The Washington herald., 1921-07-17

but We didn't. Fortunately the fanees Of
the wheels held to the guard rails, or else
VIC would have gone over. recall nothing
more serious than that in all my travels"
What was the hardest trip you ever
took? asked.
Mr.. Taft thought for an fp,t.n. md
then replied:
II guess my hardest trip. in poin, Of
purely fadguing service, was during M.
World War. Mr.. John R. Mott and o.h..
gentlemen of the Y. N. c. A. cam. 20 o'n.. M
and said the boys were being con,er;,,.I
for service and were not exactly eIe,, q,
their minds as to Why they were ,o,,,
abroad to fight. They thought addr.,-..
should be delivered to the recruits in -.
so-called national army or conscript camp,
They asked me to tour the captopmen,,
and deliver speeches. / think that w,,
my hardest service. 1t was in the dep,h
Of winter-the hard winter OF 1el7-IS
L spoke in each of sixteen cantonments,
sometimes three addresses q day, always
two, and more than an hour each THE.
The accommodations generally were not
good. Our generals were taking it rough
like their pr'vttes and they offered the same
accommodations to their guests made that
trip IN thirty days and made some seventy
speeches. ] visited every big army con.
script cantonment in the country except III,
one at American Lake in the STATE Of
Washington ana one other in California.
But / filled in also at the Ohio National
Guard camp at Montgomery, Ala, and the
Great Lakes Naval Station. ] talked to
more than 300 900 -oen.
Nor have been able to stick to New
Haven since I came here in 1918. Two
of the last eight years have been spent
away from here. One year I was ap-
pointed to the National War Labor Board
and acted as q chairman when representa-
tives Of labor and the manufacturers sat
in Washington to settle industrial disputes.
That was in 191S-1919.
During this last year I've been on
leave of absence to sit as one of board OF
three arbitrators appointed under the law
in Canada to determine the price to be paid
by the Canadian Government for the con-
trolling stock of the Grand Trunk Railway.
That required another trans continental trip.
for last October / travelled out to Prince
Rupert, $50 miles north of Vancouver the
terminus Of the Grand Trunk, and came
back by the Canadian National Railway In
time to spend twenty days travelling last
fall in the interests of the Republican ticket
that resulted in the election Of President
Harding"
OOKING at the massive Mr.. Taft. the
Hro.und figure, the all apparent embon-
point, OF this public man who had dorried
the most weight the farthest distance, I
was minded to ask him how he had man
aged to negotiate such a strenuous existence
and still come up smiling with the urbane,
ubiquitous Taft smile. The grin and the
chuckle that followed were sufficient with
out words.
don't worry more than / can help
never have" he answered. Keep the mind
Tanquii and the body is bound to last longer
and stand all the knocks better. Also
have been blessed with a good digestion.
Also, as indicated, I've been a pretty good
sleeper all my life. II you can sleep well
after hard task, and take sufficient
amount of rest, you come up next day as
fresh as daisy. Again, try to take exer-
else wherever I am. do a great deal Of
walking. like golf. but don't get time for
as much Of it as like. When / am UP at
Murray Bay play every day except Sunday.
1nis iast winter at Bermuda 1 played. But
OF ia.e I've had no time for golf during the
WORKING part Of my year."
iaft the golfer is pretty well known. I
recalled famous shot of his at Beverly
turing his term as President when he holed
IN on remarkable drive, the last beau
tifui mid-ir of ITO yards when the bail
III on the green and rolled directly into the
cup.
"Wers you ever seasickF' asked.
I've had my share of rough water he