Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-06
Beauty of White House Grounds.

Wnlte House, Ma II, l9Oo.
Quentin is really doing pretty well
with his baseball, and he Is perfectly
absorbed in 1t. He now occasionally
makes a base hit if the opposing
pitcher Is very bad; n his nine wins
more than one-half of it's games.
The grounds are too lovely for any
thing, and spring is here, or rather
carry summer, in full force. Moth
er's fiower-gardens are now as beau
tiful as possible, and the iron ratings
of the fences south of them are Gov
cred with clenlatis and roses in bloom.
The trees are in full foliage and the
grass brilliant green, and my friends,
the warblers, are ~trooping to the
north in full force.
Quentin and a Beehive.
White House. May 80, 1908.
DEAREST ARCHIE:
Quentin has met with many adyen-
lures this week; in spite of the fact
that he has had a. bad cough which
has tended to interrupt the variety Of
his career. He has become greatly
interested in bees, and the other day
started down to- get 8 beehive from
somewhere, being accompanied by a
mongrel-looking small boy Is to
whose name L inquired. When re-
peated by Quentin it was obviously an
Italian name. I asked who he was
and Quentin responded: "Oh, his
father keeps a fruitstand." However,
they got their bees all right, and
Quentin took the hive up to a school
exhibit. There some of the bees got
out and were left behind ("Poor
homeless m~iserables," as Quentin re-
marked of them), and yesterday they
at intervals added great zest to life in
the classroom. The hive now reposes
in the garden and Scamp surveys it
for hours at q time with absorbed in
terest. After a while he will get to
investigating 1t, and then he will find
out more than he expects to.
This afternoon Quentin was not al
lowed to play ball because of his
cough, so he was keeping the score
when a foul tip caught him in the
eye. 1t was quite a bad blow; but
Quentin was very plucky about it and
declined to go In until the game was
finished, an our or so later. By that
time his eye had completely shut up
and he now has a most magnificent
bandage around his head over that
eye, and feels much like a baseball
hero. / came in after dinner to take
a look at him and to my immense
amusement found that he vas lying
fat on his back In bed saying his
prayers, while Mademoiselle was
kneeling down. It took me a moment
or two to grasp the fact that good
MademofSelle wished to impress on
him that it was not right to say his
prayers unless he knelt down, n as
that in this case he could not kneel
down she would do 1t in his place!
Quentin and Turner.
(To Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Gin
cinnati, o.
Oyster Bay, June 20, 1908.
q q
Quentin Is really too funny for any
He got his legs fearfully sun
burned the other day, and they Bills
tered, became infiamed, and ever
faithful Mother had to hold a clinic
on him. Eyeing his blistered and
scarlet legs, he remarked, 'They look
like g. Turner sunset, don't they?"
and then. after a pause, II won't be
caught again this wayl quoth the
raven, Nevermore!'" l was not sur
prised at his quoting Poe, but I would
like to know where. the ~10-year-old
scamp picked up any knowledge of
Turner's sunsets.
Quentin and the Pig.
White House, Oct. IT. 1908.
DEAREST KERMIT:
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Quentin performed a characteristic
feat yesterday. He heard that
Schmidt, the animal man, wanted a
small pig, and decided that he would
turn an honest penny by supplying