Omaha daily bee., 1920-06-13
warren CAN DO
Anything, SAYS
NOMINEES Wife
Mrs. Harding Didn't Crave for
Husbands Nomination, But
Now She Wants Him
To Win.
By LEOLA ALLARD.
Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.


Chicago, June 12.-And few
days ago she said it would be q
tragedy if he got it.
While the wives of other candi.
dates hoped for the best, Mrs. War.
rem Harding has been confiding to
her friends that she wanted War.
rem to win because he wants to. but
for no other reason" and now that
he has won, she is half happy and
half sad. Sad because the task
ahead of him is such big one, one
SO fraught with serious response
bility, but she says happily, che is
the greatest man in the world, and
there is not anything he can't do
"They told me in Washington"
and Mrs. Harding laughed nervous
ly, "that my husband should be able
to get anything he wants with that
smile of his and then he knows how
to differ with people without offend
ing them," she went on. "Oh, l
know you think I'm boasting, but
l have only had one fad, the only
fad l have had for the past 26 years,
and that is my husband.
ut is old-fashioned / know, but
that is the way I feel about it.
Not Afraid of Reporters.
Mrs. Harding is the only wife OF
the various candidates who came
more than half way to meet news
paper reporters. Not that she
wanted to be talked about in print,
but she was not afraid of them. In
fact, she said the Washington news
paper women were all her friends,
because she always helped them by
giving them tips on stories when
ever she could.
"And not one of them ever be-
trayed me-" she added. II love the
newspaper fraternity. I'll tell them
where to get story and they'd
get it and never mention me. I've
trusted them often and they never
betrayed me-"
Mrs. Harding had predicted that
Hiram Johnson would not bolt the
convention. She felt sure he
wouldn't, she said.
Being a senator's wife suited me
better" said Mrs. Harding. "It's a
quiet life, a pleasant one, and the
problems are not so huge. I liked 1t.
l really like it better than I'd like it
in the White House. Of course,
haven't seven daughters, but even so,
that should not keep me out" and
again that charming laugh.
Mrs. Harding is what you would
call very smart looking woman.
Her clothes were-well they gave
the impression of bl1ck and white,
but her manners are so pleasing
and affability so marked, one for
gets to look at her clothes. She
is exquisitely groomed, and is the
chatty sort of woman who can en-
tertain you for an indefinite time
without saying anything unkind
about anybody. AS a diplomat she
should do we'll as the chief exec
utive's wife.
Cordial to All.
When l met her she was trying
to get to a much needed luncheon,
and she was stopped an indefinite
number of timesby arrays of wom-
Ell and men. She gave them each
a word. and made each one think
she rather stand and talk than eat,
but the inner woman called. and
she hadn't had food from early in
the morning until late this after
noon.
There was never more cordial
woman in public life than Mrs.
Harding, and it would be difficult
to imagine the White House making
any notable difference in the lady.
She is essentially kind, and told
me with tear in her eye:
"We haven't any children. l wisl,
we had"
She finished by saying, "1'm OF
no importance, don't say anything
about me, but tell everybody what
a wonderful man my husband is.
! should know, having been mar
ried to him 26 years, and l am not
doing this for campaign purposes.
He is wonderful.