The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-20
THE PUREST WATER

select one of his photographs for the old
man. Upon the photograph he wrote his
name, best wishes and thanks for the kind
message.
! mere ia no telling but that Aunt Della.
vino WAS 30 proud OF the royal notice be-
slowed upon Nephew Will, may have ex
! perienced little thrill at this simple
incident OF the silver wedding day.
All day long express wagons and drays
rolled up al the White House doors " It'll
I presents and more presents of silver for
the Iresident and Mrs. raft, some OF
these the President himself opened. Net
| the ing pacaages. out the little odd ones.
E.riy in the day he appeared before
| Mrs. laft and Aunt Della with the Qieerest
and daintiest old sati slipper in his
huge hand. IL was the slipper worn by
MS great great -grandlnothor Forbush AT
her wedding IN Colonial MassachisettS.
| IL had been sent as the tribute OF Miss
Harriet Waters Forbusn. herself a great
great granddaughter OF Grandmother
| orbusn.
1t was an anxious day at the White
House as regards the weather Early in
the day they chased Prof. " Ills Moore
OF the Wcath her Bureau a;oft to the little
| platform wher" the baronieterS, ther-
mometers and other meters supposed
to help IN forecas,ing the weather are
fixed. and they wanted 20 know from
him just wha ;he prospects We're.
lhe professor vowed and declared that
he wanted TO br an optiullst and promise
fair weather for the parry. but he simply
ould not.
He said it was raining almost every
where in the world. even IN the British
Isles and scandinavia. and ina. it |odld
rain before nigh, in Washing, on or h.
was not the weather proin.t ne thoignt
he was. The Preslden.. however. mad
one or two of Prof Aoore = other weather
l <(t.,f,. Al. ~. "a p
weather forecas, tor last lndug Iratiol
day. and declined to Civ. up hope.
Il lhe o,ilCIdl festivities OF the day began
| with the cal a. the " mite House OF Tor, :
members OF tne cincinnati Commercial
Club. who had arrived in Washington tnls
morning OH a special train to at,end the
reception. Many OF these men were
among the oldest of the President = Tin
cinnati friends.
They secured the Presidents company y
for luncheon and Tor the bet, al part oI ,n-
afternoon Men they arrived the pho
tographers. VINO have been dodging
around the White House ali day long
begged for II picture. tinaliJ the PreSi-
dent came out upon the steps and stood
with them while the photographers set
to WORK with vengeance.
:: Then the tInCiuuA't folks took the
President away with them to the Chevy
Chase Country Club. whore they gave him
a luncheon Al the hincteon uey PIE
sented their fellow TOW nsman with u rose
! silver bow and President Greene of he
: club made a speech OF congratula'ion 10
the President,
In presenting the clubs present 10 the
President Mr. Greene said. addressing
himself to the President:
You belong to the whole country, YOU
are the Chief Magist ra'e of III" maj ion. and
yet III an intima,e and ecui'a" way you
belong to us In tho IA ANALYSIS. when
YOU describe yourself and inscribe yoii
name II must nece- ->a-ly he William How
ard raft OF Cincinnati and the Cnit I'D
S,a.es of America comes afterward
As President Greene had e',empi @ d in
his little talk TO draw the President II on
} the world of officedom and present him
! to his townsmcn As William howard
Taf, of Cincinnati. SO the President 's
address in reply WAS reminiscent OF
formc' days in tha' city
As the time grows nearer when
shall 60 back TO Cincinnati. said the
Picsiden,. 80 make VI my permanen,
: home "a a retiring place for one exPresi-
dent. the pleasure of retrospect As tc
Cincinnati friendship grows greater and
greater
Mrs Taft and I esteem the coming of
the Commercial club 10 attend our silve'
Wedding "a the chief pleasure Of the occa
sion II Is an indica ION thai you men OF
Affairs have been willing to take time "a
come here 10 give an expression OF good
will and of fellow ship which the objects
of II ought TO value, and do value most
highly
1T IL not so long since We left Cincinnati
II i. only twelve ycirs. and twelve yen ~
in the lite Of n man or the life OF nation
or the life of an association as We grow
older and look back is not IA period OF very
long dur. ton. But We have Ia me,sur.
time rather by ey entS than by the tick
Of the watch, and cert iiDly in twelve years
il has fallen to my lot to have great many
unusual things happen to me.
TO be- transplanted from one civiliza-
tion to another. from contact as "A civilian
or as the arm of the administration oi
time being Of 5000 400 of people is a tre-
mendols chinge and to have the last foii
years made u period such as | have ex-
peri"nced IL to prolong the period until
il seems almost a lifetime and then to
come to Washington and to remain six
or seven years under conditions SO diff
ferent from those at home creates period
that has much greater dist'nce in il. so "a
speak, thln the mere months or years of
its duration.
The effect that it has upon ones life
! and character is something that one rel-
lizes fully but cannot explain. OF course
there are others who have had similar
experiences, but ] venture TO say that il
is rather exceptional TO include within a
limit of little more than n decade that
wnlcn mas happened 10 me 10 go from
the somewhat humdrim but always
delightful life Of a Judge who could retire
from public life in any sense without being
exposed to criticism toa place W here there
seemed to he nothing but criticism was a
change that only man VINO has been
through il can fully understand. The
/, prospect of going back to n lass active life
has in 1t at this time some phases that are
welcome and some that are unwelcome.
The necessity for labor which will
follow my retirement however. relieves
, me someW hat from anxiety on that score
There is as yet so far as | have been IN
formed no prov ision for an ex-Pre.idcnt
and while | do not wish to hold out any
competition TO the two l,wyors who honor
, this club, wish to f to the rest of the
members of tho club IN 4 ! shall open IN
office and be ready for business. but not
at an old but very new stand.
And now. my friends there is nothing
in life aside from the domestic affect tions
! and the family interest that comma res