves.
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Girls wool SerGs
dresses, S5.95

Half-price for girls all wool 4crge dres:~.
because the maker is winding up his ar:.-
son. Straight-lire and pleated. models; so"ie
hand-embrodered ir silk and wool: some
trimmed with silk braid Sizes 6 to Il.
tGirlaI ShorThiId Floor.
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Sale WOmen'S s fine
shoes. - 80
Regular pricss we're Sl2 TO SIS

Regular pTiCeS were ST 20 SI5
A sale based on factory'S surplus.
supplemented with shoes from our
regular stock. All sizes in practically
every style.
In black. tan md brown kid on saii; Gur
metal, tan Russia leather. in high laced rp,,
or walking oxford tiles. "'ith Ere "o, n',i.
tary ~ Cuban heels Eour ghcice at s.! ~.
,5l.o, '.or ,.pu ,,.,. N.1j ..u .s.,
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WOmen'S Beacon
bath robes, 1896
Genuine Beacon find the label
in each robe

You know Beacon" qualii; and what i
means t6 buy robes at $395. Warm. cncci'
colors, in florai N;nd conventional patterns
right up to those barbara Indian designs Eat
the college girl riot ia CGri5trg' auc
gcstions for every one. Sizes "G 80 81.
~rru',l fluu,'
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Sale of LOO becoming blouses
SSNcnth al I

Crepe de Chimes, Georgette Crepss and the
Snappy Silk Tricoettes
long short and three quarter sleeves hiOu>1s
ga1Y emheshed with embroidery and beading; collars
o ever style; waists Of every kind.
Black, white, flesh and all the leading silt shade
All sizes ! T. to 10.
Buv NOW for Christmas
\, gin suggestion. these blouSeS should prove 4
happy SoIon Similar styles later must cost YOU S. to
$40; on sale while they. last at $2.95.
tEl Shoi-se Flool.'
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Seventh at !

Hundreds of blOuSeS; scores OF
styles: many sketched; many more are
not-get what you will tomorrow at
just $2.95.
Overblouses. tie-ons, tie-baCks. regu-
lation blouses-if there is new style
missing, we can't imagine what it is.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

about two terms and then his father
arranged to have him "read" law
with Stephen A. Court, the hand
soonest lawyer and the most persist
ent gambler in Marion.
Telling On the doc"
1t was the worst kind of place
to put boy to study. Court was
never bothered about his Office said
DICK Crlssinger, the leading Demo
cratic lawyer of Marion few DAYS
ago. "You see | went to school over
IN Caledonia with Harding. | was
few years older-I'm about sixty
now-but | sat across the aisle from
him. You've heard how he used to
SIT behind his geography and chew to-
bacco? wouldn't tell you about that
if you hadn't said you heard it else
where. / wouldn't want to make
Doc sore. | guess he won't care,
though.
lie played in the band here in
Marion, and then he got interested
in The Pebble'-wcnt to setting
type. Jack Warwick, now a para
grapher on The Toledo Blade.
worked there also. The sheet was
IN bad way financially, and these
Two finally gained ownership for a
song, and by assuming responsibility
for the papers debts. It was lust
small publication. about a fourth
the SIZE Of a regular newspaper.
II was reading law at the time.
and sometimes had to 20 there to
Try and collect money from the
young publishers. Warwick decided
ned rather be city editor on a
salary and Harding became sole
owner, barring the creditors.
~ went down To Cincinnati Inv
School about thnt time There was
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you a stick of candy. After a bit
little Warren came back licking a
stick of candy and crying at the
same time. His grandmother asked
him what was the matter and he
said, Oh, ] lost the penny for the
darning needle. Caledonia people
still laugh about that. Well, | must
ge back to my tubs" and Mrs. High
ly disappeared indoors.
His Alma Mater Perished
When DR.. Harding moved his
family from Caledonia to Marion,
Warren was about eighteen and had
B. S. degree from Ohio Central
College at Iberia, few miles from
Caledonia. There are more flags
now flying in the village of IBERIA
in celebration Of Harding's nomi-
nation than in the rest of the county.
The college passed out of existence
soon after Harding was graduated,
but the villagers are confident it was
his college education that made il
possible for him to gain national
prominence. The college burned and
none thought it worth while rebuild
ing.
Harding edited the college paper
when he wasn't engaged in some
prank and the favoritc yarn of some
Of the old Ibcrians is about the
Halloween Eve when young "Doc."
as they called him, led raid or the
storchouse Of the local undertaken.
took coffin and paradcd through
the streets with it.
That almost cost Harding his de
gree, but he survived this scandal
and soon after graduating was teach
ing school at the white schoolhouse
about one and half miles out Of
Marion. He was schoolmastcr for
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
Is a Tidy Man

