The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-30
ev GEORGE r. HOLMES
I n 9. staff corresoonde ut

WASfiINGiON. Jan ~ S>.'sc |
times, in the stress and turmoil OF IN ]
ternational conferences, treaties. agri- +!
cultural blocs. tax legislation ana |
other Ills that President Of the I
United States is heir to, Warren e.
Harding wishes he could slip back for
: little while to the Good Old Days
The Good Old Days" were those
when the great American dollar was !
4 power in the land, and thing to
be looked up to and not down upon |
The Good Old Days" were those IN /
which a dollar would buy dollar
watch or twenty fairly good cigars, to
say nothing OF what il would accom-
piisi1 in tie way OF entertainment.
Rrcsntly. during . tanning bee with
ether newspaper men," the Presi-
dent, pufing . sweetly odorous pipe,
waxed reminiscent and spun tale
which should go down in all the eco
nomic primers of the land. While a
great deal OF the charm is lost in the
re-telling. the story intrinsically is
worth much as evidence OF what the
dollar once would accomplish. Sub
stantially. the President told the story
as follows:
This was back in the days when
the Marion Star first became affiuelt
that day l had been the editor. the
reporter. the advertising man and
quite a bit besides.
Shakespearsan Troupe Is Here
Our reporter-lets call him Bill
Jones-was the NEST ardent admirer
Of William Shakespeare I've ever
seen. / had Shakespearean leanings
myself in those days, being particu-
1arly partial TO julius Caesar. I've
since lost some Of my fondness for
Caesar. but that is no part OF this
story.
AT any rate. a noted Shakespear-
ian troupe came to Cleveland one
week. Cleveland is about one hun
bred miles from Marion. Dill yearned
to go to Cleveland. He would have
gone to Timbuctoo to see Shakespeare
creditably acted had some yearn-
ings about going myself. So we de-
cided we could make it by little
financial manipulation. We planned
tn go on Saturday.
In those days the railroads used to
issue passes to proprietors of news
papers. l had one myself, and one
for my father l figpred We could get
fathers pass o. ks oyer to Bill for
this trip so | sent a request into
headquarters To this effect.
Meeting Pay Roll Left Little Cash
Game along Saturday morning ant
the AUTHORIZATION had not come
through. We were in somewhat Of 6
nix After paying of the Star force
with the exception Of Bill and Jack
the foreman, had just SIG. The fore
mans pay was $40. So went &c
Jack.
Jack said. I've got money here
to pay you. but want to so up tc
Cleveland to see a show. How abou,
letting mezgive it to you next week?
1t locks to me- he said. If you We
got money enough to run around te
shows you ought to have none,
enough to pay your help.
Well, that made me mad so | said
All right, take it But | decided tc
go anyway
Il knew all the railroad boys OF
our division. so went went down &c
the station and climbed on the train
for Cleveland with our S6. one pass
made out to Warren G. Harding arc
another 10 George T. Harding, M,
father
"He Knew Me and Twas All Right
When the conductor came through
j gave him the passes and explained
that the authorization had not come
Through in time for Bills using IN,
fathers pass. He knew me, and il
was all right. Everything looked
rosy.
Then we got to Gallon, twent,
mikes away. Gallon in those days
was the division point. They chang
ed conductors there. When the nev
conductor came through repeated
my explanation. But it didn't get any
where.
""rwo-sixty.' said the conductor
'cr on you 60
There wasn't anything to do hu
pay it. ) That left US $3.40. and vi
landed in Cleveland with $40
We went straight to the theata
and bought two seats at a doila
apiece. That left US ST 40 and a hun
dred miles from home
Il don't think | ever enioved ;
show more. Nor did Bill. We jus
fairly revelled in that show. We for
got that We had 81 10 and were ;
hundred miles from home.
"Nsver Did Dollar Look So Bio"
Coming out Of the theatar W.
started down the street, figuring how
We We're going to get something !,