The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-27
THEY'RE HUMAN
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to do that,

When, thirty years ago. Florence King, dut in
Marion, Ohio, married Warren c.. Harding, the
owner of struggling little newspaper, she as
sumed much of the respoE sibility which developed
that publication into a thrifty money-maker.
Among the tasks that she took unto herself
that of managing the boys who delivered the
paper. She was their guide, counselor and
friend well paymaster.
During the time of the front porch campaign
one of .theoccurrences in Marion which gave
greatest satisfaction to Mrs. Harding a
union there of former carrier boys of the Star
q reunion which attended by formerly
in that service and now successful in many walks
Of life
In the "reminiscences of that occasion some one
spoke Of Orrie Ballinger. onetime member of
that group, and of the fact that he is a cap
q tain In the United States army. Not long ago
Mrs. Harding recalled again that Orrie Ballinger
in the service. She ferreted him out and told
the Secretary Of War that she would like to have
him It the White House military aide, and so
has It come to pass that the one-time carrier boy
Is now military aide at the Executive Mansion in
Washington.
A huge and ponderous door swings open to ad-
nit one to the presence of that solemn body. the
Finance Committee OF the United States Senate.
dozen men sit at a long, green-topped table.
There is a press table to the left witness table
the right. Senator Penrose, brown and gaunt,
presides Though the day is intensely hot he
wears a dark wooden suit and heavy, brown,
fancy vest. His collar is loose about his enact
ated neck. He wears string wash tie.
Senator Smoot, nearby, always affects high
that gives him a solemn and ministerial appear
ance. The graceful Mclean. of Connecticut and
the stocky, bristng La Toilette, of Wisconsin,
the only members who usually yield to the wealth
or to the extent Of wearing Palm Beach suits.
These men too old-fashoned to adopt a thing
so modish.
McCumber, Dillingham;, Watson, Calder, Sim
mons-they all huge, ponderous men. One
wonders why the members of this committee
should be forty pounds above the average In
weight
The proceedings drone along. A witness be-
fore the committee is suggesting that importa-
tons be subjected to examination by some such
body the Interstate Commerce Commission to
prevent dumping, unfair competition.
II thought that theory had been abandoned
long ago." Chairman Penrose remarked.
1T has been Abandoned by those who would
profit by it's DEATH" snapped La Toilette. the
words pelting like the bullets from a machine
gun.
And had thought this committee in a browse.
Not long ago, President Harding. in his genial
way looked around the circle of newspapermen
who come, to the White House for information,
and his eye fell upon familiar face, one Horace
Porter, cartoonist the Marion Daily
Star. Before Porter got away the President
found occasion to throw his arm affectionately
about his shoulders and speak word two
of reminiscenoe Of olden days.
Porter says that he never worked for kind
lier man than Mr.. Harding, a man whose In.
structions were more simple: do not carica-
ture; do not offend; do not be unfair; but always
clean" These were the outstanding admonitions
OF his early chief.