The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-02

said that MS personal fortune was Lleu
up ii railroad securities and that the
campaign he staged, by making stocks
nervous II Incidentally damaged his
own investme nts. Senator La Toilette
was framing the legislation by means
81 which it was hoped to do away
with the evils of speculation. The
president was fighting in congress for
big navy. bat was violently opposed.
lie lost his battle through the conser-
vative forces which controlled the sem
ate-The Edi@or4
Good Reading. for Pacifists.
DEAREST KERMIT:
You have recently been writing me
about Dickens. senator Lodge gave
me the follows ing first-class quotation
from a piece by Dickens about Pro
posals for Amusing Posterity."
And 7 would suggest that If
body Of gentlemen possessing their full
chronological share Of the combative
and antagonistic organs, could only be
induced to for n themselves into a Soc
icty for DecIa inning about Peace, with
a very considerable war -whoop against
all non -declainers; and if they could
only be prevailed upon to sum up elo-
quently the many unspeakable miser-
les and horrors Of war. and to present
them to their own country as con-
elusive reason for its being undefended
against war snd becoming a prey of
the first despot who might choose to
inflict those miscries and horrors-why
then I really believe we should have
got to the very best joke we could hope
10 have in or whole complete jest
book for posterity and might fold our
arms and rest convinced that we had
done enough for that discerning
Patrischs amusement
This ought o be read before all the
tonfool peace societies and anti-im-
pcria1ist societes of the present day.
Quentin as a BaiIpiayer
White Louise, March 8, 1908.
DEAREST ARCHIE:
Yesterday morning Quentin brought
down ali his. Force school baseball nine
10 practice On the White House
grounds. It was great fun to see them
and Quentin made a run. 1t reminded
me Of when YOU used TO come down
with the Friend's school eleven. More
over, / was reminded OF the occasional
rows In the eleven by an outburst in
connection with the nine which re-
suited il their putting off Of it
small boy who Quentin assured me
y as tue IlGatitSL lAtu III LONlt, ike
I'd sec Quentin practicing baseball 1t
gs5es me hopes that one of my boys
viii not take after his father in this
respect. and viii prove able to play
tho national gamei
Ethel has a delightful new dog-a
white bun terrier-not much more than
a puppy as vet. She has named it
Mike and it seems very affcctionate.
scamp is really an extraordinary ratter
and kills great may rats in the White
House, i'm the CELLARS and on the lower
floor and among the machinery. He
is really d very nice little dog.
White House. March is. 1908.
DEAREST ARcHIE
Quentin is now taking a great in
terest in baseball Yesterday the Force
school nine, on which he plays second
base, played the psf. nine on the
White House g-ounds where Quentin
has marked out diamond. The Force
school nine was victorious by a score
Of % to 5. / told Quentin I was afraid
the Pest. bows must have felt badly
and he answered., "Oh, guess not.
you see filled them up with lemonade
afterwardt"
Charlie TAFT is on his nino.
Atlu YOU near OF the uleaQ1ut time
Ethel had with her new bull terrier.
Nike? She was out ridins with Fritz
Lee who was ON Roswell and Mike
WAS following. They suppose that
Fidelity must have accidently kicked
Mike. The first they knew the BULL
dog sprang at tho little mares throat
she fought pluckily. rearing and plung-
ing, and shook him off, and then Ethel
gaHoped away. As soon as She halted,
Mike overlook her and attacked Fidel-
ity again. lie Sc .zed her by the Shout
der and tried to seize her by the throat
and twice Ethel had to break away
and gallop off Fritz Lee endeavoring
in vain 10 catch the dog Finally he
succeeded, Just as Mike had got Fidel-
ity by the hook. lie had to give Mike
n tremendous beating to restore him
to obedience; bu- Of course Mike will
have to be dispo sed Of. Fidelity was
bitten III several places and it was a
wonder that Etlel was able to keep
her seat. because naturally the fright
ened little mare reared and plunged
and ran.
Four Sheepish Small Boys.
White House Aprn III, 1908.
DEAREST ARCHIE;