Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-09
THE PRESIDENTS PRESENTS.
Christmas for Him Comes Every
Day in the Year.
THE GIFTS ARE MANY AND VARIED
List Includes Articles From Food TO
Cigars and Golf Sticks-Mrs. Hard
ing Also Given Many Gifts.

adults. especially parents. who give Il
sign Of relief on the twcnty-SiXth OF
each December and rejoice that
Christmas comes but once "A year. You
know the feeling. Yet what would you
do if old Santa visited you consistent
ly every day in the year and brought
you every conceivable present from
every land. 1t is practically true that,
for the president, every day is Christ
mas-at least as far as the gift receiV-
ing part of Christmas is concerned.
One might also add with complete sin
cerity. as far as the goodwill part of
Christmas is concerned also.
Psychologists could learn much of
the power of suggestion had they the
privilege of signing for the White
House parcel post and excess pack
ages. Sunday supplement publishes
Il story stating that the president has
been known to pitch nasty horse
shoe" as modern AmcriCanese has IT.
and forthwith comes a dcluGe OF gilt
horseshocs. silver hOrscshoc3. brand
new horseshocs and good old rust-en
crusted horseshoes. Again a sugGcs-
tion is made that the president prefers
of all things in tobacco the unarsto-
cratic and cheaply plebian stoSie. The
mails OF the next week bring in stacks
OF boxes of the anemic cigar. Thcr"
are Ohio stogies, West Virginia
stogies, Kentucky stogies, Pennsy.van-
in stogies.
Similarly. n picture Of the president
play wing golf brings him golf sticks and
caps: he is reported as spending many
Of his precious spare hours on tn"
Mayfiowcr-hc gets many specimens
of yachting hcndgear; he is snapped
taking an early morning waikiki"
gets canes Of all kinds from all over
the country and also backthOrn walk
inG sticka frcm Ireland AL &C lux"
sharp spine canes from Panama.
One Of the most unusua! o: these,
responses TO stories of Mr.. llardinS'%
pI crcrcnccs wal the sending Of gold
and silver cornCts to the White llouS"
because. when lc was . boy back
home. he played tho cOrnct in the vii
story. however. is that his admirers
are not content to stop at comets. but
send in tromboncs and other musical
instruments as well.
There seems also TO be an unusual
desire 90 provide the presidential head
with suitable Uadorum.nt. Whcther
this is caused by anxiety To keep Mr..
Harding's dignificd silver locks from
the ycllowng influences Of sunburn
or because his extensive front porch
campaigns" last year led the genera!
public to believe he. didn't travel be
cause ho hadn't a hat 10 wear, varied
is the assortment Of gift hats. There
arc silk hats, opera hOts. ccmboy COM
brcros, bowlcrS, "beaters" Gas our
British cousin calls the American
straw, caps Of all varieties and PAM
amas so beautifully woven that waite:
can be carried in them. Last. but FAR
from least both in size and quantity.
are the good Old straw piles for plain
fishin the kind that used to retail
ut five and ten cents. Many of these
hats. sad to reiate do not in the least
fit Mr.. Harding. and it would take n
hydra headed president To pretend TO
wear even a reasonable percentage OF
them.
Many of the hundreds of boxes that
come to the executive office offer
fair census of the agricultural re-
sources of the country. The first cot
ton boil from the south was sent the
president on July 6. The first bear
ingS from the American ti% trees in
Arizona and California came about
the same time. The Far West and the
South compete in early offerings OF
oranges, lemons, grapefruit. and
olives. The Northwest sends its apple
prodigics. New England lays its prize
pumpkins before the president and the
Middle West proudly submits NAM
moth melons and gigantic ears OF
corn.
Gifts of Fish and Game
From the seas. lakes and rivers.
salmon. maCkurel, and cod, oysters
Holsters. and clans. trout, bass ami
4, it..