Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-12
AT TER GOLF GAME
. PRESIDENT WILL GO
TO NEW YORK CITY
VIII Enjoy a Musical Comedy
Tonight and Leave for WASH
ington on MayfIower.
MAY MAKE STOP ON COAST


BY Associated Press TO Every Evening.
Atlantic City. Sept. 12.--An early
game Of golf was the closing event In
President Hardlns's seHshore vaca- :
tIon. After a round on the Sea View
Club links. this morning. the presi-
dent planned to motor to New York
for an evening at a theatre and then
TO board the presidential yacht May
flower for a cruise, en- route 10 Wash
ington.
Motoring to the golf links for a
foursome with Henry y. Fletcher.
under Secretary OF State, United States
Senator Frelinghuyaen OF New Jersey.
and George Christian. secretary to the
President, the executive was TO lunch
at the golf club and leave Immediately
for New York.
Dinner was planned I'm q New York
hotel and later the President and Mrs.
Harding were to attend popular
Broadway musical comedy, boarding
the Mayf'ower after the show. The
President had not determined. today.
tho extent Of his yachting cruise. II wa a
believed that, leaving New York har-
Dor early Tuesday morning. he would
proceed direct &c Washington, but a
stop on the coast was among the pos
siblities. II he should sail direct TO
Washington he would arrive there
Thursday morning.
Besiegcd by Crowds.
President Harding came TO Atlantic
City with the intention OF spending n
quiet Sunday here, but the crowds
that iammad the Boardwalk from
morning until midnight would not per-
NIT 1t. Hundreds OF persons stood all
day In front Of the Presidents hotel
hoping to get glimpse of him, and
every time he appeared he was sur
rounded and followed by crowd
which grew in proportions until It
frequently b-came so large that 1t
blocked traffic and disorganized the
whole Boardwalk.
Once during the late afternoon.
when the President was strolling
along the Boardwalk with Alexander
r. Moore, publisher of the Pittsburg
Leader, the party was forced 10 leave
the Boardwalk and go through side
street TO escape the mob. The other
members of the party did not join the
President, because Of the threatening
weather, and he and Mr.. Moore evil
IDENTIFY hoped to escape from the hotel
unnoticed and enjoy their walk I'm
peace and quiet. Instead of leaving
the hotel by the front entrance, where
large crowd and a battery of NOV
| ing picture and still photographers
were gathered. Mr.. Harding and Mr..
Moore went out by back door.
=
aa he was by Secret Service men. had
not gone far before the crowd began
to recognize him. Several fell in behind
him, and then others. until at length
the crowd that followed and cheered
became so great that a detail of At
lantic City policemen joined the party
and marched directly behind the
President. so that the crowd was not
able to get close TO him.
Small Boys Get to Harding.
However, many small boys managed
| to squirm through the lines of police
men and Secret Service men, and
every hundred feet or so the Presi-
| dent stopped and shook hands with
some youngster who planted himself
beneath the Presidential feet and who
would not bulge until he had been
noticed. One boy held out a sticky
hand and offered the President some
taffy.
"No. thank you," said Mr.. Harding.
laughing, candy makes me fat
The boy said afterward that while he
was a bit ashamed of himself for feel
ing that way, he was quite a bit re-
lieved. as the candy was pretty good
stuff and he wanted 1t himself. Other
children gave the President flowers,
as did many grownups. Several of the
punches of flowers struck the Presi-
dent on the back and shoulders, but
he always laughed and picked them
up, carrying them for a short distance
before handing them to some child or
some other member of his party.
The crowd that followed the Presi-
dent kept increasing until 1t became
Gigantic. The bombardment of flowers
and flags and the insistent presence
of small boys and girls with sticky
hands became so great that Mr..
Harding suggested to Mr.. Moore that
they leave. the Boardwalk. Accord
ingly they went to Ocean avenue,
thence TO Pacific avenue and then
back to the Boardwalk. But the crowd
was just as big and the President
hurried back to his hotel.
Refuses Gold Dishes.
The President enjoyed his sleep at
the Ritz-Carlton, Saturday night, but
he did not enjoy the solid gold dinner
service that the hotel management
set out for his first meal there. 1t
was said this afternoon that when the
President saw the gold service he
frowned and said:
Take those things away and bring
some regular dishes"
The President and Mrs. Harding to-
day expressed their pleasure over
their visit here which, 1t was said
had greatly refreshed him. lie was
said to be pleased over the reception
given him since his arrival Saturday
night, especially In his stroll Sunday
afternoon on the boardwalk and in
the reception of several hundred for
mer service men of the Fifth Division,
A. e. f.
After returning from church.. Sun
day morning.. the President, address
ing the war veterans. expressed the
hope for their aid in peace as well as
war endeavors of the nation. He also
said that the United States had tsus-
tanned the morale OF the Allies In the
war buf discfajned that its forces