The sun., 1901-09-15

si6s Of Mr.. Harrison. you'Fs . redwood
tree Of California compared TO dande-
| hon.'
A hook q greas happiness rcpt into th'
short rnan's face.
And % Peter the Hermit told mo what
wasn't soi- said he vtstfully.
sSure thing said ths doorhceper.,
And I'm ths tallest man that ever hvcdp
| IF Goliath was on earth you'd make
him look a. II he'd stopped growing when
he was four months DID, soemnly replied
30 joyi wkishi wboo.h, whesl' exclaimed
! the underslzed man. bubbling over with
happiness. and out hs went at a Jog-trot.
nor did he ever call again for ths purgo-,
OF standing back TO back with the chief
4 Magist rate.
| Another eccenttc who called az the White
House during the regime Of Gen. Harrison
had his arms pinned to his sides the mo-
ment after he stepped over the Threshold,
. right hand travelled To his back pocket.
/ IL looked liao preparation for gun play. and
the doorkoeper had him In no time. The
man looked greatly surprEd over this troat :
] fnent. and when the ddhrkeeTers isit hts
| back pocket and found that II contained no
weapon they turned him loose and looked
| him over
-wha, was your idea In going to that
pocket p inquired one Of the doorkeeper.
MY motive" replied tho man. az
erieyedly, far from being ultsTior, was
purely philanthroIdo. I am informed
through tho medium OF the public pfess
that Mr. Harrison u cold. cold man.
brought this To- him to enable him To warm
himself up AID he again reached into
hls hip pocket and solemniy brought fofth
| n tiny rcd aannel undershirt, about two
inches long by an inch wide. which had
probably bean fashioned for advertising
purposes by some underwear uAnufactur-
ing establishment.
-oh, all right. III take II 70 the Prel-
dent said ths doorkeeper, Accepting tho
present without a smile. and the man went
away contsnted The doorkeeper mus
tered up sufficient teinerity To hand the
tiny undershirt To President HARRISON
that afternoon, explaining how hs had
come into possession of u Gen. Harrison
laughed heartily as he held the bit OF nd
flannel up before him.
We'll, said he, I've always been aware
that my stature i nothing ptodigi"us, but
didn't know that they had reduced mo
To the-s dtmen ensiOus.
II seemed as II all the female cranks Ia
the country wanted to SO Mrs. Cleveland
In President ClevelAnd's fret term.
queer-looking little old woman turned
up at the White Houre one morning. not
long after Mrs. C1eyeland's installation
as first lady OF the land, Her shoulders
were shrouded In an old Paisley shawl,
and IN the ends OF this shawl she had
swadded up n little. very old, toothess
and half blind skye terrier. 49,,
Good morning, ssrfs, said ths httle
old lady, smiling pleasantly at the door
keepers, I'm Cleopatra, you know
The doorkeepers made Cleopatra a rev.
erence. and she undid the loce-s ends OF
the shawl swadd ling the aged skye terrier
and showed the dog to them.
Il Thought I'd leave poor little Charrnion
with Mrs. Cleveland you know, said the
little old woman, rather patheticslly. L
am going u visit the tombs OF my ancestors
IN tie Pyramids shortly, and the Pyramids
are 10 damp lately that | fear tharmion
will take cold take her along with mo.
So thought | would leave her with MIS-.
Cleveland while | am gone. And the
little old woman gazed arectionately AZ
the wheezy terrier and stroked its head.
The doorkecpers felt - sorry for this old
woman that they were half inclined to
take tho dog from her and care for !, In its
age and deCrepitude. but the fear that shc
might bother by frequently calling 70 in
quire after the animal deferred them. The
authorities took charge Of the woman.
whose mind had become unsettled as "a
result OF many troubles, and her dog and
cared for both Of them.
A middls-aged woman. mons too well
dressed, but very neat and tidy, called at
the close Of President Ceveland's hrst
administration When she got In shs
beckoned one Of the doorkeepers aside.
-Now, ] wouldn't have you mention II
for worlds she whispered 10 the door
keeper -but how shall | Arrange TO send
Mrs Cleveland some Of NV caste dre>-esr-
The doorkeeper, who. until the woman
spck-. had no idea that her mind was wrong.
ducked at this and made some evasive
reply ,.u ,,., ,,. ,oo, ,,,rx h..o,
a single. solitary stitch nt to be seen. went
q l.. all a
Soandalousl And she - nice looking.
Now I have such millions and millicns OF
dresses that could spare just as easily as
not And we are just exactly the same
figure, too. aren't wef' regarding her 225
pounds OF avoirdupois with great salts
faction.
.All of my dresses, she went on. before
the dOorkeeper could think Of ANYTHING
10 say to her, were made by Worth and
Felix Laws mel How that poor Worth
man has torn his hair aud ground his teeth
in thinking Of new efec,- for my ball gowns
And. goodness gracious .akes alive, how
Felis has de.paired OF ever doing mo
well might he. madam .aid the door
keeper, for lack Of anything better TO say.
so went on the woman gradou-ly.
when I heard that Mrs. Cleveland was
actually without anything 20 wear, de-
cided to Ascertain from her III she would
feel badly or humiliated-you understand
IL I should-very delicately, you know
presume TO send her about three dray
loads of my own dresses that shall
probably not wear any more. although
they are almost rs good a. new. every
one ~ them
Madam said tho doorkecper. 'she
would he everiastingly grateful TO you
for your consideration. Send them along.
by all means.
sOh. thanks, 20 muchl' exclaimed this
liberal-eouled woman. smiling radiantly.
and she went her way. The three dray
loads ~ Felix and Worth dresses have
vet to b. drawn up at the goods -rcc-iving
back door OF the White House. nor did the
generous minded woman who had been
The despair 81 the two great costume de-
slgnep ever return to explain the drby-
mems tArdine~s.