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was made at one Of the club dinners.

was made at one OF the club dinners.
MIR Wynne was presiding. President
Roosevelt, who sat between Mr.. Wynne
and Senator Platt Of Connecticut. asked
the latter who would be good man for the
First Assistants place.
What's the matter with the man next
your said Mr.. Platt,
Just the very man." quickly responded
the President, and w ynne was appointed.
OF the ten Wynne children, four boys
and three girls are living. The Wynnes
were greatly devoted to the babies who
died. and they have said that one OF the
reasons they did not want to leave Wash
ington was that they would be away from
the graves of the little ones.
The eldest child IL Capt Robert Francis
Wynne, a veteran Of the Santiago, Philip
pine and Chinese campaigns. His first
duty in 1898 was on the famous Orego n.
To his family Capt. Wynne is known as
Frank, but in the service he is Pete
He was graduated from Georgetown
University and took the regular and the
post graduate course in law there. When
the Spanish war began he was learning
to be a lawyer.
The young mans martial spirit was fired
and he wanted to go to the front. He
had his way and went OH to Cuba as Second
Lieutenant Of Marines. He was recon-
mended for bravery in the Chinese cam
paign
The second son, Henry Boynton Wynne,
has Just left st. Johns College, a local
Catholic institution, and is to study law
and real estate with the idea Of looking
after the property interests Of his parents.
The oldest girl, Alice, Is the wife Of s. j.
Similar, a Canadian linguist, and lives In the
Dominion.
One day the President asked his present
Cabinet associate:
How many children have you, Mr..
Wynne?'
I'm the father of ten was the answer,
"and seven of them are living
Shake hands, said the President In his
quick way. You must be an honest man.
/ And Wynne replied:
Il haven't had time to be anything else
sir"
Another time Mr.. Wynne asked the Presi-
dent the number Of his children.
@Only six" said Mr.. Roosevelt.
! well, you are young yet" laughed the
new Postmaster-G General.
The President is 10. Mr.. Wynne is six
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The Wynnes have a large circle OF ac-
! uuaintances here in Washington. and many
real friends; yet they do not pose as society
people at all, and will miss their luxury Of
home life during the many functions OF the
coming winter. The children are all
healthy, hearty, capable young Americans
Ida, who Is Is, is. IKE her mother, exceed
ingly fond OF music. She Ia also fond OF
amateur theatricals, The other children
are Ruth, aged 10, who attends the Academy
of the Visitation, in Connecticut avenue
Charles, aged o; Henry, aged 7; and John
aged s,
talking about his children. Mrs. Wynne
saws / don't take enough Of the response
bity, but tell her she ought TO take 1t her.
self | did lick Frank once for smoking
cigarettes, and he hasn't smoked one since
He says that every time he sees cigarette
he thinks of the licldng So do /. 1t was
an awful licking, III never do 1t again i"
The Wynnes are Catholics and strict ir
their attention to religious duties They
are Irish on both sides They have hand
some house in Rhode Island avenue. be
tween Ninth and Tenth streets. formerl,
the residence of Augustus Garland, Senate
from Arkansas and Attorney-General II
Cleyeland.s first Cabinet.