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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
Incoming President Always
Carries It-Small Pub
Usher for Years

WASHINGTON, March What
ever else he mag be, Warren G. Harding,
always Classics himself as an editor,
publisher and printer, proud of his pro-
feSsional accomplishments and training.
His luck-charm and most sacred posses
sion is a printers rule, carried in his
pocket wherever he goes: and his close
friends say he would rather set a stick
of type any day than grant an audience
to an ambassador.
For more than thirty years, Mr.. Hard
ing's bread and butter has been earned
by the Marion Star, whose responsible
tiles he assumed under heavy mortgage
and whose early years he nourished at
the expense of going hungry more than
once himself. Since his nomination for
the presidency he has faced only one
public ordeal that aroused emotions he
could not master. That was the tenn
pOrary severance of the ties that bind
him to the Star. On election night,
when a group of his employees came to
congratulate him. his voice broke and
his big frame was shaken by sobs when
be undertook to speak of the separation
that must be the price of his triumph.
Election day was Mr.. Harding's fifty
fifth birthday, and all the interests of
his lifetime had been rooted In the i'm
mediate vicinity Of Marion. He was
born at Blooming Grove, O., in an adj
joining county, the son of a country doe
Tor. George 7. Harding, who still visits
his patients about Marion in the one
horse carriage of the old-school practi-
toner. The new presidents mother has
been dead for many years and his father
is remarked.
Young Harding attended college at
Iberia. o.. and then tried school teach
ing for a year before he began his news
paper career. Always a partisan and a
Republican, he lost his job as a reporter
by wearing in the presence of his Dem
Focratic editor a blaine hat" the stove
pipe which was badge of support of
James G. Blaine.
Although il was a pioneer newspaper
age, Mr.. Hafding's mind ran to progress
Sivc notions even lin the day when the
Star still was a liability. He broke
with his first partner over the question
Of Installing Il telephone in the news
paper Office 4 proposal which the part
ner held to be impractical, extravagant
and revolutionary. Although he retains
controlling financial interest in the
Star. now a successful newspaper, Mr.
Harding will occupy but a titular rela-
tionship to it during his presidency.
Three times before he has held public
Office. He served in the Ohio legislature
and Is lieutenant governor of the state
and six years ago he was elected to the
United States senate where he became 8
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
Ne7O Vice President Adds
to Bay StuteS Prominence

sellor in his section. 1t was the crown
ing event of the fathers life TO witness
today the Inauguration of his son.
BY intellectual preference Nice-Presi-
onstrated a taste for problems of state
craft. As senior at Amherst he won
the $50 gold medal in competition with
students of all American colleges for the
best essay on an historical subject, which
in his case was the Principles of the
political leaders of intellectual distinction
have always been his favorites and he has
studied carefully their writings.
1t was this intensive study of affairs
of state that first attracted to him the
attention of prominent Republican lead
ers. notably the late Senator W. Murray
Crane of Massachusetts. For a number
of years these watched the development
of his career with view TO directing him
into the national political arena. Their
opportunity came when the spectacular
Boston police strike, during his first term
as governor, attracted nationwide atten-
ton.
The crisis which was preciptated by
| the strike, according to these friends,
merely revealed the powers and courage
of the man, and they frankly and openly
| seized the opportunity TO press for him
claims for the Republican presidential
nomination at Chicago last June. They
! pointed out that as councillor in his home
| city and later as city solicitor and mayor.
as member of both branches of the legis-
| lature including a term president of the
| senate and then as acknowledgement
and finally as governor lie had been elected
with ever increasing majorities culminat-
| ing in the vote of confidence after the POI
| lice strike when he was again elected gov
ernor by plurality of 10000.
Probably the most attractive part of
| Mr.. Coolidge is his home life. Ever since
/ his marriage 10 years ago to Miss Grace
Goodhue of Burlington. VT. a University
| of Vermont graduate whom he met as a
school teacher in Northampton. he has
| lived a quiet, modest life. most of the time
in the shadow of Smith college in a house
which he has rented for $3.50 a month
| Save, no matter what your salary may
be- has always been his motto and. as he
| has enjoyed beyond the income earned
in public Office only meagre returns from
his law practice because of pressure OF
public duties, he has been obliged and
content to live simply. There are two
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
No Effort to attract
CrOze'ds to Ceremonies

