The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-10-22

under rnts STANDARD hangs the Colonels
rough rider hat. On a table near the
front door is "The Broncho Buster" and
over the door leading into the dining
and remarkable sideboard, is festooned
Spanish flag.
This Is as 1t should be. It Is appro-
pirate. looking at Col. Roosevelt's life
logically, that the "big game episodes
Of his career should be replaced by
weightier affairs. And, speaking of this,
1T Is interesting to make note of the fact
that he is now about to give up his
famous ranch on the Little Missouri, in
West North Dakota.
II have no time to go out to it, he
says. This house has been my home
for fifteen years." Col Roosevelt remark
ed, as we climbed upstairs to the gun
ROOM 1T is the one place where ali nv
things are. Whenever I live anywhere
else simply rent a house. Eleven out
of those fifteen years have spent in gov
,lvernrnent service, so have staid here in
the winters often. III .rs 80
! II am not certain of being elected gov
ernor, of course. If I am not at Albany
this winter, shall be in this house Tn
that event shall go on with my literary
work shall 60 on with my Winning
of the West which am much interested
H., and shall start my History of the
Cuban war ..
What do I do up here? It is, per-
haps, not necessary to say that I never
met any one who enjoyed life so much
as I do. I always have fun constant
fun. Outside of my work-well, there is
good duck stooting here-coarse ducks.
In snowy weather go about on Nor
wegian Skis
were exceedingly delicate as a boy?"
When a youngster T was pigeon
chested and athmatic. Exercise has
knocked all of that out of me-exerclse
and being great part of >the time out
in the open air. Another of my amuse-
ments Is chopping down trees
Theodore Roosevelt as an American
Gladstone is a new idea, a something
never before thought Of or known,
curious phase of this mans character
and likings just brought to light.
The gunroom has as it's chief feature a
case of guns over by one of the windows.
Here is half a score of weapons fine
collection of rifles, each of which has
it's own history, the set including a smoke
less Winchester. By the side of the case
is Carson's rifle, presented to Mr..
Roosevelt by Beale, ex-minister of Persia.
1t is one of the Coloners most valued pos
sessions. In this room, as was said above
are also books, and yet again books. The
shelves include long lines of the Edin-
burgh Review from 1902, The Quarterly
Review from 1909, the old numbers of
Blackwood's The North American Review
from 1882, and The Atlantic from its very
earliest days. The volumes here number
against hundreds.
1t is in this room that Mr.. Roosevelt
is turning out his enormous daily mail.
Hundreds of. letters are coming for him,
from every corner Of the country, a great
proportion of them from people he does
not know. In these letters there are
many and varied requests. A frequent
one is for mementos. To-Tone cores
pondent he dictated: II should be only
too happy to oblige you if had any such
But have none. My personal belongings,
as you will readily understand, L want to
leave to my sons"
rapid'ty, yet with great steadiness. and
in All hour gets through with s,,rrris-
ing amount of work. His stenographer
has her hands full these days.