Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17

! MARION, O., Dee 1}.-This is
the story of the dream that never
came true.
; 1t is the dream of two, little
! youngsters about the day they would
90 to visit their grandmother in the
White House.
| Two years and n half Mrs. Flor
enee King Harding reigued as its
mistress-but never once while she
was first lady" did her grand
children enter the sacred precincts
of the great old mansion where Lin
coin, Mckinley and Roosevelt all
! lived.
Often they asked to be taken
there. But always they were told
they were too Young. In a little
while,-ves, when they were older
they could 20.
And so George Naelv De Wolfe
and his sister, Jeanne, began build
ing their aircastles, as all children
do.
/ They would sit long hours at a
stretch talking of the fun they
! would have when they went dowr
to Washington to sec their grand
mother who lived in the White
House
Bat They Never Saw "L1dd:o
Boy
They would picture themselves
ordering the buffers and serving
maids about in the big Dining room
or shouting commands of the police
men at the doors.
They would see themselves out in
the yard plucking the pretty White
House flowers and romping about
with Laddie Boy on the rolling
green lawn.
And what fun ~ would be to
play tag up and down the great
wide staircases on rainy days; to
| explore the rooms and the closets
upstairs; to scamper, at win, into
the executive offices to sit at the
president s own desk.
! But their dreams, like so many
other childhood dreams, never We're
| fulfilled. Some day, perhaps, they
would have been, but
President Warren G. Harding,
the only grandfather they ever knew
died when his term of office was
! only little more than half through,
and their grandmother came hack
to Marion again.
They did not. see much of her,
though. for her health was poor, and
she was confined TO sanitarium
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 daathbed Mrs.
Harding. who used to send them
toys. nice clothes and candies from
the White House, remembered them.
She mada Il viii leaving them the
bulk Of her estate.
Receive Half Million
Now George. at 10, and Jeannie,
. -, find themselves very wealthy.
They will share equally in fortune
estimated at half n million. at least
the last bequest from their grand
mother.
The thought Of al the money.
Thought, hasn't affected either OF
thee hildren 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
f'Star, the newspaper his stepgrand-
/ father, 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 a home.
"I'm going to keep On carrying
papers" says George, "while ] m
going to school. / haven Z quite de
/, cided what ! shall do after that
, but YOU can be sure I intend finish
! ing high school and college.
81 "And money ism T going TO spoi
? me, either. / don't ever intend t
? take life easy
Jeanne. too. is determined to oh
: tain all the education she can. Ant
beside what she win learn in schoo
c she wants TO learn to keep hous'
) neatly, cook well and sew well.
2 Harding Very Fond Of Them
8 And their step-father, Roscoe D
Q Meier, city salesman for a Ioca
. grocery house, also will assure yol
, that the children S new wealth "