The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-24
OUR new YORK LETTER
A COUPLE OF STORIES ABOUT LIEU
TENANT COLONEL ROOSEVELT.
Intellectual Attempt Of . Caller TO Make
Himself Understood : A Reporter Who
Furnished Roosevelt with Excellent

| Is q brace Of stories about Theodore Roose-
welt, more popular than ever among New
Workers who admire nerve and personal
daring, since he has gone 10 the southwest
TO help drill his regiment OF rough riders
The first Of these stories was told today
by a business man who lives In suburban
town and devotes good deal OF energy TO
improving the neighborhood by fostering
a series of lectures ON current topics by
well known personages. He wished TO
include Roosevelt among the lecturers
and wrote him several times 10 that effect
without securing "A satisfactory answer
Then he decided upon new form of at
tack and secured letter Of introduction
10 Mr.. Roosevelt from a well known edi-
tor Armed with this. the suburbanite
made his way 70 police Headquarters, where
Roosevelt was then holding forth every
day as president of the board of commits
sioneTs.
'But. Mr.. Roosevelt
II had To wait long time, perhaps an
hour, said the suburbanite, ''and ii was
one of my busy days too. but | possessed
my soul with as much patience as could,
feeling sure that bearing the letter had
obtained success would at last attend my
efforts.
when Roosevelt arrived, he burst into
the office like whirlwind, cycloned
through the outer room with such force and
speed as to seem more like misty brown
streak than anything else and disappeared
behind the door of his own particular
sanctum like dissolving stereopticon
view. IL wasn't long before / was sum
moned into the presence. Roosevelt had
my letter of introduction in his hand as l
entered and rose most courteously, greet
ing me with effusion, a display of white
teeth and bone breaking handshake. 1
perceived from the first words he uttered
that he had failed TO comprehend the let
ter in his haste and mistook me for It's
writer, whom will call Mr.. Getthere.
My dear Mr.. Getthere, Roosevelt be-
gan, for all the world as If he were himself
inditing letter, Il should be delighted
beyond measure If could accept your
courteous invitation 10 speak before the
Aspiration club in your town, but the fact
Is, I'm SO absolutely occupied with other
matters
- But, Mr.. Roosevelt, interposed, Il
am not
i understand the situation perfectly,
my dear Mr.. Getthere,' Roosevelt re-
sumed- i understand that you do not wish
to Inconvenience me in the least and that
you comprehend matters fully
- But, Mr.. Roosevelt, broke in again.
r.
"'No apologies, no apologies, he went
on, not in the least / was thinking of
you only this morning and especially of
that excellent story you told at the Union
League club dinner last winter when we
sat next each other. Some time we must
fiiu time TO become better acquainted.
just now
=" But Mr.. Roosevelt
That's all right, that's all right, I
/ understand. And now 1 am
sure you will excuse me, won't your so,
good morning good morning-some time
when I'm not so busy III be glad
by this time / was passing out of the
door and submitting much against my
wishes to farewell handshakc more vigor-
Gus than the welcoming one. Do the best
/ could, it was utterly impossible TO make
the man understand that was not Get
there. The latter had a good laugh when
/ told him about it, but l must confess l
didn't begin to sec the fun until my hand
had recovered from the effects of Roose-
velt's too cordial grapple.
"My experience was different" said a
CHANGED TO be present, but
it was characteristic too. About fort
night after Roosevelt was made police COM
IL issioncr / was detailed to go and inter
view him. The city editor had his orders
from the old man to send n good reporter,
and the two of them had made out fine
list of questions that were to be pumped
at the commissioner head
Roosevelt received me with cleaning
declared himself ready to give
az much time rs he could afford to the
of my questions and babe me
fire ahead. / asked the first question and
was much pleased by the close attention
he paid TO it. Surely, thought l. this in
terview is bound TO bc a success.
Repeat that please, said Roosevelt,
taking up a pencil. / did so. That's a
mighty good question, my friend, well
thought out, pital, but it would take
hours of preparation to answer it, and
we ii pass on TO the next one. However,
he added naively, I'm glad you asked it,
so. 1t will make an excel
lent subject for an article In The Gilt Edge
Much obliged to you for sug-
costing so available a topic.
This came near flooring me for mo-
ment, but I rallied as well as could and
put the next question. Would you believe
itY 1t Jared exactly like the first, and of
my entire list Of eight Roosevelt appropri- |
ated five for magazine topics, but his an
swers TO the other three were so full and /
that the story pleased the
old man, and so / had no kick coming
When the situation was explained to him,
he laughed consumedly
+" It's just like Teddy he said. I've
heard of his doing that before.
who's Paying For These Uniforms9
The front of the Broadway building
which has lately been fitted out with the
most approved appliances for manufactur-
ing uniforms and filled with hundreds of
power machine operators to do the work |
has been given coat of white, while the
window frames and sashcs have been
painted red and blue, thus imparting n
highly patriotic appearance to the struc-
turc.
Inside all is rush and hustle, the capac-
ity of the place being 1000 uniforms a
day. Perhaps half of the garments come
n lroadv emf from tho Schuvlk i'll arsanal M