The gold leaf., 1909-10-21
PREPARING FOR PRESICENT.
Norfolk Will Entertain President and
Party in Royal Style on Occasion Of
Meeting of Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association, Nov. 10th.

Party In Royal Style on OccaS1on OF
Meeting of Atlantic Deeper Water.
ways Association, Nov. 10Th.
Norfolk, Va, Oct. 1S, 19O9-Nor-
folk is preparing to entertain one of
the largest crowds in her history on
November 10th, when President Will
liam Howard Taft, Vice-President
James S. Sherman and many other
men of national prominence will be
the guests of the city and of the At
lnntic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ton.
The latter organization will hold
its second annual convention in this
city November 18th to Goth, and it
will be attended by fully one thou
sand delegates and visitors from all
the cities of the Atlantic coast from
Boston to New Orleans.
The principal subject to be discussed
will be the proposed inland water
way from Boston, Mass, to Beau
fort, n. C., and the improvement
of rivers and harbors generally will,
consideration.
Much more than usual interest
centres in this gathering of the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Association
| on account of the visit OF President
Taft. Norfolk's s citizens are delighted
with the honor of entertaining the
President and the members of his
party, and the city will do itself
proud in dispensing that hospitality
for which Virginia and Virginians are
| famous.
While the program for "President's
Day." November 10Th, has not been
completed, it provides busy day for
the chief Executive. Immediately upon
his arrival from Washington aboard
the Yacht, Mayflower. he will be es-
corted to the convention headquar-
ters, where he will be formally and
officially welcomed. Shortly after
ward, President Taft will deliver an
address to the people Of Norfolk and
vicinity from a reviewing stand, fol-
lowing great parade of q. S. sailors
and soldiers, the Virginia militia,
civic organizations and thousands
of children from the public schools,
who will be given holiday for the oc-
casion.
After the parade the president will
he escorted to Cape Henry, where a
real old-fashioned Virginia oyster
roast will be served to a thousand
guests. World-famous Lynnhaven
oysters, taken from their beds but a
few miles from the Cape. will be served
i'm all STYLES, hut the menu will include
other delicacies, among them the
celebrated Smithfeld ham and Prin-
cess Anne turkey, and that most
highly priced OF all game birds, Chesa-
peake Bay canvasback duck.
In the evening the President will be
the guest of honor at a smoker ten
der'd by the Waterways Association
to the visiting newspaper men, who
will include practically the entire
active membership of the Gridiron
! Club, of Washington, and the Five
O'clock Club. of Philadelphia.
Fully 100000 visitors are expected
to be in Norfolk on "President's
Day" The railroad and steamboat
companies will offer special rates, and
are already makidg special prepara-
| liOllS lol UuC ClONuS.
| Among the attractions announced
so far for the entertainment of visit
ors are a great display of fireworks
and a football game between promi-
nent college teams Another feature
of the convention will be the illnmi-
nation Of the harbor at night, where
many yachts representing the most
prominent clubs of this coast, as we'll
as small number of warships will
be at anchor. There will be a number
OF other outdoor attractions which
will be announced later.
Among those who have accepted
invitations are the governors OF
Maryland, Rhode Island, North Car
olina. South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida and Virginia; members of Con-
gress and, other prominent men Of
the Atlantic coast States, from
Maine to Florida.
The Concord Times gives some