The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-26

washington, June Zo.-l&peclal.)-hfs William Howard Taft is now settled at the summer capital at Beverly, Massa- chusettes, for the hot season. President Taft. Robert Taft, Miss Helen Taft and Master Charley Taft will all spend the summer at Beverly Mrs. Taft will also have the companionship of Mrs. Louis T. More. her sister. of Cincinnati. It Is also expected that Mrs. Thomas K. Me Laughlin, of Pittsburg, will visit Mrs. Taft some time during the summer.
 Beverly will be gay summer capital. A number of the foreign embassies and legations have been opened near there and many rich and aristocratic families of Washington have taken cottages and country estates near there for the season.
 President Taft will do great deal of golf playing and automobiling. He will be accompanied, of course, by Captain Butt and I understand that greater pre- cautions than usual will be taken by the secret service men for the safety of the Presidents family.
 | Mrs. Taft is greatly improved in health although she Is by no means robust yet. Just before she left Washington l saw l Mrs Taft in Connecticut avenue and she showed the trace of the arduous social duties of the winter She was attired in a gray cloth gown with a plain skirt and a semi-ftting plain coat. She wore a burnt straw hat turned up at the side and trimmed in front with smart bow of brown ribbon
 The report In society circles that Captain Archie Butt, the military aide of President Taft, may be engaged soon
  Butt is one of the most elegible bachei- | ors in the capital end many. many times | he has caused tender little hearts to | futter as he clanked through the ball room resplendent in his uniform Of brass buttons and gold lace with his sword dangling at his side. Captain Butt and Postma ster General Hitchcock constitute duo of bachelors for whom many a cap l has been set
 Captain Butt Is southerner hailing from Augusta, Georgia. The name or the lucky young woman has been wn1s l pered, although it would not be falr 10 reveal a name which may not be the | right one after all.
 l There is much speculation as to whether Miss Katherine Elktns will meet the Duke of Abruzzi while abroad | this summer. There are many, includlng my humble self, who think she will not. Mrs. Elkins and her daughter will spend JuIv and August abroad touring Ger 1 many, France and Italy.
 Representative Howell. of Logan, Utah, will soon join his family in the west. | Mrs. Howell closed their Washington residence and left for Utah some time l ago.
 Major and Mrs. Pierre c. Stevens will close their Washington residence next week and go to Gettysburg where they | will spend the month of July. Major Stevens was ordered to report to Get tvsburg for military duty. Miss Marie Stevens is visiting college chums in New England.
 Mrs. Thomas Carter, wife of Senator Carter of Montana, and her two sons have sailed for Europe. They will | travel extensively upon the continent | Their first destination is Copenhagen Denmark. Thence they are going to Ger many to see the passion play They Will | return to the United Statse in August They vii probably spend the fall in New York, coming to Washington in Decem- Der.
 Senator and Mrs Gamble. of South Dakota, will make a tour of Maryland and New York visiting friends before | going to South Dakota tO spenu the balance of the summer.
 Grey Towers. the country seat of form CT Forester Clifford Pinchot near Mill ford. Pa., may be a very lively place th's summer Mir Pinchot has already arriv- ed there and 1t Is intimated that he may be visited later by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt There is little doubt that | there will be direct line of communi- cation between Gray Towers and Oyster Bay. Grey Towers is a marvel Of fores- try. Tree growing is a hobby and bus iress with Mir Pinchot and every con ceivable kind of tree from pine knot to sypress is growing at Gray Towers. Mns James Pinchot and her niece, Miss Nor gan. are also there.
 Mrs. Chamberlain, wife of Senator Chamberlain, of Portland. Oregon. will close their Washington residence next week. Mrs. Chamberlain and family | will spend the summer at Capron Springs. Senator Chamberlain will gr to Capron Springs for few weeks, but will then return to Oregon for lengthy business and political stay.
 Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Dewey will pass the summer in Admiral Deweys native state, Vermont
 Mrs. Sheridan, widow of Gen. Phil Sher- { idan of civil war fame. who recently went abroad with her three daughters, will re- main in Europe indefinitely They have leased their Washington residence for the summer and fall And may not return un-