The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-03-07
ComradeShip With
Harding Shown By
Washington Public
BY DAVID hAwRHNCE
Copyright by The Intel.i-sncer

Washington. Ma S Tho thrill ths;
comes one" In Tho !:T~s OF a chosen -"
N America waking up IN the historic
atmosphere Of the White House see ms
70 b. reflected m :hc hcam.nE faces or
thousands who stood in the HunIsht OF
Yeritahls spring morning" pcrriaS
through the glass doors Of IN" "N~cnt'fe
nanS,cn. hoping tn catch glimpse 81 :
the new CHIEF magistrate and the h-St
lady OF the land
t'c- the first t;me sine" N" c'oud-d
DAYS Of the war. the gates had pen !
thrown open ard men. women and chill
dren walked freely again in the grounds
OF the White House. fingered beneath
ne rort!co as Of o,d and tel; closer TO
the distinguished occupants ot the eI-
acutiNc mansion. closer than ever before.
Tha; phase OF the new administration
which prompted President and Mrs
Warren Harding 20 throw open the gates
seemed to I'LL the ar With spirit or
comradeship which the people OF WASH
lnk,on have no, TEX IN many day. IL
was not that the wilson's meant 70 be
distant. The white House grounds were
always open during the first four years
and were closed as a prccaution in tho
DAYS when omb-,hrow:nE and inccnd'-
ar,sn destroyed many factory in
America and even threatened the cap
tot building itSrt. When Mr.. Wilson
came bacH from Europe the grounds
werr hCrt closed because of his break
down IN health and the dcs'r" 10 Keep
curious eyes from the wheeled char
which gave is distinguished Invalid in
termlt;en; outings.
First Day In white House.
The prcsidrn, and Mrs. Harding had
their kInfoikS for breakfast yesterday.
and the sensation o; going about the
White House. inspecting It's man" his
t"ric rooms and decorations. as many
Injuries and C0nYcnicnCeS. was "a ma =
u-a. - X vas American. There waS no
Disgusting the ~.caSure that "as wrlt-
ten IN the joyful countenance Of Mrs
Hard:nS. who. from the start. has Won
dered Il she were dreaming. or II X
were really true thai she would occupy
tho White House. ShN has always tol6
her friends that she was afraid som--
hing would happen. something would
Interrupt. Y was \ Woman = SuperSt-
;lon which vas happily diSpcilcd today
ss sAe found herself m the sacred pre-
cinctS where SO many women have
longrd and WI. always long To DC. there
t. Weld the sccp;rc ~ social power
Which goes with ,hr exalted position of
;hr INST lady OF the land.
MS. tlFGtDE, however. - HCl " w
mistaken for the type Of woman who.
havlrS reached An em!nence. comes to
look down on her former friends and
associates. Rather ~ she the woman
who will always t-y 70 make her friends
feel :ha: being n the White House can
~: ard Will not chang" her II she has
ny ambition. L Is ~ prove 10 her
friends that she is stIN Florence King
Harding as they knew nor m the social
.':rCl" OF the senate. and st.l tho COM
paniorahic woman whom the folks back
IN Marion learned to love and admire
A Peculiar Privilege.
The new president VAS happy 70 o~
abe 20 show The White House TO his
aKed father. No president in the mem
ory of this generation has had that pc
GUITAR privilege. though no doubt many
= preSd"n. has wished with AL h'a
heart that he might have shown his
rareat What h" had achieved.
Turning quickly from tho festivities
or ihc executive /. >nSlon. Mr.. Ha riding
went 20 his Offices and sat At n" preS,-
dencia! GeSS there. which has hecn un-
occupied virtually since IN" war. vhcr
N- Wilson got accustomed 20 ,ransact-
lns business in his study N IN" White
HouSr proper
H~rber, Hoover. secretary OF com
EnCrrc, was -.cNt on tNe lOp. reaCN %
ralk business With President Harding
M Hoover Is Of a nervous temperament
which ;ikes 70 get a. things without
rISS or ceremony and without delay.
RE had lorg conference with the pres
dem; presumably ahou, IN" affairs =
the dAnartm"rt cf commerce. which y
d.ScrGsaiEed.
Henry Wa.lac". secretary ot aSricui.
,rirr. d-oprrd IN - Hay his respects and
70 urge ;nat ;he rr"s"nt assistant sec
r~tar, he promptly appointed to sue
re~d himself unti' some other arrange
neut could be made. Indeed. the ,a::k
OF tive neNt few darS x largely o: a
routine character The transition BE-
,accn the old and new m!niatrations
= carried on largely by ;he assistant
Sncre(ariCS and under-rTlcia.S. who
must Keep the wheels of IN" So"ern-
men; gong unt,. the Cabrn~: secretaries
are familiar with her now jobs For
instance. N handing foreign relations.
rahl" grams ana tc'I grams Of wal i'm
po-tancc come IN during H"ery hour %
the day and might. and the senate con-
t'nued Norman EarlS as undcr-Secre,ary
or state. knowing that the la:'cr viii
resign soon. buc wishing. nevertheless
20 have an eIprricnced official 20 S'Gn
messages IN the name OF the United
states go,ernmcnt. Mr.. DAVIS mas for
several weeks ben carrying things for
ward conserving American rights and
-efraGuing from any action that MI ght
commit the new Nc"rctar" Of state 10
any policies which ne might later on
he unable 70 change.
Tho government has psSs:d INTO new
: hands. wi'lpnE hands. eager hands En-
'hhu-aSm for scry'~". ;hN desire 70 make
= record And utn the pIaud;'s Of \ hun
d-rd million reorlc - q stimulus which
ammo, BE- described I: must he OBJ
>"r,.rd 70 De appreciated. And Warren
Harding has started Out earnestly, hope
fully. consistently. 10 win that reward