The National tribune., 1909-08-26
Beverly. Mass, Aug. %.

The Summer Capital OF the Unltet
States is only two weeks old. Every
body in the vicinity has become thoroiI
used to it during that brief passage OF
time. The natives, so called out of no
derisive intention, but in distinction
from the wealthy residenters in the pa
latia, cottages which extend along the
North Shore for 40 or SO miles, are now
taking the change as matter of course.
Cabinet officers come and go without
stirring the city Of Beverly half as much
as would an invention in shoe machin-
cry. Even the Presidents automobile
goes whizzing thru the streets of an
afternoon without making any more of
an impression than it would in Wash
ington.
A third of the Presidents vacation is
gone. He is really having the time OF
his life. He enjoys the Stetson cottage
down upon Burgess Point, which is Ii
minutes walk from the heart Of Bev.
erly ana from the Executive Offices
where Secretary F. w. Carpenter pre-
sides. He enjoys the golf over at the
Myepia links and at the Essex County
Club links. only he is not going to the
Essex links just now, because tourney
is on and the President does not like
the publicity. He cordially detests be-
ing on exhibition. He protested against
it while he was in the Presidential cam
paign. Now that he is President and
able to do some things as he wishes, he
insists upon taking his vacation without
being on exhibition.
The President as Joy Rider.
Then, the President enjoys immensely
the automobile rides in the late after
noon. He starts about 4:50 or D. M,
when the most delightful period of the
day is beginning. Mrs. Taft accompa-
nies him. Capt. Archibald W. Butt, his
Aid and playfellow, sits on the front
seat beside the chauffeur. and away
they go for 40 or so miles. The Presi-
dent has ridden over every beautiful
road within a long radius of Beverly,
and Capt. Butt is constantly trying to
find some new and pleasant route. Now
the President has begun to ride over
the same roads second time. Prob
ably there is no more beautiful country
of such magnitude for automobile driv-
ing on this continent, perhaps in the
world, and the President is appreciat-
ing it fully.
Nowhere else does one see more auto
mobiles. They come down the roads in
drives. The speed mania is prevalent,
and the natives have been protesting.
They have to wage continual war
against the Juggernaut cars that shoot
thru their streets. 1t occurred to some
of the native warriors that the PreSi-
y
for their benefit. Stories have been cur
rent that his big car. followed by a
smaller car carrying two Secret Service
men, generally made rapid progress.
The hard-headed and practical Yankees
up this way may love the glamor of
official position, but they do not hesi-
tate to speak out their minds when
they have a grievance. So letters began
pouring in upon the President. protest.
ing against the example he was setting
for the rich Summer visitors who come
down to the North Shore on pleasure
bent. The President was annoyed, be-
cause he claimed that his automobile
had not been driven in excess of the
1egaliZed speed of 20 miles an hour, and
that. in fact, he had been driving so
slowly he mad to take the dust of many
machines which passed him on the road.
His chauffeur now has specific orders
not to drive faster than from Is to 20
miles an hour, and the North Shore
natives are a little better satisfied. This
has not restricted the speed of the great
current of automobiles which surge
thru the streets of Beverly and other
North Shore towns and cities, but it
looks better to the people who make
their homes here for IL months of the
year
participate in local functions during his
vacation has been very great, but he
has steadfastly refused. For some days
there WAS a stream of visitors to the
White House Offices appealing to Mr..
Carpenter for a chance to see the Pres
tdent and invite him to be their guest.
The functions varied greatly in charac-
;er. and If the President had yielded he
would have been attending by this time
: Ill the big affairs from Martha's Vine
yard to Portland, Me. A Republican
County Club of New Hampshire sent
distinguished man here, indorsed by
Senator Gallinger, to invite the Presi-
dent to come with them on their annual
outing The G. A. r. of the Granite
State haya an important Annual Re-
lnion at The Weirs. The President did
not like to decline their invitation, but
ne also knew what was in store for him
Il he made an exception. These invita-
lions kept coming in all along the line
One was from the Public Improvement
Association of f-Boston, a great organiza
non working for the betterment of the
FIFTY on the broadeSt possible lines The
committee TO extend that invitation did
not even see the President. Their re-
quest was carried to him by Mr.. Car
penter that very afternoon, and that
very afternoon declined.
One invitation he has accepted, how
EVER. and that an invitation of the Bos-
ION Chamber of Commerce to banquet
IN his honor on the evening of Sept. Il,
which Is the evening before he starts
on his long transcontinental trip. The
committee of prominent Boston bust
ness men who came to extend or ratf-
er, to renew that invitation had no diff
guilty reaching the President, and their
Invitation was promptly accepted. But
1t was given out as q renewal of an in
yitation extended to him at Hot Springs,
Va, last Winter while he was President
Elect. The banquet promises to be a
great affair, where 1900 people will be
present in Mechanics Hall. Elaborate
preparations are being made. and the
Boston business men hope to make 1t
the star occasion of the entire Autumn
tour. They may succeed, for the Presi-
dent seems to be entering into the spirit
pf the affair. His speech will probably
be an important one, forecasting in
some particulars the tenor of his
speeches thru the West.
The President puts considerable
work upon his Cabinet officers That
gives him more time to attend to the
matters which must have his personal
attention and also gives him more time
for his own vacation. The Cabinet off,
GERS, this easy-going Summertime in
turn pass some of the work-as much
as they canon 10 their subordinates
10 the Assistant Secretaries and the
Chiefs of Bureaus, but the work gets
done, and there is no little Summer ac-
fivity in consequence. Secretary Mac
Neagh. who is spending the last half of
August at his Summer home in Dublin
n. H, Is looking for some capable tariff
experts. The President instead of ilay-