The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-04-29

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WASHINGTON. b: II q. April 20: Is
With the return o. warm weather the
meetings Of the Tennis Cabinet have
,een resumed on the court in the rear
II the White House Office building, ana
ne new member has been Initiated.
The Tennis Cabinet is that favored
:oterie OF Office holders and diplu-
rats that the President invites to test
racquets with him about three after.
noons q week. and. although u
no minutes kept OF the proceedings,
there are those who assert that much
Of the real business of the government
is shaped upon the chalk-drawn rec.
tangel.
However important may be the SEES.
sions Of the Tennis Cabinet from an
official point OF view. there is no doup.
that the President and his friends get
a whole lot Of fun out Of their games.
Exercise, Just as strenuous as they
can mako 1t, Is apparently the grand
aim Of all the players. and to watch a
game is better than going to circus.
Just as soon as the snow was we'll on
the court the ground was put In con-
dition and even upon days when the
surface is dotted with mud holes, the
game goes on. -
william Phillips. who has charge Of
one OF the bureaus of the State Depart.
ment. Is the latest addition ta the list
OF players and IL one of the best, He
Is an athletic young fellow, not very
many years out of college. and plays
fast and steady game that makes
the work Of some OF the others look
clumsy and amnteurish.
The other members of this unoff,cia1
cabinet. in the order OF their promf.
hence In the White House game are
Mr.. Jusserand. the French ambassa.
dor; Clifford Pinchot, the chief fores.
ter: Secretary Garfield, of the Interior
Department; Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Cooley; Assistant Secretary Muir.
ray of the Department of Justice.
Postmaster General Meyer; Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon. and Herbert
Knox Smith. Commissioner of corpor-
atoms. Smith Meyer and Bacon sell
dom play, but when they do, they nut
up game worth while. The best rae.
quet OF the whole crowd is welded
by Mr.. Jusserand and in action he is
a sight that would certainly startle
the foulevardiers OF dear old Pnre.."
He puts on n tough looking SLOUGH hat.
rolls up his right sleeve, and even
when no: III tt.= riidst OF the game
himself. Jumps up and down. waves
his arm, Willy anI goes thrors, I'll
manne' of violent contortions. les
after the exercise. just like the rstst-
dent AMI he gets 1t. The Pre,iicnr
who ais, plays a-rcr game. fl a"oth-
er unrra r''..I performer. He nut: his
whole hcn'! and sorl into 1t. and char:.
es about the coi.rt Ike a bull n a chi
ma shnii. When lie drives a bill IL
general ,'.akes d dent IN the wiz, net.
ting. or II it Is stopped by a player
opposite, the rebound sends It back to
the Presidents fence. Garfield is the
most serious player OF the outfit, and
when he Is engaged puts on an expires.
sion that is actually diabollc. One
would think to observe his set teeth.
his deep fnrrowed scowl and his blaz-
ing eyes that the players across the
net were his most deadly enemies ard
that he was firing shots from n ma.
chine gun Mt them instead OF gentle,
felt-covered and air-fllled balls. Pin
chot. who towers like one of the tall
pines that he loves SO much. Is nm I'M
calmly though rapid and s,:.!!f.1 play
er, and IL close track were kcyf of tEe
score. he would probably be found we'll
up in the first division. No suct: rec
ord is kept. however, and as the varI-