Now, / have heard it said of the
Governor of Massachusetts, that he
was born and reared a farmer and
was to all appearances very
slouchy man. The fore part of this
charge is true. The latter is not.
Magazine articles have gone to great
lengths to tell how carelessly he
comes to his Office some mornings,
with hair awry and needing a shave.
That is not true. Just the contrary
is the case.
1t is entirely true that he has
been farmer. And he and every
one else in Massachusetts is proud
of it. But if by saying that Calvin
Coolidge has risen to the eminence
which he now enjoys through hav-
ing lived the life of a tiller of the
soil, never to have shed his overalls
and his red bandanna handkerchief,
one is to believe that he still carries
on his duties as Executive of his
commonwealth with an appearance
of slovenliness and carelessness, then
a wholly erroneous idea is given.
Extremes are not usually pleas
ing, but one is convinced when he
faces Governor Coolidge that he
has never seen a finer specimen of
personal cleanliness. He is immacu-
lately dressed. BY that is not meant
that he shines. He does not. He
wears clothes that fit him and his
shirts are snowy white. His neck
and face and hands are so pink and
clear as to give one the impression
that he has just had massage OF
has scrubbed his face with a rough,
soapy wet towel until it stings. But
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soon as she saw that a photograph
was being made of the DR.. w. A.
Crum residence. That is where old
Doc Harding lived when he was
Caledonia's physician, and Mrs.
Highly just knew they were making
the picture because it was the boy
hood home of the next President.
"You just got to excuse me- be-
gan Mrs. Highly, "but this is wash
day. saw you through the side
window. My hands are all wet"-
Then she ran glbly on into a series
of anecdotes that had "come back"
since the news from Chicago came to
Caledonia via the railroad wire.
Paint on Her Floor
Warren Harding painted my
summer kitchen one year when he
was about seventeen. 1t was n drab
pant. was in the kitchen baking
cookies, and he spilled his pot Of
paint through the window on the
kitchen floor. He was awful took
. BACK, but not so much as was. He
says: Now, Mrs. Highly, if you
won't be mad Tll clean all that ur
good He did, too, and though
was mad | gave him son1e of the
cookies. Just wish could rcmcm.
Der who IL was that helped hin
with that painting
They say over in Marion that old
Amos King, the banker-hc's dead
now-just raised fits when Warren
up and married his daughter.
Say, I've just thought Of another
thing about Warren. When he was
fl little fellow his grandmother put
penny in his hand and said, "This
Is TO buy a darning needle with.
Then she put another penny in his
other hand and said, "This is to buy
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
4 CLOSEUP of Governor Colvn Coolidge of Massa
n chusetts, Republican choice for Vce-President

