Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-25
THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY
Personality Of New Mistress Of
the White House.
CULTURED AND FOND OF HOME LIFE

Chief Executive's Wife Is an Omniv-
orous Reader and Constant Student.
Her Tastes In Dress Are Simple.
She II Deeply Religious - Facts
About the Children.
Tragedies have confronted Theodore
Roosevelt, the new president, before
now, and no one who saw will ever for
get his quiet, almost superhuman, self
control the day when his mother and
his wife, who was Miss Alice Lee of
Boston, We're both laid to rest, says the
New York Herald. The dearly beloved
mother and wife of Theodore Roosevelt
died in the same house within a few
hours, and his self control was mar
yelous, inspiring all with the deepest
respect and admiration.
The present Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt,
who before her marriage was Edith
Carow of New York, is a remarkable
woman and one Of rare personality.
She is woman of the highest princi-
pie and CT far more than ordinary
mental caliber. From her earliest
childhood she has been an omnivorous
reader and constant student. She
has always shrunk from anything like
notOriety, and the necessary publicity
that her husbands position has forced
upon her has been. so far as lay in her
power, made less conspicuous.
She Is New Yorker by birth, was
educated at one of the fashionable
schools and has spent several years
travelling abroad. She is an accom-
plished linguist, and her musical knowl-
edge is far above the ordinary. Ever
since her marriage she has devoted
herself, heart and soul. to her hus-
bands career and at the same time
has been a devoted mother. She has
not, in one sense of the word, gone In
for society at all, although by her birth
as we'll as her marriage she has always
had Il position which involves certain
social duties. Her circle of acquaint-
ances has been from childhood the
same as her husbands. and they have
among their friends the leading people
Of the country.
Mrs. Roosevelt is rather petite, has
brown hair and brown eyes, a clear
skin with some color when she Is eX-
cited, but her chief beauty is her mouth,
which Is marvelously expressive.
She dresses simply, especially in the
street; wears no jewels, excepting with
evening dress, which is always ex-
tremely handsome. She has not varied
for years the style of her hairdressing.
The hair is parted, smoothed simply
back from the forehead and coiled at
the back Of the head, with some few
natural. ringlets around the temples,
but there is no attempt made to follow
each move of fashion. Mrs. Roosevelt
has understood her own style and
dresses accordingly.
Not everybody knows that she and
her husband were child sweethearts
As they grew older their lives were
rather separated. After the death Of
his first wife Mr.. Roosevelt Travelled
abroad. There he again met Miss
Edith Carew. and very soon the news
came to his friends Of his marriage,
which has been an ideally happy one.
From the time they were little chill
dren Mrs. Roosevelts belief in Mr..
Roosevelt's ability has never wavered.
Mrs. Roosevelt does not 60 in for
any Of the athletic sports Of the day,
but she is a good horsewoman and has
taken up riding again within the last
two or three years. She is an expert
needlewoman. writes cleverly, aud
there Is somewhere extant a book Of
verse which she has published for pri-
vate circulation. She is member Of
several luncheon. clubs, but she has
never taken part in fashionable enter
tainments, and her name appears very
rarely on the list of patronesses for
large festivities.
She possesses that rare talent, which
made Mrs. Cleveland SO popular, Of re-
membering the faces Of people she
h.