The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-01


there are other Ezmcs as vel that require little
less-vhat shall ! sav'-a little less tAcituruIty a
little lees study q human nature. and little
more memory fog cards
! have % spG1Cize Tor Appearing before you n
earb that J have found convenient O. Wear when
walking thro1gh the purlieus q Washington. There
are. / s1ppose some limitations upon Presidential
pedes;risnizL, but have not found them as yet.
except IN tired muscles It Is vsgy great pleasure
20 20 walk along the street, lOok into the win
do7s and PASS by great many people who don
know Vh1 / am, and AZ TINES % meet = fellow who
looks once al me and then passes without any
further curiosity. and another fellow who looks
tvice. uudges bis friend. and then, with thai de-
gree ot reverence that We all feel fdg high otfcs.
says Hello Taft"
Come By Engagement.
But there is in the White Ho1se a ssrse Of isola-
ton due % the fact that generally uo1ody drops
iu Everytody who oomss. c1nes by engagement,
and you don't have that pleasant surprise that
comes from having neighbo-s look IN on yo1 a.
old times and with feeling that they have =
night to come. ! don't know that that feature q
the White House Hfe can be changed-perhaus u
ought not 20 be. perhaps if We changed the system
we would only long % return % ths system Of
engagements. for the engagements are many tims
passes rapidly. and business IS active.
People say To me- You must h tirei-yo1 are
working very hard I suppose what they say Is
true and is founded on fact Bot my education on
the bench has made feel that there was nc neal
work which was not sustained Intellectual w1rk-iB
writing ca, opinions and viewed from that standpoint
I base not had any uoik iu the " hite H1rse exert
occasionally when have dictated messages. Shaking
hands and talking with people has seemed o. nc 20
be always a preliminary until 7 could g.. 10 work
and l suppose ! shall never settle down 20 philo-
slphcal consideration Of what Is labor In the White
House until l realize that three ar four hours IS
taken up each morning with attorneys and other
Apprentices, bat the claims n those who recommend
that such gentlemen be appointed.
The truth IL that executive work is work not
because Of sustained mental effort but It is work
that arises from the consumption II nervous energy
and vitality in the rubbing up against ones fellow
man. That Is work that Won don't have On the
bench, and it is a little difficult for one who has
had 50 long an experience as I have had 70 rralIe
that it Is work, and who does not fesl il until he
gets to bed or until he finds himself in some way
or other exhausted without any sufficient excuse for
the exhaustion.
Glad to See Them.
Now. NJ friends. I am glad 10 meet You hope
I viii REMEMBER every one Of YOU. but ! am sure
I won't The only wsy that one remembers is by
constant association and sm sGTy TO say that, as
! look about here there Is only oneeleyenth OF this
assembly which I am likely % see.
I shall Re glad to see any ono Of you who honors
ne by coming up In the Office and who can get
by Carpenter and Stone We have inauErated a
system there row. that everybody sets mat
least, I think everybody gets in, Judging by the fact
that ! do not get 70 my lunch until after O'Clock.
In any eTent when you do honor me. ! shall be
delighted % you.
thank you for your courtesy IN inviting ne 70
visit your club and 20 meet its memierS