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GODFATHER OF CITIZENSOur President Has Very Many BmhlMNamed After Him,There Bcema to be no end to the crM for naming babies after the president, says Kate Field's Washington, All of these infanta are photographed eoonei or later, and a copy of the picture Bent to the white house. A large share ol them received their names between the time of nomination and the inauguration, but the average is pretty well ■ kept up, week in and week out. The president makes no protest, only he sometimes Looks mildly sorrowful and wishes liia name hado been patented-Mrs. Harrison is also a sufferer from this form of public idiocy, and hardly a week passes without bringing several photographs of small girls named Caroline Harrison. Thera 1b no objection whatever to all the babies In the country being christened after the presidential pair if the fond mammas of the nation bo elect, but what the president would like to draw the line at is dogs. The latest addition to the photograph collection of namesakes is a big black dog from Iowa, which its small mistress writes has been named Ben Harrison. It is a good looking dog as dugs go, but its owners might havo ! foregone the pleasure of naming it after I the president.
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Evening Times
Monroe, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jul 07, 1892
Page 3
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Indiana U.
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