The Washington herald., 1914-12-20

too ambItioaB program, win just about
cover expenses but / feel sorry for the
wife OF the governor who must try 10
do what u expected OF her on less.
Eight thousand dollars ayear. sufti-
cient income though II may be when
IL il expected to accommodate itself to
an ordinary 10000 a year standard of
living. shrinks alarmingly when its re-
clpieht Is expected TO maintain on II the
dignfty OF a Cabinet position. II We hal
not had some private resources ] don't
quite see how we could have managed.
Fortunately for my husband, and more
so for his SUCCESSORS in Office, this figure
was raised to $1,000 before he left the
War Department. and still there are COM
plants which | am amply able to ap-
preciate.
I'VE finally settled. on the LIST Of Oc-
tOber after my arrival at Washington.
in a pleasant. oId-fashioned house In X
street. near Sixteenth, II was not the
most elegantly equipped house available,
but We preferred a little extra space TO
the most elaborate modern convenienccs,
so We took II.
Saved Carriage Hire.
I'VE were spared one item of expense
by having the use Of the War Depart
ment carriage and its big Irish coach
man. Quade. Quade was quite a char
actCr. He had been at one time in the
artillery service and had, occupied the
position in which we found him through
several administrations. lie was never
able to lose the habits and manners OF
an artillery man ana Mr.. Roosevelt used
to say he never drove behind him with
out feeling as II he were on the caissOn
Of a gun wagon going into action. He
kept his horses I'm fine condition, though
= trifle too fat perhaps. and he took
great pride in the speed he could get
out of them. He would swing around
corners and dash past street cars and
other vehicles in a way that was any
thing but soothing to sensitive nerves.
He used to feed Mr.. Tsft's private
riding horse at the public expense. and
Mr.. Taft didn't approve of this. he
thought lie ought TO include the pay fer
its keep in hIs personal accounts. and
he told Qusde so, asking him at th2
same time to have bill made out so
that he might settle il. Quade regarded
him in utter disgust for a moment, tn n
said:
Quake Makes Prophecy.
We'll, Misther Secretary, what with
the good an plinty o. fodder We got in the
stables. / guess ye can go on a-fecdin
your horse H. re without the governments
a-worryin' amy
Il remember going one day to a recep-
tiOn at the house OF Justice Harlan on
the occasion OF his twenty-fifth anniyer-
sary on the bench. President Roosevelt
was already there and as We drove up
We found the bicycle policemen surround
ing the entrance waiting for him.
Quade with great friendliness but with
an absolute lack of decorum. leaned over
on the box and shouted to them as We
passed:
"'Ah. begorra. YEN be a-waitin'
around fer my boss one o these days
Faithful Quade lived TO sec his pro-
phecy fulfilled. but not long aftcrward
he lost his life at his post of duty in
shocking accident. lie was driving the
department carriage for Secretary Of War
DiCkinson's family: the pole broke. the
horses became frightened and boIted.
There were yOung children and a nurse
in the carriage. so Quade bravely held
on to the reins and finally succeeded in
turning the horses into a fence lie
saved the occupants Of the carriage from
injury. but he himself was thrown for
ward violently. falling in such way
as to break his neck.
Roosevelt Depressed.
Now, there is always bound TO be a
sadness about the end Of an administra-
tion. no matter how voluntarily the re-
firing President may leave office. no
matter how welcome the new President
and his family may be Mrs. Roosevelt
the prospect OF leaving the White House
Presidents wives are always given
plenty of time to prepare themselves