The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

later when l used to have the respon-
sloility of the office during his abb
sences. 1t was on one Of these ucca-
sions. that he sent me to the back of
the dictionary by calling me his alter
ego. Nook 1t up yourself)
Our reporter Rhoads was covering a
lot of territory. His legs were tireless
and his mind was never at rest. II
we were closing the forms for the day
and he had nothing at the moment to
do he would remark casually:
Guess III go out and watch the court
house; it might fall down before we
get on the press"
We, had another reporter who pos
sessed the soul of a poet, and for that
reason was not the newsgatherer that
mentioned in an early chapter, was
voluminous and sonorous this lad was
florid and flamboyant. He yielded more
words than news. ] have accused him
Of arranging. the facts to fit his
phrases. This seems like a severe &C
cusation as I look back on it now, but
the object was to impress him with
the necessity of being more careful Of
his facts.
This man, George NJ. Kinds has q
his forgiveness if he feels that I have
been too severe in these references
| am ready to take off my hat to
him in recognition of his faithfulness
1t Is no small thing to plod along in
one newspaper office for thirty years
or more.
But the one big outstanding fact in
these references to the boys Of the
Star is w. G.'s patience with all OF
us. He. was not only patient but he
was an inspiration. He never sent
anybody out with a heavy heart to be-
gin days work.
The Happy Ending.
1t was in the spring of 1891, when
the robins were building summer
homes about the town of Marion, thai
another new home was being finished
and fitted in Mount Vernon avenue
one of the beautiful residence streets
of the town. 1t is to this pretty, cozy
dwelling place the Republicans are
now journeying and will continue tC
journey throughout the summer
there to meet the w. G. of this story
This is going to be wonderful
summer for Mr.. and Mrs Warren G
Harding, just as that summer bacl
there in 1891 was wonderful to Warner
G. Harding and Florence King. They
were as busy as the robins building
this Mount Vernon avenue home. Sc
intensely interested were they tina
their minds and their hearts were alb
sorbed in the work. I may say, too
that the gracious woman who was car.
lA'h ~ CdlNAN liiotl udy hu"l NllClC II
Daytona, Fla, by the young editor o
the Star, was also Interested in this
nest building regardless of the objec
| tions of the Dark Man.
1t was in this home that Warner
married in July, 1891 And it was this
home that soon came to be recognized
and heralded as one of the most hos
pitabe in Marion. Members Of thu
Star office force Of workmen were al
ways made to feel as welcome there a!
were the leading men and women o
the town.
1t should be said that the orgina
porch Of the Harding house was {
modest one. Later the splendid com
Portable affair that is to be the from
porch of the 1920 campaign wal
added. I remember asking w. G.
| soon following its completion, II he ex
pected some day to get into politics
For an answer | received a smile tina
might or might not have been set dowr
as inSCrutable.
Copyright, 1920, by The New Yorl
Evening Post)