The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-27

the castle is located he drives in his au.
tomobile. His ministers, also arriving
in their cars, wonder in Just what part
the president is going to see them. Their
chauffeurs or aides sight the presidential
car ahead on one of the many drives
and there begins a chase which may
come to an end beneath one of the great
shade trees, or beside the lake. Minis
tiers and president alight, sit on the
benches or walk along one of the inter
secting footpaths and there talk of af-
fairs which perhaps are of international
/ Importance. Back of all is the presi-
dents within. He may be late. The min
listers wait. He may have altered his
mind regarding affairs of state and the
ministers are told to meet him later in
the day or night at his home.
Nelson 0'Shaughnessy lately was the
innocent cause of forcing the ministers
to waste what doubtless was valuable
time. They were walking with the pres
ident in the Chapultepec grounds when
the American charge d'atfaires drove by
The president recognized his car, and
remembering that there was something
that he wanted to talk to the American
representative about, signalled him to
stop. O'Shaughnessy alighted, joined the
official group and was preparing to con-
tinue his drive when the president asked
him TO get into his car with him. The
two drove off together, leaving Ministers
Banquet, Alcocer and other councillors
of the president staring after the ear.
Half an hour later Huerta set 0'Shaugh-
messy down near his own car and re-
sumed tbs interrupted cabinet meeting.
1t is not uncommon for the president
TO summon his ministers to meeting
during the middle OF the night and cab
met meetings. or what would pass for
cabinet meetings, have taken place in
cafes.
Huerta does not indulge in physical
exercise as a means of recreation. He
derives his recreation in talking astron-
omy with any one who can interest him
in the subject-and the man who does
must be an expert-or in dining and
visiting with his intimate friends. The
time he retires appears a matter of in
difference, as does his arising in the
morning. Usually he is up early. The
lightest kind of breakfast, coffee and
rolls he gets as soo1 as he is awake
A little work, if he thinks of ANYTHING
to do, and then almost every morning a
walk up and down on the sidewalk in
front of his house in the district known
as San Rafael. After that more break
fast and then lot of work. He may
go to the ChapuItepec woods or to the
national palace but it is just as likely
he will do his mornings work at home,
summoning to him there all who may
IT, business with him. Without much
al l. -.
showing all he can onto his subordinates.
he ploughs through the days work until
or o'clock when he is ready for din |
ner. Dinner may be in his own home or
in that of one of his friends-Huerta's |
ideas of democracy do not prevent him |
from dining where he pleases-very like
ly in one of the public restaurants. |
There is one central restaurant that has |
received the greater part of his patron |
age. Here the entrance of the president |
accompanied by one or two of his aides, |
perhaps a personal friend or two and |
possibly a member of his family, has
long since ceased to be a novelty. In /
the days of Porfirio Diaz the visiting |
of public dining place was something |
of state ceremony. His coming and |
his going was carefully staged and those
privileged TO witness 1T were reckOned |
among the fortunate. To the music of
the national hymn he entered and re-
tired while all Others stood. A restau-
rant keeper would have felt himself JUS
titled in raising the prices on his menu
if piaz had happened to drop in"
But Huerta is conducting democratic
regime. He likes to dine in public and
he does not like formalities. He marches
in with no apparent concern, selects a
table and orders his dinner. The orches-
ira does not interrupt the piece it is
playing merely because the president is
and the other diners, grown ac-
customed to being co-patrons with the
president, do little more than crane their !
necks to see who it is dining tonight
with Huerta.