The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

Harbor The President and his family
do not leave the train at Beverly; but,
continuing few miles farther or, stop
at Montserrat, whose pretty little vine
clad sta ton lies amid lawns, hedges,
and bright fower-beds. From there a
straight, well-wooded road leads almost
directly to the house. The entrance to
the point is through a low stone wall
that incloses the grounds. Unfortunate
~. the house does not stand alone with
in the inclosure, but the three others to
which he same entrance leads are not
near The parklike lawns. shrubs, trees,
and flower beds lend an English beauty
to its surroundings. The house itself,
with the stable, now used as garage. is
of wooden structure and dark green in
color. Around it are broad porches. one
side looking under large elm trees out
to sea. ond the other towards the waters
of Beverly Cove The lawn runs over
a low sea-wali that protects it from
storms and autumna+ tides. and below
IS a beach broken - soaweed covered
rocks hardly visible n Rich water. Not
far from the shore - Sylph lies
anchored, and from a private dock on
the point the President can go directly
80 the boat.
With the constant burden of heavy
cares, it is the duty OF the President to
keep himself in as good condition as
possible. and well it is for President
Taft that exercise in the open air. so
necessary to physical we]l-heing. gives
him pleasure. He is an enthusiast over,
The ancient and honorable game of golf;
for truly often upon a man s honor does
his score depend, and therefore, in the
nohlest sense of the word. has it been
called a gentleman : game. - Six
miles inland the President finds. at the
Myopia Club, one of the best golf
courses IN the country. and one which
the professional English golfer will of
ten cOmpaTe favorablv with that of st.
Andrew 5. As. however fond he is
of the sport, the President hardly LAYS
claim to professional golf. the some
what shorter and more picturesque
links OF the Essex Club. at Manchester
by-theSea. better suit his game and
his taste. The pretty village
farther ont on the Cape, is on
the coast; and only FIVE miles to the
north, Just beyond the village of Es-
sex, is again the open sea For this
reason on warm summer days it is far
cooler here than on the inland links.
As the President stands near the
seventh hole he catches 4 glimpse of
the ocean on the one hand. and on the
other the links lie like a broad green
ribbon between the rocks and trees of
the bordering hills.
Not more than mile from the house
at Beverly Is the small Montserrat
Club. and here the younger members
of the President S family find plenty
of tennis, golf, and companionship.
The three children. inheriting as they
do from both father and mother re
markable intellectual ability. lead in all
their studies; Robert at Yale and
Helen at Bryu Mawr each entered their
collegiate career at sixteen, and
Charlie, the Younger son, if allowed.
viii be ready 20 enter Yale at fifteen.
Yet nowhere could he found azeener
participants in outdoor spots than
among the Presidents children. Robert
plays a game Of golf that calls forth
the President : best efforts to con-
quer, and Charlie. when not busy in
nautical WAYS in boat, fishing. or SWIM
ming, Is. devoted TO both golf and ten
mis-. So natural, modest, and unassum-
ing as they al are, their pursuit by
the kodak ana newspaper photographer