Show r l t. t t J 1 f 1 H. H I f J I f t fI I JI n 1 1 EL a. a NT rJ t I 5 R A it A r e ti J i. i tJ x t q 1 PROMINENT ME MEI r F 7 I M I IJ 11 i I I I P. P J Roa v AT fj ED r li i. i 1 Z Rd a L 1 toa Y Y A AL r Do the thc President of or the United States Stales find anti other prominent men re re- receive valentines Is s a question frequently frequently fre fre- asked by people with a natural natural nat t ural curiosity c concerning notables To Tobe Tobe Tobe be sure the they do Some of them r rc- rc e- e cevo each year on Cupids Cupid's holiday great numbers of missives and valent valentines valentines valen valen- t tines which come to our leading citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens include both bolh comics and pretty prell ones It must be bc confessed however or that there Is moro more more satire satire than sentiment senti senti- sentiment ment mont and antI since the most dignified officials officials are sometimes given to playing pranks on ono one another there Is a suspicion suspicion suspicion sus sus- that by no means all of or the these c frivolous fri remembrances aro are the work worl of or small boys Of Ot course Int Interest rest centers in the theal valentines valentines val val- entines received by lIy the President and amI he gets a plenty of them although the tho public heats hears comparatively little about it This silence is casU easily explained The Tho people who send Christmas presents presents pres pres- to the chief magistrate sometimes tell about it themselves But the mischievous mischievous mis mis- chievous citizens who are responsible for swelling the thc White Louse House mail In mill February seldom show a disposition disposition tion to 50 say much about their pranks planks ant am of fC cour course c the thc Presidents President's discreet seem s do du not talk taU about it o 0 n na 1 I ly y unsigned un communications In t tc tl Ho iso mail mall would go o Int Ins In- In t t 8 s of lr tit e wastebasket and ander er cr reacts the eyes of or the but on St. St Valentines Valentine's s da day c the festival spirit pelf per per- f 1 1 1 of ot l' l t lo two o nation tl n is given swen an anto r to S1 gl nee nce at some o of the masterpieces of art and literature that are calculated to provoke smiles It is perhaps an Interesting commentary commentary commentary tary on en the personalities of or our presidents presidents presidents dents that some sonic of or the tho nations nation's chief che executives have found In 11 their Valentine Valentine Valen Valen- tine day mall mail a preponderance of or comic tokens while In to the case of other chief magistrates the sentimental remembrances remembrances brances have predominated President elt Roosevelt belongs in 11 the latter class closs or at least the sentimental valentines were in the tho majority in the heap of missives which the secretaries piled plied upon his large largo flattop mahogany desk last Valentine day Of ot the complimentary valentines that reached the thc President a n goodly proportion consist of ot poems written b by bythe bythe the thc senders and these effusions If tf somewhat lacking In meter and rh rhythm are not wanting in passion and ond fervor 01 One Impressionable young poetess begins her valentine alentine tribute tributo to the occupant o of the White House as follows You are m my hero every time You are aie my brave young oung valentine Another wooer of or the thc muse produced produced pro plO the following Brave Drave and true strong tron and steady No o wonder you ou get there gallant Teddy Last year the Presidents President's valentines In hi n some Instances contained references to his election mid and Inauguration and it is expected that Mr Roosevelt's role as 1 peacemaker In the Japanese Russo-Japanese trouble will this year ear prove a favorite source of inspiration J. J Tor or the producers I ers of sentimental va valentines On the tho other hand the Presidents President's Lt- Lt all ally r lari large crap 1 P J of C CO comic Valentines fe carrying carrying car car- a J r ng natured good jib regarding i the 0 Panama canal the thc Roosevelt tUE tussle I with the Senate the thc Poo Roosevelt evelt missionary missionary mission mission- at ary work for Cor reform and other other other oth oth- er fruitful topics for Cor Some Same of ot the tho Presidents President's unknown correspondents correspondents correspondents dents address their missives In unconventional unconventional manner I Last ast year yem a valentine valentine valen valen- tine reached the lire White House though tho the envelope n C enclosing the thc token bore no name or address other othel than a picture plc- plc lure ture of a Rough Hough Rider over whoso whose face spread the thc well known Roosevelt velt smile Clerks who vho have o been lIeen on dut duty at tho rho White House for Cor years cals are arc of or the opinion that President Roosevelt re receives receives re- re more valentines than any of or Ills his