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Show NO SMOKING IN WHITE HOUSE. President Had 8ome Trouble In Enforcing En-forcing the Order. President Roosevelt has found It necessary to bar lighted cigars out of tho white houso. At first Arthur 31m inoiis, the colored doorkocper, who has been at tho white houso for many years, was named ns tho Presidential smoke suppressor, but ho found his task so ungracious that ho begged the President to rollovo him. Tho Congressmen Con-gressmen and Senators whom Simmons Sim-mons was obliged to speak to In carrying carry-ing out his orders did not take hli action ac-tion kindly and they told him to go back south or to some other warm placo so frequently that Arthur, who Is a dovout church member, asked Mr. noosovolt to glvo him another detail. Tho president complied and In order to spare tho whlto houso employes from congressional abuse has had hung ovor tho mantal In the public reception re-ception room tho familiar sign "No Smoking Allowed." Tho sign Is framed in sombor black, which Is aueh a contrast to tho Ivory white of tho room that one can scarcoly fall to notice- 1L |