Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1901 — Health Resort. [ARTICLE]

Health Resort.

No more dignified or gentlemanly official of the Government than Arthur Simmons, the old negro attendant at the White House, can be found in Washington; nothing disturbs hia reposeful elegance of manner and speech. A short time ago, so the story runs, he was dozing iu his chair when an usher hurried In and exclaimed: “There’s a man downstairs who wants to see Mr. Cortelyou.” “He can’t see him,” answered Arthur, with firmness nnd precision. “But this man says lie’s got to see him!” pleaded the messenger. “Don’t know nothin’ about that,” Arthur replied, closing his eyes as if the Interview were at an end. “Nobody can see Secretary Cortelyou. He’s gone Into his sanctum sanitarium.”