Evening journal., 1921-03-14
MRS. HARDING
ISECONOMICAL
Saves Uncle Sam at Least
$4,000 by Using Old
Household Effects
REFUSES NEW
FURNITURE

WASHINGTON. March "A. - The
new mistress of the White House
has made a decision which will save
an economically bent Government at
least $4,000. Mrs. Harding has
made up her mind it is her duty 10
get along with the old furniture of
the private apartments. supplement-
ing it with belongings brought from
her former home in Wyoming ave
nue. and from the house in Marion.
Saving should begin at home Mrs
Harding thinks, and il is the place Of
the First Lady OF the Land. she be-
,leves, to set an example in thrift to
| other housewives Holding that opin-
| ion, she has refused 10 take advan-
tago of the willingness of the ApprO-
| priations Comm ittee of the House to
he more than liberal in providing for
the refurnishing and upkeep OF the
| Presidents home.
/ Much Of the furniture and belong
ings that made the private apart
ments of the White House habitabie
in the last eight years were the per-
sonal property of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son, and were moved to Mr.. Wilson's
rev home IN 5 street before March 4.
For the last ten days, therefore, she
has been fitting into the rooms
articles Of furniture ana decorations
tnat are dear TO her and TO the Pres
ident from many years association,
and the task facing her at n time
when almost every minute of her
time was taken up by social duties
.lcident to the establishment OF a
new administration, engaged her
time and energies.
For a year or two, Mrs. Harding
purposes to do with what she has
for so long as the necessity for strict
economy in all forms Of Government
expenditure exists and until Govern.
ment and people get started alone
the retrenchment road. Mrs. Harding
has definite ideas about the wisdom
of maintaining the dignity and at
tractivemess IF the White House, foi
. she holds that it is a great nationa
institution, AS we'll as the home o
, the Chief Executive and his family
and that the people expect that i
snail be maintained without stint o
= niggardiness
Mrs. Harding is anxious TO brinl
back to the White House the atmos
ID phere of hospitality and wclcom
- that once characterized it, that j
rart Of the White House tradition
Her ideas include regular Satur Ia
] morning receptions for official 60
ciety. so persons more or less i'm
portantly placed in the Governmen
can get better acquainted with oac
} other; teas to be held two or thre
I times a week for personal friends O
herself and the President. gardc
parties, some Of which will be hel
for soldiers and ex-service mon gen
e orally, and Saturday afternoon con
s certs on the lawn by the Marin
D Band. The custom Of giving dinner
, both formal and informal, will b
II revived, and Mrs. Harding is think
u ing also OF having regular musicale
s. She is deslrous Of bringing re;
% neighborly spirit to the stately builC
ing, and the open-door. policy Will b
- maintained.
NJ The open-door policy has been a
- most startling 10 Washington, Ion
familiar Sith c'oister-liiSe scclus,o
~ at ne White House. The GROUND
a. a. are constantly filled with throngs
~ sightseers. There is a stir of motto
" cars hi the driveways. Children pla
nj about the lawns. II makes a live
y picture with a very human touc
!, Two weeks from tomorrow. the Pre-
=, ident and Mrs. Harding will presiC
re at the chfdren's egg-rolling part
= and that gathering should be wori
p. seeing.
,e Today was a real day Of rest
the White House. The President al
or Mrs. Harding attended IL A. NJ. ser
n. ices in Calvary Baptist Church, hea
n ing a sermon preached by the Re
T. Or. j. Stanley Durkee, president
Howard University.
A crowd OF more than 1Ol
watched the President and MI
n. Harding come and go. Although NJ
al Harding has been President for 4
days, public interest in his goin
at and comings has moi tagged. The
is always a crowd around the nor