Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
Will Talk With HiIIes Today, Al
though Latter Says Not
on Politics.
TO BE LUNCHEON GUEST
OF SENATOR NEWLANDS
Spent Evening Quietly at Home Of
William ]. Boardman. Where
He Is Visitor.

Former President Taft. now Kent pro-
fessor at Yale University. who is In
Washington to attend A meeting ~ tho
Lincoln memorial commission tomorrow.
spent yesterday afternoon and last night
in much the same way tina. he Used to
spend Saturdays. with the execution that
he made the residence OF " + Roard-
man. instead of the White House his
headquarters. Seldom has an ex-Presi-
dent showed himself 10 be So thoroughly
at home in Washington
Following luncheon at tho White House
with President Wilson and his family and
Miss Mabel Boardman. Mr.. Taft went out
TO the Chevy Chase Cluh. where ne play
ed golf until late in the afternoon with
Justice Pitney of the Supreme Court ara
Mr.. Boardman. At the club the former
President VAS quickly recognized by a
number of members. and was warmly
welcomed
AS President Wilson was himself out
| golftng In the morning when Mr. Taft
dropped in at the White House to look
up some books of his and see old friends
| the former and present chief executives
did not meet until Mr. Taft and Miss
Boardman arrived for luncheon II MAS
| the first time the two had met since the
Inauguration which marked the ending
| OF the term of one and the beginning
OF the term OF the other, and they
Hilles Arrives in City.
Charles D. Hilles. former secretary to
Mr.. Taft and now chairman OF the
| republican national committee arrived
in the city from New York late In the
afternoon to spend the week end with
| his family at their home. olla con-
necticut avenue He said after his az
| rival that his coming To Washington
had nothing to do with tine presence -
Mr.. Taft i'm the city. and that he did
not expect to discuss politics with him
at all. He will Mr. Taft toaaS
| Mr. Taft and Mr.. Boardman did not
return to the Boardman residence in y
street until after 4 O'Clock. A quiet
dinner had been arranged. to which only
few intimate friends of the former
President had ben invited He spent
the entire evening at the Boardman resi-
dence.
The former President plans to take NJ.
Hilles with him this morning Ia NJ
Souls Church. where he uorehined
while in the White House. Afterward the
| two will go together To the country res
| idence of senator NeWlands and have
| luncheon with some friends No definite
| plans have been made for the remainder
| Of the day. although Mr. Taft Is ex-
| pected TO receive friends tomorrow night.
| Mr.. Taft will preside over the meeting
| of the Lincoln memorial commission
! which is to be held tomorrow morning ~
! 10 O'clock I'm the office Of former Sena-
/ tor cullom of Illinois. resident coumls-
sioner. i'm the Senate Office. building u
will be the first meeting held since w
| Taft left the White House, and plans -
to be laid for going ahead with the work.
despite the fact that the appropriation
has not Yet been made. but IL contained
| in the sundry civil bill. which Mr. Taft
vetoed and which is now in conference in
Congress
Consideration of Sculptor.
! The chief work expected TO he carried
out ct this meeting will be the consid-
GRAFTON of sculptors to design the statue
Of President Lincoln. which is to he
placed in the memorial. II has already
| been practically decided that the COM
| mission will select sculptor without
calling for a competition. On the other
| hand. bids probably will be asked for the
| construction OF the memorial Itself.
Mr.. Taft continued last night to refuse
| to discuss politics. or anything except
his own work and the work OF the ihe-
mortal commission. He seemed 10 ENJOY
his visit TO the Chevy Chase Club rN
1 much. and showed in every way that
he was glad to he back in Washington.
des pite the heat of the day.
He will leave Washington Tuesday ior
/ New York, where he Is To address the
Philippine Society Tuesday night. He -
| honorary president of the society. Later
| in the month he and his family Will 50
| to Murray bay for the summer months.
Finishes Formal Work at Yale.
| Mr.. Taft has finished his formal y" <
| at Yale for the present school yea
| He has delivered eight lectures On
Some Questions of Government. AeAt
| fall he will occupy a house on Pros
| pect Hill, across from the Yale School
4 of Forestry.
Mrs Taft will have none OF their CHI
dren with them Robert Taft is to 80
| into the law firm Of Maxwell & Ram
sey. in Cincinnati. following his graz
ua ion from Harvard this month. Miss
Helen Taft will return 10 Rryn MaNl
to resume the studies which sh" LETT
off i'm order to come 10 Washington
| Charlie Taft will graduate from Horac-.
Taft's school in Watertown this monte.
| but since he is only fifteen years old
he will be sent To the school agar
/ in the fall and then enter ale when
| he is seventeen years OLD
| MIR Taft has held no raciiations -
| Yale His classes will not be formed
/ until fall in the law and academic de
| nartments when h. tackles the teach
| ing of constitutional Law as Kent pro
| fessor In the academic departmeht
| his course lis an elective one, and ahoit
/ 10 of the seniors have chosen him for
| next fall.
pTc QUESTIONS COMING UP.