Show 1 MEN lAND AND A AFFAIRS By R T S AT T CAPITAL Copyright 1923 I WASHINGTON Juno It 23 23 It It has been more moro than twenty years yeara since I the wife of ot a president of ot the i United States has embarked upon A strenuous journey as aa Mrs titre FI Florence Kling Harding haa hos undertaken In Inthe In Inthe Inthe the midst of ot the rs r's most mast I scorching wave Mrs Mas McKinley In to the tho spring of 1901 sot BOt out upon a a two months wing swing around the circuit bruit with President McKinley Her health none nono too good food at the start of ot the tho trip gave way completely while the party was In San Francisco and Mrs McKinley was In bod bed for tor several weeks while the capital cl ot of othe the nation was wag temporarily trans trans- transferred transferred to the shores ot of o the tho Golden Gate Mrs HardIng herself J has bas but recently re- re recently re recently recovered from an illness which for tor a a time timie threatened ed her hervery hervery hervery very lire life That she ehe should choose at this time a strenuous trip to Alaska rather than the quiet or of orsome some New England health resort Is but another indication on ot of o her In- In In will the power power the same will power which kept Mr HardIng In the race for the tho presidential nomination throe three years ago aeo when Ir if his own wishes alone had been consulted he would have havo with with- withdrawn withdrawn drawn drown and left left tho the field to Leonard Leoonard wood W od hank frank Lowden and Hiram Johnson to say nothing of ot will mn Ua haves es who ho was alas always ays a potential candidate In the offing Mrs Woodrow Wilson accompanied accompanied President Wilson on his league of or nations tour In 1919 1913 which carried him to tho the Pacific coast but that tour a as planned was for only four weeks Mr Harding wll wil Ibo Ibe 0 away avay a from for forat forat at least two months On the WU- WU Wll von son tour it lt was the presidents president's health that broke broko under the strain Pre President Roosevelt made many se cn trips during the seven years he was In the White House but Mrs Roosevelt accompanied only on the shorter jaunts When the tong ong trIps sere Here ero In progress a she re- re remained remained re remained at Oyster Bay with her ber children The most elaborate plans have hwe hen been made tor for the he comfort of or Mr Mrs Harding on the long lone tour now halt half a week welk old and ny m precautions have be been n taken for the conservation of or her health Is still none too robust In Mrs Hardings Harding's per personal onal suite there are arc a 3 trained nur nurse e a 3 ladys lady's maid two to physicians and a special special special cial secret ecret se service Ico man n In addi- addi addition addi addition tion to these there are aro tho the naval and military aides to the president whose duties on a trip of or this sort are largely those of or looking aC after r the first lady of or the theland seeing land land eem that she has the proper accoma at the auditoriums the president Is to speak and po ly protecting her from the thousands of or pager ager women who seek t to greet gret the tho wife ot of o a chief Mrs Irs HardinI Is la the first rIt wife wite of or a president to have havea a secret service guard assigned es- es especially es especially to herThe herThe her herThe The two physicians on the tho presidential train are General Charles Charls Charl CharlesD D n Sa Sawder Sa er nhe nh ht e was as the physician at l arlon and LIcuL commander JoN Joel T Boone ot or tho navy v who r ho accompanied y General Daugherty on the lattus lattu's recuperation trip to Florida last spring The two aides to President and Adolph us MM Mrs HArding are Captain 1 Adolph Baldinger Bal Andrews Andrew and Major 0 O M Bal Bal- dinger of ot the army The two service physicians left lert Washington I In plain civics but the military aides uniforms are aro In blu blue uni I forms torms and gold cold lace The trained nurse with Mrs Harding Is la Miss Ruth Huth V Powderly and ond the maid Mina MIM Wynne President Wilson Wilton took no mitt mill tary military aides with him on his travels travel II Admiral Gary T Grayson served In the dual capacity of or physician and nd aide alde President Taft Tatt always I was accompanied by Major Archie I Butt up to the time of ot the latter's lan death on the Titanic In II 1913 Major Butt nutt also teo had served as aide to the Colonel I Roo ovelt and was greatly beloved by both his chiefs I i In visiting Alaska President HardinI Harding will be realizing an ambi ambition tion cherished by President Tart Taft during each one of ot the four tour years yeaTS he waa was In the tho White House Mr Ml Tart Taft felt tolt that a 0 president of or the United States by all means should visit the tar far away territory which for so long has been Integral but Isolated part or of o the Union Mr Harding will have the honor ot of being the first president to set root foot upon Folly for Mr Taft found it t impossible to make the tho journey Twice he visited the Po- Po Pacific Pa Pacific coast but on neither occasion was the time tor for the tho contemplated voyage Mr Taft Tatt also cherished more or less secretly the dream of or visiting the Philippines as president but his administration was beset with so 80 many troubles and ond uncertainties In Its latter phases that so long lone an absence from Washington was out of or the question I I President Tarts Tart's Interest in Alas AIM ka Alaska was heightened by the famous Ballinger row over thu Ballinger policies in the territory territory- territory a row which contributed a n great deal to the wrecking of or he ho Tart administration President Harding larding has haa a great greot advantage ad on making his transcontinental trans trans- transcontinental transcontinental continental speaking tour at a time when congress is not In fn session Ripen President Nilson set forth to convert the country to the league to tn 1919 he ho found himself In a joint debate with all the Republican battalion of or death In the senate his train had been two days under wayOn way woy wayOn On his second day at ot St Louis Louls by the way President Wilson bp- bp began gan br-gan gOon gan to call the senate names and ona then the fight tight was on Washing Washing- Washington Washington Washington ton poured out tons of or copy In Inan Inan Inan an attempt to blanket Mr Ir Wilsons Wilson's hot cross fire at Mr 1 Harding larding ha not such an ordeal with which to con contend tend There probably Is one point on which Mr Ir Harding agrees ae with a Ith Mr Wilson I wanted to have the pleasure or of ting leaving Ing Washington said Mr Ir Wilson For another thing I want wanted ed Id to hate ha ha e the very much greater pleasure of or feeling the that I would get from you iou ou Things get very lonely in Washington sometimes The Tho real voices ot or th thu great people of ot America some some- sometimes sometimes sometimes times sound faint and distant In that strange city You Tou hear poll poll- tics poll tlC tics until you wish that both parties were smothered In their own gas gasI gasI gasI I wanted to come out and hear some plain American hear tho the kind of or talk that I am m I to talk the only kind of or talk that I can understand get the only kind kindor or of atmosphere with which I can canfill rill fill my lungs wholesomely and then Incidentally convey a hint In some Qu that the people have havo not forgotten how to think |