Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-03-05
HUSBAND IN
NEWSPAPER OFFICE
sidelights On The Life Of New
"First Lady Of The
Nation
tRy The Associated Press,

WASHING EON March Florence
King Harding. the new First Lady
Of the Land possesses an unusual de-
gree Of pluck and outSpokeness. She
has ideas of her own on many sub
jecis and she does not hesitate TO
speak her opinions straight out from
the shoulder Those who work for
her connt her kindly and delight
eul mistress hut they know thar All
delinquency wili call down a rcpri-
mand they will not soon forget On
occasions she has been seen shaking a
foreiinger al her husband but of
course nobody knows what that all IS
about
All her life Mrs Harding has been
a determined and tireless worker not
soalY q. the details Of her stronghold.
lait HI glte broader Held OF business
aid colhhlunity welfare She comes
of lighting blood, her father Amos
king hating heen rugged power
Of The pioneer days Of Marion She
was born there, and although IN her
girlhood her parents attained to mod
crate means they We're not the sort
who leaR TO extravaganza
Worked In Newspaper Office
When she married Mr. Harding in
1891. his newspaper, the Siar, was
not Vel out Of the woods financially
and she went 10 work in its business
department She applied herself TO
advertising and circulation problems
with an eye for efficiency all along the
line She watched the original pur-
chases OF print paper and materials
and she stood at the presses and gave
instructions 10 the newsboys daily be-
fore they started on their rounds with
the finished product.
1t is said of her in Marion that when
she Ieeane the wife of the struggling
young e&tor She told her friends she
expected to make him president some
day. and it is known that al some o.
the most discouraging stages Of the
preconyention campaign last year il
was she who insisted most vigorously
that the fight fe continued.
During the strenuous days when
thousands were marching 10 the front
porch of the Harding residence on Mt
Vernon avenue she was theemost ac-
;iyo figure about her husbands head
quarters. She was beside him every
time he spoke at home or away: she
shook hands with as many men and
women as did he; and she was in
and on, of his offices from morning
until night. rounding up details and
giving him advice on all serious
questions Iefore him.
Late on the night Of the last from,
porch meeting newspaperman pass
ing the Harding home saw someone
moving about the dark recesses oi
the Iig yeranda Il was Mrs Harding
drawing the porch chairs back against
the wall for the night and softly whis-
Ting a quiet little air of content.
went.
You seem happy enough he call
ed across 10 her.
Il surely am. she replied. and
Why shoulelnt be? Isn't il wonder
faIe"
Is Uf Methodist Faith
| Mrs. Harding is a member Of the
Methodist Episeopal Church. and tbs
Hardings alternate attendance Ee-
tween that and the Baptist Church. d
which the rew president Is mem.
her. She loves children and chooses
horses and dogs for her pets Cruel
treatment OF dumb animals arouses
her TO militant protest. and on more
than one occasion she has stopped OF
ton TO reprimand drayman or q
cahby for abusing his horse. In hel
younger days she was a skiiled horse
/ woman