Show s j I Letters I Y JOSEPH Kp INSTALMENT 35 I the tho President and Mrs Roose- Roose i V having great fun at Pine i the more moro extreme foes of ot Roose- Roose v Itt In the senate were proposing a. a resolution of ot open censure directed against him This move was sidetracked bYthe more cautious minds In one small email particular President Roosevelt re reversed re- re versed d himself at this time He had tak ta- ta k nta stand against tho the motto In God on coins n insisting that that- at ato such use degraded th tho sentiment e i A storm r o otest arose and in deference to the mac many requests requests poured poured in upon him tho the pr president predent signed the bill and the tho motto mottos s stands The Republican national convention con con- jon in Chicago nominated Taft Tart on T J rte is 18 1903 1908 Taft Tatt was W Roosevelt's candidate can can- fe hut but a stampede for the jomIna- jomIna I Roosevelt himself was attempted Editor fo i ohn olin Burroughs Burrou arid and the Flying Squirrels I White House May 10 1908 D Dearest est Archie other ther and I had great fun at i Pine J Mr Burroughs whom I call O. O Oom Oot John was waa with us and we wo greatly enjoyed having him But ut one night ho into g great t disgrace e The flying flyings s that were there last Christmas Christ Christ- maS mas had raised a brood broo l. l having built a alio largo lio I-gp I nest inside of ot the room in which John 1 Burroughs slept Of Course they h hd Jd high carnival at night time Mother 1 and I da dO not hot mind them at I a indeed rather like to hear scrambling about and then as aa a a. asiel s sequel Nel to a sudden frantic fight be between be be- tween two of them hearing or s seeing fellow come plump down to tot t and scuttle off again to the wan wag w. w But one night they waked waited up J hn Burroughs and he spent a misguided mia mis guided hour hunting f for r the nest neat and h he fund found it took it down and C caught two of the tho young squirrels and p in a basket The next neat day r mothers mother's direction I took them themo o 13 getting my fingers somewhat bit- bit the process and loosed them Ino in o om where we had previously put back the nest I do not think John Burroughs profited pronte b by his misconduct because th squirrels were more act ac ac- t than ever that night both in his room recta and ours the disturbance In their family y affairs n having baving evidently e made madet t n re restless tl BEAUTY OF WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS White House May MY 17 1908 Q Is really doing pretty well wen his baseball and he is perfectly abi absorbed in it He lIe now occasionally m makes kes a base hit if the opposing pitcher ier er is very bad and his nine nino wins m snore more re than one half of ot its games rames lle grounds are too lovely for tor any any- and spring sprin is here or rather e summer in full tull force torce Mothers Mother's fl flower gardens are now now a as beautiful as and the Iron railings of ot south of ot them are covered willi th clematis and roses in bloom The tz tres es are in full foliage and the grass brilliant green and my friends the warblers 1 are troop trooping In to the north InI in I t orce QUENTIN AND A BEEHIVE BEEf I 5 White House May 30 1908 I D Dearest arest Archie Q Quentin has las met with many I r S this week in spite of ot the fact th he has had a bad cough which to InterrUpt the variety ot of He has bas become greatly Inte In- In te sted in bees and the other day st started down to get a beehive from soi being accompanied by a ann nn looking small boy as as to whose name I inquired When re rep repeated re- re p ted by Quentin it was obviously an anIt It Italian Uan name I asked who he be was and Quentin responded Oh his father lie keeps ps a fruit stand However they bees all right and Quentin I to tool took K the hive up to a school exhibit I Th There re some of ot the bees got out and andI I I w were wr r left behind P Poor or homeless mis- mis ez as as Quentin remarked of th ip and yesterday they at Intervals add added d great zest to the life in the classroom The hive now reposes in th and Scamp surveys It for tor at a time with absorbed interest Ait After r awhile he will get to Investigating I ing t. t and then he t will find tind out more than he expects to I his afternoon Quentin was not rot al alI allowed al- al I low lowed d to play ball because of ot his cough BO so sobe be was keeping the score when a afoul fol foul tip caught him In the eye It was quite a a. bad blow but Quentin was very plucky about It and declined to 01 1 until the game was finished an anh h hour iH or so later By that time his eye had 1 completely shut up and he now h has sE a most magnificent bandage aIt arund nd his head over that eye and feels feets much like a baseball hero I came cattle in after dinner to take a look at athi hi him and to my immense amusement I found that he was lying flat on his I b back CR in bed saying his prayers while I m mademoiselle was kneeling down Iti It i took me a moment pr r two to grasp the fa fat IJ that goo good mademoiselle wished to on him that it was not right to- to say his prayers unless he knelt I d don n. n and as that in this case he heI I I