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Show INEZ RULES IN HARDING KITCHEN U i ntcrnn lonnl Sews Service I j WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec 9. liner, the now famous colorcel cook of the Harding family, who won laurels. both at tho Harding home In Marion, land at the senators town house In j Wyoming avenue here, will conn- to! Washington e.n March 4 and entei upon up-on her duties a commander-In -chief I I of the Whiii- House kitchen. j So runs the gossip in Washington iso. ii circles, and the report is like- wise current In political quarters where Ines is particularly popular be-Icause be-Icause of the sum with which sh.- cat-, ered to the physical needs of the small! I army of political leaders who found linen Way to Marion at various times ! during the recent campaign. : Incidentally, the coming of inz win I thwart th ambitious of numerousj either colored artists with aspirations, to he chief cool, i' the executive rnan-( sion during tin- regime of the- Harding family. It appears that since the alec- j tion the president-elect and Mrs. Har ding have ben the recipients of many; (applications from chefs,' ordinary; cooks, butlers and Ihe like, all anxious to wield the marshal s baton over thei hue i louse range. Though a few of these applicant-have applicant-have been white, the- majority were negro, for the fame achieved by Inez following Senator Harding's nomination nomina-tion at Chicago, seems to have o roused I the envy of her colored sisters and brethren Many of those seeking th" I position claim to have served In the ' homes of the elite. I But the understanding among those closest t the senator and Mrs. Harding Har-ding Is that none of these pedigreed strangers will displace the faithful and talented Inez. She knows how to make waffles and those other breakfast break-fast dishes which please the presidentelect, president-elect, and which will continue to please him as much when he is head of the nation as when he was a plain citizen, editor of ihe Mnrlon Star. She-can She-can hake wonderful hot cakes and when it comes to cooking chicken, the crlginator of chicken a la Maryland has nothing on Inez. Mrs Haiding is herself an excellent cook. Her recipes became well known during the campaign, and while they were given out because they were supposed sup-posed to be of Interest to voters. Republican Re-publican political workers Insist they helped make votes among the men. But the real responsibility for the handling of affairs in the Harding kitchen kit-chen rests on Inez, whoso other nam nobod has thought to inquire about Not only does Inez do the cooking but what Is more she does the buyinK of foodstuffs for the Harding household. house-hold. This has been a large responsibility respon-sibility through the summer ami fall with epicures often on hand for dinner and usually staying overnight for breakfast. Thosc who know the tendencies of Inez say that when she gets Into tho White House St may be expected that every morning ."he will bo discernible down at the market though aa a concession con-cession to tho dignity of he r next i " sitlom she probably will Journey thither thith-er In an official automobile OP A favorite treatment for gout in the Middle Ages was a ten of daisy pejals, |