The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-17
TAFT DEFIES MIST
And WINS At GOLF
1. W. LaWSOn'S Invitation to
Fair Turned Down.
DIMES WITH PROF. LEWIS MORE
President Has Not Fixed Dates for
Conferences with Secretary Meyer
and Attorney General WicI1ersham.
Deacon OF Rival CONGREGATION
Attends Unitarian Church.

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 15.-The President
thought his clubs were hard enough to-
day 10 brave a Scotch mist. and be and
Mr.. Hammond played their fourth match
against ". J. BoaIdmaa and Gen. Al
bert Ames. Mr. TAFT and his partner
were one 70 the good over the course al
Essex and that means there Will have
10 be a rgbber, as the matches stand two
apiece now. Il may be they viii ever
decide TO make IL four out Of seven
that IS. II the President loses the mex;
time.
He took luncheon at Mr. Hammond's
place in Gloucester. with Prof Levi.
More and Mrs. More. 1Irs. Tafts sister
Afterward he took an automobile drive
20 Tops Field. and had dinner with his
brother at Manchester.
Thomas W. Lawsons g invitation 20
tend the Marshfield Fair on August 2
wasn't attractive enough 70 make IN,
President break his rule Of staying
around Beverly, even though 1t Offered
a chance 70 take a peep ar the p0ta
toes, p rpkins. and ccobages whicn havD
never missed causing The mouth % red
blOoded Americans 10 water"
Dates Not Yet Fixed.
The dates have not yet been Gxed 70,
the conferences with Secretary Neyer
and Attorney General Wicke-shan.
Dawn crept imperceptibly over Beverly
this morning. the faint streaEs OF rosy
light QUenched IN the rolls Of mist hiCf
8bove. Il was the foreruuuer OF a dull
gray day, a day Of dun. gray clouds ant
dull. gray news. And this was the story
PCcolated through the town between th,
scattering drops OF rain.
Deacon Zacharias Squiggs peeked sur
rcptit!OCsly from the vestibule Of Diff
church at 1925 yesterday morning ant
cooked one eye In the direction of III.
Unitarian church half q block away
where q crowd os constantly increasing
numbers was gathering 10 await the ar
rival Of the President
"Consavn IT," murmured the deacon a.
he went back into the deserted ante
room and laid one hand on the bell rope
"COnsarn il: II that amt the toughest p
And then the deacon took thought unit
himself and did a rash thing. Never be
fore had he entered the door OF the Uni
tartan church. but his curiosity out
the steps.
In the gallery ne found @ place an
that was better. anyway. he thought. 10
IT commanded a View OF the congregation
below and left him inconspicu0us.
'Whar's he?" he whispered % hI
neighbor, as the preacher began the read
ing Of the first lesson.
Fifth pew from the front center sec
ton fuSt of the left aisle See him -
was the answer.
Yep" the deacon replied triumphant,
and he gazed long and hard at the Presi
Dental back.
Deacon Suddenly Remembered.
Then the deacon remembered something
and hv nearly tainted where he sat.
BY hector" he mwmured. the col
lection box: hinged II didn't clean FOR
git IT,"
IN his patriotic enthusiasm Deaco
Squiggs had not remembered that 70
ffty-twO Sundays in the last thirty-sf
years he had not missed passing tn
plate.
The deacon tiptoed out Of the CALLER
and down the stairs. His record comm
from the other church was as nothin
compared 10 the time he made goin
back
In his own congregation every eve sur
veyed him for q moment In plying con
sternation. and then wheeled slowly bac
toward the preacher. as that worthy ma
was saying something about takin
more thought sor the one lamb who ha
wandered from the fold than for IL
ninety and nine that remained