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villas and generally add to the gaiety
OF things. However. when President
Taft a few weeks ago cancelled prac-
tically all his summer engagements
for public addresses. Newport was in
Guided in the list and at this writing
all efforts To induce him to reconsider
have been unavailing.
Naturally the Taft funk was suff.-
cient TO bring sad ana bitter tears TO
such hostesses as had hopes of new
triumps with a real. live President
chained TO the social chariot. for. be
it known, American chief magistrates
are rarer prey for the lion hunters
at Newport than grand dukes, foreign
princeiinss and other imported. If
impecunious. celebrities. Worse yet.
President Tafts change of plans has
cost Newport a brave naval and
military show. and Newport of late
years has found the army and navy
very diverting and useful in combating
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HE final day of September, 4
this year. is to be a red-let-
ter day for Aunt Della" for
on that eveatful date the
wcilbelOved old lady IS 10
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monotony. The officers in white duck
uniform always look very picturesque
against the green background of
lawn and hedge at a Newport garden
party. and they are in a position TO
repay hospitalities with affairs, more
or less unique. as. for instance, those
on board the warships.
yet deeper reason :or Newports
secret chagrin over the collapse OF
the Taft program is that she has been
deprived of what il was hoped would
prove an entering wedge 10 capture
American "officialdom" for Newport.
The cynics say that brains" deserted
Newport years ago. and in evidence
point to- the For Sale" sign on the
cottage of Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor of The telephone and lat
terly "ofiiciaidom" has followed suit.
Time was when cabinet members and
government officials were much IN
evidence at Newport, and several or
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lament. despite the record of one con-
stable who. in the role OF collector
was able 10 get more than $4,000 for
New York and foreign merchants in
tine course of one weeks dunning
among the cottagers. Yet. withal
the Fashionable shopping district of
Newport extending in either direc-
ton from the Casino. which Is the
fountain head OF social life-is con
stantly expanding. and II looks as
though I'm time there woild be scarce
a fashionable caterer. florist or shop
keeper without his Newport branch.
Some of them assert that they do bus
mess at a loss all summer, but that
this means of keeping In the eye OF
old customers and winning new ones
for the winter makes It worth while
In the end.
But whatever be the situation with
reference TO the monied elect at New
port there can be no two opinions
as TO the growing popularity OF New
port as n magnet for tourists and ex-
cursionists The vacation paradise
OF the wealthy is getting to be as
much of "stop-over" show place for
sight-seers as is Washington or Nj
agara Falls. Newport entertains
fully $50. 900 of these transients every
9year and they spend surprising
share of the s10.000,000 a year when
is Newport's dividend for being
summer resort Most of the tourists
spend only day or two at Newport
The hotels are not such as encourage
one 10 prolong his stay. although
there enough tc see 10 occupy MS
time for week. The miilionaircs
who resent any encroachment upon
their seclusion have seen TO ms
effective method of speceirg the part
ing guest. The town had once upon
time. largo hotel that was modern
for its day but It buried down ana
the exclusive oottagers with malice
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in early September. Anyway, tn
horsefiesh on this festive occasion is
naught but the means 10 an end. The
real competition is in that display Of
gowns and jewels and millinery
which is always in order at New
port.
Newport lost. at the eleventh hour,
what promised to prove one of the
most notable events of the browning
week of the season-namely an Off
cial visit from the President of the
United States. The occasion was to
be the laying of the cornerstone of a
new s250.000 Y. NJ. c. A. building for
the benefit Of the enlisted men of the
Army and Navy. the funds for the con-
struction of which has been donated
by wealthy residents. The President
was to come to Newport and be the
guest of United States Senator Wet
more-one Of the few public officials.
who has a home in the cottage "col-
Ony"-and in addition to participat
ing in the cornerstone laying was to
accept hospitality al some of the
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the leading foreign embassies and le-
cations were transferred thither dur,
ing the vacation season. Not so
these past few years Most officials
fight shy of millionairedOm's close
corporation. whereas the practicai
politician with an eye TO the preju-
dices of the anti-snobbishe public
would as soon put his head In any
other snort of moose as 10 be suspect
ed of Newpor, ambitions.
Newport 5 other disappointment
this season has been due 10 the fail'
ure OF her ships TO come in"-air-
ships this time. 10 be exact. Early
in the season II was announced with
enthusiasm that Col. John Jacob As
tor was TO bring an up-to-date SKY
cruiser when he reopen Beechwood,
his mothers long famous estate. ana
that he would set the pace for an IN
vasion of the air by the smart set.
