| Show FUNERAL procession AT WHITE HOUSE THE SAD experiences OF MB MAII wiro WHO round FOUND IT NECESSARY TO SEE I 1 THE PRESIDENT PRESIDE at PACE FACE TO race j this an account of 0 the i of 0 a plain citizen of 0 tto the united states who found it necessary to see the I 1 he chief executive of 0 the country anil and who went to tho the white house alone armed only with ono one or two letters letter of introduction ills name and adil address ress pre present stent pur poKa pos let him hi be simply mr com mor manman imars of Inland ville mr Com mortman reach washingto ton in the morning having rested well in ft Pic car breakfast was first in order after which hp he read the perit and a a little post past 30 I 1 the hour at which th ill president begins to t tol receive visitors strolled from rom tho the ha hotel to the immaculate jr and Inas sive in n which the chief L executive lives and his mork as business maneger nia mane naser gex of this republic progress through the ndel idely y opened outer portals was unimpeded and mr co Com m was courteously directed liy by the official to the stairs stain le leading to the second tory story where here va the visitor 7 would meet III farst t the presidents president is private secretary and then it if he be were lucky the president himself ACTING PRIVATE SECRETARY now it chanced that mr common man inan had never before visited visit e d the th e white house houe and he though t as he passed the door 0 of the blue room rc 0 near the he foot of the stairs that it would be a pretty good tiling thine to go in and take a look but on second thought ho he de cl led to let his inspection 0 of the famous apartment wait until after he had seen the president doubtless there would mould be time enough then so passing up the iho stairs he presently stood blood face to face with a 0 functionary to 1 whom he m two letters let tern one addressed simply it to tb the e president and ana t the h 0 other h to 1 the r h e private secretary by nam name eie 1 presented clr porter II orter the presidents private secretary paid aid the ho man nt at tho the door who turned out to bo be the acting arl private va Is secretary and ghost race face was the picture of patience is if out of tonn ton to he be prone gone a day two blut I 1 will take lake your bettor lt tr to the president and perhaps ito ho 1 will l see you you may have ui wait a short time oa as lie Is jut just ju t n now 0 lv with the secretary of N war v a i slid and some other gentlemen please take a war so mr Com following the mute directions ot of tho the acting private secre eyo cyr marchal d alink into a lne wide hoil ball furnished with tables and many choirs chairs anti and thero there mr com remained ining enough to have inspected the blue room a dozen times 0 over V although the ceiling in thi the apartment in which mr Com mortman seated boated Is lofty it appeals oth ervite chiefly of tho the pecullar peculiar situation or of tho th one wide half circular window reaching from the floor nearly to ill the ceiling by chich it t Is lighted pour doors doom open from tills room two into looms occupied by sub secretaries of if pomo ome sort and two 01 04 mr C common I 1 nm man soon n understood into I 1 the he 1 alve I 1 apartment apan part ment of the president himself I 1 lm 1 A WAITING CROWD mr co m was by no means the 0 only n ly occupant cupani oc of the room N when ben ho he entered there being at least fifty or sixty mn men and women there ahead ot of hini him perhaps half a dozen of these these were newspaper correspondents who he sat at at a table near the window d and n d talked together in low tones making linking copy of the news they ih had dathard dat gathered herd that morning the othera idere were all like thi tb latest comer coiner iv waiting alting to seo the C chief ellef magistre Magis magistrate alte 0 of I 1 thena b N a tion 87 T they ley we were re almot almost 1 literally jt era ly of j all 9 sorts als and conditions and there were frequent newcomers new comers comerf though the I 1 total number increased hut but little bence I 1 ever and anon come me grew tired and f went away mr Com had just made do up his mind that thal lie he might be detained longer than lie he its had ld expect I 1 ed when a brlik handsome man of middio height and white hair and vIlli wearing on finx it a top hat frock coat and the smile of one on who Is 1 sure parc of 0 himself rapidly through tho the patient crowd that la Is secretary ca gape ire sold said one on w ito ho sat pat next to mr Com tile tho amsl president d ent Is IB very busy today and ami all tho the secretaries are arc running ir in and out it looks looka nil ax though there might be sorn pom discuss discussion 1 lin of our atlon with ret spain on hanl besides congress 0 gless IB is going to 10 meet pretty soon and the president has his rn to get el ready I 1 am afraid it will be b pretty hard work vork for us ua ordinary folk to get a chance at him a and nil I 1 have come front from beyond the mississippi iss to see him the man ann closed hla his remarks with mith a piga and mr Com began to think that he too would have hav some trouble in teeing ono one who was waa evidently tho busiest buset man it in ili tho R republic glancing around ill tho room mr Com observed that the foco face of beltry v try on there seemed to reflect a similar foreboding in fact it was vas tha most discouraged looking crowd it lie I 1 had d beheld for many a long day A FU FUNERAL NIMAr I 1 near one of tho the tables in an n attitude of utmost dejection sat r a L at woman riman bilth folded arms As mr Common mana eye rested upon her tor for a moment he mas aa struck by the fat fact DL ili ahal a t she was waa iti is as immovably in her P patience a t I 1 ence as K I 1 curved out of stone J just then one of I 1 the