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May Remain There a Short Time and
Then Take the storer Mansion In
til the White House Is Ready.
MRS. ROOSEVELT DEMOCRATIC
HER HABITS AND TASTES ARE SAID
TO BE VERY SIMPLE.
Travelled from Oyster Bay to WASH
fngtOn without N Maid-Her Ed
est SON with Her.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.-Mrs. Roosevelt
arrived in Washington at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. She was accompanied by ex-
Gov. Charles III. Allen, of Porto Rico; her
sster-in-law, Mrs. William Cowles, and
Ler oldest son. Theodore Roosevelt, jr.
Captain Cowles met the party at the Penn
sylvania Station. They quietly left the
station at the baggage entrance and ell
tered carriage which Captain Cowles
had in readiness. The station and streets
were well filled with people who had been
waiting all day long for the arrival of the
funeral cortege. So quietly did the wife of
the chief executive arrive that not one of
the waiting crowd recognized her. At the
Cowles residence. whittier the party was
driven, no demonstration marked the ar
rival. So far as outward appearances go
the house might have been closed. A few
rooms at he back of the house were opened
and aired and made ready for occupancy
but as this is the residence of the Presi-
dent and his family the house will be closed
and draped in mourning until after the
body of the deceased executive is removed
TO Canton.
Immediately after the arrival of Mrs.
Roosevelt and Mrs. Cowles they retired to
their rooms to rest. A number of callers
left messages, but none was received until
after o'clock. There are so few women
in official and social circles now in the city
that Mrs. Roosevelt is spared the burden
OF answering sympathetic calls. Among
those who have known Mrs. Roosevelt for
some years Is Mrs. William r. Merriam,
wife or the director Of census Mrs Mer-
Ram spent some time with Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. Cowles. Mrs. Nathan b. Scott,
wife Of the West Virginia senator was also
her
arrival was dressed in deep mourning,
wearing heavy crepe veil. This evening
she received her few callers in a house
dress OF deep mourning.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will not
announce any plans until after President
McKinleys funeral. They will remain
quietly at the CowIes house until thew have
deliberated concerning their future domes-
tic arrangements. 1t Is certain the Presi-
dent will have to remain in Washington.
and Mrs. Roosevelt. her friends say, de-
sires TO be with him during this period of
trying responsibility. She is a devoted
wife, but an equally devoted mother and
the exigencieS OF the case render il neces-
sary TO leave her young children at their
home at Oyster bay with their uncle, Mr..
The Storer mansion leased by the Presi-
dent last March has been hurriedly got in
residence shape and the suppositOn is
that the RoOsevelts will occupy il tenn
porarily, until the White House is at their
disposal. 1t is stated by friends here that
the President begged the friends of Mrs
~ pam Lei " hdSlenlnS the
removal OF the late Presidents personal
enects from the executive mansion. As
the Cowles house is too small to accommo-
date the host and his guests they must
either go to the Storer house or return 10
oyster Bay. For the present the Presi-
dent his wife and young son occupy the
entire second floor OF the Cowles mansion
which Is "A handsome suite of apartments
consisting of a large sitting room three
bed rooms and bath room. Ii was noted
with evident admiratiO that Mrs Roose-
Welt made her hurried trip unaccompanied
by maid. Stories of her simple habits
and democratic tastes are rife and predis-
pose society TO greet her as a deserving
successor OF Mrs. Mckinley.