The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-16
NOTES FROM BEVERLY.
Especial Correspondence

If the president has been exercising
his powers of observation and study
of human beings since he came 10
Beverly he is convinced that not every
tradition holds good when it is at
home. There is an old. old story that
the people of New England are so
thrifty that they cannot enjoy them
selves. and this is followed up by the
further statement that they cannot
separate themselves from a dollar
without undergoing great pain.
Judging by what has happened In
and around Beverly. these stories are
gross libels on the people Of Massa-
chuSettS.
Not Fond OF Money.
First of all, there are the two old
ladies' who own strip OF ground
which lies between the summer home
of FL. C. Frick, the millionaire. and the
waters of Beverly bay. Unless a sum-
mer home has frontage on the water
In these parts the owner is not ex-
actly the thing. Neighbors look upon
him as sort of social scalawag.
Therefore Mr. Frick made up his mind
to buy the land between him and the
sea.
Il will give you 100000 for that
land" he said to the two old ladies.
They went home and thought the
matter over. The next day they sent
Mr.. Frick a note 1t said:
Your kind offer is declined. II we
had 100000 we would not know
what to do with it.
Thriftiness Not Apparent.
There is hotel keeper in this town
who cares even less than did the two
old ladies' near the Prick estate about
real money. Since the president came
to Beverly there has been rush to
the hotels of the town by tourists who
want to see the Taft cottage. Prices
have gone up. and the hotel proprie-
tors have been in clover.
When two young men went to one
of the proprietors and asked for a
room he said:
81 have a single room with single
bed, and have another room with
two single beds In 1t. but that room
has been taken by q fellow"
Move the spare bed into the other
room which now has only one bed.
was suggested.
NO." replied the host Of the hotel;
Its too warm to lug beds around
now. Besides, don't want to dis
| turb the furniture"
| All of which was another great blow
i to New England thrift.
The Presidents Guards.
Since President Taft arrived in Bey.
erly he has been closely guarded by
eight secret service men. Ali day and
all night long these guards are at hi
home, one In front. the other In tbs
rear of the house. The chief guard
here is James Sloan.
1 The president is perfectly willing tt
be guarded. unlike President Roose
i yeIt. who often carried revolver him
self and kept assassins away by the
reputation he had for aggressiveness
| and fight.
One of the men with MIR. Taft SAID
that the worst scare he has yet hat
was on the presidents recent triI
through the south In Richmond the
i president was to speak, and over 10.
900 negroes were there to see him
The presidents automobile got int
the middle Of the crowd which be
came almost frantically boisterous
The negroes crowded up against 1t
shouting to each other The guards
the only white men in the crowd, wer'
iostled about and gradually forced +
form a little Gordon around the pres
dent Then way was made for tn
machine. and 1t gradually worked it
way out of the crowd.
Sloan Not a Rough Rider.
| Secret Service Agent James Sloan !
not, as is popularity supposed. rougl
II rider. He is native of Danville. Ill
i Uncle Joe Cannon's home town. tn
keen witted. stalwart little bodyguar'
of the president was brought up RICH
across the street from the home OF tn
speaker. He used to be shouter 70
| Uncle Joe, but not since Uncle 10
showed his teeth to President Roose
yelt. Sloan was r. RS bodyguard TO
seven years. He idolized the strer
uous president. and the latter though
well Of his loyal protector
Marshal For Uncle Sam.
i Sloan's trip with the president o
!. | the iatter's western and southern joul
:. new will probably be about the last bi
piece OF work he will do in the secre
service, as be has been picked b
Taft for United States marshal 10
one of the Illinois districts. He wi
assume the duties OF this Office abou
Dec. !.
81 presume that people have got th
impression that was rough ride
from the fact that while Mr.. Roos'
welt was president | attended seye
of the reunions Of the famous con
mand and became intimately acquain