The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-09-18

Samc Time exerting great iufueoce
;,h, no very pretty, slight, Of mediu m
ucight and has dark brown ava. a.,d
n"f. one has not gone much into
Sooio.y since her marriage, as she has
ooch more or less an invalid, and she
u"S devoted herself entirely to her
chHdr nHidleh ana her homo. She HIS flyo
gri by Mr.. Rooseyolts frat 81.
uaughtor OF seventeen, to whom NJ
roosevelt is the most devoted of moth.
ers. va i"osn'
Mks ROOSEVELT AND THE ou1rn,,u
>, Mrs Roosevelt was E. PLAYMATE of NJ
| hoosoyelts sisters and or Mr.. Rooaonait
nimsell when they were children. Thav
| went 10 the samo dancing class, wore
.uentiheo with tue Same set In society
anu there were great many people who
preuicted tnat as these children grew mn
! ,hey would marry. However, al ia veii
KMno"n' M' Mr. Roosevelts first wife waa
hiss Lee, or Eoston, and at the time OF
That marriage h iss Carow was abroad
Rnoa RRnoao sIe renamed for some time Mr..
roosevelt mot her in Europe after hio
WHO'S death, and their engagement was
not announced for some months. When
was announced, The congratulations
were most sincere from every one who
knew them and realized how we'll suited
Iicy were 10 one another
LIKE her husband, Mrs. Roosevelt IA
an enthusiastic novel reader, but also
SH,eopsl"eil up on all the topics Of the day.
She is a good French scholar and sisn
speaks Ger man. During the yoars snant
Ia europe She Travelled everywhero and
always Kept up her studies. The Roose-
fclts heretofore have seldom entertained
formally, preferrng to keep omen bonse
;. Wheh they first went to Washington
~ was quite break to leave all their
Ne" YORK friends, but it was not LONG
oelore Mrs. Roosevelt as we'll as her hus
oana had formed circle OF new &C.
Iuaintanccs, and their house in Wash
y iIhGton was the center Of much that waa
uu,ehghtful and interesting. When Mr.
roosevelt decided to come back to Ma
ork again, Mrs. Roosevelt felt badly Ar
breaking up her life in Washington. hut
ss ususl, said nothing and allowed her.
'eit 10 DO carried away by her husbsnd's
over his new field of work
mo came back to New York and took
ip ner HE where she had left it before.
40 h ~ wei known, tho lite here was
mort and back again they went to Wash.
ngton. ""'n
out during all these chances and
.nanses the quiet routine Of Mrs. Roose.
'cits lie, II it could bo u routine one
reht on, and, with the exception that
ne = Q place itself was altered, there was no
made. Every summer has
"a 'een spent at Oy ster Bay, where the life
Gu = 10 entirely an outdoor one. Mrs.
roosevelt there, As elewhere, superin-
ends tho education Of her children. She
loes not instruct them herself, but sho
makes point OF going into thoir lessons
'lWays once week II they are at
tchool, she goes to the school and stays
hrOugh tho day in order to know iuat
What tho children arc studying.
The Roosevelt children are Ilice. aev.
'ntecn years old ; Theodore, Jr, four
con Kermit twelvo; Ethel, ten Arcbi-
'aiu, seven, and Quentin. four. They are
vi bright and interesting, and, as the
'oys are as full ofpranks as possible and
laye mono OF the exclusiyeuesa ao com.
no, non to children reared in atiluonce, it 10
lkely that the grounds Of the White
iouse VIII be much moro lively than
hey have been for generation.