The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-20
PERSONAL ANECDOTES
OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.


Theodore Roosevelt is called co the
presidency at the age of ~. He is the
youngest man ever to hold that Office.
Mr.. Cleveland was 4S when he was IN
augdI ated, Pierce and Garfield 8. Ev-
cry other president has been above 90.
Mr.. Roosevelt viii be As Oct. q.
Once. in writing of the ferOcity of
the grizzly bear, Mr.. Roosevelt noted
the habit of a certain hunter 10 seek
refuge in a tree when the animal
charged, and parenthetically added, II
don't approve of this. however" No
clearer idea of the presidents methods
of dealing with men and things could
be given. He believes in facing things
squarely.
One evening his eldest son came
home with his face SCARED.
What is the matter?' asked his ia
Their.
Well" replied young Teddy. "a boy
up the street made a face at me, and
said, Your fathers a fakir. He was
a good deal bigger than l, but L would
not stand that, you know, so / just lit
into him, and had a pretty hard time.
But 1 licked him.
That's right That's right. I'm glad
you licked him. were the parental
words Of approval.
Two boys were fighting on their way
home from school in Albany one after
noon, and a policeman VINO had sep
arated them saw Governor Roosevelt
coming and thought il a fine opportuni-
ty to impress the boyS-and the gov
ernOr. Mr.. Roosevelt listened, then
asked the boys for their story. Their
statements seemed to have the greater
weight. for. turning TO the policeman,
he said emphatically. Let 'em fight it
out. It's good for them,"
Mr. Roosevelt attends the Dutch Re
formed church, but his real religion is
perhaps most clearly revealed through
an incident of his visit TO a big ranch
in Wyoming. one Sunday during his
late national political canvass. The
owner of the ranch and number of
his friends We're anxious to entertain
the governor in any way that might be
pleasant to him. He chose to ride. A
wolf hunt was proposed. There is
nothing 1 would like better" the gov
ernor responded, but it is Sunday
Still, nobody will know" suggested
one of the newspaper men; I'VE won't
any of us say d word"
My dear fellow" said the governor,
there are two ways of keeping out of
trouble. One is TO do nothing that
could by any possibility make trouble
for you. The other is to conceal the
things you have done which might
cause trouble. The first way is the
simpler. If you act by it you never
even want to tell lie
There was no wolf hunt that day.
One time, while stepping off a train
at Buffalo, Governor Roosevelt's quick
eye detected halfway back in a great
crowd gathered to greet him a pick
pocket in the act of stealing from
woman. Fairly blowing his way into
the thrOng he seized the thief gripping
him by the collar.a and, shaking him
like a rat, made him give up the wo-
mans purse. Then, showing the trem-
bling pickpocket into the arms of po-
liceman, Roosevelt turned around, and,
with his characteristic smile. turned TO
the welcoming committee and calmly
shook hands with every one.
Mr.. Roosevelts latest book is called
THE Strenuous Life" He is the man
to write such a book for his own life
is fifty described by the adjective. Ed
ward Marshall, the correspondent in
Cuba. tells of seeing him on several
occasions during most strenuous move
ments. The first was during the adj
vance on Santiago. Il have never seen
a man more apparently nerve wrecked
than Roosevelt was" Marshall wrote.
1t showed on his face and in every
motion of his body. He twitched. We
were facing an almost impenetrable
Cuban jungle. The trail was narrow
Evidently it had been used for years
merely as a bride path Back of US
for long distance it was filled with
the soldiers from the west, most of
them lying down as 1 was. because of
| the awful heat and the effects of the
hard march. They did not know. 1
had been told. but scarcely believed it,
/ Roosevelt knew, and realized.
He was not frightened. but every
| fiber in his body was tense from excite
ment. He was waiting for the crack
of Mauser rifles.
What ne had expected happened
/ Some men had been sent in advance
and they got it.. The first volley
sounded like the crackle of a brush
wood fire greatly magnified. While the
soldiers were jumping to their feet and
orders We're being rapidly given a
/ strange metamorphOsis occurred in the
/ expression of RooseVelt's face. He was
no longer nervous. He became as calm
as any man ever was, in combat, with
/ the first song of the bullets. He led
/ his men into that jungle and he led
/ them well. 1t was a strange example
/ of the nervousness that will come with
| expectation and the tremendous self
| control which may belong to the strong
/ man with the coming of realization"
Another occasion was when the gov
/ ernor heard of his election as vice
president. Every window in the house
was brilliantly lighted when we ar
] rived Marshall said. "A dinner party
had just arisen from the table and all
were in evening dress. The governor
| met us at the door and we told him
| the news in the hallway.
He was delighted. Under the alb
/ breviated tail of his dinner coat his
hands worked nervously as he marched
| around the room and said:
I am glad, 1 am very gladi'
/ Each word was chopped off as all
I his words are, and the smile on his
face was pleasant to our sight. He
/ thanked US for our news. He then
took us into the parlor and asked us
for fewer details than we had expected
| We had really made an effort to get
| all the news that we could, but he did
not seem to care about knowing other
| than the result in general
He suddenly turned to my compan-
! ion while we were both trying to get
! our election figures ready for him, and
| demanded:
What was the score in the football
gamer
The matter of his Election to the
/ vice presidency was over. He knew
| that he had been elected and that set
tied it. He was no longer interested
in that He wanted to know how the
| football game had turned out"
The presidents own creed he has ex-
! pressed in one of his essays in this
| way: KS .sJffs
Every man who wishes we'll TO his
| country is in honor bound to take an
| active part in political life. If ne does
his duty and takes that active part Inc
Will be sure occasionally to make mis-
takes and to be guilty of shortcom-
ings. For these mistakes and short