The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01

Washington, D. c.. July 30
Many are the adults, especial!
| parents, who give sigh of relic
Der and rejoice that Christina:
the feeling. Yet what would yor
do if dear old Santa Claus visited
you consistently every day in he
year and brought you every con
ceivable present from nearly every
+ land? 1t is practically true that
for the president, every day is
| ChristmaS-at least as far as The
! gift receiving part of Christmas is
| concerned. One might also add
with complete sincerity, as far as
| the good will 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 sx-
press packages. a Sunday supple
ment publishes a story stating that
the president has been known to
pitch a nasty horseshoe" as mod
ern Americanese has it, and forth
with comes d deluga of gilt horse
shoes, silver horseshoes, brand-new
horSeshoes and good old rust en-
! crusted horseshoes. Again, a sug-
Sestion is made that the president
prefers of all things in tobacco the
unariStocratic and Cheaply plebian
stogie. The mails OF the next week
bring in stacks of boxes of the
magic cigar. There are Ohio
lucky stogies, Pennsylvania stog-
les.
Similarly, = picture of the presi-
cent playing golf brings him golf
sticks and caps; he is reported as
spending many of his precious
spare hours on the Mayfiower-he
gets many specimens of yachting
headgear; he is snapped taking an
early morning walk-he gets canes
OF all kinds from all over the coun-
try and also blackthorn walking
sticks from Ireland and de luxe
shark-spine canes from Panama
One of the most unusual OF these
responses TO stories of MIR. Hard
1Eg'S preferences was the sending
OF gold and silver comets to the
White house because, when he was
boy back home, he played the cor
net in the village band. The fun
ny part of the story, however, is
that his admirers are not content
to stop at comets, but send in from
bones and other musical instru-
ments as well.
There seems also to be an unusu-
al desire TO provide the presiden-
tial head with suitable adornmenI.
Whether this is caused by anxiety
to keep Mr.. Harding's dignified sill
yer locks from the yellowing in
fuences of sunburn or because his
extensive front porch campaigns" |
last year led the general public 10
believe he didn't travel because he !
hadn't hat to wear, varied is he
assortment OF gift hats. There are /
silk hats, opera hats, cowboy SOM !
breroS, bowlers, heaters" las our !
British cousin calls the American /
straw, caps of all varieties and :
PanamaS so beautifully woven that
water can be carried in them Last,
but far from least, both in size and |
quantity, are the gold old straw
piles for plain "6shin' -, the kind
hat used to retail at five and ten
cents. Many of these hats, sad TO
relate, do not in tha least tit Mr..
and it would take a hydra
headed president TO pretend to
wear even u reasonable percentage
If them.
Many of the hundreds of boxes
hat come to the executive office
bier a fair census of the agricul-
Ural resources OF the country. The
lrst cotton hall from the south was l.
ent the president on July 9th. The
lrst bearings from the American
ig trees in Arizona and California
anne about the same time The far +
vest and the south compete in /
arly offerings of oranges, lemons, |;
grapefruit and olives. The nortn-l !,
vest sends It's apple prodigieS. New
england lays its prize pumpkins ]
efore the president and the mid
lie west proudly submits NAM
10th melons and gigantic ears of ;
orn.
Gifts of Fish and Game.
From the seas. lakes and rivers, +:
almon, mackerel, and cod, oysters,
1bsters and clama, trout, bass and j
luscalonge all come to the White {
ouse to be granted the rare priv-i
eye of being ea,en by the presi- {
ent of the United States. :
Bear-Stedk and venison appear in :
eason and turkeys wild and do T
lestic are sent. One lady offered | :
prize turkey, valued at several {
undreds Of dollars, to be used for /
If. Harding'S Thanksgiving din t
er. The bird was a magnificent f