The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-10-04
HISTORY IS MADE
IN SECOND REEL OF
7. R.-TAFT MOVIE
Continued from First Page.)

League Club movie. which took place
early in the evening. ran like this:
How do you dor asked Mr.. Roose-
welt.
How do you dor asked Mr.. Taft.
Neither answered the Others ques-
tion. Maybe they didn't care.
Only the privileged saw the his
torical event Newspaper men were
excluded. The affair. II was ex.
planned. was only little private mat
ter between gentlemen. arranged at
considerable trouble for tho public
good.
(Chi'rv hos been captured BY
the French. They found q mar.
uellous tunnel fitted with all
the conrcniences to be found In
the Onion League cub
Versions differ. Anyway. Mr.. Tast
was in an alcovc, listening to
Chauncey Depew tell one Of his best
stories. Somebody led the Colonel
over. According to one report. It was
George b. Sheldon. former National
Republican Treasurer. George w.
Perkins, however. says he investi-
gated carefully. and IL was Gov. Whit
man. Whichever one II was, having
conducted the Colonel 70 a position
where he could zee Mr.. Taft on both
sides OF Mr.. Depew. said, lightly. as
H. we're:
"Coi. Roosevelt. want you to msc,
Mr.. Taft"
(NEWBURGH, Oct. I.-P,os.
poets Ifor b.o ice crop In the
Hudson this icinfsr arc said TO
be erceIienf.)
Mr.. Taft put out his honest hand.
Mr.. Roosevelt put out his honest
hand. The honest hands approached,
touched, interlocked. loosened. with
drew. The Colonel screwed his face
into a smile. Mr.-Taft smiled. The two
earnest inquiries were made as to the
two honorable healths. The Colonel
passed on. He didn't have time TO
stay longer. Mr.. Depew continued
his funny story.
All were pleased.
OCEAN BEACH. Fire Island,
Oct. I.--Accordin0 to an old tyo.
dition IN Su1oIE County the e1-
fveme snoicfdll OF toinfer con be
accurately oauoed BY the height
attained by the piid fotoer "In-
dian Posy.' This fall the Indian
posies hare 0ro,on from ttOeipe to
fourteen tnches.)
Owing to an oversight the Colonel
and Mr.. Taft were carefully separated
during the rest Of the evening. Some
times 1t was Mr.. Depew by himself
sometimes. Mr.. Depew and other
guests. Occasionally It was red vel.
vet ropes. Even when It came time
to eat the mistake continued. for Mr.,
Taft sat at Table 8 and Mr. Roose.
welt at Table 2. Neither got an oppor.
tupity to tell the other he took back
all the unkind things he had said In
the dead past. But 1t wasn't neces-
sary. Reconciliation and burytng the
dead past was the order of the eve
ming, for among other hands stretched
out to take the Coloners were Sen.
ator Murray Cranes. Senator Boise
Penrose's. former Gov. Benjamin b
Odelrs. not TO mention Gov. Whit
mans and twenty more. Even Will.
lam Barnes had let bygones be by.
cones and was intending to shake
hands. but arrived too late.
| (SANTIAGO. ChHi. Oct. -
Lieut.. Sir Ernest Shackleton
wtH con,mand an expedition to
rescve the members of hts porty
LETT t0tth sc0ntv provisions on the
0est side Of the South Polar con-
ttNent.)
There was moro handshaking am
spec hes. Both the guests of homo
spoke. and 30 did Elihu Root. Mr.
Roosevelt alluded eioQuentiy to "Mt
Lincoln's speech Of acceptance, de.
livered in a place 90 happily namet
Shadow Lawn" and had to he se
right by Mr.. Root and reminded tha
the man he meant was named vii
son, not Lincon. Except for thil
trining faux pas the occasion. accord
ing to authorities. exceeded the wild
est hopes OF Its promoters.
Another guest OF the evening wa
Charles Evans Hughes. former Su
preme Court Justice. who also spoke.