WASHINGTON, March 4.-ThiS year,
for the first time since William Henry
Harrison was inaugurated in 1871 and
"Tippicanoc'' club started the custom of
pilgrimages to the capital on a big scale,
an Inauguration has been held without
organized effort to attract crowds to the
national capital.
The great masses of humanity which
have come to witness the induction of
chief executives were conspicuous today
by their absence The explanation Is the
DEGREES OF President Harding that the
customary inaugural parade. ball, fire
works and other ostentatious display be
eliminated.
Hundreds Of visitors came. of course. TO
see Mr. Harding take the oath of office
and hear his inaugural address, but there
was no such crowds as the railroads had
expected to bring and as the hotel pro
prietors. restaurant keepers and mer-
chants had hoped to cater to.
! Scenes today cOntraSted strangely with
those of four years ago when Woodrow
Wilson was inaugurated for the second
time amid great patriotic demonstration.
with the nation verging on its declaration
of war with Germany. Then there We're
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
Hu1dingS Luck Charm
Printers Makeup Rule

member of the foreign relations commit
tee. In 1916 he was chairman of the
Republican national convention.
In personal appearance the new pres
ident is a man to attract second look
in any crowd. He carries his two hun
dred and ten pounds without hint OF
obesity. although he is not quite six
feet tall: and his massive features round
out an impression of force and dlstlnc-
ton. His hair is iron grey-almost sill
yer grey-making sharp contrast with
unusually heavy black eyebrows that al
most mask a pair of calm grey eyes. 1t
is only in repose that his face takes on
the aspect OF severity seen so often IN
his photographs. When he talks or lis
tens the lines are broken by Il smile that
radiates cordiality.
President Harding walks slowly, talks
slowly, and makes up his mind slowly /;
but he gives the impression of polished
deliberation rather than of oyer-cautiOn
or abashment. He is a good converse
tiOnalist and a good listener, and has a
faculty of getting through embarrassing
situations with little show of embarass-
ment.
As an orator Mr.. Harding never has
rated himself as witty or eloquent,
though he attained considerable success
a few years ago ON the chautauqua plat
form. He seldom attempts fine word
pictures or humorous passages, but cul-
tivates a deliberate, unembellished utter
ance.
He never gives the impression OF
stilted dignity. He likes to know men
well enough to call them by their first
names and TO slap them on the back
when he meets them. He likes to shake
hands and make conversation about the
weather and the crops, and when he does
he usually lapses into the vernacular of
an Ohio countryman.
1t is Mr.. Harging's affability that has
made for officials close TO him some OF
their hardest problems. He never likes
70 refuse an audience or TO terminate
a conference until his visitor has talked
himself out. On his first campaign trip
his managers ruled that time and endur-
ance would not permit him TO appear at
waySide stations. but after the train had
wbizzed past the first waiting crowd he
ordered that a stop be made wherever
the people had come out expecting to see
him.
The new president is unusually fond
of children, though he has none of his
own. He, is a lifelong Baptist and a
He has been a member Of the Elk and
Moose fraternities for years, and since
his election to the presidency has become
thirty second degree Mason and a
Shriner Golf is his favorite recreation
and he likes to fish but does not hunt
He plays hard. and possesses the faculty
of putting all his worries out of his
mind during vacation hours,
OF all the presidents, Mr.. Harding
close friends liken him most often 10
Mckinley. with whom he has in common
predominant paSsiOn for obliteration
Of class and sectional lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

