The Mirrors of Washington

Fourteen unsparing portraits of the men who ran America in 1921 — Harding, Wilson, Hoover, Lodge — published anonymously, illustrated with Cesare's caricatures, and gossiped about in every capital drawing room.

Warren Gamaliel Harding

5 pages in this part of The Mirrors of Washington.

Warren Gamaliel Harding

EVERY time we elect a new President we learn what a various creature is the Typical American.

Warren Gamaliel Harding: Marion

In his inaugural address he let himself go, as much as it is possible for a man so cautious as he is to let himself go. It was a great…

Warren Gamaliel Harding: Senate

When he was urged to seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency he is reported to have said, "Why should I. My chances of winning…

Warren Gamaliel Harding: Marionite

And a similar thing happened when it came to running for the Presidency. It is a definite type of man who suns himself on a log, who is…

Warren Gamaliel Harding: House

As Mr. Harding knew little competition in Marion so he has known little competition in public life which in this country is not genuinely…

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