Mother had been quite a good friend of Mrs. William McKinley during the time that she was the Governor's Lady in Ohio. The fact that she had become the First Lady of the land did not affect her memory, and so we were 'bidden' to the White House. Once inside any house, irrespective of color, there was no escape from my precocity. I recited and sang for the president and his charming chatelaine in the Blue Room! I sang, 'Break the News to Mother'. The president, suiting his action to the lyric, told mine that I was predestined to be a star, and kissed me on the brow. I turned to Mother and said,'You kiss me too. I may never be kissed in the White House again'.