There was also project for regu-
lar express service between Newport
and Narragansett Dy means OF Sdir-
ieible balloon similar TO that inaug'
urated i'm Germany. However. this
latter lofty scheme failed 10 material
ize and the asiute Mr. Aston in the
end announced that whereas he had
donated few paltry thousands IN
aid of the forthcoming international
aaronautical meet he had planned To
remain on the earth himself.
All of which brings us to the ever
mootcd question of whether 1910 Is
likely 10 go down into history as a
successful season at tn. most talked
about vacation resort. There is no
more unanimity of opinion aat New
port on the subject than in former
years. II resolves itself into the
usual arraignment with the residents
who have had a good time and the
tradesmen who have done a good bus
mess on the Affirmative side OF the
, question. and their less fortunate
, rivals supporting the mega i've we"
Tradesmen have been complaining
from time out of mind that fashion
able Newport is mighty slow pay
and this year there has been the usual
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il is safe to challenge any person to
find a more contented woman Of her
years or one that is taking a more
&c neral and lively interest in all that
is going on about her. And by the
term going on" is meant no narrow
Interpretation of the words either.
They say that the average New Eng
land housewife who has been born
and reared and spent almos: all her
lite in one of the conservative rural
communities Of this section is bound
20 be provincial. but il that be so
certainly Aunt Della is the exeep-
ton that proves the rule
To beNsure she takes an interest in
the doings OF her neighbors anu all
the tOwnsfolk. What woman would
not. II she had called the same little
community and even the same house
home for nearly foar-score years. and
literally knew personally every man.
woman ard child in the whole cOua-
fsyside. and bad seen ali the present
generation grow up and get married
and knew al first hand OF from con
fsdential hsarsay the inside history OF
the village church and all the other
local Institutions well back 10 the be-
SHINING Of things in 17fo. The point
j.. though. that for all Aunt Della
sets STORE by these things. she aiso
takes the liveiicsf and most intrlli-
gent Interest in all the important n
fairs Of the i1rEer world outside
Indeed. there is no doubt Sat that
"Aunf Della would be worthy your
scquaintabce as ose 81 the most ~
msrkabie women IN the country. even
30 ~rs rad no relative In the White
H,rsa or other high station and you
bad never been told fhat Ser grand
father twice declined the presidency
Of Harvard College. o. that an her
male ancestors were men % such
stature that thar anything less nan
a six-footcr was unknown IN the IAN.
Us annals To realize how remarkscic
is the Presidents senior relative q
(Confsnued On Twelfth Pzce.l
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the frsf res denoe In the land. Fam
lis feeling ia. always been strong
aucng the Tars and there as been a
deal Of VISITING lack and forth. par
fit rilariy sifra be failure Of the
tealih Of the stress Of the White
House. but "Arui Della" has always
zen in q ciae- ~ herself a. ;hc most
welcome gu. The plan IS for her
20 spend Some weeks ~ The White
House cach u rf'r and another AZ in
ferva.s az fie rresidcnfs summer O.;
fagc ar Beverly whereas the prcsi
ocnf. on bis bel . aims 10 Jet no yea
20 BY without laying AZ icass one
visit % bis amt ~ her stately Old
home in central Massachusetts. "
has been the tearcsi hope % Aunt
Della thar Doe only the President
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Until he took up his work in the Phil
IN pines. but the second vile OF the
older Taft. who had been Louisa Ma
rio Torrey. found the summer climate
o. Cincinnati very trying. and so she
adopted the plan OF taking her chill
GTen each summer to the home of her
sister. the Aunt Della" of today.
, Tins William II. Taft spent ali his
early vacations at the little town ot
MHIbury. Mass. in the old house.
every nook and Granny of which Is
now rich in associations for him.
Here. too. Mr.. Taft perpetuated
himself TO local fame by his work a.
the first baseman Of an invinciblc
baseball nine and laid the liquidation
az those lifelong friendships that
would probably impel President Taft
To visit MiiIbury occasionally. even II
Aunt Della we're not there presiding
over :he stately house on the main
street just as she did in the old days
After the death Of President Taft's
father his mother removed 10 Mil
bury and made her home with her sis
ter. so that during all the late years
o. her life there was a double aitrac-
lion for william u Taft tn the peace
ful lfile hamlet. located half an hour ;
Tidc BY trolley from the busy citv 81
Worcester. Mass. The present chief
magistrate was a conspicuous figure
a. tho annual family reunions held
Curirg an thee years AZ Milibury.
and newspaper readers will doubtless
remember his visit 20 say goodbye 70
lis mother and Amt Della before
starting 90 ms tour a.0und tho world
and on other similar departures Tor
frofracfed intervals.