WASHINGTON. March Calvin
Coolidge is first Massachusetts man to
hold the Office of vice-president since
Henry Wilson served in the second Grant
administration nearly half century ago
His advent into Office adds to the promi-
hence of his state in national government
affairs for it is regarded as almost GER
tain that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
will be again chosen as Republican leader
in the senate and Representative Freder-
lex II. Gillett as speaker of the house.
Should Mr.. GiIlett succeed himself, a
Massachusetts,. man will preside over
each branch of congress, a most unusual
coincidence. More unusual still is the
fact that both Mr.. Coolidge and Mr.. Gil
lett come from the same congressional dis
trict. northampton, the home of the vice
president being in the same district as
Springfield, the home of the speaker.
Both men are graduates of Amherst col
ege.
Vice-President Coolidge is entering upon
his first service in the field of national
politics. but for 20 years he has been
active in the political service of his state.
rising from membership in the council OF
his city to governor of the commonwealth
In some respects Mr.. Coolidge is q fig
ure strange in American public life. be
ing tactiurn to a degree and apparently
stunning the spot light and the glamoI
which usually surround high public Off
cials. To his most intimate friends he
is known as Silent Cal" 1t is related
in illustration of this characteristic that
a personal and political friend who had
conferred with him in his executive offices
at BOsta without receiving more than
mOn0sylables for answers finally quit the
Office in disgust. exclaiming. as he came
out: BY George. I'd like to be that
fellows stenographer :"
But after all. holding public Office comes
naturally enough to the new vice-presi
dent. For generations. ever since his
forebears settled in WATERFOWL, Mass.
in 1880 and later went to the rough. back
woods section of Vermont where he was
| born On Independence day, 1872, his
family has been identified with public
affairs. His father served in the Yer
mont state legislature and on governor
stats and for years has been known as q
| sort CT unofficial magistrate and coun
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

all, the elements of a great spectacle, mill
tary and civil. In addition riiiemen were
stationed on roofs and ut windows along
Pennsylvania avenue to guard the Presi-
dent. and 30 Boy Scouts were concealed
under the inaugural platfrom TO detect
any suspicious movements in the crowds
on the capitol plaza.
That is said TO have been the first time
rihemen We're thus posted as guards since
Lincoln first came into office. lncdo
tally. the sharpshOOter~ of 81 We're said
by writer's of the day to have been ''ex-
pert German riiiemen.'
Until this year the number of Pc" on'
attending inaugural ceremonies Eas been
increasing almost without exception since
Madison took the oath in 1909. The
capital at that time had grown to be a
village OF 5000 and writer's of that day
said that by 10 o'clock on the morning of
March 1 Pennsylvania avenue was
crowded and that numerous slaves. the
women with bright turbans carrying
bundles on their well poised heads,
mingled with the promenaders.
On several occasions Inauguration
crowds have turned themselves into mobs
and literally taken possession of the city
Historians record thar when General
Jackson was inaugurated in 1920 it was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
EXPECT REVIVAL
OF SOCIAL LIFE
Official Washington Looks FOR Formal
State Dinners Under New
Administration

WASHINGTON. March 4-Social and
diplomatic Washington looks for revival
under President and Mrs. Harding of the
formal state dinners and other social
functions at the White House which
ceased with the entrance OF the United
States into the World war.
Directions from Mr. Harding for aban-
d0nment of the official social events incl
dent to his Inauguration were conceded by
those hoping for a return to social nor
malcy to be q blow to their expectations.
but the recent shopping trip made by
Mrs. Harding TO New York and other
events have renewed their optimism.
In preparation for the arrival of the
new first lady of the land" the White
House has been redecorated and the fur
nlShlngS renewed. In addition AIRS Hard
ing has requested that additional flowers
be planted around the White House. Her
friends expect her to act as hostess at a
number of garden parties during the
spring. thereby restoring one of the favor
lite forms of entertainments OF former
days.
Likewise. it IS expected that she will
entertain at teas, her guests including in
addition to intimate friends the wives of
the members of the diplomatic CORPS. An
other social custom that she may revive
Is the regular weekly lat home" to wives
of cabinet members. n function in past
administrations corresponding in time
i
ings. 1t also is reported that she will re-
store the custom of Marine band concerts
ON the White House grounds
Whether the President and Mrs. Hard
ing will revive the state dinners remains
TO be developed. Four of these usually
are given each season. one to the cabinet.
one to the diplomatic corps. one to the
Judiciary and one To congressional leaders
These dinners head the official social list
issued By the state department at the be-
ginning of each social season and it is re-
garded as assured that they will not be
revived, at least until next winter.
Greater participation by the White
House in society Is expected to be attended
by removal of many of the restrictions
which since 1917 have barred unlimited
visitors from the White House from a dis
, lance or from behind the iron fence sur
, rounding the grounds
President Iarding's friends declare
that orders for the opening the gates 10
the grounds will be issued soon. 1t is
not regarded as probable, however. that
certain portions OF the White House. such
as the Blue room and Red room. will be
thrown open to the public on certain DAYS
as was the custom before the war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