coffee colored attendants who were I 1 constantly antly priming lit in anti and out paused I 1 a moment in front of this woman and she h suddenly rose to lie her feet I 1 ill t ll you wasl hat I 1 ill think ilk cried 1 I think this Is tho the a aw cr fullest place lit in 14 4 I 1 5 rg wr I 1 I 1 I 1 gs at X AF 1 17 v R 09 they all must see sea talis the president tile the united states state its just juat like a tu funeral meeting I 1 KO go through chiq again for ft 01 thousand dollar dol larg TI the is coff coffee C colored functionary raised h hlll I 1 oe as tt it in mild rp reproof proof murmured just BO 80 madam arid pas passed tta on oil the woman flushing its aa she sha realized that she h had done don something hing out of tho the ordin ordinary exy glanced round to see if any one were laughing at her and resumed her position of oe statuesque it wai uan after it II by this time and nn the acting private secretary plumed passed near mr Com the latter latte r ven turid to ask how long lone the president I 1 would woid continue to receive visitors till halt hair past 1 I 11 was wn i the th reply delivered in a tone indicating a determination to deal patiently with naith all questions though harassed almost to autz death then ito ho goes to luncheon and its all oser 01 er till tomorrow A WHITE CLAD COOK S shortly h 0 r Y utter after this a diversion was ff 0 I 1 ed by a colored man of immense proportions clad in the white jacket white apron and white cap of a chef who entered at a brisk stride glanced round with a broad grin which showed ills hla ivories not to be in ili need of dental services vices and passed through the door leading to one of 0 the sub sacro secretaries tables rooms TN this caused a ailef buzz buz of 0 conversation which wes was hushed a tow few minutes later when a second brisk gentleman wearing a shining top hat anil frock coat passed through the spilt apartment amont and into inlo the door leading to tile presidents President tn 11 room thata that s alger the secretary ot of war lax ra raid ld sir mr Common mona mans neighbor lies been here before this morning therell somo some trouble with spain sure then the acting private secretary looking more harassed harai ed and yet more patient than ever ambled about the room stopping here and there to whisper a word or two in the ears cars of halt balf A doyen men the faces of these men which before had been distressed and full of angular lines became at once round and smiling and they followed the acting private secretary through the door leading to the presidents room that all were fain to enter lucky doa do a them fellows fel lowi eald mr Common mana mans neighbor and ill but bet a hat tre aint one ot of em cm wants to see the president so go bad as I 1 do STANDING IG THUM OFF when the HIP acting private secretary merged from the presidents room after c having conducted tle the halt half dozen bozen I 1 lucky ones through its portals porta js he was waa surrounded by on an eager questioning crowd every members of which it demanded to know why he had not been included in the invitation to enter ter it my fault ladles indies and gentlemen he slid as if he were speaking to children all I 1 can do is 13 to take in your names ho he decides who shall come in this was enough for most of his questioners who got back to their various chalm chairs with such resignation as they could corn command mand but there were two both women who continued to plead one of them seemed to be blind and it appeared that she had come ft a long dl diance tanco to ask personally for cor sonie some favor from the dent the act acting rig private secretary liRt listened ened to her story alory but could not revise his reply but it seems beema to ran mft that I 1 must talk with nith him sald tho blind lady well said the ahe secretary the very best you can do la is to write writ out t what you have in t say ay and it m will III be brought to in the presidents Preal dents atten attention tinn this evening ning I 1 arn am afraid it will te be positively impossible tor for him to see you today thre th re goes another othe r cabinet minister I 1 in n to see the he pr president e adent said bald mr Common mans neighbor 1 I can spot him by his high hat his smile and hla his frock coat but I 1 dont know which he h Is I 1 guess I 1 might da as well give up anil and go hoac A few moments later the acting vats vate secretary stood at the entrance of ol 01 tho the apa apartment ament 1 O ittleman and ladles indies he bald 1 I iq half past I 1 and the president has ha left his office it II III be useless to ti remain longer in the hope of seeing him then the functionary went to the th d door r through which he had earlier earlier I 1 Can conducted ducted the fortunet fortun nt holt half dozen and n opened it and forth alth 1 ue 1 ti 1 cre a procession of 0 alx 1 d deject j e etl men they had not been tho the president all lit and the room rc om into which they b had a d been conducted wast waa only an inner ante ant e executive autive chamber th they e y of f th the e r room hal haa been pe n taken n theris there in the hope th that a t tho the president t might to lie able to pee next on an bin list t them h a BB s they bey were f for wad nud lence e nee bu but t the cab cabinet fuel blants tera and other savored it L bored personages had occupied too much or of his time tho the crowd then filed out of the walt ing room mid and mr Com went with the others later ho he saw the prea aden I b 1 but blit u t I 1 lie 0 i 1 d ciffo tent f fr brorn G f in n th 0 adopts tt A and d when h st be ticla left of a atts to W i I 1 fied cd d arat that tk tf artt S would not gujt mt aiS that i next lex t to the cht Z self and I 1 the ab X secretary W the acting A of has the I 1 most fill I 1 difficult ant try adb is I 1 t |
