The Cordova daily times., 1921-03-05
 LUCK CHARM OF
 NEW PRESIDENT


 ciated Press) ).-Whateve else he may be, Warren G. Harding always classifies himself as an editor, pub fisher and printer, proud of his pro- fessional accomplishments and train ing, His luck-charm and most sacred possession is 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 MT. Harding's bread and butter has been earned by the Marion Star, whose responsibilities 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 hte presi- ordeal that aroused emotions he could not master. That was the temporary 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 he undertook to speak of the separation that must be the price of his triumph.
 Election day was MT. Harding's fifty-fifth birthday, and all the in terests of his lifetime had been rooted in the immediate vicinity of Marion. He was born at Blooming Grove, O., iii an adjoining county, the son of country doctor, George T. Harding, who still visits his pa tients about Marion in the one horse carriage of the Old-schoOl prac- titioner. The new presidents mother has been dead for many years and his father is remarried.
 Three times before he has held public office He served in the Ohio legislature and as lieutenant governor of the state, and six years ago he was elected to the United States senate, where he became a member of the foreign relations com mittee. In 1916 he was chairman of the Republican national convention.
 In personal appearance the new president Is a man 10 attract sec ond look in any crowd. He carries his two hundred and ten pounds without a hint of obesity, although he is not quite six feet tall; and his massive features round out an i'm pression of force and distinction. His hair is iron grey-almost silver grey making sharp contrast with the un- usually heavy black eyebrows that almost mask a pair of calm grey eyes. It is only in repose that his face takes on the aspect of severity seen so often in his photographs. When he talks or listens the lines are broken by 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 over-caution or abashment. He is a good conversationalist and good listener, and has faculty of getting through embarrassing situations with little show of embarrassment
 He never gives the impression of suited dignity. He likes to know men well enough to call them by their first names and to slap them on athe 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.
 The new president is unusually fond of children, thought he has none of his own. He is a lifelong Bap- tist and trustee of his home church in Marion. He has been member of the Elk and Moose fraternities for years, and since his election to the presidency has become thirty-sec- ond 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, MT. Harding's close friends liken him most often to McKiuley. with whom he has in