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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1924)
SrEDTOTTTJ ITXTE TRTBT7NT5. rEDFOTlTJ. OTCECJON, FKTDAY. NOVFMTTl 2f. 1n PXUE FIVH DEATH CAM.S Silts. II Altl)l(i (continued from pnge one) she hud befriended In the humljltr wuIkH of life and tlume wl.u Hud look ed with admlnulon mid with pliy on the tragic course of her hrlef tenure ris mlmi-css of the-White House. Her Lire Story. The life Htory of Florence Kllng Harding, like nn epic of sturdy Americiin womanhood, was a chron icle of continual1 struggle ngulnst great odds, nnd of continual accom plishments. Prom the day she first faced the world In a pioneer home in the mid dle west, until, broken in health, she undertook 'the heavy retiionsibilitica of the White House, she encountered hardships before which u less cour ageous spirit would have weakened into drab mediocrity. Despite these trials Bhe not only kept her courage and her visorous Individuality, but she retained as well a depth of human understanding and a confidence In herself and those nbout her that endeared her to many thousands. After she became first lady of the land, as always in the years preceding, the helpless and the unfortunate reoelved the first and fullest measure of her devotion. Chil dren of every rinss had her unfail ing attention. Wounded veterans of the World War owed her many a debt for hours gladdened by her visits to their hospitals or by flowers sent by her personal order from Ihe White House conservatories. Hur un usual outgiving of sympathy extend ed to animals, many of whom, she be friended and protected.' Of Vigorous Mind. . In her thoughtfulness for the In terests of others and In her loyally to her friends, she was outspoken in i degreo that won for Unr . roooitnl tlon as one of ihe most vigorous- minded women who ever presided um- me nousenom or a presitient. un the night of election day in 1:0, she announced her determination to send away the policemen stationed at the White House gates glwo the Vntted Slates entered the war a purpose, which was fulfilled on the very day Mr. Harding took office. Before he even had looked around his new of fices he Issued nn order throwing the gntes wide open, and hundreds troop ed In across the lawn and peeped In at the windows while the new first lady of the land was presiding nt her first While House function an in-: formal luncheon for old friends and neighbors from .Marion. Ohio. During the whole time she was mistress of the executive mansion, .Mrs. Harding combined with her so cial duties. an unwavering nlleglance to her convictions, and displayed in doing so a degree of tact which won her universal esteem. The. social usages v so long a pa'rt of official Washington life were preserved by her to the letter but without ostentation. And at the same tiino she found op portunity to show in many wnys that she had lost none of her interest for the clai'B of home folks from which she had come. "Say that wo are just folks," she told newspapermen when they asked her for a message to the people at the time of Mr. Harding's inaugura tion. "We nre Just folks, but when I enter the White House I propose to accept all of Its social obligations and become ihe first lady of the land ic truth as well as name." The full significance of that prom ise was known to hut a few of her intimate friends. For years she had not seen n well day, and she had reached a time of life when evon the plucky cheerfulness with which aha (alnly his Interest In life, she made Ihe business office, and 'snon was in hargoif advertising and circulation, buying the print paper and other supplies, nnd even standing by the presses and Instructing the carriers before they Btarted on their routes. Site mothered the club established for covered her almost continual Buffer-',, study of their treatment and was lug was certain to bo broken by the instrumental In founding the vete exactlons of her position. It would rns' bureau nnd the establishment of have been easy to surrender to the a better system of hospital treatment, advh-e of physicians and friends, and, i .,,1111,,,l j..i.ii,. I.. I.,.lf.r tremem to sit down amid JMK-1 W "dod Soldiers. the comforts of the White House and1 The wounded men at waiter Keen ,,e ,.Hrrlcr boys, one of whom, ans muse triumphantly over past years of Hospital, on the outskirts of Wash- WerhiR to the name of ltnldinger, struggle. -Many women would have ington, were paid many surprise entered tho army, rose to the rank done It; but for her thnt was impos-1 islti by their friend, IhiIi i with 1 0f major, and was later detailed at slble. She declared she never would fruits nnd flowers. Weekly luiKOjthe white House as military aide be counted a "emitter." with her. bououets were Bern niso m umci to president. Another was ( new stution In life, she suld, wentnearby hospitals, inning wie sum certain responsibilities, and these re- hier of 1822 when, because of poor sponsibllities she was determined not health she was unable to carry out to shirk. Counted Out Papon. th usual, urogram of garden par ties on the White JHnuse grounds, she insisted on giving one at which word of greeting and encourage ment! Kepeatedly she left her place to guide a blind boy across a rough Golden West MEANS . NEW SHOW RTAT TO TODAY! JLVJ.1 d X J Doors Open 12:30! . OtatC&si. 0 u n d in rfQJf'$fi3By 1 Sornered by cattle V..