Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-11-18
MRS. HARDING VERY
PRACTICAL WOMAN
NEW FIRST LADY OF LAND"
HAS CHARACTERISTICS THAT
MAKE GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
Philadelphia Ledger AN N

Philadelphia Ledger All hail the
next mistress of the White House!
Much has been written OF the per-
sonality of Mrs. Harding, but in view
of the undoubted Importance of the
role women will play in the new ad-
ministration, nothing that throws
light on the subject is superfluous.
The following observations are based
on day spent at Marion-October
1S-much of II at the Harding home
and on about an hours private con-
versation with Mrs. Harding herself
To sum up Mrs. Harding In a nut
shell, It may be said that, unless the
president elects wife reverses her
self entirely after entering the
White House, we shall have first
lady of the land who embodies with
in herself what one might consider
the new type OF American women.
Mrs. Harding is woman who is
forceful, independent personality
in herself. She would make splen-
did success as a business woman or
in any executive position ION her
own" but she throws this undoubt-
ed ability into team work with her
husband
Be it said all to the honor OF our
future President that he is the first
to acknowledge the situation. All
close friends of the Hardings say
that Mrs. Harding compliments her
husbands personality. AS some one
said in describing them:
"Mr. Harding is the kind who
would stop in the street to help a
wounded dog, but his wife would
gently tap him on che arm to remind
him: Warren, you know we won't
get to that important engagement II
you stop here; somebody else can do
this, but we have got to get to that
place by a certain time
"And instead OF resenting this as
interference or as any evidence that
his wife Is too strong minded Mr..
Harding would appreciate the sug-
gestion and the result would be ben
eficial to the affairs on hand" said
my informant.
Yes, Mrs. Harding has a decidedly
practical turn of mind which adds
Just the needed punch" to Mr..
Harding's makeup. This, in my es-
timation is added assurance that the
American people have made a wise
choice, in selecting Senator Harding
as chief OF state. With Mrs. Hard
ing's help he win steer a straight
course in the turbulent seas which
are always ready to engulf a man in
so responsible a position.
Mrs. Harding displayed consider
able ability in the arrangement of
her house for use in the campaign.
The front part of Il was cleared for
action, so to speak. Evidently the
usual furniture and draperies had
! been removed, there being only a
sparse collection OF wicker chairs,
grass rugs and bit OF cretone here
and there. This LETT plenty OF room
for the throngs of people bound To
come into the house, because the
Harding lateh-string has been out
for almost every one.
/ went into the kitchen, which
opens on a backyard with apple
trees. The apples were Just right at
the moment and the boys were up in
There aren't any fences around the
Harding house. and nobody cared.
In the kitchen, Inez reigned SUI
preme. She is a negro cook from
Georgia, and served the Hardings in
Washington.
She said that, of course, she ex-
pected TO go with them to the White
House. 81 don't think they coulu
get along without me-" she said. 81
can turn my hand to anything. I've
been nurse, and am handy at
sewing, too"
The Senator might be busy in his
office in the house next door, but
he always knew that Mrs. Harding
was on hand to come out of the front
door to the porch.
The porch" at the Harding home
Is a huge covered veranda, with a
decided rotunda effect on one side.
NO doubt that in other years on sum-
mer days, it has been tastefulfy fur
nished with wicker furniture, but
this summer, 1t has been bare, maxi
ing room for the hundreds of people
who climbed to it on front porch
days"
In personal conversation. Mrs
Harding struck a philosophic note
wnen she declared that she Thought
women had not yet realized how
much they can accomplish in the
world through the medium OF the
home.
There isn't a bit of doubt but that
mrs. Harding will support the an
pointment of women to important
positions in the new administration
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