The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-03
THE TAFT SMILE"
HAS COME BACK
All Because the White House
Has a New
Cook.

That famous Taft smile" has
dawned once more upon the face OF
the President Of the United States.
Mrs Taft has the carefree step Of n
girl: and Miss Jeffries. the White
House housekecper. again goes for
her daily afternoon walk.
All because the domestic machinery
Of the White House once more runs
on oiled wheels. a smiling and bux-
ON young woman. with the brightest
of blue eyes. the rosiest Of cheeks, and
a pair OF strong. capable arms, mas
arrived from New York to act as pre-
siding genius Of the White House
kitchen. IN other words. the Taft
family has a cook, says the New York
Post.
The Taft Smile Has Come Back.
Flora Hamilton. young. Scotch-Irish,
unmarried. and with a genius for
cooking. backed by some years eN-
perience I'm New York homes. has
come TO the rescue of the President
and mis- family at the critical moment
I'm which starvation seemed staring
them in the face. For Amelia How
ard. the cook who had succeeded
/ Martha Petersen i'm the White House
I kitchen last spring. handed in her
| resignation-or gave notice" as one
/ would say If she had cooked for the
Jones or the Brown family-and for
| the third time since the inauguration
/ OF President Taft the White House
kitchen was cOokless
To Miss Petersen and Miss Howard
had been offered every inducement
by White House executives TO remain
i'm the kitchen, but both. for purely
] personal reasons. declined. Martha
Petersen. the young Swedish woman
who was installed as head cook soon
after Mrs. Taft became mistress Of the
White House. and whose cuisine add
ed no little to the fame OF last season 8
state receptions and dinners, at first
blushinglyo refused to give her reasons
for not remaining at the post which
she had filled to Mrs. Taft's entire
satisfaction.
IL soon leaked out. however. that
Miss Petersen had decided to preside
over a kitchen Of her own. and that
the happy man was James Mulvey
one OF the policemen detailed by the
Washington police department to duty
at the White House. The romance
which had begun with the Taft ad-
ministration had progressed, between
various White House dinners and re-
ceptions OF the winter season. to the
entire satisfaction of the cook and
the policeman. eliminated i'm a wed
ding. Mrs. Taft gave her blessing
and a substantial remembrance.
As soon as it was noised abroa,
that Mrs. Taft was again in need of Z
cook applications began TO pour int
the White House from all parts Of tn,
country. From the south there cam,
letters from famous chefs, who beggc,
to be allowed TO introduce 20 the Pres
ident the old-fashioued southern
cooking A too decided partially
these culinary aspirsnts thought. ma,
long been shown by the White Hous,
for northern and foreign-born cooks.
President Taft's third cook. how
ever. was to come from New York
Flora Hamilton. hearing Of the va
cancy at the White House, made he
application I'm person to the Whit
House executives. She possessed al
advantage over other applicants II
that she was able to present letters o
recommendation from friends Of Mrs
Taft I'm New York. and a few days az,
she was installed as head cook I'm tn
White House kitchen.