South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-10
HARDING RELATES
OLD DAYS STORY
President of Nation Isn't Too
Busy in Work to Recall
Back Memories.

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international conferences. treaties,
times. i'm the stress and turmoil Of
agricultural blocs, tax legislation
and other ills that a president Of the
United states is heir 10. Warren G.
Harding wishes be could slip back
for a little while TO the Good Old
Days"
The Good old Days" were those
when the great American dollar was
q power In the land. and a thing to
be looked mp 10 and not down upon.
The Good Old DAYS were those i'm
which dollar would buy a dollar
watch or 20 fairly good cigars. TO say
nothing of what it would accom-
plish i'm the way OF entertainment.
Recently. during a tanning bee
with "other newspaper men," the
president. putting a sweetly odOrOus
pipe, waNed reminiscent and spun
tale which should 60 down in all the
economic primers OF the land. While
great deal of the charm is lost i'm
the retellng the story intrinsiCally
is worth much as evidence of what
the dollar once would accomplish.
substantially. the president told the
story as follows
ShakcSpCarcan Troupe Is Here.
This was hack i'm the days when
the Marion star first became afflu-
cnt enough TO afford a reporter.
Before that day I had been the edi-
tor, the reporter. the advertising
man and quite a bit besides.
"Our reporter-let's call him Bill
Joues-was the most ardent admirer
OF William Shakespeare I've ever
seen I had Shakespearean learnings
myself I'm those days. being particu-
larry partial 20 Julius Caesar. I've
since lost some Of my fondness for
Caesar but that is no part Of this
story.
AT any rate. a noted Shakespear-
IAN troupe came TO Cleveland one
week cleveland is about 100 miles
from Marion. Bill yearned to go TO
Cleveland He would have gone 20
Timbuctoo TO see Shakespeare cred
itabIy acted ] had some warnings
about going myself So we decided
we could make il by little financial
manipulation. We planned to go on
Saturday
"In those DAYS the railroads used
TO issue passes TO prorrietors OF
newspapers. ] had one myself. and
ore for my father. 7 figured we
could get fathers pass O. K'd over
to Bill for this trim. 80 I sent a re-
quest into headquarters to this e.
feet
Meeting Payroll Left Little Cash.
Game along Saturday morning
and the authorization had not
what OF fix. After paying Off the
star force with the exception OF
Bill and Jack, the foreman. I had
iust SIC. The foremau's pay was
$40. So I went 20 Jack
Jack I said I've got money
here 20 paw YOU. but 7 want TO 60
up 10 Cleveland 10 see a show. How
about letting me give 10 TO YOU next
week.
"'It looks % me-. he said. "a
you've got enough TO run around %
shows YOU ought 10 have money
enough 90 gay your help.
Well that made me mad. so
said All right take it, But I de-
clded 90 go anyway.
"T know all the railroad boys or
our division. so we went down q
che station and climbed on the trair
FOR Cleveland. I with our Sc. ont
pass made out TO Warren &C. Hard
inS and another to George T. Hard.
ing my father
lie Knew Ne and Twas all Right
When the conductor cam,
through I gave the passes and ex
planned that the authorization had
not come through IN time for Bnu
using my fathers pass He knew
me. and So was all right. Everything
looked rosy.
Then we got 20 Gallon. 90 mile.
away. GGalion IN those DAYS wa,
the DIVISION point They change
conductors there. when the new
conductor came through 7 repeat
ei my explanation. But Il didn'
get anywhere.
'Two-sixty.' said the conductor
cor OF you 60
There wasn't anything 20 do bu
pay g.. That left Us $40. and ",
landed in Cleveland with s3.40
We went straight 70 the theate
and bought two seats AZ a dolla
apiece. That left US $40. and
hundred miles from home.
II don't think I ever enjoyed
show more Nor did Bill. We Jus
fairly revelled IN that show. We for
got that we had $40 and were
hundred miles from home
Never Did Dollar Look So Big
Coming out OF the ttheater, ",