Arizona republican., 1921-08-01

campaigns" last year led the general public to believe he didn't travel be- cause he hadn't a hat to wear. varied is the assortment of gift hats. There are silk hats, opera hats, cowboy sombreros, bowlers, .beaters' (asl our British cousin calls the American straw). caps of all varieties and Panr amas so beautifully woven that wa- ter can be carried in them. Last, but far from least in both size and quan- tity, are the good old straw piles for plain "fishin'''. the kind that used to retail at 5 and 10 cents. Many of these hats, said to relate, do not in the least fit Mir. Harding. and it would take a hydra headed president to pretend to wear even reasonable percentage of them.
 Many of the hundreds of boxes that come to the executive office offer a
 fair census of the agricultural re-
 sources Cf the country. The first
 cotton ball from the south was sent
 to president on July 6. The first
 bearings from the American fig trees in Arizona and California came about
 the same time. The far west and the south compete in early offerings of oranges. lemons. grapefruit and olives. The northwest sends it's apple prod igies. New England lays it's prize
 pumpkins before the president and the middle west proudly submits
 mammoth melons and gigantic ears of corn.
 Gifts of Fish and Game From the seas, lakes and rivers,
 salmon. mackerel and cod. oysters.
 Holsters and clans. trout, bass and
 muscalonge all come to the White | House to be granted the rare priv nf hof hV the nrpcid0nf | of the United States.
 Bear steak and venisonSappear in
 season, and turkeys, wild and do-
 mestic are sent. One lady offered a prize turkey, valued at several hun dreds of dollars, to be used for Mir.
 Harding's Thanksgiving dinner. The
 bird was a magnificent specimen and
 had unusually. beautiful plumage.
 Mir. Harding positively refused to ac-
 cept and eat such a marvellous bird
 Another beautiful bird presented to | the president was a superb eagle, large of size, exceptional in strength. fierce of temper. This bird was sent from Alaska. It now adorns the | Washington zoo.
 Mir. Harding has been notified that
 playful lot of alligators are about to be shipped to the White House and he has received several other
 animals. including "Oh, Boy." high ly pedigreed English bulldog. a beau-
 tiful animal of white and brindle col
 brings. Oh, Boy. and a quaint stat uette of a ooggie are said to vie with each other in rousing the fires of
 jealousy in the shaggy heart of door
 mat Laddie Boy (also pedigreed ], animaD.
 Laddie Boy, as everyone knows, is an adorably homely Airedale pup. He seems continually on the point oi
 bursting with pride in his master, the
 preside 1t, and has also evinced great plea sure in sharing with MT. Harding the comfort provided by the famous
 "editoriar' chair presented to him by
 over 500 American journalists
 One of the most beautiful and val :, uable of MT. Hrding's gifts is : quaint Oriental prayer-rug 100 yeari ; old. The complex designs are traced ] out in soft rose and dull blue color , ings. giving a wonderful effect. I
 is authoritatively stated that this ru, was actually used as a prayer-ru, i and dutifully spread on radiatint desert sands at sunset when tired | st-covered Mohammedans rever | ently knelt on its silken folds an, turned their faces in the direction O k Mecca.
 c Patriotic Relics
 t Unusual gifts which MT. Hardin, | has received include a paper knif
 made from William, the Conquero
 Oak" in Windsor park; a carve'
 California bear Gin native redwoodl | the artistic effort of James Marshall S discoverer of gold in California; ink e stands and penholders from battle y ships of the War of 1s12-the Law e renee. Niagara and the Royal Savage g A large percentage of the tokens ar r of a patriotic nature, either of his n toric value or having some sentimen e tai connection. There are relics O l. all the American wars, including tn e World War, and American flags c S assorted shapes sizes and material: d Enough four -leaved clovers hay e been received to fill a small hay k now; sufficient fairy or good luck | stones to start quarry; prolifi e wa'rens must have been depopulate $ to furnish the gifts of rabbit feet. g. Mrs. Harding is also presented wit = many gifts. One far seeing movin
 picture fan gave her hundreds of fee Il of film in which she appeared in tn d famous front porch meetings an IT campaign trips, clipped from new r. films taken by various firms. In tn n years to come. this visualized recor n of things which occurred in the firs h presidential campaign in which wo