- ,11,1 d1,u ( ni'i.,... i.t ni nnr row sense the obligations of mutual l-e J""""" " " helpfulness she had assumed when.'" tr ' "e hospitals In ISM. she became the wife of a Washing ton. Mo, e ban two struggling newspaper editor back In V'0,,'T, ''. f . I " ""l'1"1' ,,,,,m, ,nm Marion. Even in those days she 'f J'ft6t hfr an'1 ."th -lvl gave vnstly more to the marriage partnership than a woman usually is Marlon todav 'remember how she , , . i ... "... . .... refreshments to those unable to leave used to count out newspapers to them when they were newsboys. Vhenjtlu'"' chairs. the future president entered politics. Dcvatal. to Olriilren. she found new nnd unexpected-ways Sno ,vns passionntelv fond of chll- of helping him. As the wife of a sen-1 ,,,., nm, devoted much of hor time ator, sho kept In touch with hundreds to ,bo stmiy of ,,oll. (.,.e nnil lriei- in her state who wijatod help In tlo slu, wna intensely Interested In Washington, beside maintaining her , roun(,.v., public schools systems. piace nmngiy in me social me ol W, n serenade by Washington the capital. I school children to the president was Of those gathered round Mr. Hard-1 i.,. ,k , .... terrific downoour ing when ho entered the prf-conven- Bhp (vitecl them Into the east room lion campaign or ill-jo, there was ,,, . while House where thuv went none who kept better Informed of through their program. The children wnai was uone 10 lunoer ins camu- PI.owd,.,l .-lose tr. her and aim shared dacy than Mrs. Hnrdlng. She had .. , ,.,,,, ,11M ,,r opinions, and she was outspoken in ,,,.., ...,,,, nti,er. .t the floor nt expressing them to tho men entrust- feet. ed with management of the cain-l ii.inliii wnu Wn'in tn,.r,i. palgn. After the primaries in Ohio, 0ni0i Jn ,SUOi of n 8.dy alock o( Indiana, and. Michigan, when the out- pioneers, her father, Amos Kling. look for success Was, darkest, there stm lm(, to mukc phl(,0 foP itself were experienced politicians who ad- being one of the town's first settlers, vised the candidate to withdraw. But si.e married Mr. Hnrdin.r in tx!ii she was not one who believed In giv- when things did not look too bright nig up, once u iigm nnu oeen ockuu. f,. hlm, ,p lln(, Juat ,,lkou oyop thl and somo of the men who know ownership of the Marlon Star, and It most of the inside story of those try-w.ls loluU.d down Willi mortgages and ing weeks give to her the credit for, tlu community. She never had Keeping Mr. iiaruing in mo race nc ,,,,,, uwd to extravagance, however, and she Immediately turned to the Clirlstian, who became the president's private secretary. Of slight build and .medium height Mrs. Harding carried herself strongly erect nnd with charming . dignity. Though her hair was silvering before sho came to the White House, her eyes were as bright, her manner' as vivacious, and her glances and smiles as radiant as when she was a girl She was always weli gowned, hut never cared for extremes in dre Her coiffure particularly was said to be Ihe mystery and envy of many Washington society leaders. Sho had an Interesting collection of laces and some rare and handsome piece usu ally helped to complete her gown. She did not affect Jewelry anil usu ally woi'o only a diamond solitaire or diamond clasp on n piece of black velvet about the throat. In her younger days sho had been an expert horsewoman nnd nn accom plished pianist. Many musicians will always remember ,the interest Mie took In them. While in Marlon she taught music, and many of the boys and girls of her home town were It was from her training as & horsewoman Unit she iKiiilied Ihu lovo for animals which became inora nnd more marked in later years. In the White House "I.nddlo Hoy." the president's nlredale, was her constant companion. More than onco she stopped on the street to reprimand drivers who were punishing their' horses. At least one horse, Old Clo ver, who lived in Pennsylvania, would have been willing to attest to her compassion. Hearing that Clover, who was Til years old, was about to be killed because his master was un able to provide for him In his days of useless old age, she sent the owner her pupils, she w as a member of i a i on check to nsslst lu keeping blni in cmntort lo tne end ot nis uays. Mrs. Harding was nctlvo in philan thropic circles. She devoted much of her time to girls' work and was tho national head of the girl scouts orJ unni'jition. 