Evening star., 1921-03-20

contrast to that of his prede-
cessor, especially during his
last four years in the White House,
is in many respects similar TO the
days put in by Presidents Taft and
RNosevelt. and not widely diherent
from those of the martyred Mckinney.
Presidents may change and their
characteristics may vary greatly. but
their duties and their methods ol
handling them change but little. ten
Grant once said that were II not ior
the patronage feature the NE Oh
President would be indeed happ3
and useful one. But the patronage
feature shows no signs of being eiim-
ipated In fact it is becoming
ereater burden with each succeeding
vear 1t is'especially prominent dur
ing the early days of new admins
tration. and at this time, ana hos'
likely for a long time to come the
gentleman from Ohio who has just re-
GENTLY been installed as the adminis-
,rat;ye head of the government VIII
he called upon to give more thah
three -fOurthS OIL MS 'lHIt ~
seekers and those urging the appoint
ments of friends or constituents.
President Harding's is vigorous
personality. This is his most striking
characteristic unless it be his ever
lasting good humor and forbearance'
H., above all things. he is blessed
with vigor. and he shows 1t IN an Vi
his movements. even though at tunes
they may be slow.
WHEN the President steps ,nto Ms ns
w private office in, the morning ne
gives every evidence of man re-
freshed and who is phys'cally anu
mentally fit to take the helm OIL d
great nations destiny. Neither ms
expression nor his movements suggest
.ven slightly the tremendous burdens
and RESPONSIBILITIES that are his. nor
do they indicate that he has given
apy thought to the long. hard day 5
grind ahead of him. 1t is 'grInh'
because the duties of the chief eXecu-
tive have increased with years. espe-
ciaIly so since the war.
During one of his famous 'front.'
porch campaign speeches. Mr.. Hard
ing uttered something to the effect
that among other things necessary 10
bring this country back to normaicy
'the workman must give full day
work for a full days pay" Since
hanging his hat rp in the stately hall
way of the White House. Mr.. Harding
has been working early and late. His
activities indicate strongly that he
meant what he said in that speech and
that he believes that the millions OF
men and women who voted last
November believe that he meant what
he said.
The day following his inauguration
his first business day in the White
House--found the President at his
desk a few minutes after ?. AS he
seated himself before a great mass of
papers he said he was ready to tackle
the job. That first day found him at
his desk long after the clock had
struck s. and those about the executive
oInCeS. many VI theii No'eioHS VI Aoei
or FIVE administrations. said he was
"going to be a bear for work" The
work seemed to be to his liking. In
fact. he liked it SO well that first day
he arose earlier on the second one. and
II was some minutes before o'clock
when he sat at his desk. The Office
janitor was not half through cleaning
the room at the time. and the Presi-
dent seemed to get much pleasure talk
ing to this old attache as he swept
about the room. He wanted to know
|. his name, his length of service. what
he thought of things in general. and
concluded by making an inquiry or two