The Dickinson press., 1901-11-30
THE POOsEVELTFAMILY
Personality Of New Mistress 81
the White House.

the White House.
CULTURED AND FOND OF HoxELlrE.
Chief Dxec1tive's wife IL an Omniv-
. Reader and Constant student.
Her Tastes In Dress Are simple.
4 10 Deeply Religious Facts
About h Children.
Tragedies have confronted Theodore
Roosevelt, the new president. before
now, and no n 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 81
Boston, were both laid to rest, says the
New York Herald. The dearly beloved
mother and wife OF Theodore Roosevelt
died In the same house within q few
hours, and. his self, control was mar
velous. inspiring all with the deepest
respect and admiration.
The present Mrs Theodore Roosevelt,
who before her marriage was Edith
Carow of New York, IL a remarkable
woman and one of rare personality.
She is q woman of the highest prlnci.
pie and Of q far more than ordinary
mental caliber. From her earliest
childhood she has been nn omnivorous
reader and q 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 LAY In her
power, made less conspicuous. q
She Is q 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 q 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 a position which involves certain
social duties. Her circle Of acquaint-
ance 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 ha%irdressing.
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 " 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. Roosevelt's belief in MI.
Roosevelt's ability has never wavered.
Mrs. Roosevelt does not go In for
any Of the athletic sports Of the day,
but she is q good horsewoman and has
taken up riding again within the last
two or three years. She is an expert
needlewoman. writes cleverly. and
there ID somewhere extant a book of
verse which she has published for pri-
vate circulation. She Is a 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
meets once or twice and also being able
to remember. all about Them. She Ii
the boon companion as well as the wise
and. tender mother Of her stepdaughters
and her: own children, who are much
younger than Miss Alice Roosevelt.
She has a wide knowledge Of politics.
both foreign and American. She Is q
'frail looking woman, but has much
more strength than she apparently pos
sesses. She is deeply religious.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, Theodore
Roosevelt's eldest child. will be, eight
een years old next March, and It had
been planned that she should make her
debut this winter In Washington soci-
ETY.. While Miss Roosevelt has not
gone out in the formal acceptation Of
the term, she has Of necessity seen q
great deal Of society. young as she is.
She is a very, charming young girl. with
an unusually pleasant, manner and
with an intense interest In life. She Is
very fond Of outdoor sports, is a good
horsewoman and thinks nothing Of
walking from five to seven miles a day.
She Is a fine tennis player. She lives
out of doors as much as possible and is
q good specimen Of a wholesome,
healthy, happy American girl.
Her chief beauty Is her light, fair
hair, of which she has great quantities.
She. has blue eyes and a fair. skin, is
above medium height and has q very
slight figure. although rather athletic
in build. She has a rather deep voice
and q very jolly laugh. She is. devoted
to her home, to her father, stepmother
and to her half sister and brothers.