1 Ihe Methodist Kpiscopal church, but was very tolerant of others, and as the president was a Haptisl, it was tho custom of the Hardlngs to attend Ihe Calvary llaptlst church In Washington. A real COMEDY PATHE REVIEW GEO. VLACH at the Organ Sunday "THREE In this picture you will see the famous rotiRh-ridlng, shnrp BhootinK Universal Ranch Riders in thrilling action.' - ' ' v ". . .; MILES OUT" ' ' T i Doors ii Doors arc capable of making an attractive break in the walls of a home if they are designed cleverly, made right and placed I to advantage. A word from us about doors will prove worth listening to. "Milled on Honor" TROWBRIDGE CABINET WORKS Everything in Millwork was eventually to winy Never fJavo tTi. -After the nomination Mrs. Hard ing became; in Bpite of the growing threat of physical collapse, an active figure In the front porch campaign. Pv" Not only did she appear always with her husband when he faced a crowd, but sho remained beside him when" the lines formed to shake his hand, and sho gave a hand-clasp also to every ono of the many thousand." who tiled past to acclaim his candidacy. Besides all of that, she visited bis headquarters almost daily and talked political policies with his" advisers, and she entertained at her tablo many of tho d tlngulshcd visitors who camo to Marion und exchanged opinions on national Issues with them over the teacups. From the tlmo Mr. Harding became interested In politics, she mado a study of things, political just as she' had familiarized herstilf previously with tho Marion Star printing plant, and when the results of the 11)20 elec tions had teen written into political history, - neighbors in Marion nodded their heads and related how tho young editor's wife had promised lifer intimates on her wedding day that "some duy I will make him presi dent." . . But with all her Interest In public affairs, she had a true woman's love for a well-ordered homo and was known to White House attendants as an unusually painstaking house keeper. While she was reviving the social calendar, which had been al most forgotten during tho war days nnd the subsequent Illness of Presi dent Wilson, she wns making many changes also In 'the organization of her household. All her efforts in that direction were bent toward mak ing the White -House a real homo where the busy chief executive could have rest and quiet aftety the day's work, and where his friends could De received with the same hearty wel- ome that had greeted them in Mar lon. In order better to understand her tasks sho had called Just before the Inauguration on Mrs. Wilson, and had discussed with her the cares and trials of the place she was entering. For a time after she came into tho White House, Mrs. Harding continued her- close' association with tho details of her husband's work. She visited the executive offices, met every em ploye, , and mado more than one sug gestion for facilitating 'the public business. But her health nnd her growing socinl duties soon called a halt, and her discontinuance of these visits was the first signal that she 'had been compelled to narrow, the scope of, her activities. The White House social program, however, was continued without abatement up to the time of her collapse and serious illness in the summer of 1922. The armament conference, which brought to Washlngtbn late In 1921 many distinguished men and women. Imposed upon the mistress of the White House a task particularly try ing. Mrs. Harding saw the advan tage to be gained in the direction of good understanding by properly en tertaining the visitors at the presi dent's table. To those who inquired about her health she replied that if she were .given strength to do her port during the conference she would be sntlsfied that her occupancy of the White House had not been In vain. , Stricken After Confcronco. It was not long after the confer ence ended that she began to fail appreciably, and by late summer sho lapsed Into a condition from which some of her physicians believed she never could recover. That she was able to do so, they conceded, was due In a largo measure to her unalterable determination and confidence. For weeks she was confined to a wheel chair, nnd then when she began to get about and see her friends again she was taken to Florida for a long rest. After this Illness, her thoughtful ness for others who wore ill appear ed to Increase, and from her vaca tion houseboat In Florida waters she ordered that thousands of Easter flowers be distributed from the White House conservatories to the Washington hospitals. Both before and after she entered the White House the wounded war veterans had been her particular care, - and more than one owes to her his rehabilita tion,, possibly bit lift Itself and cer- task of helping put the newspaper on n sound basis. She went to work in mom sens: New Style H-0 TIE only oats that cook Into granular oatmeal. Nothing else like it. Meaty granules stimulate digestion. Never cook sticky or pasty. Wonderful flavor. More than a new, oatmeal a new cereal. Energy-building corbohydrates, tissue-building pro 1 teins, a wealth oftvital minerals. And New Style II-O takes only 2 to 3 short minutes to cook the quickest cooking cereal quick as a flash! I)ow I Regular II-O Outs k"nd 1 Now s"1" H" "t 0ulck) Standard full size and weight pkg. weight, 1 lb. 4 or. 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