he has not 1t is the healthy skin
and his cleanliness.
Utter sicnce-that is the first
thing tyat imprcsses yolo Much also
has been written of that. 1t is true.
His first remark, unless you are on
your guard, will be lost entirely.
And you lean closer and ask him if
he will repeat it. And he, quite ac-
customed to the procedure, ] sup
pose, will repeat it without the
slightest change in tone, and you
catch it because you have listened
more intently.
"The boys he will say, meaning
the Boston newspaper men, "aren't
much impressed with me from the
talking standpoint He has real
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over l remember Harding sat whit
tling out pinwheels. We gave one
performance. 1t was enough. That
was the last of the stock company.
We got out Of Murraysville alive,
though.
Blaine Hat Cost Him Job
ut was about that time we went
down to the fair at Greenville, Ohio
Both Harding and | were in the
Marion Silver Band Charles Mead
er was the leader. He now lives in
Chillicothe. Well, he went down to
Greenville-it's near Dayton-and
wrote us to come for visit Told
us to be sure to wear our gray plug
hats. This was in '84, during the
Cleveland-Blaine campaign. l was
a Democrat. | wore mine with a
black band and Harling white
band. When the folks at Greenville
saw those foot-high hats they turned
in and gave us royal time. think
Harding made couple of Blaine
speeches. When he came back
this was before he owned the paper
the Democratic proprietor fired
him for wearing the Blaine hat
around the Office.
"Another time the band went to
Findlay, Ohio, to play in compet-
ton and Marion won the prize. III
bet Harding won't be near so proud
coming home with the Republican
nomination as he was coming back
with the prize cup the band won
that day.
We're going to try to get the
members Of the old band together to
play at the station when Harding
comes home. If we can still toot
we'll play DOC Munger's Quick
step. That was always his favorite.
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GOVERNOR CALVIN
~ COOLIDGE. auith his
2Uife and their t1UO sons

through an entire days session Of
nothing but grasping hands and at
the end of the day feel not at all
fatigued. This is done simply by
obtaining the first grasp on the
other fellows hand and catching it
far down toward the finger tips,
thus making it impossible for the
second party to do any real squeez-
ing. 1t is the twisting of ones
hand by others that tires, and not
the actual business of heaving and
pumping on ones own part, it is
said.
This trick either has not been
learned by Calvin Coolidge, or else
it has been learned by him and cast
aside as a thing not to be proud Of.
You guess almost instantly that the
latter is the case.
He will bend rather stiff1y, lean
ing over his desk, and say:
~ am indeed glad to meet you,"
still standing, and then he will step
back, still looking at you, to his
chair. Sitting down, he will
straighten his coattails out to the
sides so he will not wrinkle them
by sitting upon them and then will
lean over to one side, open a drawer,
pull out box of cigars, open the
lid, then the paper cover, shake
them up SO they may be extracted
easily, place the box on the desk,
push it over with his left hand, all
the while looking into the box, then
raise his eyes again and say:
will you smoke?'
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lied you are eager to get his words
and he will smile, and you don't
feel SO embarrassed, because it does
not seem just proper to ask a man
like this to repeat every other line
he utters.
There is no factor" in him. He
is SO natural at all times as to
rather invite his visitor to talk on
subjects the visitor knows are near
est to the Governors heart. 1t re-
quires years for most men to ap-
pear SO perfectly at home with visi-
tors and so lacking in stiffness as
Calvin Coolidge is at your meeting
with him. This is personality. This
fine man whose words so strength
ened Americans everywhere in the
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

a classmate Of Ohio's other Senator,
Mr.. Pomerene. l guess it was while
! was gone that Harding met the
daughter of old Amos King, the
wealthiest man in town. When
came home from Cincinnati they
were about to be married. They went
right ahead and defed the old man.
Built their house first and were mar
rlcd IN the parlor. Harding was
always like that. Ready to take
chance. He is a wonderful bridge
player. You must get Joe Matthews,
OF the Marion Lumber Company, to
tell you about the band"
An Actor Once
Matthews is the Secretary of the
Marion Lumber Company. Senator
Harding is a director. They have
been pals for many years now, and
the friendship is warmer than ever.
Leaning back in swivel chair in
his office next to the railroad tracks,
coat, vest and collar hanging on a
rack, this round-faced genial man
with sparse gray hair began to
chuckle the minute Hardings name
was mentioned.
did you ever hear about the
time he set out to be an actor? I'll
tell you. Harding must have been
about nineteen. A couple of fellows
who said they were actors came up
from Cincinnati. Their company
included two girls. They said they
were gong to start stock company
here in Marion and needed some
local talent. Harding and | thought
we qualified.
I'VE rehearscd two plays, and
then went over to Murraysville,
twenty-five miles from here, to put
the show on. On the train going
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In fact, everything about his
dress is so simple and so elegant and
so necessary aC so in place that
you wonder if he ever gets his
trousers out Of crease or his shr.
soiled. He does. A man who comes
TO the executive Offices Of a state
and works from O'Clock in the
morning until $50 O'Clock in the af.
ternoon with a scant half hour at
o'clock off for luncheon wrinkles his
clothing, all right, and does a lot
of work you never know about or
guess is being done.
And consider this Calvin Coo
lidge, who now is we'll on the way u
Washington, if we are T. teiicge the
predictions of his friends. lives in
one half of two-family house in
Northampton, Mass. when he is al
home. He pays S32 a month rent
and has three-room apartment in
a hotel in Boston no, the best hotel
in the city, either. He visits his
old home near Plymouth, Vt, regu-
larly each year AID plows and
stacks hay and rides horzeback into
the village for provisions for the
week end. His wife and Two young
sons declare he is "a mighty fine
father and husband
And there you have something Of
the man the G. O. P. hopes to make
the next Vice President Of the
United States.
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Fears to Presume

