Show ORIGINAL T DO DOI I PRESIDENT HIGH HONOR r- r 1 r rr J r 7 f l' l P N. 70 NIl S t. t 4 n- n or at OOK 7 N 70 RESIDENT TAFTS TAFT'S S Philippine pail party par pal l ty which made the memora memorable P trip In the summer of 1906 does not propose that it shall shaIl be forgotten It keeps its memory fresh by bv occasional occasional occa occa- slona I dinners and other meetings and this winter Its appreciation of of the Head of the Party was vias expressed by substantial gifts presented to him hint and to Mrs Taft at the commemorative dinner given in their theil honor a few days before inauguration when the president received a gold watch and chain an and Mrs 1 Taft a turquoise pendant These gifts have been recently supplemented by bv a afa book containing the signature r rn and n appropriate appropriate fa ec sentiments tl of f most t of the h members e g of the big family that President Taft chaperoned to the orient It was Miss Boardman's happy idea the preparation of this book and the graceful testimonial will doubtless be even eyen more appreciated by the president than the timepiece by which he will run the country for country for th the next four years ears at least The volume Is In every very way a credit to II Its us compiler The leaves are or of parchment parch ment each leaf separately mounted and It Is bound In a brownish red Perl Pen goat which In texture and lasting qualities re resembles resembles resembles re- re levant but in Its markings and I Ithe the color It takes is not unlike the beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- Niger skins which arc are cur curd d' d and dyed by the natives who live alon along the famous stream The outside Is richly tooled conventionalized I In gold the pad designs of rS a used lily Illy bf being Indigenous fg the Otis OilS to the Philippines The sides of the book have a frame with Ith ornamented corners corners corners cor cor- ners and on the face are the Initials WH wH w V. H. H T. T T and the wording Summer of 1905 The first page is handsomely Illuminated the top Is a panel of a ship under full ull sail call 11 against ln t a gold sky 1 th i derl and bordering the p page c conventional n design of the lily pad the inscription Inscription tion William H. H Taft from the PhilIppinE Philippine Philippine Phil Phil- party The Illumination was as done by Robert W. W Hyde Taft as all C. C II It Berryman cartoonist o and th the or originator originator or- or a nga l irl of tie the Teddy bear has Illustrated illustrated Illus illus- tile the next page with a portrait of the president nt in the double character of and Cupid bearing a quiver of arrows on his back and smiling benignantly benignantly benign benign- antly upon the three couples kneeling before before before be be- fore him in bridal costume whose courtship courtship courtship court court- ship took plaN place under tinder his eye whose hose betrothals betrothals betrothals be be- he speeded and whose hosp marriage he blessed On the ext ext page are the autographs sons sons Alice g f Alice el e of Longworth I these or happy I PP and young Nicholas persons per per- j Longworth Mignon Critten Sherley and Swager Sherley Anne I Ide e Cockran and antl V W. Bourke Cockran at the top of which Mrs Irs Sherley has hns written The written The happiness happl- happl ness of the matrimonial unions he lisa has promoted augers boundless happiness for forthe forthe forthe the political union he Is to maintain I Senator Francis D. D Warren lea leads s the scribes with a poem called i The Tatters i With Ith apologies apolo to H. H W. W Longfellow and Evangeline It was a breezy summer ummer Far past breezy Chicago Past Cheyenne magic Cheyenne magic city of the prairie prairie- Into the tue Golden West even across the Pacific Went forth a pilgrim throng of twentieth twentieth twentieth century crusaders It was a II band band- of ot recruits a recruits a happy Fal- Fal army Bound on Journey unheard of In legend In rhyme or story Old Oki and anti young oung men and young women omen none old Seeking where west fades fade Into the east the beautiful flowers o ers of pleasure Into the wonderful Isles the enchanted lands of the orient Even E within the walls of Chinas China's a m maste ste city Cross the devious tracks of the warlike Moros r Seel Seeing strang strang- t ang sights and p people ople wanderEd wandered wandered wan- wan dered the pilgrims With them journe Journeyed