Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-05
Slckues OF Archie.

sickness OF Archie.
White House, March 2, 1907.
DEAR KERMIT:
Poor little Archie has diphtheria,
and we have had a wearing As hours.
OF course 1t is harder upon mother a
good deal thar upon me, because she
ponds her whole time with him to-
gether with the trained nurse, while /
simply must attend to my work dur
ing these closing hours of congress q
nave worked each day steadily up to
half past z and also in the evenings;
and only see Archiekins for 20 minute
or a d hour before dinner. The
poor little fellow likes to have me
put my and on his forehead, for he
says they smell SO clean and soapy
Last night lie was very sick, but this
morning he is better, and DR.. RiXey
thinks everything is going well. DR..
Lambert Is coming on this afternoon
TO see him. Ethel, who is away at
Philadelphia, will be sent to stay with
the Rixeys. Quentin, who has been
exposed somewhat 10 infection, is not
allowed to see other little boys, and
is leading n career of splendid isola-
ton among the ushers and policemen.
Since ] got back here / ave not
done q thing except work as the pres
ident must during the closing days of
o session Of Congress. Mother was,
fortunately, getting much better, but
now of course is having a very hard
time of 1t nursing darling little Archie.
He is just as good as gold-so patient
and loving. Yesterday that scamp
Quentin said to mademoiselle: IF
only / had Archie's nature, and my
head, wouldn't 1t be great?"
In all his sickness Archie remem-
bered that today was mademoiselle's
birthday, and sent her his love and
eongratulatlons-which promptly re-
duced good mademoiselle to tears.
At tfse Jamestown Exposition.
White House, April 20, 1907.
DEAREST KERMIT:
We really had an enjoyable trip to
jamestown. The guests were moth
er's friend, Mrs. Johnson, q Virginia
lady who reminds me SO much of Aunt
Annie. my mothers sister, who
throughout my childhood was almost
as much associated in our home life
as my mother herself; Justice Moody,
who was as delightful as he always is,
and with whom 1t was q real pleasure
to again have q chance to talk; Mr..
n Mrs, Bob Bacon, who proved the
very incest guests OF all INC were
oompaniouablo and sympathetic at
every point. Ethel was as good as
gold and took much off OF mothers
Shoulders TIA the way of taking care of
Quentin. Archie and Quentin had, of
course, q heavenly time; went every
where. below and aloft, and ate in
differently at all hours. both with the
officers and enlisted men. We left hero
Thursday afternoon, and on Friday
morning passed in review through the
foreign feet and our own fleet OF 10
great battle9hips in addition to cruis-
ers. 1t was an inspiring sight and one
I would not have missed for a great
deal. Then we went In a launch to
the exposition where | had the usual
experience in such cases. made the
usual speech. held the usual reception,
went TO the usual lunch, etc, etc.
In the evening mother n | got on
tho Sylph and went to Norfolk to dine.
When the Sylph landed we were met
by General Grant to convoy us to he
house. | was finishing dressing and
mother went out into the cabin and
sat down to receive aim. In a min
ute or two I came out and began to
hunt Tor my hat. Mother sat very
erect and pretty, looking at my efforts
with o tolerance that gradually
changed TO impatience. Finally She
arose to get her own cloak, and then
/ found that she had been sitting
gracefully but firmly on the hat her
self-it was a crush hat and it had
been hattened until it looked like a
wrinkled pie. Mother did not see
what she had done so / Speech!essly
thrust the hat toward her; brit Il
did not understand and took 1t as an
inexplicablo jest of mine merely say
ing. Eyes. dear" and with patient
dignity, turned and went out of the
door with General Grant.
The next morning we went on the
Sylph up the James River. and on
the return trip visited three of the
dearest places o can imagine, Shir-
ley, Westover II Brandon. l do not
know whether / loved most The.
places themselves or the quaint out
of-the~world Virginia gentlewomen in
them, The houses, the grounds. the
owners, all were too dear for anything
and we loved them. That night we
went back to the MayHower and re-
turned here yesterday, Sunday, after
noon.
Today spring weather seems really
to have begun, and after lunch mother
and I sat under the apple tree by the
fountain, A purple finch was singing
in the apple tree overhead, and the
white petals of the blossoms were ST.
lently falling. This afternoon mother
and I are going out riding with Sena-
tor Lodge,