Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-10-31
BRAVE MRS. ROOSEVELT.
How the Presidents Mother Raised
the EIau.


the Flag.
This true story shows a maternal
quality that has made a president
writer ]. A. Butner of Savannah. Ga,
to the Charleston News and Courier.
And the true story deals with the
unquenchable patriotism of President
Roosevelt's mother, Martha Bulloch
Roosevelt, a woman of distinguished
ancestry, one of the Bullochs OF
Georgia, renowned for their resolution,
pertinacity and strength of will,
Her brother, Irvine j. Bulloch. was
an officer abroad the cruiser Alabama,
another brother was one of the con-
federacy's representatives in England.
Small wonder that President Roose-
welt snaps his fingers and exclaims:
Il don't give that for sectionalism!
| will be president of the whole
country"
1t was from his mother that Roose-
welt got some of the qualities that
have tended to his preference.
Not long after the civil war Mrs
Roosevelt visited Savannah, where she
! had many friends. An "unrecon.
structed REBEL" she told of the trials
she had suffered in the north through
her answering loyalty to the cause of
the south
1t was at a dinner given in Mrs.
Roosevelt's honor by Mrs. Henrietta
s. Cohen that Mrs. Roosevelt told tn :
story. OF late years because Of
Theodore Roosevelts rapid advance.
ment, it has been recalled by his
mothers old friends, who feel proud In
having known the mother of the presi.
dent and gladly ascribe to her some of
the traits that are seen in the son.
Il was just when the Spit If peace,
| uncertain as to whethe- t should
alight, was lowering over The land
New York was aflame with passionate
patriotism, and anything smacking OF
the confederaey was not tolerated.
Feeling ran high, and woe was it 20
anyone who braved the popular tide
and showed leaning toward the side
of the south
Theodore Roosevelt, the elder, de-
cided about that time to give some
great social function. The Roosevelt
mansion was accordingly bravely
decked in bunting and with American
flags. From every window save one
few the stars and stripes. That one
was Of Mrs. Roosevelt's boudoir. Her
husband desired to omit 1t from
the decorative scheme, but she
would have none OF it. Instead she
hit upon a plan that would clearly
reveal her sentiments
Stopping not to consider the peril IN
which ii might place her and her hu s.
band. but determined to show that all
In the house were not of the cause OF
the north, she drew from among her
most cherished treasures the stars AMI
bars, the emblem Of the south. Going
TO the window, she firmly fixed ITS
staff and allowed its folds to fiutter IN
the breeze.
In an instant, almost, the hostile
emblem was noticed. A passer by in
hot indignation pointed 1t out to an
other. AS mobs will, so one beg IL
to grew, and soon the street was
choked with angry people, who shood
threatening fists at the confederate
flag.
Alarmed by the gathering that grew
every minute, directing its wrath
against his home, Theodore Roosevelt
sought the cause. He was not long ~
finding It. His gaze soon was directe
to the fluttering emblem of the south.
The Roosevelt nature has never
faltered before a crowd Theodore
the elder saw that imminent danger
would probably be averted only
through persuading his wife to remove
the Objectionable flag. With wol'
to the crowd he left. entering the
house and finding his wife He tot !
her what she already knew-that the
anger of the mob had been excited by
her indiscreet display OF her colors,
take in the flag.
Il shall not do So" declared the
mother of the president. "The flag IL
mine. The boudoir is mine. love
the flag. for IL represents my native
land. No ruffian hand shall invade
the privacy OF my boudoir to drag
down that flag, nor shall ruffian shouts
force me to remove II from the window
of room that is wholly mine. Ey-
plain to them that am a southern
woman; that love the south. Do
anything you like except touch thar
flag. II shall not come down"
And 1t did not. Theodore Roosevelt
went again to face the crowd H.
made a speech, dwelling with finesse
upon his wife's love for her own land
and moulding the mob TO his will AMI
10 an indulgence OF Mrs. Roosevelt |
In her desire TO ny the flag OF her be-
loved southland.