The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-10
BLSsED QuENTY-QUEE:

Whlte House, June Il, 1914.
The little birds in the nest in the
vines on the garden fence are nearly
grown up. Their mother still feeds
them.
You see the mother bird with a
worm in her beak. and the little birds
with their beaks wide open!
I was out walking the other day and
passed the Zoo; there 1 fed with grass
some of the two -year-old elk; the bucks
had their horns Gin the velvet" 1 fed
them through the bars.
White House, June II. 1904.
BLESSED ARCHIE-KINS:
Give my love to Mademoiselle; I
hope you and Quenty are very good
with her-and don't play in the library!
1 loved your letter, and think you
were very good to write.
All kinds of live things are sent me
from time to time. The other day an
eagle came; this morning an owl.
I have drawn him holding a rat
in one claw
We sent both to the zoo.
The other day while walking with
Mr.. Pinchot and Mr.. Garfield we
climbed into the Blagden deer park
and almost walked over such a pretty
wee fawn, all spotted 1t ran off like a
| little race horse.
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white tail straight in the air.
Wffito House, June 81, 1904.
DEAR QUENTYQUEE:
L The other day, when out riding what
should see in the road ahead of me
but a real B'rer Terrapin and B'rer
Rabbit. They were sitting solemnly
beside one another and looked just as
| if they had come out of book; but
as my horse walked along B'rer Rabbit
! went lippity lippity Hppity off into the
bushes and B'rer- Terrapin drew in his
head and legs till I passed.
Charms of Valley Forge.
White House, June p, 1904.
DEAREST ETHEL:
think you are a little trump and I
love your letter, and the way you take
care of the children and keep down
the expenses and cook bread and are
Just your own blessed busy cunning
SELF You would have enjoyed being at
Valley Forge with us on Sunday. It Is
a beautiful place, and, Of course, full
of historic association. The garden
here is lovely. A pair of warbling
vireos have built in linden and sing
all the time. The lindens, by the way,
are in bloom, and Massachusetts, Ave-
nue. is fragrant with them. The mag
nOi1aS are all DIOOL1, tOO, dIlo lie
jasmine on the porch.
Washington's Companions at Valley
Force.
White House, June 81, 1904.
DEAR TED:
Mother and I had a most lovely ride
the other day, way up beyond Sligo
Creek to what is called Northwest
Branch. at Burnt Mills, where is a
beautiful gorge, deep ard narrow, with
great boulders, and even cliffs. Ex-
cepting Great Falls it is the most
beautiful place around here. Mother
scrambled among the cliffs in her rid
ing habit, very pretty and most inter-
esting. The roads were good and some
of the scenery really beautiful. We
were gone four hours, half an hour be-
ing occupied with the scrambling in
the gorge.
Saturday we went to the wedding of
Teddy Douglas and Helen. It was
beautiful wedding in every way and
am very fond OF both of them. Sun
day we spent at Acknowledgement
Knox's at Valley Forge, and most UNI
|expectedly had to deliver a little adj
dress at the church in the afternoon,
as they are trying to build a memorial
to Washington. Think of the fact that
in Washington's army that winter
among the junior officers were Alex
ander Hamilton, Monroe and Marshall
"a future president of the United
Sfatas- rho fiitl,re chief Justice who was