predecessors Indeed it Is estimated that the present occupant of the White House receives more mall mail than an any ruler in the world not excepting King Icing Edward who has a daily dally quota of or 1000 letters Man Many of the valentines valentines valen valen- tines that reach tho the house come under one-cent one postage e. e Some of the tho effusions that arrive c on February 14 1 are aro critical and even caustic but few valentines have ever evel 1 been received at atthe atthe the tho While House that were actually malicious President Hayes who excited adverse adverse ad ad- verse criticism because In ht deference to the wishes wi hs h's of his wife he ho banished wine from the White House table received re received received re- re many valentines on the subject of which the tho following Is a sample Are your our guests such greedy swine That you dont don't dare to give them wine Inc I wo wouldn't ask such folks foUts to dine dl YOur much nuch disgusted valm VaHl Valentino tino n i Pre Ident A A. Arthur rth 1 11 VUa w a inous for the of f yas t f appreciation a good g dinner and his faultless attire 4 4 r received not nol a few valentines In which the White House dude came In tOt for sundry sharp shan raps Many of or President Harrlson's valentines had reference a to grandfathers hat and anil indeed It would woul appear as though a n. majority of oC oft t the c poets and poetesses who dispatch their literary masterpieces tai lui the White While House derived their Inspiration from Crom the newspaper cartoons Ono One valentine valentino over which President Pres ent Harrison smiled broadly consisted of ot more than a dozen stanzas of which the following is a specimen specimen- Little Benny Denny u. u Have you any Office omco you can send me mo If It not sonny Ready Heady money mone You can kindly lend too me P. P S. S S.-Do S. Do it quickly Baby Mine lIne And I will he be your valentine As might be lie Imagined the physical attributes of President Grover Cleveland Cleveland Cleve e land proved a strong incentive c to the tilt producers of made home-made valentines for fOl House designed consumption tion He received each year car he lie was In once office dozens of valentines Portraying portraying portray portray- ing enormously fat men and in man many Instances by hy original verse of or which the thc following fu f a a. s simple sim simple sim- sim mlle m- m lle I pray you ou tell me mo senile gentle faro GIO er CI CIhy Why hy you rou arc are always bubbling per Ver r l' l lIth With Ith van vanity It and self conceit I think you get set loo too much to e oat t. t If IC you ou would only try tn It might b be belter better for the nation l Th IO are arc in all 1 oba 1 my two ln In the soul co coui tr try tt 1 1 sorts lis o f 1 xea ea el oar n stir tr eat entries s tit n Ir Idea I Of t- t course ref reC reference fence rence is m made de dC t to e resi- resi dents dent's prospective In sun I sc Nicholas Longworth and anil Miss Mills Alice Allee Roosevelt The wedding weddin of oC these young youn people is set et Co for I a n date but hut a few days distant from St. St Valentino's Valen tino's tinos festival and It Is expected that tho the Pr Presidents President's daughter will lI be literally literally liter liter- ally deluged with tolt tokens ns liberally de d- d orated l with hearts and 1 cupids whit hilr the lucky y Nicholas will likewise be lie inundated in inundated in- in undated with souvenirs grave and ami say gay ay I IThe iThe The members member's of or tho ho Presidents President cabinet cabinet cab call inet arc are always remembered on Valen- Valen inet are arc always on Valentine Valentine Valen Valen- tine lIne day lay by large lare numb numbers rs of those tho e persons persona resident In n all parts of oC th the country countr who are ever evel anxious to lo take adv advantage of or any excuse for c to te public men Secretary of or War Taft who i is the fattest roan man who t ever vel Id a 11 Government Job will undoubtedly be made the butt hutt of most of the jokes and the fact that after afler month of f f strenuous training he lie has hn finally sue nic- dell In r reducing his weight a trifle Lelow pounds will enable th the valentine valentine val val- entine writers to Impart au an element clement of timeliness to their poetic tributes Attorney General ral Moody Mood Is another cabinet member who affords a good target for the valentine writers by y leason reason lea lea- son nn of the thc fact that he ho is s a bachelor Certain mcm members cn of Con Congress ls l's never rr fall to reap rap a harvest of valentines Ilis It Il Itis Itis is Improbable however that Speaker Cannon Tannon of the House of ties tirs will receive anything like like as ag m many pi pit tonal lorial and poetics tokens Lukens as did dill r Thomas 13 D wl wh i a m speaker The Thet t ar r was each Feb nary uary the the I It of numerous r pen v pictures of c Sa fat Sate m m. 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