Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-24

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Beth has heen allowed to indulge in
hero worship without fear Of ridioule
and now | claim my right to q halo
crowned hero, though I'll confess my
hero is heroiLe-M Mrs, Theodore Roose-
welt, our first lady of the land"
o, you need not look increduloua,
Jack (dear Jack IL home from his
European iaunt), you'd he just as en-
thusiastic if you had been in the atmos-
phere I've been in these last few days
just the weather for enthusiasm, too,
bracing salty winds, bright fall days
OF Oyster Bny--the Roosevelt home.
just three miles from the quaint viii.
lage up a winding hill through the
loyliest woods is charming old.red
Theodore Roosevelt and his charming
wife lived, and only few days after
my arrival left for the White House.
The whole village adoras her; there
Is not man, woman or child who dues
not hold in his heart tender loving
regard for her Today, wandering over
the beautiful bills here. came upon
an old boatman's wife who looks upon
Mrs. Roosevelt less than al angel.
why, Miss, she comes among Us folks
just like one of us, just as though she
wasn't great lady. When | was laid
up9-with rheumatic, last spring, she
came down here to my humble home
and bound my old arm in flannel and
oil and one day was worse than usual,
in she came Just as | was expectin'
the old man home and no dinner on
boilin' fer him. What did that grand
lady do? just laid off her big. elegant
fur and set to and in less than no time
there was a ham fryin', potatoes
boilin' and tea DRAWN on my etove fer
him and today abe is queen 10 the
White House, they say. My, when they
made the colonel governor and they
went up to Albany to live she looked
like a princess the day my old man
went ono receivin day there. SHE'S
lady, Mrs. Teddy is and no place il
too good for her. :"
The old woman spoke truth when she
said Mrs.. Roosevelt is "a lady" for her
birth fits her eminently for her present
position. Everywhere hear praise of
her and few facts of her life will
please anyone who reads "Portia.n She
was Miss Edith Kermit Carow, and her
family had been friendly with the
Roosevelts for generations, Her father
was Charles Carow, son of Isaac Carow,
a wealthy New York shipping rner.
chant. Her mother was Miss Gertrude
Tyler, daughter OF Gen. Tyler of Nor
wich. An old friend Of hers, who today
took me to Sycamore, which is yet
open, says Mrs. Roosevelt might be
taken as the type Of the American
woman, essentially feminine and dainty
ia appearance, she has yet enough
foDdness for outdoor life and spurts to
be in touch with the amusements with
which her husband is delighted.
Whether Mrs. Roosevelt is entertain
ing houae party Of guests, presiding
at some public entertainment or public
function, or alone with her children
and their governess, she is absolutely
the same. The only time when she 10
in any way different Is when surrounded
by her very limited circle of intimate
friends, who are friends OF her child
hood, and who compose rare circle of
cultivated and intellectual women.
Their talk is OF the latest books and the
leading interests o. the day. SIS
she rrottyY" is the first question my
feminine readers will ask me. Yes and
no. Not a beauty at first glance. Mrs.
Roosevelt Is nevertheless an unusually
pretty woman, rather above middle
height, with slight, girlish figure.
She Is a brunette in ooloring, With
brown eyes and hair, but fair skin,
with considerable color. She would be
noticed anywhere from her exceedingly
ladylike appearance and from certain
individuality In dress. for, while she
dresses simply, her clothes always suit
her and have a marked personality
about them,
She rarely, IL ever, wears n large hat,
and is generally seen 10 small! bonnet,
and she does not change the style Of
her hat as the fashions change. 1t
must be becoming and it always is,
but because fashion dictates that only
hats are to be worn, Mrs. Roosevelt.
does not seem to find 1t necessary to
blindly follow the law. Her brown hair
curls in soft ringlets around her face.
but is bruehed smoothly lack from her
temples and arranged in soft coil at
the back of her head
She wears it in the same style, whether
for day or evening, hut with evening
dress she wears an aigrette which odds
height and emphasizes the long line Of
Ler shoulders, one Of her chief beauties.
She is woman who looks much better
in evening, dress than In street dress,
and her evening gowns are always
rather elaborate.
In some ways she ~ rather English in
style, especially in this matter OF dress,
for no matter how simple may be her
street gown, she always dresses for din.
ner, and her dinner gowns are more or
ess elaborate. Her one wish seems to
be to have her clothes dainty and at
tractive, but inoonspicuous, yet she
admits fondness for rich fabrics.
''Do you know Mrs. Roosevelt very
well?" is often asked of those peop.e
who are known to be on her visiting
list. There are few who can say they
do, for her list of intimate frisnds is
limited, and while she is always gracious
and charming to her acquaintance, she
is not the least diffuse, and seems to
keep her best for her husband and her
immediate home circle.
She is positive in many ways, with
her own ideas firmly settled as to what
should and should not be done. IL ia
said that when she first went to Albany
and found that public receptions de-
volved upon her formal ban6shalxino