The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-11-23
THE HARDINGS ARE
JUST "PLAIN FOLKS"
NOMINEE AND HIS FAMILY
LEAD SIMPLE LIFE. DAILY
ROUTINE LIKE NEIGHBORS.

Just "plain folks" according to the
neighbors. Strangers in Marion walk
ing down Mount Vernon avenue
have hard time picking out the
home of the republican presidential
candidate. Most of them look on the
opposite side of the street where
there are several imposing homes
and fail to see the rather modest
two story green farm house where
Warren G. Harding lives. 1t is just
about the kind of house one would
expect a small town business man TO
live in.
The Hardings are leading simple
life here. The daily routine is ex-
actly the same as that of a score OF
dry goods merchants, real estate
men, and professional men observe
in their homes here.
Senator and Mrs. Harding are astlr
early in the morning as is everyone IN
Marion. Business gets under way
around 8 o'clock and Senator Hard
ing has been getting down to break
fast around seven o'clock every day.
He has leased the house Of his
secretary, George B. Christian, next
door and equipped it as campaign
headquarters. He has converted a
room just off the kitchen for his own
office. So every morning after
breakfast he goes out by the back
door and crosses the back yard and
goes to his office by the route the
ice man used before the house was
converted few weeks ago.
Before long Mrs. Harding can be
seen hurrying about, experimenting
the Homework. She sees that the
beds are made, has Frank, the chauf--
feur, take the weekly washing around
to the washerwoman, and maybe
sends Inez, the cook, to next door
neighbor to borrow some sugar-lf
the Harding pantry is caught snort;
Mrs. Harding gets out IN the yard
and sees that no papers or other III
ter is left around. If she wants TO
ask the senator anything about
household affairs she simply goes to
a window and calls across the yard
to him. Senator Harding leaves the
entire management of the house to
Mrs. Harding and his duties are Inn
tied to good naturally agreeing with
whatever she wants done.
warren, we've simply got to have
a walk put in between our kitchen
door and your office" she told him
the other day Il simply can't have
that mud tracked into the house |
everytime you come in
"All right, we'll have it done right
away" the senator replied.
Senator Harding is hard worker
and has devoted almost his entire
time here to details of the campaign.
He has found little time to be at the
office of his paper, the Marion Star,
and is content for the most part TO
leave its management in the hands of
his staff there. Several times he has
proudly described the merits of his
staff to visiting newspaper men.
Harding is proud of the Marion Star
and it is in his mind a great deal.
The other day when some important
political leader issued statement IN
another city one of the newspaper
men showed it to Senator Harding as
it had just come on the streets IN the
opposition paper.
''What's the matter with the Star,
haven't we got it?' was Harding
first reaction.
Mrs. Harding used to be circula;;
ton manager for the paper and
checked the youngsters out with their
papers every night.
Senator Harding of course has
been unable to give so much atten-
ton to his paper since entering the
senate, but previously to that ne
wrote editorials, wrote items, and
threw in his hand everywhere in the
shop. He could set type and make up
a page. run a job press or work in the
bindery if necessary to get something
out in hurry.
Senator Harding never acquired
the habit of most newspaper men OF
using a typewriter. He learned the
game in the old days when there We're
no typewriters and always held the
theory his thoughts flowed more free
ly while writing with pencil. He dis
likes to dictate, although he is forced
to in order to save time. But when
he wants to do particularly careful
niece Of writing he gets out pencil
and 2 pad Of paper.
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