Miss Torrey stated recently thar
hose last years when the had Der
sister With Der Continually and the
ycung people always coming and 20
irx we're tho happicef years % her
lie. ruf ~ must not BE- inferred
from This that there Is a suspicioasof
q scon;suf uoE in having 50 mech 20
D.. soe the roomy Old mansion with
It, many memories. On the contrary
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End yourself suddenly made famous
ovcrnieht-so famous that people In
all parts OF the country take TO writ
ing YOU for your recipes and others
drop hints that they would like a liz
TIC advice a. 10 the hes; plan Of put
ting up preserves. But. Of course. all
the fiattery implied in these attentions
need not be expected TO turn the head
Of a housckcepcr. fortified by a typi-
n New England conscience. such a.
forms The foundation o. the charac-
ter 81 Miss Della Torrey.
Perhaps you imagine. too. casual
reader. that Aunt Dclia's infiucncr
upon her famous Nc hev mas been
solely on the material side. such a.
Is appealed 10 by nin.strai.ons 10 the
inner nan. Nothing OF the sori.
Sentimental considerations have been
quite a. potent. although the Presi-
oen3 has not seen ~ 90 take the puS-
JIG into his confidence - quito fhc
same degree regarding them. How
ever. II Won knew that a President Of
the United States vent about the
country putting forth What the funny
papers arc pleased 10 call q defense
II old MAIDS and telling tho grad
yates of colleges for young women
thar they must not REGARD marriage
~ the sole aim and end oi their ~
igfcnce. and ron knew also thai the
champion 81 fhc rausc Of the gEwcd-
ded fair ser bad a most likabIe aunt
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but her other ncplcws. MS brothers,
viii be present a. the celebration
planned to take piac,-a he Old home
stead in honor of her cigny-fffh
birthday anniversary
When II is IaEcn into corsidcrafi ION.
by the way. fo what an extent This
1ncceiral soar &C the family has been
home" fo William ". Taff and IN
what measure Aunt Della" has been
n second mother fp him his fond
ness for h.s aged relative Is cot to b.
wondered &C. The nitrate relation
Genre ahclf primarily because ~ the
iaci that when TIE Taft brofhe-s
we're little boys Aunt Bciias" wa
fteir sumner home. Judge Alphouso
Taft made bis homo in Cincinnati. a.
lie now-famous son was 20 90 later
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who belonged in that category. would
rot YOU naturally associate the cir
cumstances as cause and effect2 Well
that is the situation exactly with ref
crence To Aunt Della"
In no small degree has Aunt Delta"
supplied the sympathetic human IN
fcrest Of tho Taft administration Her
position in that respect might be con-
pared to That I'D by Mother Nc
Kinley~ when her son was the nos
prominent citizen Of tho republic.
or that occupied by an earlier date
by Baby Mckee The fact that
there were no very young children in
ihe TAFT family and that the Presi-
dents mother had died sometime be-
lore william Taft entered the White
Tousc rather left a; a loss that large
portion 81 the republic-particuiarly
he feminine contingcnt--thaf Is die
arpoinied Il % docs not End A. every
rcw tenancy of the White Horse some
appealing popular idol on which 10
i,oetoW homage rs the "powcr behind
tho throne AZ the presidential man
son. Then. happily. Aunt D,lia'
was discovered and righf royalty has
she allied he vacant niche in the cur.
tent hall 81 fame.
n did not require VERY long ciiter
~ a public ever curious sceard.nc
az ;he details Of the private life r.
ifr presidents. 10 discover that Miss
Torrey was indeed a; high favor al
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most notorious - according
- - TO your view of the goinSs
on of high society-is again
st the height of her annual summer
season. For, all reports TO the con
trary Notwithstanding, this Rhode Is
land mecca of wealth and fashion, Is
still distnctively q summer resort.
To be sure some of the natives have
done and are doing their best 10 make
IL an all-thc-year resort. but it must be
admitted that they have been hardly
as Successful as the Atlantic city
boomers with the same goal for their
ambition No doubt they have plenty
of incentive for their for their efforts
too. these canny citizens OF Little
Rhody, who have been getting out
statistics and weather charts to prove
how genial is the Newport cline in
mid winter For one thing TO be
gained is the trade of the prOdigal. ii
slow-paying millionaire 'cottagers"
and even more alluring are the yet
more numerous dollars scattered by
the throngs of the common folk who
come to catch a glimpse of the arts
tocracy of money whenever ii is on
parade.
