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Show WHITE HOUSE TOTS MUST SAY "MAM'SELLE" Spccinl to Tho Tribune. WASHINGTON. April 9. A French governess has been added to the Roorvi-vclt Roorvi-vclt household. Quentln, the President's youngest pon, Is her special charge. She is teaching him to speak French with the Parisian accent. She is nlso teaching him to speak Englieh with a French accent. The governess had not been In tho White House twenty-four hours beforo she proved that she would tolerate no familiarity from even the President's family. The children started to call their governess by her first name, but she put her French heel down and announced that she must be spoken of and to an "mam'selle." Obedience waa not as prompt and Implicit Im-plicit as she desired, and she Immediately Imme-diately served notice on the President and Mrs. Roosevelt that she would leave If she was not addressed as "mam'selle." |