New-York tribune., 1908-04-12
PURSUE Il. H. ROGERS
Bermudian Promoters Want Back
ing-TzCain His Com pduiol.

| Hamilton. Bermuda, April B-H H Rogers Is
! here for a He has been told that L ne gives
/ up business until next fall he may then 60 on
with II IN safety. Now he IS taking extrerne care
! OF his health. He says that he gets tired very
/ easily, and that he wants 20 turn the currents o.
/ his thought into channels His wife. who also
suffers greatly from nervousness. is here with him.
! Though he keeps a stiff uper LIP and a rigid Jaw.
/ the Standard Oil man shows in the expression OF
/ his eyes. his gestures. his careful gait and slow
\ pace that he needs rest
His friend Mark Twain drives with him every
| day and they go about together 70 the homes OF
the islanders With the natives who 60 20 him to
ask financial backing for their schemes OF local
| improvement Mr. Rogers is polite but evasivs- To
/ genius OF scientific leanings he even offered
/ condirionaIy the services OF a Standard on ex-
| pert for the purpose OF making deep bOrtn<s 20
look for fresh well water. which the island wants
The scientific citizent went away retoiced and told
of his success a the club
Now" said the wise one. we shall have ths
resources OF the greatest American capitalists
| our back and g permanent water supply In
sured''
'.Whatr' demanded a bystander. you expect 70
strike fresh water by going down into this eori
rock?'
Well. We Will at least get natural gas"
"Oh. cork that up" sconed the other; "th-rss
too much natural gas here already"
1t may be remarked that the Islands are just now
being flooded with talk and literature BY
pany OF American promoters seeking 10 INTRODUCES
electric light, trolleys and other blessings
There is not great deal OF diversion in Bar
muda, and Messrs. Rogers and Twain spend most
OF their time sitting the hotel porches gossip
ing with the thrOng. With DR. Nicholas Murray
Butler president OF Columbia University. one OF
the recent visitors 5Ir. Rogers talks good deal.
though abstainlng rule from economies and
politics He did go $ Ear to declare the other
day that NcKinIey's was the ideal administration
Of recent years until the President allowed himself
TO be drawn into the Spanish war. which. Accord
ing 10 Mr.. Rogers. showed him 10 have been
weak man
on his arrival some SIX weeks ago Mr. Rogers
and his sou-Iu-Iaw were strOning along Front
street. when benevolent and bev nskered Old gen
tleman approached and aecosted them With the
query. Have 1 the honor Of meeting Mr. n H
Rogers
The Standard OH man assumed a surly tone ana
demanded. What of il o..
oh said the benevolent one UndIsturbed. L
the Mayer OF HamiltoI and 1 want TO make
You welcome 70 our shores
NJ Rogers sottened this ofncial courtesy ana
later accepted an invitation Bellevue the
Mayors home where. together with Mr. Clemens
and large company OF guests, he was shown the
process OF arrowroOt making and supplied with
various dainties In the shape OF Bermuda fruits
III uaJured residents OF opposite political views
hinted that the Mayor took the occasion 10 show
HIS place TO Mr.. Rogers with the thought that he
+ might get customer, the estate being IN the
market Since the law forbiddng aliens 10 own land
Was repealed last year there has been much bid
ding for American @ustom in the real estate busi-
ness Senator Clark OF Montana began. II when
he offered SloO0 Tor month's use OF a small house
near Hamilton.
When Mr.. Clemens is not driving or chattfnr =
with Dir. Rogers he IS usually acting as escort to
the little girls at the hotel. who drive about in
donkey carts the white roads BY walking
alongside Mr.. Clemens gets exercise and diversion
/ He was asked the other day how he felt and said
that his digestion hadn't been very good: he'd been
forced to drink whiskey the night before for his
stOmach's sake.
| Maybe he added, rehectively my digestion is
| too good I've notion that II got away with the
food quickly that empty void vas LETT ana
the whisAey was needed 20 nl up"