Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-03-06
PRESIDENT EAGER
AS YOUTH AS HIS
CARES SLIP AWAY
Golf Clubs Brought to Him
on Train as He Talks of
Florida Links.
SUNSHINE AND SMILES
R0UT WORRIES OF YEAR
Mrs. Harding Basks in Warm Rays
as Train Heads for 0rmond
and Houseboat.
Ry the Associated Press

oAeho-ND AASAS1hS II AosS N a. IN Vs
-President and Mrs. Harding ar
rived at Ormond by train Mt noon
today. They were met by Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Mclean Of Washfn8-
ton and Immediately boarded the
houseboat Pioneer, which Mr.. Nc
Lean has chartered for his guests
in the presidential party.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March g.
The presidential special, conveying
President and Mrs. Harding and party
to Ormond, stopped here at 10 o'clock
today to leave Secretary and Mrs.
Weeks in the city and to allow
Charles G. Dawes to board the train
Mrs. Harding appeared on the rear
platform for the first time during the
trip and was greeted by genuine
Florida sunshine and the genial
humor Of ex-senator Chauncey Depew.
Secretary and Mrs. Weeks will remain
in the city until the return OF the presi-
Dental party to st. Augustine on Marcn
Is or 20.
Florida is good to you this morning"
was Chauncey Depew's greeting to
President and Mrs. Harding. 49,
wonderful weather." he,,, .eEIas reRlisdl. 4. the
fTeSlQGnI, anu "OIlucIlul SihtCo'
The special departed at 1920 o'clock
for Ormond, where the presidential
party will board a houseboat for water
trip down the east coast. Mrs. Haro-
ing, after standing a while, sat in a
chair as the train backed out, a pre-
sented bouquet in her hands.
Visions Become Real.
ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD
INGS TRAIN, NEAR SAVANNAH,
Ga. March 6.-The visions of rest and
freedom from wearing official duties,
which President Harding has had Tor
months. today became real.
The chief executive, with Mrs.
friends, awoke this morning nearing
the border of Florida, where for a
month he will endeavor to find relax
alton after year of steady atten-
tion to the international and domestic
problems of the nation.
Evidences that the President was
looking forward eagerly to a vaca
ton have been apparent to those OF
his party ever since the departure
yesterday at noon from rom nrnnnd asnrns the the
first stopping place on the TRIP the
eagerneSS grew.
Golf Clubs Brought Out.
Preparations for making the most
of the vacation began early toaay;
Golf clubs were brought forward ano
the conversation turned to the relative
merits of the golf courses in the
dozen or so Florida east coast resorts
where the presidential party Will stop.
Awaiting the executive ana ms
party. with the exception OF the Sec
retary of War and Mrs. Weeks, who
plan to leave the train at St. Angus
tine. was the houseboat of Edward b.
Mclean. the Washington publisher,
who. with Mrs. Mclean, will act as
hosts during a trip down the lnolan
has been arranged as the first fea-
ture of the Presidents vacation on
reaching Ormond, about midday.
Greeted by Rail Men.
The thoughts of the executive dur
ing the trip were not altogether OF
the prospective pleasures, however.
During a stop at Rocky Mount, n. C.'
last evening the President was greet.
ed by several hundred employees OF
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and
their families. and his first questions
were as to conditions In the railroad
Rocky Mount was one of the storm
centers in last summers rail strikes
and Mr.. Harding wanted to know no"
things were going with the men. They
assured him that all now was well,
and when Secretary of Labor Davis
appeared on the platform and was In
troduced by the President, the head
of the Labor Department got a round
of applause.
"Have Corn Liquor"
The President also wanted to know
about cotton prices. and the condition
of affairs among the cotton planters
and the cotton mill owners and their
employees.
Have you any boil weevils down
here?" he asked.
You bet we have boil weevils and
also corn liquor" spoke up a man in
the back Of the crowd.
you know you are not supposed to
have any Of the latter" the President
responded, "and 1 guess there is not
as much of it as there is talk about
it."
KNOWS VOTERS ATTITUDE.