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the east room, which is the big state
parlor of the White House. Mr.. Roose-
welt has had many meetings with the
newspaper correspondents, but these
meetings have almost invariably been
in his Office or in the cabinet room,
which adjoins his office. Occasionally
he has made an appointment with some
newspaper friend to see him in the
evening at the White House. That,
however, has been rare. When Mr..
Taft was here some weeks ago in the
midst of the campaign he made an ap-
pointment with the correspondents in
the east room and he did the same
thing again Sunday. Most of the fifty
men who greeted him there were per-
sonal friends or acquaintance. He
stood in the center of the group for a
half an hour and not only stood FIRE
of questions, but joked with those
whom he knew, discussed incidents of
his campaign, and discussed matters in
general. He is the frankest man with
the newspapers who has been in public
life for many years.
There was a joke or two at the ex-
pense of President Roosevelt s athletics,
when he told why Postmaster General
Meyer. Ambassador Henry White and
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Beekman Winthrop called. 81 guess
they came quite as much to see the
President, as to see me- said Mr. Taft,
4" for they were going out for a walk
with the President. No, I do not know
whether they were prepared to take a
swim in Rock Creek. - This was an
alluson to the "'stron" of high army
officers which the President led some
days ago, in the course of which he
took them into the icy waters of Rock
Creek, which came well up to their
shOulderstraps.
Not for Athletics.
The athletic prominence of the White
House will cease when Mr.. Taft is Civ
en- the front door key to that estab
lishment. He is not much given to the
kind of athletic exercise that the Pres
ident favOrs. He is too heavy to play
tennis and is not particularly fond of
boxing. or walking. But as all the
country knows, he likes to play golf.
The heavy snow fall throughout Nirgi-
MIA during Saturday and Sunday made
the golf links at Hot Springs impossi
BILE, but Mr. Taft was informed, 50 he
said at the White House, that the
snow would disappear rapidly in the
Virginia mountains so that the course
would be good again by the time he
returned there from Cincinnati.
Where he will play golf when he
comes to Washington is something of
a question. In all probability he Will
want to play, because that is his ia
vorite exercise and, when he gets into
the White House, he viii need exercise
more than ever. There are several good
golf links near the city. The most
exclusive are the Chevy Chase links,
which are just beyond the district line
in Maryland 1t is half hours ride
thither His golf playing will give
those charged with his protection, as
President. some uneasiness. Mr.. Roose-
welt has played tennis for a number
of years just at the rear of the White
House offices and within twenty feet
of a public thoroughfare. But high
screen of green cloth has completely
obseured him from the public.
Mr.. Taft is very fond of horseback
riding. as is President Roosevelt, but
he and the President have ridden but
little together Mr. Taft does not like
the strenuous exercise that the Pres
ident likes and then his 800 pounds
are too much for a horse to carry at
the speed and for the long distances
that the President rides. There has
been much searching for an extraordi-
narily strong horse for the President
elect, which has not been altogether
successful.
1t has been reported that the White
House stables would not be stocked as
generously with horses during the Taft
administration as the new President
would use the automobile more as a
vehicle 1t has been stated that two
high power machines had already been
ordered for that purpose, but Mr.. Taft
said when here that he knew nothing
about it. However, the President elect
likes the automobile better than does
President Roosevelt. He may keep
pair or two of driving horses and a
saddle horse or two, but it is altogether
likely that there viii be garage in
one end of the stables.
President Roosevelt was very averse