But. as has been said, the summer
remains the only season when the
curious excursionist can invade New
port with every assurance of. finding
a fairly full roster of the "headliners"
of society as spelled with a capital
S. They begin to come along about
the tenth of June and from that time
there is a steady influx until by mid
August Newport's normal population
OF % 900 has swelled to $4,000 or
more For a month or more the so
cial activity is at fiood-tide. although
IL any one interval were TO be Sc
lccted as the very climax of the
months of gaity choice would prob
ably fall on the first week in Septem-
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NtllDtlDNcI Diu lAUN y ~
celebrate her eighty-ffth birthday
anniversary and she has Planned 90
commemorate the occasion with such
a reunion OF ki;h and kin as has never
been known in the annals OF q family
famous for its clannishneSs. Perhaps
Il is wrong to thus take a for granted
that everybody knows who -Auut
Della Is. and yet .; Is difficult 20 con
cciye that there can be any newspa-
per reader who has not heard repeat
c6ly these past couple Of years oi
President Taft's favori;e aunt and
her famous apple pies-fo say moth
.BE Of other triumphs Of cookery. all
delicious enough. According TO the
telling. to make ones mouth water
just to hear about them.
or course. 10 is right enough 20
mention the apple pics irSi. Tor Pres
ident Taft has enthusiastically prals-
Cd these sefsame apple pies in some
Of his public addresses. Now f b.
no slight compliment. mind you. %
have the President 81 tho United
States praise your pastry. even u he
= your relative. and to have him do
n. too. right out IN public. where not
only your Old ncighbors. but all the
world and his wife may hear. and %
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a EXPORT. of summer resorts
the most famous or the
most notorious - according
- TO your view of the goings
on of high society-is again
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tconiiBued IN rveIrh Psee3
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BASKETBALL


One of the largest audiences of the
season was out last night to watch
the teams of the Grammar school bas-
ketbal1 league play at the Y. NJ. C. A.
There were fully 800 people present.
The best game OF the evening was be-
tween the San Jacinto and the Lamar
firsts. At the end of the first half the
score was to, in San Jacinto's ia
vor. but in the second half the Lamar
team came back strong and won the
decision by the score of 19 to 10. The
work of Reed and Wilcox was the star
feature of the evenings play. Reed
making six Of the San Jacinto's 13
points.
Sunset defeated the Aoy school by
the score of 26 to 6. Sunset proved SUI
perior in every department of the
game.
The Beall-Lamar seconds game end
ed with the score of Is to in favor
of the Beall school This game was
walk away for the Bealls, and the
playing of Adkins featured
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woMEN's ORGANIZATIONS.

The current events and literature de-
partment Of the Woman's club met this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. r.
Brown, and an interesting and instruct
i've program was given.
The directors also held a meeting
for the purpose of signing up the pa
per Of Incorporation.
The directors of the Sunshine society
met Monday afternoon in the rooms of
the Y. W c. A, when questions of in
teTest in connection with the Day Muir
sery were considered.
The regular meeting of the society
was postponed until the third Monday
In January.
At the reception TO be given on Fri
day Dec. 80. by the w c. T Z, at the
7. w. c. a. rooms, Mr. Bonsib will give
an address, and musical program will
be given, and refreshments served.
The affair is in honor of the new
members OF the organizat ton, who are:
Mrs c. A Bush, Miss Florence Glenn,
Mrs. Laura E. Mold, Mrs W. ]. Parsons,
Miss Mary T. McCutchen, Mrs. H. D.
Ashley, Mrs. J. E Monroe, Mrs. L. S.
Frankenberger, Mrs. E! r. Lee, Mrs. F.
S Meyer, Miss Anna Franklin, Mrs
NJ n. Geddes. Miss Mae Barnes, Mrs.
Lena Dalton, Mrs. g. w. Sharp, Mrs. J.
r. Bonduint, Mrs J. W. Earle, Mrs. H.
A Schaock, Mrs. E. T. Williams, Mrs.
Clara Dwyer, Mrs Littletee, Mrs. Pol
lock. Miss Mary Davis. Miss Anna
Davis. Mrs Hattie Boon. Miss Boon,
Mrs S. p. Bucham. Miss Emily Dobbin.
