Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-27

were expected to be back to work to-
night.
No doubt the visit of the President. was
factor In postponing the return to
work. Throughout the controversy there
had been bad feeling between the fac
tiOns, but this seemed to have disap-
peared. so that nothing occurred to mar
the pleasure of the Presidents visit.
President Taft's Foot Sprained.
President Taft had a decided limp in
his walk when he alighted from his
special train here today. He sprained a
tendon in his foot before leaving Beverly.
but had suffered no bother from it until
Yesterday. when. after ten days of con-
stant going, with little or no rest, the
foot became swollen. DR.. Richardson
who accompanies the President, is treat
ing the sprained tendon. The hurt is not
serious but is causing discomfort.
The President was met at tne s'aIIoh
by a band and a long line of automobiles.
After speaking in the courthouse square
he was taken to the famous old Leonard
copper mine, and, entering cage win
John Hays Hammond. was taken ooWii
q damn and darksome shaft to the l,yCo-
foot level. where he saw the miners at
work in the midst of drills and all the
other paraphernalia of deep underground
labor.
Pleads for Beef and Cabbage.
OGDEN. Utah. september 27.-Capt
Archibald Butt, military aid to the Pres
ident. has called a halt on the long BAN
auets for the President and with the
dishes noted for the unpronounceaoiliS
of their names.
The Pre- sident, so far as is known, dlo
not object to what was to be had. out
breakfast, luncheon and dinner-eacn
from an hour and half to two hours
and a half in length-were taking 100
much time, and capt. butt "leo e, oe.a
tary Carpenter asking that he request
committees to make their eating occa-
sions simple in menu and quick in service.
This request may bar the creole dishes
at New Orleans and ,possum in Augusta.
Yesterday Capt. Butt received this teie-
gram from the committee at San An
tonic:
ITO settle question that is agltatlnS
our leading citizens, will you please wire
whether the President prefers beef and
cabbage rather than epicurean tidbits.
Cant. Butt wired that he did-that is,
beef and cabbage.
Carpenter Calls a Halt.
The hospitality of the west seems to be
taxing the endurance of President Iaft'
especially as to the formal dinners which
have been arranged in his honor. Some
time before the President started on his
tour of the west his secretary, Mr. Car
penter, wrote to each of the committee
having the matter in charge, asking them
to make the dinners which the President
was to attend as simple in character and
as brief as possible.
Notwithstanding the injunction the cit
les SO tar visited by the President seem
to have We'd with each other in making
the dinners as elaborate as possible, and
in some instances they have occupied two
and three and even four hours.
In view of the length of the Presidents s
trip and the large number of dinners and
receptions to which he has been invited.
the President feels that In justice to
himself the dinners would be made as
simple and brief as the occasions will
permit. and has asked his secretary, Mr..
CARPENTER. to again ask the various COM
mittees of arrangements in the cities
which he Is still to visit to observe his
original request.
The President has been very much i'm.
pressed with the unbounded hospitality OF
the west, but he feels that his powers or
endurance might be taxed beyond the
safety limits should 1t continue unchecked
to the end of his journey.