The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-11
A Human President.

The newspaper dispatches tell rs that Pres
ident Harding ehews tobacco. smokes . pipe.
and sometimes . cigaret He is 4 golf player
and likes the game SO much that he will start
his tee-of in the midst OF drixsling rain and
make his Is holes in spite Of Ill weather con-
ditions. We are informed that he would soon
er set type in newspaper composing room
than give an audience to foreign ambassador.
These stories may only be newspaper yarns.
like some of the tales they used to tell about
Teddy Roosevelt But now comes . we'll au-
thenticated dispatch to the effect that Mr..
Harding is not only golf fan. but = devotee
Of barn yard golf" as we'll; that he has been
made an honorary member Of . club which
spends its spare time pitching quoits. He
probably has scored many ringer" and
"leaner" and is an adept in measuring the
distance from his quot to the stake The
dispatch has too many earmarks of truth for
one to doubt it.
And somehow 1t inspires one with conf
dence in the man, more than il he were 4
"highbrow" and eschewed all plsbian pursuits
Bet you Warren Harding can play good game
Of humble de- peg"-that he hasn't forgotten
how He's real human, is our president and
his very vices, II one may call them 50, assure
rs that he is true American.
Do 70 uremember that old story about
party of people who were wrecked upon Z
cannibal island! How they heard talking in
the distance. and crept up nearer and nearer
until they could hear the language spoken BY
number Of savage looking folk gathered
about = camp fire! At first they feared they
had walked into the arms Of tribe Of canni-
balls and would be devoured II discovered,
But rs they listened and tried to make out q
word or two, one Of their party joyfully ex-
claimed, Boys, they're all right Just heard
| one Of them swear. We can be sure they're
Christians" And So indeed. it turned ont
to be, and instead Of being eaten they were
! given brotherly welcome.
Well, IL Warren Gamahel Harding plays
quoits and "chaws" and smokes he is the near
er to the people who make up the United
States Of America, and the average American
| will put all the more faith in him. And some
how one has the feeling that man who has
his amiable imperfections is going to make
| q mighty good president.
Simon Peter is one Of the best loved Of the
IL apostles because he was 50 much like the
rest Of US poor sinners Abraham Lincoln
had some homely habits. but they endeared
| him to u.s. And Warren Harding-well, We
believe he's regular fella"-regardless. Yes
sir. May he throw many q ringer" during
| his term! Here's luck!
To conclude. Warren Harding likes to &c
hshin'", an apostolic and biblical practics
"Laddie Boy" curls up ON the lounge in the
presidents Office in the White house, and il
isn't anything against our chief executive thai
he likes dogs. That he Is Baptist will MOI
| be displeasing to large numbers Of Americans
and that he is 32nd degree Mason and q
member of the Elks makes him the brother o.
nAny in q peculiar sense 1t 10 to his credit
also. and = commentary ON his good judg
ment, that his good wife il no "highfalutin
! female" but lady Of splendid common sense
! motherly, domestic and lovable.
L The man in the White house is q bit Of
all right in more ways than one. He's Mkable
| he's human.