The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-01
BEGINS LAST LEG OF TRIP
President Now on Way to Resume
 Duties at White House.
During Last Day in Crescent City, He Goes to Church, Makes Trip ts Naval Station and Barracks
 and Retires, Exhaust
 ed Man.

Taft went to bed on his train tonight thoroughly tired out man. His New Orleans friends kept him on the go nearly all day long. He made two speeches in the afternoon. visited the naval station and Jackson Barracks rode through the interesting old French quarter of the city and attended q sa- cred concert on the campus of Tulane University.
 the activities and entertainments oi yesterday which did not end until o'clock this morning when supper after the opera was concluded. brought tne Presidents stay in New Orleans to q close. His train leaves before daylight for Jackson. Miss. where he will spend all day tomorrow.
 The President was so tired when he got back to his hotel at o'clock to- night that he declined all invitations for dinner and had the meal served in his apartments with Secretary of War Dickinson as a guest.
 Waits old French Section.
 The drive through the old French section of the city was immensely in- teresting to the President and he ye- toed any suggestion of it's curtailment. The ride followed the Presidents at tendance at the morning services of the Unitarian church where he heard a sermon on "The Interpretation of Idfe" by Rev. H. Elmer GiIchrist.
 The President was accompanied through the quarter by Prof. Alcee For tier. of the Louisiana Historical Saci- ety, who pointed put the succeeding places of interest The route first WAS through the old Rue Royal and thence to Jackson Square which formerly was the Place dArms and Is surrounded by some fine old types of French arehitec- tnre. From Jackson Square the party went to the old slave mart. to the old St. Louis Catholic cathedral and then began journey through Esplanadf Avenue and environs Here the Prest- &xtsftk fiftBfest was csntered for | time upon the rtiins 0EAsfie old spanish bar racks. It was at this point of the jour. neyl that Prof. Fortier suggested that the committee had not allowed tic enough to go further and the President said he did not care how long the ride required, for his interest in old New Orleans was greater than in any other feature of the day and he did not wish to hurry.
 Returning to the Rue Royal, the Presidents automobile was halted In front of some of the fine old French homes, where he could look through the open doors into the patios or court yards.
 Buildings which indicated the tram sition from the old Spanish days to the French period of New orleans history were pointed out to the President At the home of General Beauregard. the President stopped for several minutes.
 Praises Historical Society.
 MT. Taft complimented the histori- cal society upon the preservation of the records of old New Orleans and expressed regret to see that here and there modern buildings were spring ing up in the old quarter and the an- cient landmarks were being torn down. He declared that 1t seemd like a dissertation.
 The historical trip ended. the Pres tdent boarded revenue cutter and was taken to the New Orleans naval station, where he debarked and made a casual inspection. The cutter next conveyed him to Jackson Barracks. where he was received by Colonel Foote. commanding the coast artillery forces stationed at the post and where he reviewed the troops of the garri- son.
 At Jackson Barracks the President was entertained at a Creole luncheon given by the officers and the historical society. While the luncheon was in progress, Professor Fortier read a most interesting review of the history of the city and State. The President often stopped eating to listen for long periods. When Professor Fortier had concluded. Mir. Taft made a speech in which he pair tribute to Louisiana for the part the State has played in the history of the country.
 Back In New Orleans the President left the cutter to again enter an au- tomobile and was whisked away to Tulane campus. where crowd of many thousands had assembled for the sacred concert A chorus>sof 400 men and women sang Dixie as the President arrived. From a stand erGt- cd in the center of the campus and fac- President made his second speech of the day. He retired on board his train at 10 p. m.
 Compliments French Women.
 In his address at Jackson Barracks. after telling of his acquaintance With the French in Quebec Province. Can ada, where he used to spend his sum- mers and where the victorious Murry Hignlanders had the good sense to marry French wives, the Pres1oeht said:
 Now. that country Illustrates what this country illustrates-that the French love of finance wherever the French race is. only to strength the patriotism that the French race dis plays in support of the Government to which 1t owes allegiance.
 "Of course. we love Louisiana. and I won't say 1t is the only part of our country that has a picturesque tradi- ton, but when you come from a place like Ohio that has some history, l will admit. but 1t has nothing to re- mind you as you are here reminded of those who built so well In the six teenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
 Under the guidance of Professor Fortier, visited the French quarter today. and he pointed out to me the Cabildor and the other buildings that were erected during the generation when Spain was here in control. and one could Identify, with an expert ence in the Philippines, in Cuba and in Porto Rico. that same strength of construction built for centuries, that characterizes the Spanish work wner- ever 1t may be.
 Louisiana Cosmopolitan.
 "One of the advantages of living in A State like Louisiana is that we get