The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-09

Marion. O.. Dec . This is the
story uf the dream t,.at never came
( true.
1t is the dream of tIto iitt.c young
sters about the day th"y would 90 to
visit their grandmother in the White
House.
Two years and hall Mrs. Florence
King Harding reigncd as its mis-
tress-but never once while she was
"first lady" did her grandchildren
enter the sacred plcrinats Of tn"
great old mansion where Lincoln, Me
Kinley and Roosevelt All lived.
Often they asked to nc taken there.
But always they were told they We're
too young. In littl" while. ycs.
when they were older, jhc% could go.
And so George Neel> De W"ifc an,
his sister, Jeanne, began building.
their aircastles, as all children do.
They would sit long hoGrs at Il
stretch talking Of the fun they would
have when they went down to- Wash h-
ington to see their grandmother wh"
lived in the White Hoisc. 80
But They Never Saw "l-addic Boy"
They would picture themselves or
dering the buffers and serving maids
about in the big dining rooEl, or
shouting commands to the policemen
at the doors.
They would see themselves du: in
the yard plucking the pretty White
House flowers and lompnE about
H,if I n
lawn
And what fun it would be to play
tag up and down the great wide stair
cases on rainy days: to e%p!ore the
rooms and the closets upstairs; to
scamper, at will, into the e>cru-
tive offices to sit at tn" presidents
own desk!
But their dreams. like so many
other childhood dreams. never were
fulfilled. Some day, perhaps they
would have been, put
President Warren G.. Harding. the
only grandfather they ever knew,
died when his term of office was only
a little more than half through, and
their grandmother came back to Mar
ion again.
They did not see much of her.
though. for her health was poor and
she was confined to Il sanitarum
most Of the time. And then they
were saddened by the news Of her
death. She, like their grandfather,
was gone.
But even on her deathbed Mrs.
Harding, who used to send them toys,
nice clothes and candies from the
White House, remembered them. She
made Il will leaving them the bulk
Of her estate.
They Receive Half Il Million
Now George, at II, and Jeanne, IS,
find themselves very wealthy. They
will share equally in Il fortune cS-
timated at half million dollars. at
least--the last bequest from their
grandmother.
The thought of all the money,
though, hasn't affected either of the
children one bit
George still has his paper route.
He is starting out in the newspaper
game just as his father started years
ago, delivering the Marion Star, the
newspaper his stepgrandfather with
Mrs. Harding's help, made nationally
famous.
And while he is delivering his pa
pers, Jeanne is at home helping her
mother with the 'housework. She is
learning, as all girls should, how to
manage home.
I'm going to keep on carrying pa
pers,'' says George, "while Pm going
to school. | haven't quite decided
what / shall do after that, but you
can be sure / intend finishing high
school and college.
"And money isn't going to spoil
me. either. don't ever intend to
take life easy"
Jeanne. too, is determined to OBJ
tain all the education she can. And
beside what she will learn in school,
she wants to learn to Keep house
neatly, cook we'll and sew we'll.
Harding Very Fond of Them
And their step-father, Roscoe ID.
Mezger, city salesman for local
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