The Washington herald., 1909-04-16

Rms-Carries Ivy Plant to Class.
New York. April 15.-When President
Taft and Mrs Taft tonight came out Of
the Empire Theater, where they had
seen 8faude Adams in What Every
Woman Knows. they were confronted
by a crowd that flled Broadway for al
most a block on each side OF the theater.
The police and the management of the
theater had kept il as secret as possible
as to what performance the President
and Mrs Taft were to attend, but d few
persons saw them going into the En-
pire, and il wasn't many minutes before
ii was all over the district
The crowd let out a whoop that must
have startled the cab horses blocks
away The President acknowledged It
by lifting his hat
The President and Mrs. TAFT parted in
front OF the theater. the President 10 20
to Washington on the 2:Sl train. and
Mrs. Taft TO return TO the home OF Hen
ry W. Taft FOR the night As the Pres
ident said good-by Ia Mrs. Taft and
handed her into her automobile, the
crowd cheered again.
Miss BOardman a Guest.
The President and Mrs. Taft were
the guests Of the Henry ". Tafts al
the theater In the box with the Tafts
were Miss Mabel Boardman. OF Wash
inSton. and Capt. Archibald Butt. the
Presidents military aid Both the
President and Mrs Taft were greatly
pleased with the performance.
The TAFT automobile on the run TO
the Twenty-third street ferry was pre-
ceded by n machine OF the police de-
partment. fianked by half q dozen bicycle
cops" and trailed by a car fun OF Secret
Service men. The procession OF aUtom0-
b.les and bicycles attracted a lot Of at
tention. At Twenty-ffth street and
Eleventh avenue the machines were held
up for a few minutes by a freight train.
The President got away on the i.
O'Clock train from Jersey City. He
probably will not leave Washington again
now until he starts for Beverly. Mass,
on his summer vacation.
Demonstration Checked.
President Tafrs trip 10 New Haven
and back was as quiet and unpretentious
a. possible The Yale faculty had passed
tie word along that the President wanted
no demonstration. and even the under
graduates succeeded in curbing their en-
thusiasm.
The President left his brothers house
in West Forty-eighlh street about 8
o'clock in the morning for the Grand
Central Station. Capt Archibald Butt.
his military aid. was his only companion.
but there was the usual automobile fun
Of Secret Service men trailing along be-
hind
A small crowd, most OF them incom-
ing commuters. were waiting at tho
Grand Central Station and applauded as
the big man passed. Nobody. though. got
within speaking distance-Capt Lam
try's men took up so much room There
were a dozen or so Of them, and when
they fell IN line with the Secret Service
men, the plain clothes sleUhs. and ordi-
nary Taft camp followers the procession
looked like a small-sized army on the
move.
The President and his military aid oc-
cupied the private car Magnet A bic
crowd was at the station when the train
pulled into New Haven at u.l0 o'clock.
Anson Phelps Stokes. secretary Of the
University. was there to meet Mr.. Taft.
Try for the Seniors.
AS President Taft left his car it was
noticed that he showed considerable con-
cern about a wooden box which Capt
Butt carried tenderly in his arms. Capt.
Butt had no sooner alighted than he
was surrounded by three very enthusi-
astic young men. The captain delivered
I his burden into their keeping and the
three turned 10 thank President Taft
/ Then they started on q run for con
/ scrvatOry. where the White House ivy
plant-for that is what was IN the box
[ viii be nursed until il is time for the
class Of 1909 TO plant it against the wall
/ Of one of the old Yale buildings at their
| commencement,
% The places Of the New York policemen
! as guards were amply illed by the New
/ Haven force. United States Marshal Par
malice was also out, and joined the Sc
/ cret Service contingent.
I Many were on the streets TO get a looH
at the President. but there was scarcel,
any noise. The automobile containing the
I President and Secretary Stokes wa,
driven at once to Woodbridge Hall. Presi-
dent Taft was engaged at the corporation
meeting for about three hours A smal
crowd Of undergraduates had gathered a
/ the hall, but they had 10 content them
selves with a Good afternoon, youns
men" from the President
Luncheon with Hadley.
Mr. Taft took luncheon in Presiden,
Hadleys home Others at the luncheon
we're Capt. Butt. Judge Henry f. How
land. Of New York; Rev. Wesley Cooper
Lee McCiung. treasurer of the Yale cor
poration, and one OF the Blues famou.
4 half backs: William Farnum, and Rev
Joseph Anderson.
President Taft left New Haven at As
I o'clock, arriving back at the Grand Cen
I trail Station at $50 O'Clock The prone.
made Of the station was crowded witt
4 hundreds who were waiting 70 get a view
Of Mr.. Taft. Only a small fraction Of tn,
/ crowd had their curiosity satisfied Tn
! police rushed the President through tn.
baggage room and out into vanderbilt
place. where his automobile was waitin,
/ TO take him back to his brothers house