necessary Ito stretch a ships cable
across the capitol steps TO protect him
from his enthusiastic friends They first
hemmed in at GadbyS tavern and 1t was
only with difficulty that he was able to
reach the capitol. His journey to the
White House was equally as difficult and
the crowds which followed him there
broke into the executive mansion. smash
ing furniture and tracking mud over. the
carpet and floors.
1t is related that barrels of orange
punch" We're placed on the White House
lawn to entice the crowds from the build
ing.
There had been forebodings of what
was to come and the day befoTs inaugural
tion a Washington newspaper published
an appeal to all persons attending the
ceremonies to observe order" and that
.'all peace officers aid and assist in the
preservation of peace and order
Daniel Webster wrote a friend that he
had never seen such a crowd before"
Persons have come here for 500 miles,
his letter said, land they really think the
country has been saved from some dread
full danger. The city is full of specula
tion and spectators, too many r. oe led
without a miracle and all hungry for
Office"
The next record of an inaugural crowd
breaking from the bounds of sanity and
decorum vas in 1915 Content, during
the day hight hours, with shouting banter
IHStA 10 one dhOtHtT, pOpuldI QueSIlUH
| CT the day, who is James *. Polk p
a query started by opponents of the COM
paratively unknown president-elect from
Tennessee-the crowd grew more bolster
Gus toward night until finally at a ball
/, for the masses held at the National
! theatre there developed a free-for-all
/ fight for supper. 1t is said that during
the progress of the melee thieves made off
with most of the cOmbatants' hats, wraps
and cloaks.
/ Another instance of an uncomfortable
| inauguration crowd was in 1869 when
Grant took Office. Many of the visitors
were angered because they had been
i charged from $50 to 500 for seats in win
dows and stands along the line of march
! of the parade. That night a mob broke
| into the temporary kitchen at the treasury
| building, where the inaugural ball was
in progress, and ate or destroyed all of
the food provided for the guests.
! The city was packed and it was related
| that thousands slept on door steps, So
many persons attended the inaugural ball
/ that-conditions there We're described by
one writer rs terrible" Horace Greely,
unable to find either his hat or overcoat
was said to have been forced to sit up
for two hours on the steps of the treasury
| building among weeping, wrangling
women whose clothing had been torn in
! their vain effort to get into the dance hall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
HARDING INAUGURAL CEREMONIES SIMPLE

boys in their early teens. but all do their
bit. even to moving the lawn
During Mr.. Coolidge's official residence
at Boston he and Mrs. Coolidge lived in
apartments at hotel. as they will do here
in Washington. while the boys have been
away at school In dress. too Mr.. Cool
idge has not been extravagant. although
always Immediately attired and not given
to use of the threadbare. whatever the
popular impression to the contrary may
be.
His coming to Washington mean; the
presence of a man, who, his friends say.
personifies the best of American stand
ards, not given much to social life. per
haps, but a thorough student a hard
worker and a clear headed, solid Ameri.
can,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
IIALIFAN.

Dwight Crafts of NVhately. Mass. was
a recent guest at c. II. Learnard's.
1t is expected that MIR. Smith of
Jacksonville will drive the stage the
next four months.
AIyron Crosier of Shelburne Falls.
Mass, visited his mother, Mrs. c. \.
Crosier, recently.
Mrs. Andrew Worden returned to
Brattleboro again Wednesday for a few
days medical treatment.
Mrs. Chloe Crosier received a bad fall
Saturday. DIR. Clubhouse was called but
thought no bones were broken.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
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81 !, 80
DIR. Harrigan's Advice to
Nerve Exhausted People

