Tad's Children Protégés.

[Mylye2222]

I'm currently reading the book "Lincoln's White House" depicting the every day's life at the Executive Mansion during the Presidency.
There are great lesser known stories to discover in this jewel too.
Among them, a lovely depictation of Tad. As we know he was the little serial prankster but a kind of little Robin Hood of its own. He managed his little "corruption" by charging office seekers to climb the stairs to the second floor. But he also invited destitute little ones to play with him as well as with the colored servants kids on the lawn. Once he took hungry street kids into the kitchen to be fed. The stewards were upset saying the WH wasn't a charitable institution so he went as often to complain to his dad who gave him right saying "The kitchen is ours". He also invited a disabled kid named Tommy at the Easter roll.
As Willie was his father's intellectual counterpart, Tad had inherited his compassion for sure.