South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-04
Physician Says
reSident Is as
Well as Year Ago

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sibly do. In other words. ] dare say
that Pre-t Harding is in prime ply
steal condition. equal TO what he was
q year ago.
ESQ man could have improved
mSch under the load that he has
carried sac has done well 90 hold
his pace.
$50 man can come into his office
wits us Ions hours and sponsibill-
ties and change o. normal habits. IN
Guiding Official duties and official and
rXacting social obligations and have
stood it any better than has Warren
O. Harding
Must Conserve.
But" his physician went ON, "a
bank which permits IFS resources to
continually dwindle away soon faces
fagurc This also is true OF human
beings. and tho president IS no ex-
cepuon"
Prcs't Harding gets x. at fun out
~ his golf. aside from tho physical
benefits and DR. Sawyer thinks he
should have gone south during the
winter for a week or so Of golf.
Washington weather made solf inn
possible
Tie should do it now" he de-
clared
Facts is hc forgets himself en-
tirelv and devotes himself to the
duties of his office Tie is unfair TO
himself"
Gen Sawyer has determined that
from now ON his patient must do
more "to maintain himself 10 "a high
degree OF physical fitness
He has advised the president that
physically che must Ice am example
90 the rest OF the nation
m Several Times
Although the public was not in
formed. there were days during the
w.nter-one OF the most severe I'm
Washington history when the
pres idcnt had q number of sliSht
attacks which might have brought
ON acute illness"
There was a great deal of grippe
and mild form OF influenza i'm
Washington this winter and the
president was subjected TO the same
opportunities Of getting sick as any
other man.
But ue escaped serious illness and
Gen sawyer naturally feels happy
because. as he says. his job is not TO
cure the president but 10 keep him
WELL
The president averages % confer
ences o. day with persons worth
while. Some of these conferences
last from one 10 two hours, although
I the average is about Is minutes
Between conferences he must
study reports and recommendations,
read and answer letters. and often
write speeches.
There IS hardly a night but that
Mr. HARDING does not carry with him
from tho executives offices 10 his pri-
waite study i'm tho White House inn
portant papers and reports which he
must read
The night before ne submitted the
arms conference treaties TO the Sen
ate Mr.. Harding remained awake
until O'Clock writing his message
Even aboard the presidential Yacht
Maytlower ON trips down the Pot0-
mac, ne took papers 20 study and
rccommendatious TO read.
During the year ne went 70 New
/ Pork twice 10 New England once.
\ TO Birmingham and Atlanta once,
| and once TO Yorktown Va, and VAL
/ ley Forge. Pa. But everywhere he
went there were speeches to deliver,
reception committees to. meet
Following his Plymouth speech at
/ Boston he went mp 10 Sec'y Weeks
summer home I'm New Hampshire for
what ne thought would be a Tow
/ days rest It turned out 10 bc q
. festiv, occasion for tho Ncw Eng
/ lauders with tho president making
/ five speeches i'm ono day and travel
iug $50 miles i'm am automobile from
town 20 town 90 make them
To Rest i'm Alaska
These are some of the reasons why
/ the proposed Alaskan trip this sum-
mer
II viii give his patient the appor-
tunity 10 forget politics 10 get out
into the open and TO rest
Before he goes TO Alaska sawyer
/ viii insist that Harding play more
/ colf walk more. ride more and take
/ time 20 go 90 baseball games.
Gen. sawyer has one other patient
/ Mrs. Harding The official social
/ duties of the mistress Of the White
/ House are eXactins. but the general
/ reports Mrs. Harding has stood the
/ strain we'll
/ She looks yuuger and She feels
/ better than at any tiule i'm rectnt
/ years he said