The National tribune., 1909-08-26

the Board OF Trade Building and this
he would attend to his mail there. Notf
ing of the kind was planned. The Pres
ident attends to all of his mail at tn
cottage. whittier it Is taken by Secre
tary Carpenter. usually once day. TIL
President has not been to the office
since he arrived, and probably will new
er see them except from the outside a
he goes whizzing by. The other da
one Of The big White House automo
biles drove up In front Of the buildin
where the offices are. Word few tina
the President had come, and the tow
in twinkling was streaking it towar'
the offices in the hope of seeing him
OF course, there was keen disappoint
ment.
Beverly rs Summer Capital.
And yet, as a whole, Beverly. cit.
of over $1,000 people, has taken it
honors as q Summer Capital with grea
dignity and composure. The peopl
have shown no undue curiosity. Som
have evinced lively disposition to SCI
the President, but that would be tru
of any community of over or under 10.
900 population. For awhile the crowd
in front of the church Sunday morning!
were not large, and consisted chiefly o
children. but as the weeks have beel
flying by many adults, who feared tn
President would get away without theil
having an opportunity to see him, have
gathered in the street near the old Uni.
tartan front to witness his automobile
dashing up with Capt. A. w. Butt. look
ing as military as you please, sitting OF
the front seat. These Sunday throng:
have been a source of some worry t
the orthodox churches Of the city. Theil
own congregations have been thinning
even as the congregation at the Uni.
tartan Church has been growing larger
and larger and nearing the capacity o
the pews. But worshipers at orthodo,
congregations have been arriving late
to the confusion of their more regular
brethren. The belated ones stand ou
in front of the Unitarian Church til
the President arrives, and then, having
seen him, they hasten to their OWL
church homes. But the President 1:
nearly always late at church, and there.
fore the people out front are very late
getting into their own pews. to tht
scandal of many congregations.
Mrs. Taft's democratic trips to the
town are the delight of the natives. 1r
seeking the recovery of her health she
is walking much, not only about the
extensive grounds of the cottage, bu
out upon the beautiful roads of the
vicinity. Her daughter, Miss Heller
Taft, generally accompanies her. They
frequently walk up to town, just like
other folks, and go shopping in the ex
cellent stores which are pride of Bev-
erly. The Tafts patrOnize the Public
Library, which is a feature of Beverly
as it is of all Massachusetts cities and
of most Massachusetts towns. They
come in sometimes on foot and some
times in one of the big automobiles to
exchange books. An incident or that
has been told and Is going the rounds.
Soon after the Tafts arrived young
lady at the Public Library was greatly
interested to know whether the Presi
dents family would draw books. One
day a big automobile drove up to the
door. Somehow, she thought it was
the Presidents. Running to the win
dow. she saw the National coat of arms
upon the side of the throbbing machine.
Flying back to the counter she besought
a young lady, who had just come in, TO
take a look at the Presidents automo-
bile. To the lady clerks confusion she
learned that it was Miss Helen Taft
who had arrived in the vehicle and was
patiently waiting her turn to get book.
Secretary Carpenter.
Secretary Carpenter is taking in quite
as much Of the country this way as any
of the Presidents encourage. His work
at the Executive Offices keeps him
fairly busy during the day, but he gets
away earlier than usual. He has his
own horses and carriage from the Presi-
dents stables up here, and takes long
drives out into the adjoining towns and
even into Boston, which Is only IS miles
away and can be easily reached by car
riage or automobile. The mail from
Washington has been growing heavier
and heavier as the days have gone by.
but still 1t is not as large as during the
busy season. The President dictates
nearly every afternoon to Assistant
Secretary Forster and then signs UP
the letters that Secretary Carpenter
brings him. All this is generally out of
the way by o'clock in the afternoon.
Quite a number OF appointments have
been arranged for callers at the Sum-
mer White House, and more are to be
arranged In the near future But a
vast deal Of the work at the Executive
Offices thus far has been in arranging
the details for the Presidents long
trip. The itinerary was mapped
out long ago. but the work has been in
making the program for the President
In the numerous large cities he will
visit. Secretary Carpenter has been in
correspondence with the authorities OF
these cities all along the route of travel
TO the Pacific Coast and back again, and
seeing to it that all of the Presidents
time Is accounted for in every stopping
place. This will all be carefully ar
ranged and put down in writing before
the Presidents train pulls out of Boston
on Wednesday morning, Sept. Is, and
the arrangements will cover practically
every minute for two months. The
President will be back in Washington
Nov. Is to take up the work of prepar-
ing his message and making ready for
the Winters work.
Secretary Carpenter will not accom-
pany the President on this transconti-
mental tour. but will return to Wash
ington late in September and take care
Of the business in the White House Of
fees. Capt Archibald W. Butt, the
Presidents Military Aid. will be the
major domo of the party, and will at
tend TO the execution of the program
from town to town as mapped out by
Mr.. Carpenter. Capt. Butt has been
rapidly becoming the Presidents ready
man, without whom he does not care
to fare forth. Then, the business of the
Office at Washington has become so i'm
portant that IL Is necessary for the Pres
ident's Secretary to be there to look
put for things when the President him
self is away.
The Presidents Western Tour.
There is a very lively interest over
what the President will say on his
Western trip. He has not yet written
On his speeches, and probably
will not write anything till few days
before he 10 ready to start. The Presi-
dent does not perform tasks long in ad-
vance of the required time. He sticks
pretty closely to ideas. once they are
and in subsequent speeches
n IL. L.