The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-06
TAI 7 At HIS
DAILY WORK
Interesting GlImpses of the
New Occupant of the
White House.

| At one Clock the sliding door;
rolled back and the great man step,
forth. Every one rose ana a thrill went
round the room. The President smiled
and every one smiled back. 1t is safe
| to say that the President S smile is
more infectious than that of any other
member Of the Optimists' Club of
America. 1t is a big, wholesouled
smile, altogether irresistible. 1t is
surprising how little Mr.. Taft's photo
graphs prepare one for the man him
self Although weighing over three
| hundred pounds he does not look like
a rat man. While he is good -natured
| and Jovial, those terms give an entirely
false idea OF him. The impression of
strength and keenness is much more
dominant than these characteristics. He
has clear, rudy complexion and a
face that is not too heavy to be hand
some.
Unlike most men, the nearer Won
come to him the better he looks. His
eyes are his most remarkable feature.
were he insignificant in every other
respect his eyes ould mark him as no
ordinary man. They are a red brown
IN shade, with curiously slanted lids,
and they indicate kindness, shrewdness.
lnffexlbie determination. Their express
sion IS constantly changing with light
nIng-llke rapidity from mirthfulness to
intense seriousness. There is disaster
ahead of the individual who mistakes
TINS big, smiling man s good nature
for easygoingness.
One thing Mr.. Taft's smile does is
to Danish embarrassment.
In spite of our vaunted equality and
m as good as YOU assertion. the
ordinary unofficial, undistinguished
American citizen is rather nervous
when he meets the President of the
United States The way Mr. Taft dis
pels this embarrassment with a glance
and a smile is one of his small achieve
ments, which must loom large in the
aggregate. The smile is genuine, be-
cause the man back of it is genuine.
The Boston newspaper man was the |
hrst with an ak to grind. He came in |
behalf of some ofice-seeker or office /
holder. He said in conclusions: ''Mr. |
President, we simply want you to give
Mr.. - a square deal.''
The President replied Il do not pre-
tend nor desire to quote him verbatim
either here or later): 'FI shall give Mr.. |
- square deal. A square deal for him
md for every one else concerned When | |
'ay a square deal mean a square deal. |
do not mean a figure of speech. L
ell you frankly that from what I know
IF this case [ do not like the look of ;,
It. And he looked at the journalist
With sternness which made him pre-
lpltately seek cover in his second item
If business, which related to some kind
If a prison-reform movement. After
stening to him intently CMr Taft is
| marvellous listener), the President
aid; Il approve of your aims, of
curse. AS to your methods I can not
xpress an opinion until I know more
ully what they are. Put your plan
N paper and send it to me. I shall
lot shade my opinions to suit the pre-
ELECTIONS of amateur reformers ANA
eur reformers are too apt to get up
cult and then pronounce everything {
7lcked that does not conform to their
ult.'' r
The next visitors to wait upon the
resident were a delegation of negroes. t
They represented some organizatio t
. promote the industrial progress of
heir race in this country The chair a
ian was an enormous negro with an t
white waistcoat, long and f
luminous frock coat, silk hat, and T
gold1headed cane of massive proper f
ons. Their spokesman was a small t
light negro, who looked scarcely over
venty Probably his class-day ora
on was not a distant memory. After r
lie seven delegates had been intro q
iced the young orator slept forward .
Id began to read in a well-modulated q
nee typewriter memorial The +,