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...Robert Dollar who hurried about looking for an erect, spare, tropic-tanned man. He found him on deck, carrying a tightly rolled silk umbrella, and gave him a tremendous handshake which carried with it the welcome of the whole U.S. The browned voyager was none other than Henry Lewis Stimson, returning from the post of Governor-General of the Philippines to become number one man in President Hoover's Cabinet...
...third famed official yacht is the Apo, assigned to the Governor-General of the Philippines. She, too, was without an official user last week, owing to the departure of Statesman Stimson for the U.S. (see col. 2). As the Amelia she was built in Scotland for King Carlos of Portugal when his son Manuel was a dashingly amorous prince. Many were the joyrides aboard her for the late, luscious actress Gaby Deslys (real name : Madeline Caire, 1884-1920). Manuel first espied Gaby in a disrobing act in a London music hall. Her baby-blue eyes went straight to his heart...
With him was Mrs. Stimson, quiet, self-effacing, always loyal to her husband's ascending career. As Mabel Wellington White of New Haven, Conn., the new second lady of the land married Statesman Stimson in 1893 when he was just entering Elihu Root's law firm and long before he became a statesman. In Manila last year she appeared at a state function in Balin-tawak (native costume). Being second lady holds no social terrors for her. She was well-schooled in official society as the wife of President Taft's Secretary...
About Statesman Stimson pressed newsgatherers. Said he with startling informal ity: "I absolutely refuse to shoot off my mouth about my new job until I see my new chief." But he was by no means silent, for he had plenty to say about the Philippines. The proposition to impose duties upon sugar and other products from the Islands to the U. S. vexed him greatly...
...escaped dengue fever, he said, and superstitiously rapped the wooden handle of his umbrella. Yes, his rheumatism was better, thanks to the tropic heat and tennis. Did he have apprehensions or misgivings about his high post? Statesman Stimson drew in his chin and replied...