Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-16
PAYS TRIBUTE TO
FEDERAL T0ILERS
PRESIDENT TAFT PRAISES GOV
EMINENT CLERKS WHO MAKE
HIS VACATIONS POSSIBLE.
LAYS SACRED CORNERSTONE
Says Worker Is Happier Than Plutocrat
at Ingram Memorial Church
Exercises.
WESTERN TRIP PLANS ANNOUNCED

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 12.-In
assisting on Sunday to lay the corner
stone of church which has for part of
its equipment a gymnasium, a swimming
pool. bowling alleys and clubroomS,
President Taft took occasion to pay a
tribute to the civil employee of the gov
arnment, who, being compelled to remain
in Washington while the President goes
to the seashore and legislators seek their
vacations, carries on the work of the
government.
Sometimes working for a salary much
too low said the President, she is phil
osOpher enough to know that he can get
more real happiness out of life in see
ing his family grow and in the education
Of his children, than by aspiring to ba
millionaire or plutocrat."
The President also spoke of the wis
dom of providing rational amusement
as part of church work, thus making
religion a welcome amusement of life
and not something ''to be improved only
once in seven days and then to be taken
III as small doses as possible"
Misses Trowel Work.
The church is to be known rs the In
gram MeIIorldl congregational, OIL winch
DR.. j. W. Frizzel is the pastor The
church was founded by o. II. Ingram of
Eau Clare, Wis, as a memorial to his
son, Charles S. Ingram. President Taft,
who is a Mason, and who at & recent
cornerstone laying in this city worked
for nearly fifteen minutes in spreading
mortar all over the surface upon which
the big granite block was to rest, was
somewhat disappointed when he found
that his only function was to place in
position and seal into the stone a metal
box containing photographs of himself,
Of the pastor and various records and
trinkets.
Il am an accomplished Mason" pro-
tested the President
| DR.. Frizzell laughingly replied that the
church did not want to take any chances
and had the stone set before the Presi-
dent took charge.
LAS l understand the plan of this
church," said the President, sit is to
make religion z part of the life of those
to furnish rational amusement. 1t is to
make the church SO attractive by rea-
| son of its social qualities and still con-
form to the religious law. | am glad to
know, to see and to believe that all
churches, in way, not so completely as
this plan indicates, are adopting the
view that there is nothing inconsistent
between religion and duty and happi-
ness and rational amusement, and that
the union of all of them is not some
thing that is repellant to the real relig-
ious SOUL
Western Trip to Be Long.
Indications multiply that President
Tafts announced itinerary for his west
ern and southern trip this fall will be
materially extended. The President
himself did not include in the tentative
list which was published all Of the
places where he expects to stop long
enough to make an address and hold a
brief car-end reception. The itinerary
was made up of those cities where the
President will spend from one to three
days.
On his far western trip, where trains
are run heavier and at longer intervals
than here in the east, it is more than
| likely that the President will have to
follow the policy of his predecessors
in chartering a special train. A special
train will be absolutely essential if the
President is to maxi stops at any of the
| smaller cities.
The President expects to be away for
two months on this trip and will have to
carry a complement of stenographers,
clerks and telegraphers in addition to his