The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-03

Warren Harding, but he was a good whole-souled, solid-principled boy when he went to school to me in the little town of CALEDONIA" And Warren Harding when a boy was intensely human, too, because he loved fresh baked apple pie.
 All of this, and much more, a representative of the International News Service learned from Louisa Cope Rhodes, of No. 2174 Stearns Road, Cleveland, who was Warren Harding's teacher in the Caledonia public schools for two winters nearly a half-century ago. when the present president was thirteen and fourteen years of age. -
 boy doesn't have to be a prodigy nor extraordinary in any sense to become president, Mrs. Rhodes Ob- served, when she told, with wonder full clearness of mind and vivacity of manner, despite her seventy-si years, the story of Warren Harding 8 bolhood days in her school in the country village where she taught. 1 WARREN STOOD WELL IN
 STUDIES
 Warren stood we'll in his studies; he was bright in all of them, but not remarkably so in any branch. He was studious, but not extremely so; he was little bit mischievous; yes, he was pretty full of mischief, but there was nothing mean about him." Mrs. Rhodes remarked reminiscently, as she recalled the characteristics of the boy whose progress as captain of the snip of state she watches with almost motherly anxiety.
 I q believe Warren's nickname was 'Granddaddy' when he went to me to school" Mrs. Rhodes continued. That was because he was sort of slow in his deliberations and was kind Of fatherly. too. He seemed to be little above and over the others just na- turally; lie wasn't 'bossy' or cranky It was a strange nickname the other scholars gave him, but l can see now better than could then how he got t.. Indeed, now see the same character istics in Warren as President and as a man that I saw in him as boy. only 1 o,,f
 | Mrs. Rhodes doesn't know where Warren Gamaliel Harding got his mid dle name. She never speaks it, and in all of her mention of the President calls him plain Warren" And IL was as "Warren" that her pupil who rose to fame always desired to De addressed, Mrs. Rhodes recalled.
 PRESIDENT GIVES GENTLE
 REJoiNER
 After Warren was lieutenahl-eo'- erpor of Ohio, saw him in Marioh' and when I greeted him I said: 'Ho" do vou do. Governor?'" remarked Mrs Rhodes. "Without any affecta- tion he shook my hand and replied: Since when did get to be anybooy but Warren?'
 q think that has been one secret ot Warren's success. He never seemed effected; he mixes with the people, is always sociable and friendly, cnd seems to know them It is this, ana his; ability to entertain, coupled with the same kind of baility on the part of his wife. added to his sympathetic nature that serves as background for his companionable qualities that has made Warren the great success in politics and statesmanship that he is" was the way Mrs. Rhodes energeti- cally analyzed the Presidents char acter.
 But Mrs. Rhodes is not woman to overlook the faults and frailtics in even Warren Harding, if she knew of any. She did observe that she thought, when she heard him give public address on Cleveland Heights several years ago, that he might have been more graceful in his ora tory, but at that time she stated, he acknowledged that he was very much embarrassed for two reasons. one being that one of his former teachers was in the audience and the other being that he had lost tho notes for his speech.
 DID NOT INDICATE PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION
 Mrs. Rhodes does not believe the secret of Warren Harding's success en-