The New York herald., 1921-01-02
Freak Wants to Change
Hdrding's Upper Lip.

! One woman wrote to her that Senator
Harding's upper lip should be remodelled
by surgery; that she, the writer, had
made lifelong study of face modelling.
and that she had satisfied herself that
Senator Harding could not be success
full President with the kind of an upper
lip he was bringing to the task.
A man wrote that it was impossible
for the Senator to make first rate
President unless he grew beard: that
none but bearded men were really sue
cessful men. And he mentioned Charles
| L. Hughes as an illustration.
A woman wrote virtually demanding
the honor OF supervising the redecora-
tion of the White House and suggesting,
with not too much good taste, that it
was impossible for anybody coming from
Ohio to know how the White House
should be treated from decorative
| standpoint.
The Rev. Chief Red Fox OF the Black
] foot Indians of Yakima, who inducted
her and Senator Harding into the tribe
as ''Snowbird" and "Strong Eagle" re-
spectively. wrote sincerely and frater-
nally in the name of the Great Spirit"
that he was coming to the Inauguration
to observe the bearing of the great white
father and the great white mother.
And don't know whether like that
title or not" said Mrs. Harding.
Hairdressers and dressmakers outfit
ters of all kinds, press their special wares
upon her. counselling that it is impos-
sible for her to make the appearance
required of the first lady without sub
mitting to their ministrations. Trades
folk of infinite variety desired to be rep
resented in her costuming for the in
auguration. or TO supply something for
her appearance at the inaugural ball.
One woman indeed has supplied a de-
scription of the entire costume she must
wear. and tells her that nothing else will
do, that she will be perfectly absurd"
IL she fails to adopt that entire cos
tune.
The eyes of the lady flash a little re-
sentfully as She recalls that not a few
have written telling her whom she must
associate with and whom she must debar
from the White House when she goes
to Washington. Then she laughs, for
she possesses beautiful sense of humor
They even write to her about how the
Senator should dress, cut his hair, what
style of boots he should use, whether he
should employ a gold headed walking
stiol.1
=, They write to ask her to build,
churches, construct school houses pay the
salaries of pastors, adopt children and
make home for pet animals. She re-
ceives Invitations galore, and much of
her correspondence is taken up with
decllnations of requests to attend BAN
quets. memorial exercises, public meet
ings and other. functions the country
over.
She replies to every letter and tele-
gram. but 1t takes many hours out of
every day. Precisely at 10 A NJ, ex-
cept on Sunday, she finds herself sur
rounded In her bright and cheerful work.
room above stairs with letters and par
Gel post packages, books. papers. the
whole accumulation OF the mornings
post. She calls her secretary to her and
together they attack the formidable ac-
cumulation. Mrs. Harding does about
a dozen things simultaneously. Often
as not her hairdresser or her manicur-
ist is busy over her while she reads her
mail and scribbles comment or q note
for the guidance Of her secretary.
"And everybody in America is writing
to me to tell me how to run my busi-
ness" she says. II don't mind that
It's wonderful TO see how much interest
the people show. But some OF the adj
vice is remarkably personal. don't
mind saying. Think of anybody object
ing to Warren Harding's upper lip. It's
one Of the best looking upper lips in the
world. don't you think SOP
Certainly" ! said.