South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-19
Noted Woman Sculptor Tells How She
Made Work Of Art For the President
BY SALLY JAMES FARNHANI.
Sculptor Who Is Finishing a Bust
Of Pres't Harding.


NEW YORK, March 1s.-Pres't
Harding is the best dressed presi-
dent ] have seen.
lie is so perfectly groomed and
wears such well-seleCted materials
that one is not conscious of the style
OF his clothing. I'm quite sure that
during the five or six times I saw
him. while modelling mime. he wore
different suits. But / couldn't tell
the pattern or cut of them, they
were in such excellent taste. l have
rather a vague idea that gray and
blues predominant. Even his ties
are so well chosen that one does not
notice them.
Prest Harding is not fussy. He
walks into his office. settles in his
chair and is ready at the drop of
the hat He doesn't even stop TO
adjust his necktie.
The light in his office is very bad
for modelling. When Pres't Harding
saw that 1 was prepared TO work on
one side Of the room he said simply:
you prefer working on that side,
do you2 I usually face the opposite
direction when receiving callers, but
I can change.
Nothing further He changed.
AL of the time 1 was working I
kept getting the impression OF his
having a fine sense Of strength in
reserve. There is also a peculiar
serenity in his face.
His eyes are deep set with all
kinds of nice crinkly laughter lines
around the corners. I think they
are his most characteristic feature.
His heavy black brows are unusual.
He is extremely active and does
not hold a posture long. Yet he
J never dallies with anything about his
\ desk-pencr, pen or paper knife
while in conversation. There is no
nervousness about his movements.
| Possibly the one gesture which I
I remember best is his reaching out
20 pet Laddie Boy.
Laddie Boy (Pres't Harding's Air
dale) is always in the presidents
office. He has his own chair there
and really IS more important in his
manner than the president. He is
quite Indifferent TO anyone except
Mr.. Harding.
Every now and then, while the
] president is in conversation, Laddie
Boy leaves his chair. goes to the
president and shifts his hand as If
10 assure himself that all IS well.
The president always pats his head.
Then Laddie Boy goes back TO his
chair satisfied.
Pres't Harding has very beauti-
I full hands-fine hands. They are
we'll kept, capable, strong and show
a great deal of imagination. I wasn't
at all surprised when he told me
/ that he had always wanted TO model
He has a most unusual way of
shaking hands; nothing set about 1t.
/ Neither is there anything set about
his smile.
Pres't Harding has the look Of a
man who will live long. Observe
him closely and you viii see a great
deal of the vitality of the boy about
him. a tremendous reserve of
! healthy thinking and living.
He smokes cigarets occasionally
| between interviews, always asking
! permission.
He has wonderful balance. He
doesn't try 10 fool himself, which is
quite unusual in a public man. He
was totally unconcerned about
whether I should get his chin just
so or his nose quite as straight as it
is. And he can't be flattered. He
! hasn't a particle of egoism.
He is an excellent model, he is so
| entirely simple and unaffected.
He is no poseur.
Copyright, 1922, by NEA Service)