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Show MAT WING HOI BIS WAY 10 WHITE STONE Candidate's House and Lot Admirably Ad-mirably Suited For Political Po-litical Purpose. MARIOS, .. July 31. Senator Harding's ion: poih CiinDairn be- tuii. . ,i .. . nmiffe to .Wailon a .e. eg.-' .o.i frpm Mansfield and ilie sun ouiidlng country in Itfthland county. Ohio, to puy their respects to i the Republican nominee and hear him discuss national Issues. The fnt f the many groups of voters vot-ers that are to come here on similar missions, the delegation marched on the Harding residence with flags and banners flying and with bands founding found-ing a sonorous mcy.-.ige of greeting. AjJ on notification day a week ago Marlon was In holiday dress und spirit to welcome them and to glee the front porch Campaign a rousing send-off. LIKE HOME POUCS. Most of the visitors accounted themselves them-selves almost homo folks, for Mans-tleld Mans-tleld Is only 40 miles awa und many in the throng were personal friends of Senator Harding. Farmers, store-l.i store-l.i eperfl and professional men march-id march-id toir.-thcr In the c.i va lea lie which Included both men and women, i Although the principal event of the .lay's program( Senator Harding's ad-I ad-I dress, was to be withheld until late af-I af-I ternoon, the Richland county ieoplo I b. gan to come in early by train, motor and airplane. Two airplanes were pilots of the pilgrimage pil-grimage here Mrs. Gordon A. Far-i Far-i row, vice president of tho Mansfield I Aero club, was accorded tho distinction distinc-tion of convoying from the air tho tit st of the front porch delegations, a woman s Harding club had a proml-Incnt proml-Incnt place In the parade After a serenade on the Harding lawn, tin program Included an addr?Sd or greeting by E. C. Capler preceding Senator Harding's speech. HA W.N i s GONE. The porch which tnus becomes one I of the landmarks of Ameri. an pollll-ctil pollll-ctil history has a capacious stretch along the south and east sides of the Influence. At the corner turn the curving white balustrade .swings out to form a4 little more than a semicircle, semi-circle, and it Is here that lb utter-lances utter-lances of the nomine.- ar.' d.-liv 1 ThS picture SS a whole with white pil-lar:i pil-lar:i and rail set off agalnsit the dark green body of the house, gives the Impression of a comfortable every day dwelling; but the jutting alcove at the coi ner, facing an Open Stretch of lawn, I provides a sinking vantage point foi l I the use now made of It. The Harding lawn is no longer a lawn at all. but an expanse of white ci'UShed limestone, washed clean by an evening thundershow er." Tho pab- blj carpet was laid to preserve a toiid surface under the tramp of the thou-i sands expected to take part in the front porch campaign. on |