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List of Illustrations

  1. Mrs. William Howard Taft

  2. Mrs. Taft’s childhood home on Pike Street, in Cincinnati

  3. Mr. and Mrs. John Williamson Herron, Mrs. Taft’s father and mother

  4. Members of the salon. Mr. Taft in the center, with the author at his right

  5. Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Taft at the time of their marriage

  6. Mrs. Taft, with Robert and Helen, when Mr. Taft was solicitor general

  7. Charlie Taft when he went to the Philippines

  8. Nikko. An ancient cryptomeria avenue and a glimpse of the famous temples

  9. Entrance to Imperial Palace Gardens in Tokyo

  10. The state dining-room of the White House, showing tapestry presented to Mrs. Taft by the Empress of Japan

  11. Helen Taft in Japanese costume

  12. Mrs. Taft in formal Filipina costume

  13. A carved narra or Philippine mahogany bed now in Mr. Taft’s room at New Haven

  14. A typical Philippine river scene and some Filipino laundry work

  15. (Left to right) General Wright, Mr. Taft, and Judge Ide as Philippine Commissioners

  16. A typical Filipino menu and place card

  17. Triumphal arch at Bataan

  18. Filipino members of the organising party enjoying afternoon repose on the deck of the Sumner

  19. The sultan of Sulu boarding the Sumner, followed by Mr. Arthur Fergussen, Spanish secretary to the commission

  20. A Moro Datu with his reinue, and the favorite wife of a Datu with her maids-in-waiting

  21. Picturesque bead-bedecked Bogobos of the Davao Country

  22. Philippine non-Christians. A Bontoc Igorrote (left), a Moro and two Kalinga chiefs (with shields)

  23. On the long trail in northern Luzon. Mrs. Taft second from the left

  24. Mr. Taft and Charlie enjoying their favourite exercise

  25. An Igorrote head dance, and a company of cargodores with their dogs, which are to be killed for food

  26. Views of the extraordinary Igorrote rice terraces. Practically all of the north central Luzon is cultivated in this manner

  27. Igorrote chief proudly displaying his house decorations of human skulls and carabao horns

  28. Bontoc Igorrotes with ganzas, showing handles made of human bones

  29. The Benguet road before and after completion. Not the most thrilling curve on this spectacular highway

  30. The zigzag. How the Benguet road climbs to an altitude of over 5,000 feet in six miles

  31. Mr. Taft taking the oath of office as the first American Governor of the Philippine Islands

  32. Two views of Malacañan palace. The first picture shows the wide, roofless veranda over the Pásig River

  33. Scenes attending Governor Taft’s arrival in Manila after his first absence

  34. Arch erected by the Partido Federal representing Filipina offering another star to the American Flag

  35. Mr. and Mrs. Taft, with members of their family and staff, including Major Noble, aide (at left), and Mr. Fred C. Carpenter, Private Secretary (right), in costumes worn at the Venetian Carnival

  36. Mr. Taft and Colonel Goethals, in Panama

  37. (From left to right) Mrs. Jaime De Veyra, Mrs. Taft, Governor Smith, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Taft, Mr. Sergio Osemeña, speaker of the Philippine Assembly, and members of the Assembly in the Ayuntamiento, Manila

  38. The White House as it looked on the evening of the fourth of March, 1909

  39. Mr. and Mrs. Taft returning to the White House after Mr. Taft’s inauguration

  40. The private dining-room of the White House, and the family sitting-room at the end of the long upstairs corridor

  41. Two White House Bedrooms showing fine old colonial beds

  42. Two corners of the White House kitchen

  43. The East Room

  44. Mrs. Taft on the Potomac Drive

  45. The South Portico from the end of the Garden

  46. The White House garden and Washington’s Monument from the South Portico

  47. The Taft cottage at Beverly, Massachusetts

  48. The crescent table in the state dining-room arranged for the diplomatic dinner

  49. Mrs. Taft’s own picture of the White House

  50. The long eastern corridor through which guests arrive for state functions

  51. The main stairway leading to the President’s private apartments

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