OCR Text |
Show NMe'g. Hardamg Bears jHieroSe ?c:;':. . smashing (bock of Mr. Harding' death, Mr. Harding took can trot of herself and of tha altuatlon In tha death chamber laat night, aba gsntly directed, whan others were too atunned td move. At p. m-he m-he irai, persuaded to retire. A auras looked In on her frequently during the night and todsy's stat-roent stat-roent eatd "aha slept. fitfully." No one will vr know tha Inner feelings of Mrs. Harding. ' She waa alone then with her crier. There waa nothing mora to he done nobody te be looked after any longer. Whe arose early and almost her flrat Inquiry waa whether Oeorg B. Christian Jr. tha president's secretary, sec-retary, had returned from Ixm Aa-stlee. Aa-stlee. She was told hs would ha lnabmt :. "Poor Oeorge," she said. Mrs. Hardlns; ' has "mothered George Christian for years sad Is extremely fond of him. After breakfast. consisting nf warm milk and a soft boiled ecu. Mra. Hardin started tn attending to tha oount leas details that moat be looked after. EST UNOEft riRI. It was aa though aha nought for-getfulness for-getfulness la work. But to those whe knew her, It was characteristic Her face waa drawn and haggard. She waa a women stricken sorely, but, as Dr. Sawyer said of her tha other day, "aha la one of those creatures who show up best under tUayg Another greet tragedy ha not chanced Mrs. Hard Inc. She must recall today how, when politicians were trying" to persuade her hus-band hus-band to run for the Republican preeldmtlal nomination In H-0, er-a sought to dissuade him. At that time she told friends shs I waa afraid that If aha and "Warren" "War-ren" went to the While House, "something will happen to one of us." , When she was stricken few months ago it looked aa though that premonition had been borne out. Now It ha com true In double dou-ble measure. MRS.HARDir.B BRAVE UNDER BITTER Bill . ; . i"- Beloyed Woman Strong-' Strong-' est Member of Grief-Stricken Grief-Stricken Party Which Accompanied. 1-eader SHE'S MAGNIFICENT, DR. SAWYER SAYS f First Inquiry About Geo. Christian Jr., Whom She "Mothered"; Sleeps Fitfully Fit-fully During the Night V. PALACE HOTEL, SAW - FRAW-V FRAW-V CISCO. Aug. (By U. P ) - Hardlns. nti 1gr the first Udy .of ths isnd, but Just a bereaved woman today, waa the orgeat, strongest member of th trisi-strlcken trisi-strlcken party of thoss who accompanied ac-companied Preeldent Harding on the trip that ended In hla death. She waa facing the fact of the preetdenl'e oeath -with heroism, a atalement given out from tna Harding Hard-ing suit today atated. She has faced it that way from th moment when h know hsr husband waa dead. Thsre hss not been a moment sine -Mr. Harding became 111 that Mr. Harding haa shown tna Hcht-eat Hcht-eat sign of wsaknsss either of body or spirit. Dr. Sawyer aaid thl morning. . ' . Bha Is magnificent," h said. "Bh alwaya haa been a wonderful wonder-ful woman to meet an emergency. "Vou can alwaya count on that. Recover1nr5UlcklyJVom lhs |