The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-04
ROOSEVELT SHAKES
 HAND OF TAFT AT
 HUGHES RECEPTION
Ex-Presidents Merely Ex change How Do You Do?"- Both MakeShOrt
 Talks for Candidate

New York. October 3.-Theodor, Roosevelt and William H. Taft claspet hands for moment at the Unior League clubs reception to Charles E Hughes.
 How do you do?" said MT Taft.
 How do you do?' rIr. Roosevelt re. joined.
 Each bowed, and Mir Roosevelt passed on to shake hands with other guests leaving MT. Taft to greet thos, who followed. A few moments later Mir. Roosevelt took his place in the receiving line. He stood betweeen MT Hughes and Chauncey M. Depew. Jus the other side of MT Depew stood MT Taft
 Thus tanding in the same receiving line, they shook hands with the hun. dreds of fsiib members and their guests who filed past during the eVening. They did not meet again, however, or ex. change any other word than the com mon places of greeting.
 We shook hands," Mr. Taft said aft erwards, just like gentlemen would shake hands,"
 WOULD NOT COMMENT
 Colonel Roosevelt declined to com ment on the meeting.
 After the hand shaking was over and the library was cleared, Elihu Root president of the club, escorted MT Hughes through a flag -draped corridor to small platform in the main club. room Beneath life-size picture o1 Abraham Lincoln, MT. Root again in. troduced the nominee and Mr. Hughes made brief address.
 Colonel Roosevelt and Mir. Taft were called upon by Mr. Root and each re- sponded with short talk.
 The meeting between Colonel Roose- welt and MT Taft was the first since April 1S, 1915, when both were pail bearers at the funeral of Tromas E Lounsberry, longtime professor oi English at Yale university and a close friend of both. On that occasion they merely shook hands. exchanging nc word.
 OliSHt ItCcpllOu WdS dTTdHS eC sometime, ago and public announce ment was made that Professor Taft and Colonel Roosevelt would meet The hour set for the affair--S o'clock found the clubhouse entrance chokeo with hundreds of men. Elihu Root waited at the door to welcome the guest of honor, MT. Hughes, and the two former Presidents.
 The first to arrive was MT. Taft. His recognition by the guests hung fire a moment and then proclaimed itself in cheers.
 Five minutes later came Colonel Roosevelt The packed railways cheered him and he acknowledged the greeting by lifting his wide -brimmec black felt hat. The cheering was still in progress when MT. Hughes and William R. Wilcox, republican national chairman, reached the building.
 There was a moments hush and then the crowd cheered MT. Hughes.
 TAFT MADE ADVANCE
 MT. Root escorted MT. Hughes to the library. temporarily converted into 2 reception parlor. and George R. Shel- uOIl tOOk ECOlOilCl INOooSNC dI III Crossing the room to where the receiv- ing line was forming. Colonel Roosevelt shook hands fwith eight or nine per sons. When they were brought face to face by Mfr. Sheldon. there was nc word of introduction-not time, for it For fraction of a second their eyes met and each looked into sthe others unsmiling face. Then MT. Taft extend ed his hand and ColonelE Roosevelt took it.
 There, were other handshakes of a formal nature. Among them were the meetings between George Perkins and MT. Taft and between Roosevelt ana Boise Penrose. senator, from Pennsyl- vania As in the case of the meeting of Taft and Roosevelt. the common places of meeting were exchanged
 MT. Root, as president Of the club stood first in the receiving line with MT. Hughes at his right. The line of guests was nearly two hours fin passing and then the speaking be- gan.