Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-02-11
A DOGS LIFE As
TOLD BY himself
Presidents Pet, "Laddie Boy,
Writes Letter To "fager"
From White House
tI;y Associated Prose-

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ten BY ~Laddie Boy" President
Iardings AiFedaIe terrier. to
Tiger" a stage dog. which viii
appear in the current issue OF the
National Magazine To- be publish
cd today. The President sent the
letter. which was in reply to one
from Tiger To- Joe Mitchell
Chapple. editor OF the magazine.
"Laddie Boy has made reply.
President Harding wrote. and !
am sending YOU a copy herewith.
for your information. since sotl
were the bearer uf The Tiger
message"
Aiter telling oi g thrill Has
wagged my stub tad 'iolenf
when ! read OF the part soa ase
PLAYING. giving To- tie pabliS
oi the ;eIicitt
winch characterizes our lives.
I-addie BOYS letter say>:
Every dog plays III, part well
when he Is merely his natural sell
but unhappily many a dog Is
more or less spoiled by his envi-
ronment and associations. ]
imagine | am spoiled some my
sell. So many people expires,
wish 10 see me and ! shake hands
with so MANY callers n the En-
ecutive Mansion that ! fear there
are some people who viii suspect
en- OF political inclinatious-iroW
what see of politics / am sure !
have no such aspirations.
"Of course it i exceedingly III
tcrcSting and worth while to be
in the center Of 50 many activi-
ties OF great Importance. but
there is an air OF carncstncss and
responsibility about il which !
can see in my Chief that / often
long for the good old days back
home.
Sometimes the Chief acts IS
though he would like to sit down
when he and | are alone. and !
can look at him with sympathetic
eyes and fixes his gaze on ne in a
grateful sort OF way. a much as
to say. Well. Laddie Boy. YOU
and are real friends, and VIC will
never cheat each other
When the Chief looks at me
this way. ] know that he feels
that | will never find fault with
him. no matter what he does. anl
that | will never he ungrateiul
nor unfaithful.
Il realize that dogs lie :,
limited i'll years. but il IS. after
all. wonderful LIE to live. /
can believe we leave our impress
on our human associates. | sup
pose. because OF my temporary
assignment TO the White House,
YOU attribute to me greater
knowledge than can really claim
TO possess. ! am only Is months
old and | do no tknow MANY 9TH
er dogs. | have heard the Chief
talk about some of his doc
friends. and | know that he
chooses to be known as the friend
OF good dogs.
Say! talk about fellowship
me for the company oil small
boy who has been taught never to-
be cruel to animals. That's the
association for play that strength
ems the heart and brightenS the
spirits. Still there lot Of grown
ups whom it is most agreeable to
associate With.
When | came to the White
House the Mistress gave me a i,
rather cold shoulder. found
out afterward it was because she
did not want TO became attached
to me and excessively grieved in
case our associations had 10 be
severed. Since then she has
fallen for me to beat the band. I
She lets me come to the private
dining room now and then. and / !
can coax morsels from the table !
a whole lot more effectively than
a lot of office seekers can appeal
for jobs. But | mustn't talk about
these things. for fear l will be Civ
ing away some of the White
House secrets.
q have no doubt you will do 2
ot of good. If you can only have
he realization that your are help
ng TO establish a more kindlyi
Of the animal life OF
which we are part and you can
IMPRESS your audiences with the
beauty of the friendship or dogs