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Show The Red Badge of Identity. When the governors were in session in Washington President Taft gave them a dinner. Governor Stubbs, of Kansas was late. He arrived, breathless, at the White House door, and demanded admittance. ad-mittance. "Card, sir." said the doorman. The governor searched for his card, but he had left it at the hotel. "I'm Governor Stubbs of Kansas," he said. "Just a minute," requested the doorman, and he disappeared. He soon returned and walked around Stubbs and looked him over carefully. "This way, sir," he said, most respectfully. respect-fully. "What did you look at me like that for?" asked the governor. "Why, sir, they told me you would be you if you had red hair, and you has it. This way sir." |