The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
ance until o'clock, the hour for the
banquet
Greets the Children.

Greets the Children.
Meanwhile, as the President entered
/ Colonel SCOTS residence, the colOnels 1T
| tie daughter was on the porch. The Pres
ident stopped and greeted her quite as
graYely as if she had been grown-up.
! He spoke in kindly tones and then re-
I appeared his contagious smile. OF course
the little girl, flustered as she was,
smiled, too. 1t took her ten minutes to
tell the other children of the post about
/ it and then most of them insisted on see
/ ing the President. At first their elders
| frOwned upon the idea, but soon the
President himself heard about it and last
night if there was any child at Fort
/ Douglas who could not boast of shaking
/ hands with the President it was his own
fault, for the President smiled at them
/ and shook their hands. He seemed to en-
| joy doing it, too.
/ The reception to the officers and their
/ women was a pretty social function and
the guests OF honor enjoyed every min
ute of it. Colonel and Mrs. Scott. Cap
/ tain and Mrs. Bryan Conrad and Captain
| Butts helped the President receive. Many
| of the officers at the fort, and their wo-
ImenfOik, too, had met President Taft
when he was Philippine commissioner and
| afterWard governor general Others were
/ introduced to Captain Butts, who pre-
| sented them TO the President. The re
| ceptiOn was not the ordinary society at-
/ fair.
/ President Taft's faculty for restoring
| everybOdys self-pOssessiOn was never
more aptly displayed. The presentations
/ had no more than been accomplished than
/ he was the center of an admiring thrOng,
| answering questions right and left, and
| many Of the fair sex present will treas
Ure for years some of the pretty com
plImentS he paid. With the men the
| President was jovial and witty, frequent
/ ~ calling to mind some episode of the
Philippine campaign.
| 1t was said afterward by officers, who
/ maTveled at it, that President Taft had
/ not failed TO recognize a single person
/ he had known in the Philippines. Even
/ persons he had seen only once, he quickly
remembered, and in doing so added, if
/ possible, to the admiration in which he
was already held.
! The post orchestra played popular melO-
dies and as dusk fell with the lights
/ twinkling in the hall and the couples
/ strOlling about the pOrticOes, the scene
/ was beautiful. Here and there officers
who had been on duty hurried with their
women folk toward the colOnePs home
/ in order not to be too late to meet the
/ President. Tea was served by the host
/ ess, whose scheme of table decoration
was not only praised by her guests, but
/ by her principal guest. 1t was said, too,
/ in that hearty, sincere way which makes
| everything the President says seem dOub-
/ ly true.
President Well Guarded.
! Colonel SCOTS residence is surrounded
! by a high board fence. In the street
/ i'm front soldiers had been patrolling ever
| since the President arrived in the mill
/ tary reservation, but when he returned
| from the review more soldiers were sta
/ toned about the grounds
/ At length when darkness fell this pro-
! lection was made irOnclad, over 100 men
| being on duty outside the house. Here
| and there where a board was off the
/ back fence a sentry stood on guard and
1 at every entrance soldiers barred the way
| to the public. In addition to these pre-
4 cautions secret service men strolled about
! 10 a
1 whose movements were at al irregular
! Their vigilance was so pronounced that
/ some of the spectators said they believed
! the detectives hoped some little incident
would give them a chance to show their
| proweSs.
After the reception had been in prog
! TeSS for an hour, Senator SmOOt and aides
| returned to the city to complete further
| They Travelled to the city at a rapid pace,
! as Senator SmOOt had to accomplish his
/ work in time to return for the banquet at
| 9 o'clock.
! During the reception, President Taft
! personally greeted every member but two
/ of Colonel ScCtt's official family. Major
/ W. 5. May and Lieutenant John 5. Upp-
/ man were in and could not attend, but
/ the post surgeon had hard work to con-
! vince them that they must remain in bed.
! Among the younger officers with whom
/ President Taft held cordial converse at
/ the reception was Lieutenant John r.
{ Ward, battalion adjutant, who had met
| the President in the Philippines. Pres
! ident Taft talked with Lieutenant Ward
| about the adventures the lieutenant had
! experienced.
President Takes Rest.
After the President had chatted amiabIy
| with all at the reception. Colonel Scott
( insisted that he must be tired. and car
| Tied him away for a short rest before the
/ banquet The President frankly admitted
l that he was reluctant to leave while So
many ladies remained, but at length he
/ did go.
] President Taft did not look tired or
/ bored at any time yesterday. He seemed
| to be ebullient with good health and spir-
its. During the last two years his mus
! tache has turned iron gray, but he is less
stout and more the picture of good health
| than he was when he assumed rule over
the nation. Yesterday he gave up. he