The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-29
President Is Guest At Banquet
and Makes Brief Speech
BEVERLY FOLK JEALOUS
Gloucester Gave a Pageant Which
Taft Missed and This Visit Was
To Make Up for the Bro
ken Engagement.
BY WILLIAM HOSTER.

Beverly, Mass, August 2S.-(Speoial)
Ancient Gloucester stole a march on
Beverly this afternoon and had Presi-
dent Taft all to itself for several hours.
Beverly has never enjoyed more than
a sight of the President as he rode
through in his automobile. Gloucester
had him right In its midst this after
noon for several hours, shook hands
with him. basked in the Taft smile and
was generally happy.
John Hays Hammond was the mas
ter of ceremonies and most of the cere-
monies were cid at the Hammond
country place IN East Gloucester. The
President first went to the Myopia golf
links, where he took on George r.
Sh eldon. formerly treasurer of the re-
publican national committee, for
game and beat Mr.. Sheldon. incidentally
making the Is holes in 9S, which Is so
good a score that the trustees of the
Myopia club have requested the Presi-
dent to leave his SCORE card in the
archives of the club.
| BY prearrangement, the President
| was then whirled to Gloucester. Long
ago when announcement was made that
! the President would take his vacation
on the north shore. historical pageant
was arranged at Gloucester and the
President accepted an invitation to be
present. But then came the tariff bat
tie and the delay beyond the time
scheduled for the pageant at Glouces-
ter. The pageant was given. but with :
out Taft and great was the disap-
pointment thereat. So 1t was agreed by
the President that at the first opportuni-
ty he would foregather with Glouces-
terites and in a way pay them the debt
he owed.
Beverly was kept entirely in the dark
about it. The President stole over to
! Gloucester this afternoon and there was
an al fresco luncheon at which 40
prominent Gloucester folk and some
summer residents met and mingled with
the President, after which there was a
public reception and 500 more of the
Gloucester folk formed in line and
, shook honds with the President while
| Beverly rested In ignorance of the
honors that were being stolen from her.
The President did all of the frills
that are expected of a president when
I he goes visiting, except make a speech,
and returned this evening, a bit tired.
| but happy. 1t will be strange now II
! Beverly does not demand a reception
on Grand Army day. There have been
numerous complaints that the Presl-
| dent mas given Beverly the cold sh hould-
er and the little summer capital is apt
to go mad with envy now that the
President In turning down invitation
after imitation has passed over Bev-
| erly and has gone to rival town to ac-
cept honors. We shall hear more of 1t
| anon.
here that Matty Enos, the justly popu-
| lar and now-to-be-famous barber Of
| Beverly has been summoned to the
Taft cottage tomorrow. 1t is ru-
mored that the President Is to have
hair cut.
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Nagle will be here tomorrow in con-
| nection with census matters and be-
| fore the work is ended 1t Is expected
| that Secretary of State Knox will have
| been here to take up with the Presi-
| dent pending state department mat
! ters.
In tho next 10 days the President
will endeavor so far as possible to close
| up all pending business that needs i'm
mediate attention. He does not want
to be both cred with anything but the
most important affairs while he is In
the west and south on tour.
| The President was in the surf for
| few minutes this morning with his
physician, DR.. Barker.