The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
Tired Look Left on Links As
Executive Starts North tor
Two Years Of Steady Work
KIDS WITH DAUGHERT 7
Arm About Attorney Generals
Shoulders, President Dlssi-
pates Talk Of Campaign Rift
BY GEORGE 4. HOLMES,
international News eervine.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March
81. President Harding brought
to q conclusion tonight his stay
Of nearly four weeks IN Florida
and started northward.
Accompanied by most Of the
members Of his original vacation
party, the Executive left ST.
augustine by special train for
Augusta, Ca, where q stop Of
several days win be made be-
fore his return to the White
House.
HEALTH IMPROVED.
Both the President and Mrs.
Harding left Florida in much better
health than they entered It. The
saIIow complexion and the tired
appearance which the President
brought South have been left on
dozen golf courses and rivers over
which he has played and cruised iii
the last few weeks. He has acquired
rudy coat Of tan and the excel
lence of his physical condition iB
attested by his capacity for ten
miles Of golf : day with little
fatigue.
The President considers this the
best vacation he ever has had.
Never before has he been enabled
to get so completely away from the
responsibilities that Till his days ct
the White House. The commumi-
cations which the President has
received from washington reuIiir-
Ill
most be numbered on the fingers Of
one hand and he has resolutely ret
his face against conferences with
the numerous Florida sojOuTmers
who came South In hopes Of ind
Ing Mr.. Harding more accessible on
vacation than in the White House.
House.
SEES LONG WORK PERIOD.
The principal reason for the Presis.
dent working so hard at playing
Is that he does not expect to set
another real vacation. before 1872.
The two years Of his Administra-
ton ahead promise to be strenuous
with even more strenuous campaign
coming toward the close OF his
term. This summer he faces nard
Western trim, He has considered
It the better part Of wisdom to get
himself In the best possible ply
steal trim against eventualittes.
The stop at Augusta IL being
made principally on Mrs. Harding's
account. Her physicians were
skepticaI OF an immediate change
from summary Florida to wintery
washington and recommended the
Journey North be taken at easy
stages.
Attorney General Daugherty, who
has been in and out of the Presi-
dents party during the stay IN
Florida, left st. Augustine tonight
for Asheyille, N. c.. where ne VIII
complete his recuperation before re-
turning to Washington. President
Harding spent considerable part
of his last afternoon here talking
shop with his Attorney General,
and 1t is understood that politics
formed the chief topic of discussion:
FRIENDLY WITH DAUGHERTY.
If Mr.. Harding harbors any re-
sentiment or displeasure against the
Attorney General for the now IA
nous Daugherty announcement Ct
Miami, It was not apparent to OBJ
servers here today. In fact, the
President went out of his way today
to show his affection and esteem
for his chief political spokesman.
The Attorney General walked out
on the green today to meet the
President at the conclusion Of his
morning round sof golf.
Hello, Harry, it's good to see
you OUT" the President said warm
ly. After he had holed cut, he
walked across to the clubhouse with
his arm thrown about Daugherty's
shoulder. He congratulated the At
torney General on the marked i'm
provement in his physical condition,
and the two stood for several min
utes Kidding each other while
a battery of cameras clicked.
Daugherty returned to the hotel
with the President, and after lunch,
spent hours i'm his apartment.
There was every indication of cordi-
atty between the two, and If there
has been any rift in their friend
ship of thirty years, it was not aps
parent today.