Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-09-01

Tor rest Of three or four weeks
IN New England. With SO many prob
lens pressing Tor solution, he has de
cided to remain ahere. He was COM
PEELED TO cancel plans for a vacation
last summer because of the inability
OF the congress 10 complete the work
he had laid out for 1t. He has had
II months in the White House with
out real break. This surpasses the
record of any President within the pc
Rod of the present generation.
Last spring the President made def
mite plans for visiting Alaska this sum
mer. He was to have spent the en-
tire Month of August In the territory
as the guest Of Scott c. Bone, the
territorial governor. But as the sum
mer came on the congress was still
on his hands and it became necessary
to abandon the Alaskan trip. Fol-
lowing the cancellation Of this plan,
the tentative arrangements tor a pro-
longed stay In New England were made.
Then the miners strike and the strike
of railroad shopmen demanded the
Presidents attention, and the general
industrial situation became so unsat.
isfactory that it was deemed advisable
to give up the plans Tor going to New
England.
The United States has had a good
many Woodworking Presidents. but not
one of them put in more hours at his
desk than does President Harding. He
1 flxy 70, no
Office before the clerical force reports
for duty, and it is a common thing for
him to be at his desk until ten O'clock
or eleven o'clock at night. This does
not mean that he works these long
hours without taking some time of
during the day.
Plays Golf In Early Morning.
Unless the pressure of official duties
is unusually heavy, Mr.. Harding goes
out for a round at golf every day. Dur
ing the last few months he has been
goins; to the golf game early in the
morning two or three days in .Ea
week.
The driver Of milk wagon reported
the other morning that as hi. was pass
ing the White House little before 6
1 a. m. he observed the President start
ing out in his automobile headed in
the direction of one of the golf
courses, while four secret service men
We're putting on their collars and neck
ties as they hurried away in a second
machine in pursuit of the President.
The sight that interested the driver
of milk wagon is not an unusual one.
When the President makes up his
mind the evening before to get an
early start on the golf course. he
leaves a call for a. IN. The secret
service men, whose duty it is always
to keep him in sight, are called at the
same hour, but some of them live some
distance from the White House. and
it frequently happens that they are
compelled to hustle. On days when
the President does not go to the golf
course at a. M, he goes out immedi-
ately after breakfast and is back at
his desk about 1890 a. m. Recently
on account of the press of business
he has done but little golting in the af-
ternoon. No person acquainted with
the hard tasks that confront the Pres
! idept of the United States every day
would think of criticising him for TAX
ing a little time off each day for rec
reation. Mr. Harding seldom goes out
in his automobile for the mere pleas
ure of riding.
Keeps on Shaking Hands.
Recently the Presidents cabinet has
been trying to persuade him to con-
serve his strength by declining to
shake hands with the folks from all
over the country who throng Wash
ington during the summer season. The
President has declined to turn the
tourists away empty handed. Three
times a week-on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday-long lines OF tourists
form in front of the executive office,
and at one o'clock or thereabouts
these lines move forward. Not infre-
l'ouently the President sLakes hands
with 500 or 600 persons at one Of
these midday affairs. TO a consider
able extent the handshaking crowds
represent organizations Of various
kinds.
Ii the Industrial situation should be
Strengthened out within the next week
or two the President would still have
the dilatory congress on his hands and
would not feel like leaving the nation
al capital. The determination Of the
President to stick to his tasks-a de-
termination that has kept him in Wash
ington through two summers-has
made it difficult for members of his
cabinet to take vacations. Some OF
them have not had weeks full rest
since March 4, 1921. In the old days
Washington used to practically shut
mn shop during the summer season.
The Landlord Lied.
sYou fellows ere always pitching In