The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-17
SECRET SERVICE
MEN GuESS|N.
Wondering What Stunts the Ne
President Will Set for
His Guardians.

WASHINGTON December 4.-Ouite
bevy of gentlemen in official life in Was
ington are just now conducting an inv,
tigation into the habits of Woodrow w
son, president elect of the United Stat.
Every time the free and untrammelI
voters of this great country beside on
new chief executive, this same investip
tion swings into being. For some elev
years past these habits have been at
letic and migratory. For the next 70
years, at least, there is faint suspicil
that the Greek root and the secret
ethics and economical government w
dispiace the gutta percha golf ball, AZ
the now cobwebbed hiking shoes and te
mis- racquet.
While, of course, the whole wor
knows that in this, the most Democrat
Oh the worlds great capitals, there
none of that hypocritical fawning thu
distinguishes other governmental center|
still there Is one little group of perso
who have naturally got to study the prel
| ident s likes and dislikes and know ho|
to anticipate him.
Therefore these judicious persons a.
at present rehearsing their school did
knowledge of text book things and spenI
ing the rest of their spare time purcha
ing odd things that the president-eleI
has dashed off on the general propositid
or running a complicated government
Many midnight lamps are burning the.
days, the meter clicking away to the mu
muir or weary voice droning out prin
ed panaceas for all economic ills as panI
cea d oy certain illustrious man will
has at present the majority in the ele
toral college.
When Teddy Was It.
| Some eleven years ago these same ger
tlemen, or rather many more of then
were eking out the mysteries of the soIaI
pleXus blow, or the Frank Gotch toe hold
IN between moments, practicing Edwar
Payson Watson hikes, or trying to use
tennis racquet as weapon, not an orn.}
ment for the den.
| FOR. seven long years, when the oppo
tunity offered, they walked blisters Of
their feet, breathed tennis court GRID
and braved young hurricanes, seekiny
the great out.of-doors.
Then came the calm. -Four years apI
this coming fourth day of March theII
was sudden drop in the tennis racaud|
and walking shoe market of Washington
Repeating shotguns and histories of til
| world s wild animals moldered on TIL
shopkeepers shelves
Experts who had wept for years oveI
| their abused and disused drivers, perkei
up and raised their price per golling LED
son. The Chevy Chase golf course, afteI
years as an exponent of the deserted vii
lage, awakened as the gilded spot OIL
Washington's universe. Certain ladieI
and gentlemen who had previously spen|
their afternoons sauntering ever the hill
and craigs the District of Columbia AFT
fords, suddenly discovered that it wal
absolutely necessary that they watch thu
sun go down on the Chevy Chase coll
links.
The Presidents Guards.
There are at least three men in Wash
lngton, however, whose reversal of habit
with each president is involuntary ans
disinterested Diogenes himself could fin5
no more honest men. They are the tire
secret service operatives in whom tn,
safety of the president rests.
These men are not just regular police
men in plain clothes. Far from it. The,
are dyedinthe secret service men
so well disguised as ordinary human
beings that no one could possibly CUES
their occupations, even if he were a min,
reader. They were chosen from the Fed
eral Secret Servic Bureau for three rea
sons: Their bravery, their appearance
and their ability to shoot straight an,
fast.
All three are college men; one wa
educated as a lawyer and another as
civil engineer Except when the Presi
dent is asleep they are never far iron
his side. Does he walk, they walk; doe
he golf they are near him; does h
travel, they travel; does he meet hi
cabinet behind closed doors while he set
ties grave matter of state, they ar
right outside the door.
This trio went bear and 'possum hunt
: ing with Colonel Roosevelt when he wa
president; they lolled about the cour
while he played tennis; they struggle
along through mire and rain when h
took one of his 20.mile hikes cross couu
try, and they formed part of the audi
ence and proud reception committee ever
time he made speech.
Studying New Boss.
They did the same with President Taft
only not so much SO. Mainly Taft ha
taken them a-journeying. The presen
r President, who has been the country
greatest traveller, never essayed an
great hikes. Placid little strolls are hi
best essay in that direction.
! So, along with the other gentlemen
who for polite reasons like to have thei
J minds humping along in the same groove
, as the reigning chief executive, three vel
satile rs. S. boys" are anxiously await
ing first word on just what the president
elect s recreations are.
They've heard all about his serious an
studious attitude, and they are foreset
ing many quiet winter evenings with tn
classics, or with some interesting littl
time on the Renaissance of Umptebali
awhile they dream of those long-gon
militant days, when the howl of the bea
2 dog, the swish of mud against tn
"strenuous one IS" boots and the cry @
, the triumphant golf player filed I'll
quiet air.
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