Evening star., 1921-03-15
Human Mr.. Harding.

It Is already apparent that President
Harding will often do the unexpected.
but what viii always be expected of
him will be some manifestation of
been installed at the White House.
Marion points of view are to be regard
ed. to have their weight. MIR. Hard
ing has changed his residence, but the
presidency cannot change him-that is
to say. his disposition and his social
qualities. He likes his friends. wants
to be associated with them. and will
stand by them. DR.. Sawyer woke up
one morning to find himself a brigadier
general. The President fancied him
as physician. and he is to be within
call to look after the presidential
health, but as the family doctor. who
can walk in by the front door at any
hour Of the day or night. There is
nothing military about Gen. Sawyer's
port and mien. He simply looks hu-
man, like his old friend. There will
be no ceremony between them. 1t will
be hard for the doctor-general to ad-
dress his patient as Mr.. President:
probably he never will, except when
strangers are about. D. r. Crissinger
is summoned from a small Marion
bank to be controller of the currency.
He doesn't look at all like John Skel-
authority. but he suits Mr.. Harding.
The President is willing to be respon-
sible for him. Controller Crissinger
may wear well, as one of Grants
judges did, country lawyer.
The correspondents haven't pack
of sunny. mischief-loving children to
write about. but there is Laddie Boy.
the precocious airedale, bodyguard of
the President. to weave stories around.
Laddie Boys pranks will all be chroni-
cled. He is much pictured. Dog low
ers have already put the new President
on a pedestal. He must be sturdy
friend of the S. P. c. A. Dog-loving
Presidents have not been conspicuous.
Everything, except on state occasions.
is to be free and easy at the White
House; no pomp. no pipe-clay, no fus-
tian. Mr.. Harding's latest impulse is
to have his cabinet in to luncheon.
right after the regular meeting. Come
in and have bite" he probably said.
just as he would do at Marion when
he had visitors. He comes out on the
White House porch at midnight, cas-
ually and smiling, to give the waiting
correspondents a bit of news. He
likes to see people in the White House
grounds. He will probably never wor-
ry about the state of the shrubbery.
If the presidential dog worries a rug
or bites an officeseeker, Mr.. Harding
will probably shake his finger at the
offender and call him genially a bad
dog" Mr.. Harding is going to be the
despair Of precisions. Journalists. stick
lerS fOr the conventions, ana MrS. Grun.
dy may frown souriy upon him. but
he cannot help being kindly. simple.
neighborly and genuine.-New York
Times independent democratic).
Germany is finding out that the
price of evasion is invasion.-Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot.
What Lies Before Mr.. Harding
headline. For the lies behind him
see late campaign fiction.-Toledo
Blade.
The only thing easier than to turn
down advice is to give it.-Peters-
burg (Va.) Index-Appeal.
Why does a chicken cross the road?
To scratch up somebody's garden
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
Well. ono can't blame the Philip
pines for desiring independence. This
country had it once.-Baltimore
Evening Sun.
A miss may not be as good as her
smile, but she can make the whole
world think she is.-El Paso Herald.
We suspect some dealers are using
safety razors to do their price-cut-
ting with.-Burlington (Vt.) News.