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Show From the White House President Taft gave a little party one night not long ago to members of the Republican national committee. A. I. Vorys, Ohio membor of the committee, commit-tee, was on his way to the White House when he ran into Carmi Thompson, Thomp-son, assistant secretary of the Interior, and a warm personal friend of Mr. Taft. Thompson happened to have his automobile nearby. "Get in," he told Vorys, "and I'll haul you over to the White House." Thompson drove his machine up the driveway into the White House grounds, let Vorys out, and was about to drive out again when a White House guard ran up to him. "Get on out now," said the guard, "We can't have you hanging around here after you've let out your passenger." passen-ger." "Can't I go Into the kitchen and warm my hands over the stove?" asked ask-ed Thompson whimsically. "Cut that stuC and drive along!" replied the guard. "This Isn't any chauffeurs' refuge." So the assistaut secretary of the Interior In-terior smilingly put on the next speed and drove quietly out of friend Taft's front yard. |