New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-15

him in good stead over and over again. A West
ern correspondent wrote to The Tribune
time ago:
II may interest YOU to hear characteristic
snecdote Of Colonel Roosevelt which narrated
10 me when on a mining trip i'm British Columbia
II was in 1890 that spent the night in ca bin on
had sought refuge there who said that he
q rapper, and that he had just come down from
Colonel Roosevelt on bear hunt. The colonel
sa heard laf there existed d IN ne S e Eo,
and he had determined to secure specimen. The
Unexpectedly, and that the animal charged them.
He added: You know Colonel Roosevelt is very
nearsighted. and he carries more kinds of glasses
than an Englishman; one pair TO read with, one to
shoot with and another TO walk with. When the
bear charged us he had on his walking glasses and
when i told him that the beast was upon him he
them away in his pocket. took out and wiped his
shooting glasses and put them on as quietly and
deliberately as If there was not bear in the whole
country. BY the time he had got his glasses ad-
Justed the bear was near. but he pulled up his
In the least bit excited
HIS LONG ISLAND HOME
Trophies of the chase form a large part of the
decorations of Colonel Roosevelt's home at
Oyster Bay, Long Island. The house is on Cove
Neck, three miles by carriage from the village of
Oyster Bay. X is approached by a steep, wind
ing roadway, which takes the visitor through a
dense wood before revealing to him the house
itself. Once on the crest of the little hill which
the colonel selected for his home, the visitor has
beautiful view in every direction, especially to
the north and east where the waters of the
Sound and Cold Spring Harbor are seen. Around
the house on all sides is closely cropped lawn,
studded with shade trees. big and little, and of
many kinds. The main entrance to the house.
on the south. is under a beautiful porte-cochere
laden with heavy vines and bearing pair of
spreading antlers The walls of the dwelling are
of red brick TO the second story, and above that
of wood. painted in many colors. A broad porch
runs around three sides OF the structure, COW
cred, except in front. by shingled roof, and
shaded here and there by luxurious Virginia
ereeper. Within. the house is beautifully fur
nished from cellar TO attic. In nearly every
room are trophies of the coIoners life the
Western plains, and a few relics from his
Cuban campaign. Just at the right of the front
door is Remington's bronze of the bronco bus
ter which was presented to the colonel by the
Rough Riders at Camp wikoff. In the library.
the ground floor. many long shelves, well
filled with books, and collection Of bronzes and
hunting trophies. A fireplace of old fashioned
proportions is at one side OF the room, and near
the windows is the desk at which the colonel
does most of his literary work and correspond
ence On the walls of the study are portraits Of
Washington. Grant and Lincoln and photo
graphs of Henry Cabot Lodge and of the colonel
himSef hOlQinS III flis arms the rlgntfui ntlr
his name and fame. Theodore Roosevelt jr.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
The colonel is never SO happy when he is
sitting quietly in his home with his wife and
children. Home is TO him the most sacred place
on earth, and he never allows his family circle
10 be disturbed 10y the many cares which fall
upon him as a civil military servant OF his
country The present Mrs. Roosevelt is the second
tPe az +l,e Cbe
carow, and he married her in 1886. Colonel
Roosevelt has six children. ranging in age ac-
cording 10 the order in which they are here
named: Alice, Theodore. Kermit. Ethel. Archi-
bald and Quentin.
OF OLD DUTCH STOCK.
The Roosevets were I'm at the very beginning
Of the original Dutch city OF New-Amsterdam
and The family has been politically active on
Manhattan Island for more than two hundred
years. Isaac Roosevelt was one Of the New
York City delegates TO the Provincial conven-