could not kneel down she would do It place I I QUENTIN AND TURNER To Mrs Nicholas Nicholas' Longworth iTO Cincinnati O. O Q Oyster Bay June 29 1908 1903 t S S C S S Quentin 1 is IH really too funny for anY anything He got his legs fearfully sunburned the other day and they b blistered became inflamed and ever- ever faithful Mother had to hold a clinic on Eyeing his blistered and J scarlet let legs les he remarked They look 1 II liko a Turner sunset dont don't they then after alter a pause I wont won't be beca ca caught again this way the th rave ra- ra I ve t- t Nevermore 1 was not surprised surprised surprised sur sur- at his quoting Poe but 1 I would like to know where the 10 old year e old scamp picked d up any knole knowledge kno know le ledge of ot Turners Turner's sunsets ets J I 1 QUENTIN AND THE piG PIG I r I White House Oct 17 1908 Dearest Kermit S S S S 5 I cl bentin entin performed a characteristic feat yesterday He heard that I Schmidt the animal man wanted a J small pig piS and decided that ho would turn an honest penny jenny by supplying I the want So out in the neighborhood of his school he called on an elderly darky who he had seen possessed little pigs bought one popped it into a a. bag astutely dodged the tho school school flaying having a well vell founded distrust distrust dis dis- trust of ot how th the tho boys would feel fecI toward his passage with the pig pig and and took the car for home By at time i the pJ pig had freed itself from the bag and as he explained he journeyed In with a small pig under his arm ann but as the tho conductor was a I friend of ot his ho he was not put off orf He lie bought it for a dollar and sold it to Schmidt for a dollar and a a. quarter an as if It he had found a permanent permanent perma perma- nent line of business Schmidt then festooned it in red ribbons and sent it to parade the str streets ets I gather that Quentin led it around for part of t the parade parada but he was somewhat vague on this point evidently being a little uncertain as to our approval of ot the move A PRESIDENTIAL FALL White House Nov Noy 8 1903 Dearest Archie Quentin 1 is getting along very well he plays center on his football eleven cleven and in a match for juniors in tennis he got into the semifinals What Is Ismore Ismore more important ho seems stems to be doing very well weIl with his studies and to get geton geton geton on well wen with ith the boys and is Is' evl evidently evi dently beginning to like the school He has shown himself very m manly Kermit is Ia home hom and nd i is a v. v now perfect perfect per per- dear a The other day while taking a scramble scramble scramble scram scram- ble walk over Rock creek when I came cameto cameto cameto to that smooth face faco of rock which h wo we 0 get rou round d by holding on to the little mUe bit of ot knob mob that we call the Button the top of this button came oft off be between between between be- be tween my thumb and forefinger I hadn't supposed that I was putting much weight on it but evidently I was or I promptly lost my balance and finding I was falling tailing I sprang out into the creek There were big rocks In It and the water was rather shallow but butI I landed all right and didn't hurt myself myself my my- self the least bit in the world More About Quentin White House Nov 2 22 1918 Dearest Archie I handed your note and the two two-do- two dol lar Jar bill to Quentin and he was perfectly per per- delighted It came in very ery handy because poor Quentin has been in be bed 1 with his leg in a plaster cast and the tho 2 r T tl think went t to make up a fund with which he purchased a fascinating little steam engine which has b been en a ag g t source of at amusement to him He HeIs HeIs Heis Is out today visiting some friends al although although although al- al though his leg is still in a cast He has a a. great turn for foe mechanics White House Nov 27 1908 Blessed Ar Archie It is fine to hear from you and to know you are having a good time Quentin I am happy to say is now thoroughly devoted to his school He feels that he is a rea real Ep Episcopal copal high school boy and takes the keenest Interest in interest interest In- In terest in everything Yesterday Thanksgiving day he had various friends here His IDs leg was out of ot plaster plaster plas pins ter and there was nothing he did not do He Ho skated roller he football he had engineering work ana ann electrical work he went all around the city he romped all over the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House he went to the slaughter house and got ot a a. pig for Thanksgiving din din- ner Ethel is perfectly devoted to Ace who adores her The other day he was lost for a little while h he had gone ot off on a side street and unfortunately saw a cat in a stable and rushed In Inand Inand inand and killed it it and they had him tied up there when one ono of ot our men found him In a way I know that Mother misses Scamp but in another way she does not for tor now how now all the squirrels are very tame and cunning and are hopping about the lawn and down on the paths all the time so that we see them whenever whenever when when- ever we walk and they are arc not in the least afraid of ot us To be continued I |