The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-06

tAN ~ AatAi 4Atttrf fFaNNNoiNne ff r
heen sing1larly deserted since the Taft
regime began. When be Is not travelling
loutside Of Washington. dinners, parties,
balls. banquetss conventions. the theatre,
social and business gatherings Of all
kinds, drag the presidential presence
from the executive roof tree. and tile
said presence seems not 10 Be averse
70 being dragged away. On the cons
trary il seems to enjoy il
Probably two-thirds 81 tile Occasions
have demended speeches impromptn Or
otherwise Several million words 81
public speaking have heen turned ont
BY the president n the last year At
least two nights a week. when ne Is III
Washington, the president attends the
theatre, Often he fret takes in the
play. and Afterwards hgrFies away Co
some other function 4 dinner, or dance.
+ il strange that the mxuriant mus
tache that hides of reveals the famous
Taft smile is growing gray
Probably mo ether president ever mt
che physical effort into gadaing about
That Taft does Certainly IA holds the
record for continuous performances.
Three engagements I'll an evening with
two speeches q deliver is no nncom
mon thing for him
Besides al this President Taft does
2 real days work every day. He Isl
up at for hslf hours hard exer-
else with his physical trainer, who puts
him through A strenuous course Of "set
ting ppR drills and shadow boxing he
fore the days business begins From
9s39 until he Is st the executive 81
fees grinding out = erist az handshakers, /
and nanahne executive business and lce, 1
islafivo callers AT short hour for
and he s. hack on THE JOB un-
til six From then until 1880 he usual 4
W takes his daily walk nrrying back 1
10 the White House for dinner and To I
prepare for The strenuous evening. with 4
ts theatre, dinners. and speeches
All this is wearing down the avoirda.
Dois Of the executive. but the ones who 4
IRE getting nervous prosiration over Il
tre the secret service men no them 4
.he present program means work al
most without end Hundreds Of petty
ietails must be attended to every time
he president goes to the theatre or
axes walk, and Il Is UP to the quiet
'0mpiacent walking arsenals to al tile
york Just nnw they are thinking fond
" Of The luy4ri0ns Roosevelt days,
when hard work consisted Of d l5 az
z mile walk through q rain storm or
2 mile horseback trot and It did not
INVOLVE six nights week Of social flinc-
Joining
The state department always knew
hat Thomas Fl Norton was q versatile
ort of fellow He was born in New
'ork and educated ia Ohio. That's
nc reason he Yves given the post OF
ansnl I'll ehemhifz. Saxony But not
ntil his last report came ia ana Sec
etary Knox fully realize Nort0ns
opacity for research, 81 his powers of
o. late years there has been dis
stisiaction over the liability Of hosiery.
specially the finer grades. 10 tear
here the ordinary hose supports are
ooked or attached SAYS tie consul to
hemnitz, The complaints have in.
eased as the old-fashioned garter has
zen steadily discarded for the more
odern and hygienio supporter Two
sw styles Of GhcmRitz hosiery nave
lpeared warranted free from defect
the first design en- additional garter
cit II knit about the top and formsl
constituent part of the stocking, four
ches below the customary welt The
Iaitional cost per dozen pair Is ~
nts.
IA second design presents two broad
ops on opposite sides Of stocking,
3rting FIVE inches below the ton.
iey are one inch wide and an inch ana
half long. formed during the opera
IN Of knitting, and constitute an in- z
grail part Of the stocking support S
! can easily be attached to these s
BPS but the results Of wear cannot
tend 70 the stocking proper The ad
ion costs sixteen aud two-thirds cents
r dozen pairs Of hose