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Simplicity at White House. 
(From Washington Letter to the 
; Boston Advertiser.) 
In these days when it is being 
shouted from the house tops by the 
Roosevelt trumpeters and by Col. 
Roosevelt himself, that the people 
are not ruling themselves and will 
rule only by setting up Theodore 
Roosevelt at the White House for a 
third term to rule them, it is inter- 
esting to note how simple in their 
ways are the alleged aristocrats who 
now occupy the White House and 
direct the government of the United 
States. 
Not in years, if ever, has there 
been such democratic simplicity as 
is now exemplified at the White 
House and has been since March 4, 
1909. There is no show of pomp 
whatsoever, and the Tafts walk in 
and out of the White House just as 
do at home ordinary Washington 
folk, and therefore, American folk. 
Except at night in going to some 
social function the Tafts leave the 
White House on foot and even on 
pouring rainy days Mrs. Taft may 
be seen leaving the White House 
with just an umbrella to do her 
shopping, and usually unattended. 
And in this way, also, the first lady 
of the land takes her morning and 
afternoon walks in the parks not far 
away from the White House 
grounds. Miss Taft and the other 
Tafts conduct themselves in the 
same way. The president also loves 
best to exercise afoot on the streets 
of Washington and may be seen any 
day on them as if an ordinary Ameri- 
can citizen. 
The democratic simplicity of the 
Tafts in their life here, and their 
interest without ostentation and par- 
ade in the homely affairs of the city 
and their participation in it, bring 
home to Washington, at least, the 
fact that the people truly rule at the 
White House in the composite plain 
people that the Tafts are and in 
marked contrast to the aloofness, ex- 
clusiveness and_ selectiveness that 
characterized the occupation of the 
White House by some of President 
Taft’s predecessors, and particular- 
ly by his immediate predecessor. 
Col Roosevelt may love the people 
and shout that he does so, but he 
has not eared to mingle with them so 
familiarly as have the Tafts, who 
have not used megaphones to tell 
how their hearts went out to the 
people. They have exemplified it. 
3 Never Anything Else. 
“‘Ts your toothache bad?’’ 
‘Well, it doesn’t look particularly 
good to me,’’ 
Child-Welfare Campaign. 
The National Congress of Mothers 
and Parent-Teacher Associations was 
inaugurated an American Child- 
Weliare Campaign with the purpose 
of arousing the whole country to a 
sense of its duty and responsivility 
to childhood. To surround the child- 
hood of the whole world with loving, 
wise care in the impressionable years 
of life will develop a higher type of 
citizenship in health, morals and effi- 
ciency. ‘The future of America will 
depend upon the citizens in the mak- 
ing. The National Congress of 
Mothers asks in this campaign the 
co-operation of every governor, 
every mayor, every father and 
mother, every church, every school, 
the press, and every organization, 
whatever its purpose, because the 
love of childhood is the common tie 
that unites us in holiest purpose. 
The success of the Campaign will 
depend upon the united effort, the 
personal service, and the enthusias- 
tic co-operation of countless work- 
ers. 
To arouse 
Child-Welfare. 
To enlarge the vision of those in- 
different to the highest interests of 
the home and the child. 
To secure a host of earnest, de- 
voted men and women to co-operate 
with personal interest and enthus- 
lasm in a campaign for child wel- 
fare. 
To secure a large fund to carry 
out the objects of the campaign. 
This is a day of campaigns in the 
political, religious and philanthropic 
world. A notable illustration is the 
recent Jubilee Campaign for Foreign 
Missions, which has stirred the wo- 
men from the Pacifie to the Atlantic, 
arousing to greater interest and co- 
operation those who are already 
workers, and enlisting thousands of 
others never before interested, and 
accomplishing the raising of nearly 
a million dollars for the Women’s 
Foreign Missionary Work. 
By kind permission some of the 
plans for carrying on the Jubilee 
campaign are here adapted for use 
in the proposed Child-Welfare Cam- 
paign, inaugurated under the aus- 
pices of the National Congress. of 
Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso- 
ciations. 
What ean you do, what will you 
do, to aid in this most important 
work? 
Will you not give time, thought, 
effort and money for the conserva- 
tion of the children—the most pre- 
greater interest in 
SOCIETY NOTES. 
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Means, at 
present residing in Boston, are re- 
ceiving congratulations on the ar- 
rival of a little daughter this week 
in their family circle. Their North 
Shore residence is the Hardy cottage 
Valley street, Beverly Farms. They 
help make up the growing all-year- 
round colony at this resort. 
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The wedding of Mrs. Robert C. 
Heaton (Frances Curtis) of Boston 
and Beverly Farms and Leonard Ahl 
of Boston and Pride’s, will be 
solemnized April 8, at the home of 
Mrs. Heaton’s brother, John S. Cur- 
tis at Beverly Farms. The engage- 
ment of Mrs. Heaton and Mr. Ahl 
was announced at Palm _ Beach, 
where both have been passing a por- 
tion of the winter. Mrs. Heaton is 
a daughter of Mrs. Hall Curtis of 
Spruce street, Boston. Mr. Ahl is a 
member of the Union, Athletic, 
Country, Eastern, Yacht, Tennis and 
Racquet, Automobile and_ several 
other clubs. 
The pope received in private audi- 
ence yesterday, Maj. Archibald W. 
Butt, personal aide to President 
Taft, who was presented by Mer. 
Thomas F. Kennedy,, titular bishop 
of Adrianapolis and rector of the 
American College in Rome. The 
meeting was cordial. Maj. Butt pre- 
sented to the pontiff an autograph 
letter from President Taft with 
which the pope was greatly pleased. 
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The contributions for the Chinese 
famine fund now amount to $5,685, 
according to the report made this 
week by Gardiner M. Lane, treas- 
urer of the Massachusetts branch of 
the American Red Cross society. The 
largest donation received was from 
the Old South church, of Boston, 
which sent $1,005.30. 
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Mrs. Charles A. Munn of Wash- 
ington and Manchester, and family 
party are now in Paris, after a pro- 
longed sojourn in Egypt. At the 
latter place, they registered at 
Shephard’s hotel. Mrs. Munn also 
entertained a dinner party prior to 
one of the dances at Hotel Savoy 
while there. 
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cious portion of our Nation’s 
wealth ? 
Mrs. David O. Mears, Chairman 
Campaign 
The Coolidge, Brookline, Mass, 
