Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-06

| be kind TO them, takes it for granted
| that his manners and educa ton must
embarlass them little. and talks tc
them as patronizingly as they have
always talked TO the public.
Think what must be the poor police
mans feelings when he comes up for
trial before a man like Roosevelt.
| Ro oSevelt speaks English accurately.
| He does not say Il done it, or Il seen
| 1t. He talks much more like Boston
man or an Englishman than like a
New York police commissioner. He
wears little rundown collar. He
looks like a dude, hardened, but still
like dude according to police rules.
His cuffs are very long, and they
show all the time. He has big gold
buttons in them, and he ha sn't a dia-
mond about him. His spectacles are of
gold. and the glasses are very big
and round. They looked bigger and
flercer to the accused men yesterday
than did the VOLTS eyes to Little Red
Riding Hood
When he asks question Mr.. Roose-
7elt shoots it 1t the poor trembling
policeman as he would shoot a bullet
at a coyote. Even when he asks a
question he shows a set of teeth cal
culated 10 unnerve the braveSt of the
finest. The teeth are very white and
almost as big as a colts teeth. They
are broad teeth, they form a perfectly
straight line. The lower teeth look
like row of dominOes. They do not
lap over or under each other as most
teeth do, but come together evenly.
He has knack of showing them
all at once when he speaks quickly,
and when he does that he seems to
say: Tell the truth to your commits
sioner, or he'll bite your head off,
Remember about Mr.. Roosevelt's
teeth, because they are the best thing
about him.
But there are other things. His ear,
for instance. deserves the careful study
Of all policemen. 1t is probably the
smallest ear on any full-grown man
in New York. In a picture it is con-
trasted with the ear of Commissioner
Grant, son Of the great Grant You
may see that it is only about half the
normal size. If a small ear, wonder
fully small ear, means anything, Mr..
ROosevelt's ear means lot.
Generally speaking, this interesting
commissioners face is red. He has
lived a great deal out of doors, and
that accounts for it. His hair is thick
and short. His hair is something like
pOliceman's hair. He parts it on the
left side, and above tie right-hand
corner of his forehead he has a sort
of puff that might have been made
by a lick from some COW or steer
while he was ranching. Under his
right ear he has a long scar. 1t is the
opinion Of all the policemen who have
talked with him that be got that scar
fighting an Indian out West. 1t is al
so their opinion that the Indian is
dead.
But Mr.. Roosevelt's voice is the
policeman's hardest trial. 1t is an
eXasperating voice, a sharp voice.
rasping voice. 1t is voice that comes
from the tips of the teeth and seems to
say in it's tones, what do you amount
to anyway" In the 5000 old days,
when the Silver Grill ran wide open,
when Williams was a captain, before
Parkhurst had made the Tenderloin
sort Of Asbury Park, the owner of
such a voice as Roosevelt's would
have been dubbed on general prin-
ciples. Now the bravest policeman
must listen to that voice, obey it and
seem 70 like it. He must even try
to initiate it according to police ira
ditions of policy, although he can
never succeed, and he must use up
many thousands Of brain cells trying
to understand it's queer, correct pro-
nunciation of words. a
One thing our noble force may
make up it's mind to at once-it must
do as Roosevelt says, for it is not like
ly that it will succeed in beating him.
From his round bullet head down to
his square toed boots he looks like a
man of strength. His jaw and chin
are powerful. His chest is broad. His
lungs and his liver are in good work
ing order His hands are strong and
broad across the back. The fingers
taper more than is usual with strong
men, but that does not matter.