The Washington times., 1923-08-01
HARDING SMILES
NDHOPES
FOR GOLF
Likely to See Friends During
Day-varying Personality
of His Doctors.
By FRED j. WALKER.
Cosmopolitan News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. For
the first time Since he was stricken
Sunday close friends of President
Harding may be permitted to visit
the sick room today.
With the dangerous stage of his
ailment definitely PAST. the President
has begun to prepare for the long
period of convalescence which his
physicians declare lies ahead Of him.
at may be anywhere from ten
days to two or three weeks" Briga-
der General Sawyer declared today
in commenting on the length Of time
his patient will remain in San Fran
cisco.
Although disturbed by the neces-
sity of having to remain away from
official duties for this indefinite
length of time, President Harding
is so thankful for his remarkably
quick recovery that he permits notn-
ing to interfere with his usual
CHEEKY outlook on life.
MOurns for Golf.
"I would like to play a little golf,
though" he is reported to have re-
marked with a twinkle In his eyes
when told the worst was over.
The varying types of PERSONAL
ties noticeable in the five physi-
clans who are constantly attending
him Is a never-failing source Of
good humored bantering.
DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, .presi-
dent of Stanford University and
noted stomach specialist, is nearly
six feet four inches tall. OF a
solemn, almost gloomy character,
he presents a contrasting type to
DR.. Hubert Work, intimate friend
of the President and Secretary of
the Interior.
DR.. Work, similarly tall, speaks
seldom but has twinkle in his
eyes and a never failing cheerful
outlook on life.
Brigadier General Sawyer, Presi.
dent Harding's personal physician,
is a midget in comparison with
either Wilbur or Work, apparently
barely scaling five and a half eeet.
He is thin and his strong, magnify
ing glasses give a penetrating look
to his eyes.
DR.. Sawyer is frankly from
Missouri" where President Hard
ing's physical condition is con-
cerned, in that he refuses to be
unduly optimistic unless conditions
warrant When he remarks that
the President is improving" he
indicates that continued improve
ment may be well expected.
Silent War Hero.
The most retiring of the attend.
ing physicians is DR.. ]. T. Boone,
who with DIR. Sawyer, comprises
President HaFding's personal med
ical staff.
Although bearing a literal chest
full" of war decorations, including
the Congressional medal, he rarely
has anything to say. He has re-
NAMED constantly with the Presi-
dent at all hours of the day and
night. His sleeping quarters are
but ten feet or so removed from
the sick room.
DR.. c. M. Cooper is one Of the
most famous of San Francisco
specialists. In all ailments center
ing in the heart he is regarded as
being one of the ablest practition-
ers available. Since graduating
from Edinburgh University he has
alternated his personal practice
with college lectures on diseases
of the heart.
He is rarely seen by outsiders
as he makes a practice of slipping
in to the Presidential suite by re-
mote passages in order to dodge
the deluge of questions that greet
those in personal touch with Presi-
dent Harding.
AS practically the entire eighth
floor is now occupied by White
House attaches and newspapermen,
much of the congestion that in
the first two days was noticeable,
has paSSed