The age-herald., 1901-09-16

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 published less than that of the wife of any
 man prominent in public life today The explanation is President Roosevelt's right ideas on the privacy of the home. He be-
 lieves that mans public and private af- fairs should be kept scrupulously distinct,
 and this belief has always governed his own life and that of his family. In the circle of her acquaintances, Mrs. Roosevelt Is known to be one of the most cultivated and accomplished women who
 has been member of Washington society
 in recent years. Tn the minds of those
 who knew her we'll there Is no doubt that
 to her steadfast ambitions for her hus-
 band and her firm belief in his talents and
 ability have been a spur to which the President owes much of his success in
 public life.
 Mrs Roosevelt was Miss Edith Carow,
 whose family had always been intimate
 with the Roosevelts and Mrs. Roosevelt
 and her husband knew one another from
 childhood. She Is of medium height ano
 with fair complexion, dark eyes and hair
 and decided charm of manner. She has
 travelled much, Is a good linguist and
 
 official society. The amount of literature
 she and her husband manage to read Is
 said to be equalled only by the famous
 record of Lord Macaylay and his sister.
 As the wife of the Vice President Mrs.
 Roosevelt has naturally appeared much in
 society, and she has entertained the most
 interesting figures in Washington, both
 foreigners and Americans But Mrs
 Roosevelt's chief interests have never
 been in society. Her home duties have al- ways claimed her first, and her children and her housekeeping have her constant personal care. She Is a good business woman, and her household fnances are
 under her direct supervision.
 There are five children in the Roosevelt
 household. The President was D; xried when very young to Miss Alice Q of
 Boston, who lived but two or thre Fears after her marriage. She left afdaAghter.
 Alice, who Is now r years old. The other children, Theodore. Jr.. aged 14; Kermit, 12; Ethel, 10, and Quentin, 4, are the pres ent Mrs. Roosevelt's.
 The Roosevelt home near Oyster Bay is a many-gabled house on Sagamorc hill, knoll that overlooks the bay. and
 the wooded glen to the west, known as West Hallow. To reach it you drive
 over a macadamized road along tho
 shores of the bay and then up the hill through a grove of chestnut, oak and
 dogwood. The house Is three stories
 high, the first of red brick, above which
 the wide Dutch shingles give 1t the air
 of an early colonial mansion. The most
 striking features are the wide verandas,
 the squatty chimneys and the great num-
 Der of dormer windows.
 A porte-cochere at the south entrance
 Is adorned with pair of spreading ant
 lers. It Is almost covered with Ivy and Virginia creeper. The interior of the
 house displays the occupants taste. The
 reception hall Is a spacious room In the
 center of the house. It contains many
 of the Presidents trophies of the chase, and, like all the rooms a fair share of
 books. A handsome head of wapiti
 hangs over the mantle, on either side of
 which are antlers of the caribou. The | floor is covered with bear and panther
 Skins, and in the corner Is a hat rack of
 a set of antlers, containing twenty-four branches.
 Tn Atlanta President Roosevelt has a
 number of relatives. Among them Is MT. Jefferson Davis Dunwody, who has fur
 nished the following account of the
 Roosefelt history in Georgia, which
 shows that Georgia and South Carolina
 has many of the relatives of the new
 President among their best citizens: Archibald Bulloch was the grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt Archibald Bull loch was the Georgia delegate to the Con-
 tinental Congress of 1775. He was elect
 ed to same in 1776, and could have signed
 the declaration of independence, as he
 was elected to that Congress, and could have remained until the constitution was
 framed. He attended both meetings of Congress in 1775 and 1776, and was a prominent and conspicuous member. In 1776 he was elected as the first Gov \ ernor and commander in chief of the State of Georgia, which then ceased to
 be a >ce,ony. He signed the first consti-
 tution of the State of Georgia. as presi-
 dent, He died in 177s, sooh after elgningf the state constitution He also read in public for the first time the declaration to the citizens of Savannah. A copy was
 sent to him from the Congress in Phil adelphia by horeback rider. They gave a big barbecue in Savannah, at that time capital. as 1t were, of the state, and Archibald Bulloch, Governor and com mander in chief, read to the assembled | citizens the new Declaration of Indepen- dence. Archibald Bulloch married on oc-, I tober g. 1764, on Argyle Island, Mary De- | veaux. daughter of Hon. James De- l Veaux.
 Archibald Bulloch and Mary Deveaux | 1765. who was a captain in the Virginia State garrison troops from ITS to 17S7. | He was married April IS, 17S6, to Ann IT, l vine. daughter of Dr. John Irvine and l Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Ken | neith Baillie. Captain James Bulloch died February g. 1860. He and his wife. Ann Irvine, had issue.
 | i. John Irvine Bulloch, who married l Charlotte Glen.
 | 2. Maj. James s. Bulloch. who mar | ried first Hester Elliott, who was daugh> | ter of United States Senator John Elliott l and Esther Dunwody. The second wife | of Major Builoch was Martha Stewart, | daughter of Gen Daniel Stewart of the
 revolution. and his wife, Susanna Os-