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Show In the President's Pocket. 1 j H Not long before tho president's Western trip, nnd during tho visit ho j H paid Philadelphia to speak at that H city's Union League, ho was tho guest ( H of honor at a very elaborate luncheon B served by tho First City Troop, tho " i H "crnck" organization of tho Quaker . H town. While tho feast was In prog- H ress Winston, the troop's black door- H man, went down to tho cloak room . and said to the colored youth tempor- ( arily in charge of hats and umbrellas: ' i, H "Say, kid, Jes toko a peep In do "', , H pockots of Mister President's cont. H Seo If ho ain't got a llask handy." H "Kid" turned a shado less dark, but 1 H curiosity had him in its grip, and he , H looked Into tho Roosevcltlan pockets. "Gosh," ho whispered In stagy !j ; . H tones, "dor ain't no flask hyar but "'!j. j der's a gun." Now York Times. '" |