Evening star., 1922-03-12
SOCIETY.
Tales of Well Know Folk
In Social and Official Life
President Harding Contributes "Rededcating
America" and Other Works to Volumes
Filed at Congressional Library.

1t is problematic whether the
twenty-ninth President of the United
States ever sees a minute to visit the
files Of the Congressional Library,
but during his early years in Wash
ington both he and Mrs. Harding
were frequent visitors, especially to
those containing newspapers and
magazines, foreign and home prod
ucts. They have always been avid
readers of current events, but now
they must be content to enjoy this
Information through an excellent
system of clippings and through di
sest, political. literary and religious.
President Harding does not figure in
the index as conspicuously as an
author as some of his immediate
edecessors-WilSon or Roosevelt,
for example. But he is listed in the
big library as the author of several
brochures. some of them public ad-
dresses, which contain fine reading
and some important and often for
gotten bits of history. His most am
bilious attempt appears in a small
volume with a foreword by the recent
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and was written in the campaign in
which he achieved such signal vic
tory. 1t is called "Rededicating
America" and in some parts it Of
fers solution to the bonus problem.
and that on the high ground of the
patriotic duty which stares every
citizen in the face to aid the world
in its present demoralized condition,
even at heavy personal sacrifice.
There is also an address on the men,
80 y, frN 1A 1~fN
ing as some of the oratorial flights
in the early days of American states
manship, and this was delivered be-
fore the Continental Congress of the
D. A. r. in April, 1915. But the
President. like all of his craft, has
the kind of writing which appears in
books. but has devoted himself to
shaping public Aepinion according to
his frequently expressed ideals.
While the American State Depart
ment is getting closer to the policy
of diplomacy as a career, the older
nations apparently veer in the other
direction. The diplomatic corps serv-
Ing at this capital furnishes so many
Illustrations that it is more con-
renient to cite the rule rather than
the exception. NJ. Jusserand. the dean.
has been a diplomatist since he left
the university, and has gone step by
the French foreign office until he be-
came ambassador at this capital, in
1902. The Brazilian and Chilean am
bssadors are professional in their
calling. but the others are mostly
accidental. like the British, who was
professor. and the italian. who was
an agriculturalist, holding seat in
parliament: Recent appointments
made by Secretary Hughes proclaim
goes to Brussels. served his appren
ticeship long and faithfully. So, too.
DR.. William Miller Collier, now in
Chile. and also Mr.. Frederick Morris
Nearing, who goes to Lisbon and who
has been an assistant secretary in the
State Department for several years.
The big posts, like that of London.
Paris. Berlin. Vienna and Rome. con-
tiLue as political rewards. but so they
are viewed in older centers. But one
entirely new and interesting feature
is that, except in the rareSt eXcep
tions, are Americans appointed who
do not know the language of the
country to which they are assigned.
The medical profession is as proud
of the elevation of the president of
their American organization. DR.. HUI
bert Work, to a seat at the presi-
Dental council table as the news
paper publishers were of Warren G.
SlS Hat UT Tie
rians of the world that one of their
active members has been chosen the
father of Christendom. as the Roman
pontiff's ancient designation is. DR..
Work had been acting for some time
as health officer for the state of
Colorado when he became first as
eistant postmaster general, and he
remains the president of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, and, it is
understood, will retain his post until
the regular meeting, in the late au
tumn. DIR. Work marks off another
selected from the healing arts to high
official trust, but he is one of the few
ever selected to be cabinet official,
DIR. Franklin being another, but he
had studied medicine as he studied
everything. His success is acclaimed
in more states than the centennial
commonwealth, for he is a native of
Pennsylvania and received his aca-
demic education, as well as his pro-
fessional, at it's famous university.
One of his first pleasant duties will