Evening star., 1921-03-06
SOCIETY
Tales of Well Known Folk
in Social and Official Life

Ms Harding will stand out in the
list Of presiding ladies' Of the White
House. in that she is the first to as
sumo the dignity since the passing
OF che nineteenth amendment. and
she may be said to typify the new
order in the most striking way. For
Mrs Harding is a thoroughly trained
business woman, the full partner ana
associate of her husband in the publi-
cs ion of the Marion Star. and for
years she carried the burden of the
REGULATION department. bending all
hrr energies and giving most OF her
time to this important work. Since
Mrs. Abigail Adams hung her clothes
to dry in the east room of the IA
NOUS mansion thirty-six others have
presided over its destinies, and OF
these but few. like Mrs Harding. had
regular profession or selected a
career of any sort. Mrs. RooseVeit
childish ailments. and was about TO
enter upon her duties in the profess
sional way when she renewed a for
mer romance with Theodore Roose-
Welt. She is perhaps best remem-
bered in the maternal role and for
her devotion in the sickroom. Mrs:
Taft took a degree in the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music and taught
there for a year before she too fol-
lowed the natural vocation for wom-
an, matrimony. But her love of
music dominates all memories of her
in the White House. One lovely
presiding lady had won fame behind
the footlights before she entered on
Eer role. Mrs. Robert Tyler. daugh-
ter-in-law of President John Tyler.
who had been Priscilla Cooper. well
known actress in her day. Miss Abi-
gail Pierce was a teacher and reluc-
tantly yielded her work in select
school in Buffalo to aid her mother in
the official amenities. Nearly half a
century later, another teacher, Miss
Rose Cleveland. came to Washington
TO act as chatelaine for her brother.
But. say the augurs of the wom-
ans party. it will be the rule and not
the exception hereafter to have WON
en- like Mrs. Harding in the White
House, those who have done some
thing on their own account and whose
identify is not swallowed up in that
of their husband, and it certainly
ADDS much to the prospect.
If the first lady reserves for herself
one of the old time pleasures when she
was a senatorial hostess and saunters
down the business streets which lie so
close to the White House. she will see
shop windows brave in their display OF
Mrs. Harding blue" which is really a
very pretty nue. anu one WHICH "ouhu
be immensely becoming to her. when
she does conclude to try it oil some
spring frocks. Blue has always been
Mrs. Harding's favorite color, and it is
the shade above all others which
matches her eyes and sets forth the
glowing shade of light brown hair.
But the color was dyed and christ
ened after Mrs. Harding had con-
cluded her most important pur-
chases To name color. a flower.
or street after an important per-
sonage ends the power of the Ameri
can public to compliment it's favorites
in the official world Already sew
eral ambitious florists are speeding
new varieties of roses which will be
called the "Florence Harding" rose,
and naturally since the exalted lady
for whom it is called is partial to
blue. the rose is a pale pink with
white-tinged petals, which is the ideal
flower to wear with azure. Some of
the FLORENCE Harding roses will be