It's worth your while to read what a
New York specialist has to say about the
Brattleboro Drug Co. sells So m6ch Of
these days He writes:
Let those who are weak. thin. nervous
anaemic or rundown, take natural un
adulterated substances such as Bitro-
Phosphate and you will soon see some as
tonishing results in the increase of nerve
energy and strength of body and mind.
BitTo-PhoSphate is Il pure organic phos-
phate such as good physicians prescribe
to create abundant nerve force.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
FINE FOR RHEUMATISM
Musterole Loosens Up Those
Stiff Joints-Drives Out Pain

You'll know why thousands use
Musterole once you experience the
glad relief it gives.
Get a jar at once from the nearest
drug. store. It is q clean, white ONT
ment, made with the oil of mustard
Better than mustard plaster and does
not blister. Brings ease and comfort
while it is being rubbed onl-
L1usterole is recommended by many
doctors and nurses. Millions of Jars are
used annually for bronchitis, Group, stiff
neck, asthma, neuralgia, pleurisy, rheu-
matism, lunbago, pains and aches of the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds OF
the chest Ctoften prevents pneumonia
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
EDISON FOR COMMITTEE.
Redfield Proctor Unable to Go TO Con-
ference

ference.
MONTPELIER, March 4-RediieId
Proctor is unable to accept the appoint
ment of Governor HartneSS on the COM
mittee to represent Vermont at confer
ence which may be held dealing with the
present railroad situation in the New
England states and Albert w. Edison. as
sistant treasurer and traffic manager OF
the Vermont Marble company has been
appointed in lieu thereof.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
To Stop Falling Hair

You can easily clean your head of
dandruff, prevent the hair falling out and
beautify it, if you use Partisan Sage.
Wilfred F. Root sells it with guarantee
to return price if not satisfactorily
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

DR.. a. P. GREENE, r. stefan ~pd Surgeon,
Office, Bank block. Hou4 $50 TO 90 u. m.
to J, and to p. N. ReA.dence, SO Green St
Telephone connection.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

Ssr@ 5ei az spscioIty. office and residence
Brooks House. l23 Main St. Hours: After
Moons, 80 to 3; evenings, to 8. except Tues
days and Fridays. Sundays by appointment
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

DR.. GRACE ". 8URNETI, Physician ana
Surgeon. Market Block, Elliot ST. Office
hours: $50 to $50 q. III; $50 to 230 and to 6
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DR.. Z. 1. TRACY, Physician and Surgeon, IL
Main St. Office hours: 8 70 s, n, to p, n.
7 10 $50 O. m. Tel. 256
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-04

c. K. ALDRICH, n. D. Hours: $3.50 TO 2.3U
to 6. Office phone, 165-WI house. 16s- r
X-ray work a specially.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-25
BABE RUTH
WILL BE SUSPENDED
Garry Hermann viii Not be
Surprised if He Doesn't Play
Next Season.

Cincinnati. Ohio. oct. 25.-That Babe
Ruth will he suspended probably for
all of next season Tor his violations az
organized baseball rules concerning
a world series player engaging in a
transforming tour was the oplnlop
expressed by August Hermann, preal-
dent Of the Reds and formerly chair.
man Of the National Baseball Com
mission.
am very positive that Commis-
sioner lands viii not conaone Ruth's
action 20 any extent" SAID Herman.
II arm sure that the player viii Dee sus-
pended and possibly sor all az next
s aaou. II Is certain. in my mind, that
ne viii not start the season with the
Yankees az any rate"
President Hermann went on to say.
many fans are inclined 20 support a
ball player Ia any action he may take
as AGAINST the officials aud maanates.
think Il is no more than fair To call
attention Ia the fact that Il IL were
rot for organized baseball as conduct
ID today no player could begin TO earn
The large salaries now paid TO the star.
! understand that Ruth received the
salary of $50 600 a year Such a figure
would be utterly impossible without
the organization under which baseball
Is operated
Ruth has given as an excuse for
his action said Hermann. that he
had fulfilled his contract with the
Yankees and WAS under no further
obligations to his team until next
season.
II is true that his contract expired
October 2 II he cared TO so on
transforming tour al that tiIae in-
stead of taking part Ia the world
series he would have been quite With
IN his right. nut he signed the agree
ment that he would not play in any
games after the world
series. and he has not only defiea
Commissioners lands, his own club
owners ard manager. but has also
violated his own signed agreement.