The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
party have elaborate arrangements
for quick changes" of costume.

for quick changes" of costume.
The President rises before seven
and has a hearty breakfast. AS be-
comes big man he is a big eater, but
his menus contain no useless food
and few dainties He likes meat and
fruit; and a breakfast usually boasts
chops and oranges. Few meals are
complete for the President without
oranges, which take the place of 9TH
err desserts. Coffee and rolls, plain
and substantial meat and vegetable
dishes, cold roast beef and good, de-
cent home cooking" tickle the presi-
Dental palate as fancy connections
of a celebrated chef could never do.
When the train is on the move, the
President is usually busy. The fire.
quent stops at small towns, the
speeches from the back PLATFORM
handshaking with those who crowd
about the car, and the hurry from one
function to another in large cities,
consume so much of President Taft'3
day when he is ION wheels" that he
! finds work piled up between stations.
Secretary Hilles takes care of most
of the Presidents mail and official
business; but there is a great deal
of it that must be answered at first
hand by the chief executive; and
there are dozens of official matters
coming before him every day for con-
sideration and decision.
Before a tour as extensive as the
one now under way can be started
there is an enormous amount of work
in sitting out the invitations that can
be accepted, mapping out the detailed
itinerary of the trip and arranging the
train schedules so that engagements
may be filled with the least possible
delay of the presidential special.
The Presidents party no longer
travels as a real special train. The
cars are kept together, but they are
attached to the regular trains, and fol
low the regular schedule of the rail
roads over which they move For this
reason railroad officials have weeks OF
work in making arrangements for the
best connections and shortest routes
to move the railroad White House over
the ground and carry it along at a
scheduled rate.
, One Of the most important cogs in
the whole machine is President Taft's
advance man, Lucien Wheeler. He sci
= dom appears in the days proceedings;
in fact, he is usually miles ahead Of
the President, getting up at unearthly
| hours to make connections; sleepins
! in country hotels at junction points
, and using all his energy to keep in the
J lead of his chief.
, Wheeler is the Presidents mar
, ahead He is the bill-poster, the con
: tract maker of the big attraction tina
= is following him. One day Wheeler
l drops into town and by appointment
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the commercial club and the officials
e who are to have charge of the enter
, tainment of President Taft. He finds
/ out the hotels, clubs, halls, parks anC
= other points that the President mus
; visit. He learns the plans of the loca
t committees for the entertainment O.
{ the President-and then he takes
L. charge Of affairs.
/ 1t is Wheeler who decides where the
President shall leave the train; where
. the automobiles shall wait for him;
where the police are to be stationed
= and how many there shall be; what
, entrance to the hotel he shall use;
what streets he shall travel over; into
what door of the hall he may go;
whether an entertainment hall is safe
and the score of other little things
that may be completely confusing un
less they are worked out in detail by
a man who knows just how complex