The Washington herald., 1910-10-24
GAYNOR BRISKLY
WALKS TO CAPITOL
Mayors Famous Stride Seen
by Avenue Crowds.
COVERS THREE MILES ALONE
Slight Cough Prevents Democratic
Guest from Attending Church with
Him Republics Bureau and White
HOuSe-Take Long Motor Jaunt.

I Mayor and Mrs. Gaynor were guests q
the White House again last night The
+ President and Mrs. Taft invited them 10
remain over until this morning.
: ! slight attack OF coughing yesterday
prevented the mayor from accepting the
Presidents invitation 10 attend service
with him at the All Souls Unitarian
Church.
/ Mrs Gaynor, however, accsynpanied the
President and Mrs Taft 10 the church IN
on automobile, as did also Col James Q.
Hemphill,. OF Richmond. A good-s!zed
crowd was waiting at the church 10 get
I glimpse OF the distinguished Democratic
mayor and the Republican President to-
gether The photographers also were out
in force, but were doomed 20 disappoint-
Eent.
/ While the President was attending ser
/ vice John Barrett, Director General Of
( the Bureau of American Republics. had
nahbed the mayor and invited him over
/ 10 look at his new Bureau building.
/ The mayor rode over in an automobile
with Mr. Barrett ana also took in a few
other sights. Before the President re-
turned 10 The White House the mayor
also dropped in at the executive offices
and visited Secretary Charles u. Norton.
/ Mr.. Norton is one of the mayors neigh
( bors at St James. Long Island and on
( several occasions called on him last sum
/ mer. The mayor was shown through the
executive Offices.
Motor Into suburbs.
The luncheon at the White House was
entirely informal and there were only
] y J.
Mayor and Mrs. Gaynor and Col. Hemp
hill. Late in the afternoon the President
and Mrs. Taft, with Mayor and Mrs.
! Caynor and Miss Maria Heron. Mrs.
Taft's sister, entered an automobile and
were driven through the outskirts of the
city.
( The mayor had not been back at the
F White House long when he sailed out
of the front gate and started up Pennsyl-
vania avenue, with the stride that has
made him famous.
I When the mayor was halted by a
group Of correspondents, he said that he
had just started out for a little walk.
which way had l better go?' asked
the mayor.
one or two Of the correspondents
pointed across the road from the White
House 10 Lafayette Square Park and
told the mayor that il was a pleasant
little stroll through this park and up
Connecticut avenue.
We'll" said the mayor II want TO
take a little walk of two or three miles,
and / was told that this would just
about be the distance up around the
Capitol and back"
one or two of the correspondents who
had contemplated Offering their services
as guides, looked at their watches and
decided it was too near dinner time.
Had Pleasant Time.
The mayor explained that there was
absolutely nothing that he could say
about his visit at the White House, ex,
cept that he had had a pleasant time
When the mayor was asked if the
President had discussed Supreme Court
matters with him he replied that he
could not discuss his conversation. The
mayor spoke of his throat, and asked TO
be excused from talking
As the mayor passed down Pennsylva-
MIA avenue a good many recognized him.
He kept up the steady stride, however.
until he had reached Capitol Hill. then
crossed over TO the plaza stopping a mo-
ment TO view the dome Of the big build
ing and then returned back up the Ave
nue. TO the White House. 1t was about
o'clock when the mayor left the White
House, and few minutes after when
he returned.
The news Of the mayors sallying forth
to get "a little old-fashioned exercise
after having spent several hours of he
day motor rs caused so,ae amusement
here.
Political observers also have derived
some merriment out OF the mayors stay