Mrs d. T. Hester, Miss Mamie John
ston. Mrs N A King. Mrs. Ella S.
Rees, Mrs. d. Carpenter, Mrs. w. H.
Anderson, Mrs. J. B. Clement, Miss
Alana Deck, Mrs. H z. Spence. Mrs. S.
E Adkins. Mrs. T. J. Jones, Mrs.
Eugene Caruthers, Mrs c. ]. Borcher-
ding, Mrs G. A McLane, Mrs. A p.
Rose, Mrs. r. w. Elliott, Mrs R. A
Mcdonald. Mrs. r. r. Ardoin, Mrs. 'Jno.
F. Goebel Mrs Eugene Williams, Mrs.
J. w. Beatty, Mrs. S. G. Chestnut Mrs.
Edward McMiller, Mrs A. M/Forbes,
Miss Emma Ganaer, Mrs. J. H. Rull-
man, Mrs. Lewis Gum, Mrs. Mary
Campbell.
Honorary members@C. L. Caspary,
Rev r. w. Merrill, Messrs. J. J. Barr,
P O. Gardner. Henry l. Red. Joe K.
Smith. W s Valentine. Ello Nix A. T.
Lee, Charles Chaffee. z. II. Canles. DR..
W r Weeks. DR.. II. T. Wright, J. B.
Clement, d. Winter, W. F. Duval, N s.
Craig. w p. Henderson, Clint Ballard,
E 3. Hearn, E r. Ardoin. F. Adkins,
S G. Chestnut, Allen E. Scekst, S. Ad-
kins. A NJ Forbes. R. P Johnson, W.
n Cane, r. Scanall-
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ed most of his military laurels on
service in Arizona. He was awarded
the brevet of first lieutenant for gall
liant services in actions against in
dams at Muchos Canons Ariz., Septem-
Der %, 1871 on Lost river, Ariz-, June
26. 1873: at Salt river. Ariz., April 2S,
1874, and IN the Red Rock country,
Ariz., May IA, 1874. Col Schuyler, who
is a graduate of the class OF 1870, U.
s NJ. A, was born in New York. April
20. 1S49, and after being promoted in
the army to second lieutenant. Fifth
cavalry, served in that command until
promoted major. Second cavalry. Octo-
Der is. 1899 His first post Of duty
was on the frontier at Fort Russell,
Wyo., October 9. 1870. and from that
time TO 1888 ne was actively in actions
against indians and on frontier duty
in Wyoming, Arizona, Kansas, Dakota
and Indian territory.
Gen. Howe,s Successor.
Col. Joseph w. Duncan. Sixth u S.
infantry, who will be appointed bril-
gadier general on December 81 TO sue
coed brigadier general Howe, father of
Walter D. Howe, of Ell Paso. retired
for age on that date. is a son of the
late brevet brigadier general Thomas
Duncan and grandson of Capt. Mat
thew Duncan, of the First dragons.
He was born in an army tent at Fort
Ewell. Tex, June 81. 1853, and is an
old indian campaigner
Henry Guy Carleton, the playwright.
who died in Hot Springs, Ark, Deem
Der 10, 1910. from paralysis. aged 81
years, was born at Fort Union. N NJ,
in 1856, son of Gen. James Henry
Carleton, U. S. A. In October. 1873. he
received an appointment as second
lieutenant in the Eighth U. S. cavalry
After active service in the campaigns
against the Kiowas and Arapahoes. he
resigned in 1876 TO take up newspaper
work. He had been producing piays
since 1881.
Former Esd Officer.
Brig. Gen. Charles l.. Hodges d.
s. A, who will be appointed major
general, served through the civil war
as private, corporal. sergeant and ser
geant major in the Sixth New York
He Joined the regular serv-
Ice as private in the 18th infantry No
vember II, 1869, and served therein
until 1875, rising to the rank of ser
seant major He was appointed Sec
ond lieutenant, 25th infantry. January
20. 1875; was promoted first lieutenant
Tune i, 1880. and captain November /.
1891. His promotion to major on July
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the purse must be not less than $4,000
regardless of the result
These are my conditions and moth
ing will change them. 1 won't risk the
championship against a lightweight of
class in less than As rounds. 1t makes
no difference to me where the fight
takes place"
Soon after Moran defeated Battling
Nelson. Wolgast said he would meet
the British fighter in May but later
changed the date to February with a
s12,500 guarantee