And he says it with voice and
tone that make YOU know that he
doesn't know whether he has pre-
sumed too strongly or not, and as
you take one he grins and places
an ash tray and a match case near
you and settles back into his chair.
deep into the bottom of it, his two
hands clasped and at his chin.
At this juncture you think, while
lighting your cigar, you will peer
through the match blaze and see
what he is doing. And your eyes
meet his eyes. He is looking, too.
No glances are stolen from Calvin
Coolidge. He gives you as thorough
an inspection as any second lieu
tenant ever gave doughboy. And
you like it. A man like Calvin
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years, the richest legacy Of the
greatest century.
at is no accident that before the
great example Of American manhood
our people stand with respect and
reverence. And in accordance with
this sentiment our laws have pro
vided for a formal recognition of
the birthday of Abraham Lincoln
for in him is revealed our ideal, the
hope of our country fulfilled
On the face Of Calvin Coolidge is
the stamp of sound Americanism. As
he sits there you picture in your
mind well drawn and serious
sketch Of Uncle Sam without beard
He is of that strong, virile, silent
stern, kindly makeup. His face is q
mirror of his thoughts. You almost
can hear him saying again, as he did
on April %, 1918, in the heat of war:
Wrong Never Won"
"The nation with the greatest
moral power will win. Of that are
born armies aid navies and the res.
olution to endure. Have faith in
the moral power of America. II
gave independence under Washing
ton and freedom under Lincoln
Here, right never lost. Here, wrong
never won. However, powerful the
forces of evil may appear, some
where there are more powerful
forces of righteousness. Courage
and confidence are our heritage. Jus
tice is our might. The outcome is in
your hands, my fellow Americans
If you deserve to win, the natior
cannot lose
But let US look closely at Governor
Coolidge and see just what sort OF
looking man he really is.
His hair, very light brown OF
red, if you like, is parted on the
left and reached back over the toy
on the right side. 1t is coarse ant
is not clipped around the edges. L
is brushed back above the ears, an(
the ends at the back of the heac
won't hold their place always, bu
stick up slightly like the long grow
mop of q boy in his swimmin holt
days after duck in the old mil
pond.
His high, clear forehead has NJ
wrinkles. And his face is of tha
peculiar we'll preserved type of pinl
that puzzles one some times in at
tempting to guess at an age. AS
have said, he is so cleanly of ap
pearance that one hopes time ant
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
COVERNOR COOLIDGE
~ md bis tan1lu line IN
half of this double house,
paying $32 q month rent

Coolidge is interested in your ap-
pearance. You hope, in case you are
in perfect trim, that he will con-
tinue to look. He doesn't look only
at your hair and your eyes. He
looks at your shoes, and he will
twist about a little to see if the
crease in your trousers runs we'll
all the wav down.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20
By Quinn L. Martin

