The Washington herald., 1921-07-17
TAFT, THE GREATEST OF GLOBE TROTTERS FOR HUMANITY
Nw Justice the Man IN


but very oftsn not. In Canada tAsy senS
American stamps, or vice vsra, and pay
the difsrsncs. You would BE- surpris>d Il
you knew what IL costs an sx-Presidess
annually for postage. telegraph and tsls-
phone tolls. When q President dies, Con-
srea, BY special act. gives his widow
the right 10 frank all her letter.. Mr.
Cleveiand. Mn. Gsr6eld, Mr. MeKinley
and Mrs.. Roosevelt have enjoyed that priv
ileee. But an sx-President gets no such
privilege"
This struck the ex-Prexdent rather
funny"-slso the intsrviever.
Mr.. Taft nakes the point dat Il would
have been impossible for him to have hept
up With his job Of being an e1-PresIdent
had q not been for the fact that he was
fortthed with an ertraordinsrily hne sscrs-
nry In the personality Of Wendell W.
hischler. This man Mischler ID Mr.. Tsft's
man Friday. Were II not for "Miseh"-o
Mr.. Taft calls his secretary-hs would Be
lost: he frankly declares that Mich"
keeps the machine going. Very often be has
been With Mr.. TAFT In his travels.
At home "Misch" Ia forever busy st the
what not, making Mr.. Tsft's eneafements,
keeping up with his correspondents and
performing all manner Of service. ''Misch'
is no union man, for be works very often
from sunrise until 10 and IL O'Clock ut nifht.
Ar. Taft's appreciation Of his secretary
is best expressed in the lines with which
he has autographed q handsome picture Of
the eI-President that stands within the holy
II holies Of the man Mischler. Il resdf:
For my dear friend and indispensable
eo-worker, a model in accuracy, patience,
foresight and loyalty, and without whose
aid / could not do half the work I do.
With real affection. respect and grstituds,
William Howard Taft.
Mr.. Taft got "Misch" out Of the United
States Civil Service BE was q clerk in the
ONCE Of Elihu Root when that gentleman
was Secretary of War. Taft found him
there when he became Secretary Of War.
So faithful was be, 20 close became the
bond between them, that be stayed with
Taft al the way through the presidency-
and ever since. You could not pry ''Misch"
away from Taft. They are insepsrsbls.
Mich" loves his Job, and be loves Mr..
Taft, and they will be faithful until death,
for the reason that ''Misch" believes In Mr..
Taft. and believes also his own job a.
secretary is the most important Job in al
the world.
Mr.. Taft worked harder a. eI-Pr.sidept
than be ever did ss President" ssys Misch-
Ter, ''and I an with him all the way"
When they were travelling together they
were working like Trojsns. Mr.. Taft may be
debating O speech or q newspaper article or
delvinr into his correspondence. There IN
Mischler beside him. When they were In
New Haven, with Mr.. Taft Jumping here
and there all over the country, Il was
Mischler who set the stare and made ev~ry-
thing ready from Pullman dr,wins room
tickets on through to the completion Of the
tiniest detail.
Ouch has been the life Of this busy OF.
~ President! How would you like such .
Job: Yet Mr.. Taft likes IL, ''rets away with
it and smiles through It all. II would be
gliding the lily to throw In here any Of Nj,
we'll known beliefs concerning service TO bu-
manity. His ideals along this line, a, bs
practices them, are more eloquent than ner.
words can paint them. With Taft IL has
been all service-snd public service. the most
eIscting and the least remunerstive In point
of the pecunisry chsttels Of life.
And now he has come to rest at last ,f,.,
his long and srduous travels in th. post b.
loves best-the Chief Justicesbip Of the
United States Supreme Court And h.
richly deserves It," was the almost un,pi.
nous verdict following Presidrn; Tfardint's
announcement