Evening star., 1922-09-11
Bulletin From Bedside De.
clares Complications Subsid-
ing and Condition Improved.
PRESIDENT TAKES HEART
AT FAVORABLE CHANGE
Many Visitors Express Sympathy
for Chief observation-disclosures
in Conference.

Improvement in the condition OF
Mrs. Harding, which began yesterday.
continued throughout the night and
the forenoon. and physicians in at
tendance deferred the operaaoS
which has been under consideration.
An official bulletin issued shortly
| after 10 o'clock today said the wife
of the President had spent less rest
less night, that complications were
\ subsiding and that generally her
condition, which became critical late
last week, was improved. 1t also
announced The decision to defer an
| operation.
| The statement said:
Mrs Harding's condition at $50
a.m.-Temperature, 1914; pulse. sc!
respiration, 80.
Night less restless Elimination
| increased. Complications subsiuiDk.
General appearances indicate i'm
| provement. Operative procedure de-
| ferred. c. Z. SAWYER
The bulletin was supplemented by
statements made by visitors to the
White House saying that Mrs. Hard
| ing had spent fairly restful night
Secretary Weeks. who called. said
he had been informed that the night
had been the best the patient had
| ndu since her condition became
| alarming.
Temperature Decreases.
| The temperature of the patient at
! $3.50 o'clock today, as noted in the
official bulletin, was 99is, as COM
j pared with 1001s at o'clock last
! night; her pulse was 90. as compared
| with 116 last night. and her respira-
ton was 80. as compared with Sc.
| These figures were said by medical
experts to be quite indicative of an
| Improvement
President Harding was reported to
be greatly encouraged by the seeming
| Improvement today in his wife's con-
dition: An air of optimism pervaded
| the White House, those in intimate
touch with the patient appearing to
be in better spirits over her condi-
ton than at any time during the
past three days.
| sleep, the President continued to keen
! in constant touch with his wife's bed
side and with the attending physi-
; clans The presence at the White
House of the entire consulting staff,
made complete yesterday by the ar
rival here of DR.. Charles Mayo. spe-
cialist from Rochester. Mimi, seemed
to strengthen the hope that Mrs.
Harding would successfully pass
through the present crisis
The relief felt by the President at
the turn for the better was shown
shortly before noon, when he left the
Executive Mansion for a walk about
the White House grounds. 1t was
! the firsl time he had left the EAecu-
tive Mansion since last Friday except
for a brief visit Saturday to the
office adjoining the White House. lie
was accompanied in his walk by Mr..
Hays and Edward B. Mclean, pub
/ Usher of the Washington Post.
William c. Redfield of New York.
Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet
Of President Wilson, called at the
White House to express his hopes for
the recovery of the patient and to
extend his sympathy to the President.
An endless stream of close friends
of the President and Mrs. Harding
visited the White House during the
day. The President personally met
most of them and was reported to be
bearing up well under the strain.
Among those who called were Will II.
Hays. former Postmaster General and
republican national chairman at the
time of Mr.. Harding's election to the
presidency, and Commissioner Ru-
dolph, chairman of the board of Com
miSSioners for the District of Column
bia.
Business at the executive Offices
was practically at a standstill, only
routine matters being transacted by
the clerical force. The President re-
mained away from his office and
Secretary Christian. who arrived at
the White House early this morning.
remained during the morning near
the President instead of going to his
office.
Many Express Sympathy.
Messages of sympathy. all express
ing the hope that Mrs. Harding would
be restored to health. continued to
arrive, many of them from leaiers in
governmental and private affairs in
other countries.
rs 90 ha v&l.,
| sician, was understood to have in
formed some of the Presidents close
friends today that Mrs. Harding was
brighter and stronger, and there is
a chance this attack might clear up,
as the previous attacks" The impress
sion gathered from DIR. Sawyer. these
friends said. was that the chances
rather favored recovery"
Mrs. Harding, spent "a fairly restful
night" but there was no marked
change in her condition, Secretary
Wallace was informed at the White
House shortly after s o'clock this
morning.
The Agriculture Secretary did not
see the President. but talked with
White House attaches.
Secretary Weeks, who called at the
White House soon after Mr.. Wallace
left. announced on leaving that Mrs.
Harding had spent the best night in
several nights and that the slight i'm
provement which set in yesterday
was continuing. with the patients
temperature getting nearer ES:nex..
Operation Is Doubtful.
Mr.. Weeks indicated that decision
as to an operation. which was post
poned yesterday after a consultation
of physicians, had not as yet been
reached. and said that DR.. Charles
Mayo, the Rochester, Mimi, specialist,
had told him last night that develop
ments would be awaited.
/ Senator Medill Mccormick of Illi-
nois, after talking with Secretary
Christian this morning. told corre-
spondents that reports on Mrs. Hard
ings condition were more encourag-
ing than last night. Indications, he
said, pointed to an operation, as Mrs.
| Hardings physical condition was
much more able to stand IL.
The condition of the first lady of
| the land was described as much bet
ter" by Senators Kellogg of Min
nesota and Hale, both of whom are
| close personal friends of the Presi-
dent. They indicated that no opera
| ton was imminent, taking q differ
ent view from that expressed by Sem
ator Mccormick.
Bulletin at D PM.
The bulletin issued by Mrs. Hard