\VERY American capable OF
~ reading the English Ian
IL guage has read the name Of
Calvin Coolidge within the
last few months. Most every one
knows why he has read that name.
Law and order, Americanism and no
quibbling, uprightness and honesty
these things have made this mans
name known to his countrymen and
to the peoples of other lands as we'll
Now, what of the man? What is
he and who is he? How does he act
and look and think and live? From
what may be seen of him and
learned of him by looking at him and
talking with him one must, to be
truthful, resolve that he is the
ordinary man, the honest, conscien-
tious American, thinking great
deal the same as all of us think, yet
endowed with that fine trait of being
able to speak when the time is right
and be silent by the same rule.
So, come along and look at Calvin
Coolidge.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-20

we don't speak as We pass by. When
was a young fellow | borrowed a
pair Of shears and a paste pot ano
started a newspaper About thai
time | met Amos Kings daughter
| thought she was pretty fine, an'
after a while | gor her thinking the
same way about me, but The old man
thought I'd never amount 70 any
thing. When we married ne sort o.
left US to our fate. ] want to a
this nomination for Lieutenant Go''
crnor to show the old man that Dis
daughter did not make such ts''
rible mistake, after all
Forgiveness at Last
at was some time after that, nov
ever. before Amos King bes''
speaking to his son-in-law. MIS-
Abigail Harding, an Engllsh teS'"''
in the Marion School. recalled 'n''
situation last Monday after she nS'
returned TO the frame dwelling liV1
which the ochre paint is pee'Ns
where she lives with her father wv
doctor. That same day when W
entered her classroom her pup,
had risen in their seats and cisPr.
their hands because she was ="
sister of Warren Harding.
4 just thought that if Amos n"'s
was alive to-day. said Miss nav
ing. he'd probably admit ths' . =
made mistake. Even So ''>,
were good friends before ne o'eS,
hut he was mighty mad whe" .
learned his daughter and WIZ. y,
were building a house to be nisf'"
in. wish could be sure he S''..
row that they are going to l''' "
the White House. +"
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A New England Type

At distance of twenty feet, the
space between his desk and the door
leading from his secretary's room,
his face, so perfectly at ease, so
firmly chiseled, so resolutely set, and
his hair so carefully brushed back
from his forehead, and his coat
lapels and his white collar and his
tie SO painstakingly arranged, bring
to mind the splendid old figures in
metal that adorn the parks and
squares of Boston and other New
England towns, and make one Won
der if this individual is ever going
to move or is just going to sit there,
reading the sheet of paper beneath
his eyes on the desk, without giving
one an opportunity to have word
With him.
But his head has been raised, a
smile comes quickly over his face,
and it isn't his eyes or his mouth
alone, but his entire face, breaks
into this smile, and you step nearer,
your hand extending to meet the big,
strong, white hand of Calvin Cool
idge, and you feel your palm COM
pressed as if it had been grasped
by pugilist.
There are great many poll
ticians and professional handshak-
ers who pride themselves in per-
fecting the shaking Of the hand to
such degree that they can go
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If you want to get a laugh out of
Harding some time, just say Well
now play No. AZ in the old black
book. 1t was a kind of password
with us, and just to hear it would
send US into fits Of laughter.
when he was married | attended
the wedding. III never forget the
goose-pimples | had when the min
lister asked anybody to speak up if
they knew any reason why they
should not be married d-you know
the line. ached with suspense until
he resumed the ceremony. We were
all sure old Amos King was going to
pop in and make scene. He thought
Harding would never amount to a
tinker's dam.
I'm a Democrat, but you can bet
I'm going to vote - harding, and
any Democrat who lives around here
and don't vote for him ought to be
ashamed of himself. Did | tell YOU
Harding played the tenor horn in
the band? l played the snare drum.
+. X. Clark, travelling salesman
who lives here, played the tuba. |
suspect all of Marion will attend
both his inaugurat,ons.
His Wife's Father
When Harding was striving for
the nomination for Lieutenant Gov
crnor of Ohio fe was introduced at
Columbus to couple of members Of
the State Board of agriculture. He
mentioned to them that his father
ln-law had been member of the
board and identified him as Amos
King.
"a fine man. said one of the
board members.
"'fes he-is, agreed Harding, but