ed a leader one leader one of Who experience ever e gathered tI and dla laughter about t him as one would gather a a. mantle those who knew The love lo and affection of And each h of the pilgrims bec became me then and forever a a. Tafter Tatter the leader And now flOw on another Journey Is chosen to enter Into the unknown future leading future leading eighty millions of people And we the original Tatters who know of his skill as aa a leader Look without fear for success SS in this greatest of Journeys And we WA who ho know well of his hili patience nce his kind and cheerful forbearance Who know know- that his hili heart is attuned to his country's welfare Confident look Jook to the future and s see s.-e e there thero theroA thereA A happy and prosperous nation of eighty million Tatters Love Iove to Alices Mr Gillett m m mb r from the second Massachusetts district and the of Justice Moody has also written written writ writ- ten of the Tarten We were wert Tatters Tafter And some say grafters Some said missionaries to the Philip Philip- pines We e lived In palaces palace Made love to Alices Our rea real business was waa In ma matrimonial lines Jines I Etc etc General and Mrs Irs Grosvenor's toasts I read Heres to fa Taft ft the head of the Taft party chief of the Philippine exp expedition It was as that great movement that made him president and that great body of great men and women will stand by his administration to the end Heres Here's to the new lady of the white house the leading lad lady of the land may her success In her new nelo position equal her achievement in the selection of the president of the United States Heres Here's to the ladles ladies of our Taft party the they were the most delightful features features features fea fea- tures of our expedition and they have ha held their own with remarkable success Tells Taft Story Mrs Elsie Clews Parsons quotes one of Mr Tafts Taft's stories Once as I was dining with my old acquaintance the Japanese minister of war on my way to the Philippines through Japan I asked him about the Japanese pacification of Formosa We Ye had to kill killa a great gr-at many people said he you ou know you know know- Butchers together together how how would that story do for Mrs Lowell And so continues Mrs Parsons with many a a. merry story kindly Jest and wise lse discussion the head of the table Just en endeared endeared en- en ed deat-ed himseLf himsel to the lighter half of the heavy middle layer Senator Scott of West Virginia writes You heard that man laughing lauing You'd think him all fun But the angels augh laugh too At the good he be has done Mrs Irs Scott signs I herself Your most earnest and faithful supporter Agnes V. V Scott Sott Question of Suffrage Mary arary Hopkins Clark is evidently not a suffragette She writes What need have women folk to vote when men can choose so well Mr Ir Cary Gary takes up a page with the following fol tel lowing Gratefully yours Thomas Cary Gary P S S. Rochefoucauld's maxim No 10 reads The reads The gratitude of most men n is but buta a secret desire of receiving greater bene bene- fits Most gratefully yours Tom No B Walpole B.-Walpole Walpole says sas The gratitude of expectants is a alively alively alively lively sense of future favor The book finishes with Miss Boardman's graceful renvoi i The fhe Past the Present and the Future pay payIn payIn I In thought their constant tributes unto thee The Past whoso whose happy days on sunlit sea Iea Paint fair such memories as must arra array The depths of gratitude yet neer ne'er repay The gift the richness ss of ot this treasury The Present lighted by the Past shall be beA beA beA A loving path to follow all the way a To trust the dally daily service and the care Of nations nation's mighty problems' problems deep leeI un unrest And blessed hope shall be the Futures Future's pra prayer er That time may bring thee all aU th thy hearts heart's request Nay Kay more that it may bring thee all the they dare To h hope who love thee most and know thee e wb best The book was wa-s U bound and tooled by Mrs Irs Ward Yard Brown who established a studio In Washington sonic some n yearn ego ngo Mrs Ward a Brown fe learned n ner her er craft tn In G Germany a at atthe the tiit Lette In Berlin with Fraulein one of Cobden Sanderson's most successful pupils and since establishing h herself lf here she has done some come InterestIng Interesting Interest Interest- ing lug bindings |