Show little tad father s pet whatever became of little tad Is the question I 1 have been asked ott enest in my work of bringing forth new stories about the greatest of all americans even those whose memo griea cover the two generations from the time abraham lincoln was living in the white house seem confused contused cont used about the identity 0 the child of the nation in tad day he was more widely known than robert tad on account of the strange pet name bis father had given him has been confused with oliue who died in the white house in february 1862 or with robert who survived hla father more than sixty years to be secretary of war and anted states ambassador to the court of great britain as well as highly prominent in big business as president of the pullman palace car company but tho youngest son always will remain little tad in the minds of the american people though he grew to be a stalwart youth and lived a while in germany where as has been related he won the childish devotion of the little girl who was afterward married to the last of the azars czars of russia and who heroically met the tragic fate of the romanoff dynasty there la preparing this series of new lights it has been necessary to review the many sources of light on abraham lincoln and his family in this process of research for things new and old I 1 have been surprised to find how many of the best lincoln stories were started on their cheering way by the artist frank B carpenter who wrote six months in the white house after spending the first half year of 1864 there tor the pur pose of painting tha now famous picture fit abraham lincoln beading the emancipation proclamation to his cabinet near tho president carpenter wished to live near the president in order to catch alg natural expression as well as to be at hand to arrange a sitting for the picture whenever possible in that half year the painter aw and beard the best stories about lincoln which fact hows there were many times more stories which might have been related from and about lincoln if some one had only been en band to jot down as frank carpenter was inspired to do for abraham lincoln was him felt a master story teller As one story suggest another since I 1 have been relating the new stories picked up in the course of twenty years writing for newspapers books magazines and moving pictures I 1 have received letter with stories from pye and ear witnesses jhb h v kw in IH n cf acu portrait t that tin luw urn with U luj at clr fide aej pi awa if jid dut to kit tar U lA lattora otorA but clr fact of th U UK it arisna la lu picture from all parts of the country even dating back as far as Lincol ns young manhood since the appearance of series of new lights I 1 have received word from michigan als consla washington state oregon and california offering fresh anecdotes which have never been published about lincoln who became the burc of more stories than any mothr hudaa being in history naturally carpenters little old book could not have been true to the life if he had not related a number of tales about little tad to the first ef which I 1 now refer in order to mak more intelligible to the present day reader here Is the great portrait painters introduce Intro duc alon of tad lincoln some photographers from bradys gallery came up to the white house to make some stereoscopic estudes for me of the presidents office they re the Rutlt dj tavern vhf lincoln cam to know ann quested a dark closet in which to develop the pictures and without a thought that I 1 was infringing upon rights I 1 took them to an unoccupied room of which little tad had taken possession a few days before and with the aid of a couple of servants had it fitted up as a miniature theater with stage curtains orchestra stalls parquet and all knowing that the use required would not with his arrangements I 1 led the way to this apartment tad asserts rights everything went on well and one or two of the pictures bad been taken when suddenly there was an uproar the operator came back to the office and said that tad had taken great offense at the occupation of hla room without his consent and bad locked the door refusing all admission the chemicals had been taken inside and there was no way to get at them he having carried off the key in the midst of this conversation tad burst in in a earful passion I 1 he laid all the blame upon me said that I 1 had no right to use his room and that the men should not go in wen to get their things for they had no business in bis room mr lincoln ha been sitting tor a photograph and was still in the chair H said very mildly tad go and unlock the door tad went off muttering into his mothers room refu slnar to obey I 1 followed him but no coaxing would hadfy him on my return to the president I 1 found him sitting patiently in the chair from which he had not risen he said the boy opened that dohrl 1 that I 1 could no nothing with highe had gone off in a great pet mr Lincol ns ups camo together firmly suddenly rising he strode across the passage with the air of one bent on punishment and disappeared in the domestic apartments directly the president returned with the key to the theater which he unlocked himself there he said go ahead it Is all right now he then went back to bis office followed by myself and resumed his beat tad said be halt apologetically Is a peculiar child he was violently excited liebi 1 tut to him I 1 safta tad do ou know you are making your father a great deal of trouble he burst into tears instantly giving me the key wayne in the new york world the true nil in to cm brace or reject ii not it hav any vil la it but whether it have more of val than of rood there re few thing wholly evil or wholly food lincoln building engineers are striving to bring down materials so the small investor may be able to build that home he has been dreaming about tor so many years some splendid efforts have been started from washington to again popularize the home idea 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