New-York tribune., 1902-07-07
THE FIRST DAY AT HOME.
-ur PRESIDENT GOES TO CHURCH AND
TAKES 4 WALK.
,rprHDENCE DAY CELEBRATION THIS
rvFNING-PLANS FOR THE
SUMMER.

ovster Rav y Y July 6 (SpeciaJ).-The
-,estirg accorded the President when he ar
.red Yesterday from Pittsburg was followed
his morning by cordial meetings with the
,ownspeople and expressions of genuine good
ceiling when the President went to church. He
7wakene5 early and appeared his porch
,bout Q o'clock. He received a few friends and
talkei Of incidents Of his trip and return home
There is an old man here" said the Presi-
dent ''who always asks me 'How's your wom-
an% meaning Mrs. Roosevelt; but he intends the
inquiry in the best spirit and don't mind"
As he laughed heartily about this. Kermit his
second son. succeeded in throwing the calico
pony he playing with the lawn. That
is not your pony" said the President "It is
your brothers. You should not throw him
down" He laughed again. and soon Kermit
was called in from his play to make ready for
church
Long before church time the President and
lis family started for Christ Episcopal Church
2 small building which stands twenty feet from
the Cove roadway. attractfvely covered as high
5 the windows with heavy growth Of ivy
he President rode to church with Miss Carow
'is sister-in-law, and his son Archie Behind
another carriage, were Mrs. Roosevelt, Ethel
Robert Ferguson and Kermit. They passed on
rhe way the Oyster Bay milkman and number
cf persons in costly traps. Each bowed good
morning TO the President with a welcoming
smile. The President reached the church fif-
teen minutes before the service began.
As Mrs. John a. Weeks rode up to the church
the President descended the steps and. opening
her carriage door, escorted Mrs. Weeks into the
church Mrs. Roosevelt, with Kermit and Ethel
occupied the front pew. Theodore and Mr. Fer
guson sat behind them. and the President and
Archie sat in the end seats of a side aisle, ten
rows back
As the plate wss being passed Archie dropped
twenty-fivecent piece and scrambled with
IS father TO recover ii. He secured it first and
'opped II in the plate just before the President
aced a note in the basket. The President
d his family left the church behind crowd
boys, who hurried outside see him. The
der members of the congregation remained in
Heir places until the President reached the
'oorway. AS he drove away thirty or more
'ountry people in two wagons waved their
haudkerchiefs and cheered him.
Robert Ferguson a partner of Douglas Robin
son, the Presidents brother-in-law, was Mr.
Roosevelts guest at luncheon. Mr.. Ferguson
is an Englishman by birth and was naturalized
some years before he Joined the Rough Riders
10 fight in the Spanish war The author of u
s Of Dale one of the Presidents friends in
Oyster Bay, called Sycamore Hill this after
noon. About O'Clock the President, with Mrs.
Roosevelt. Miss Carow and Mr. Ferguson went
sor walk. taking which looks twenty
TWO miles over Long Island Sound to the hills
of Connecticut. About a hundred yards from
the cottage he stopped for moment to practise
h-jit-su exercises with Kermit. The boy forced
his father to the ground. A wrestler who had
studied Japanese methods gave the President
and his sons instructions in wrestling at the
White House last winter.
Tomorrow evening neghbors will be invited
70 participate in a Fourth of July celebration at
Sycamore Hill. There will be about one hun
dred persons TO witness the display of fireworks
which was held over from last Friday by the
Presidents direction until he could return
home.
IT will be the day after tomorrow before
official headquarters will be chosen. The prob
able rooms are ones over the small town bank
The office will be official practically only in
name, because there are only two executive
clerks to occupy them. and the President is
limiting his business engagements to only the
highest officials. The Presidents summer pro-
gramme was announced to-day. He will remain
at Oyster Bay until August 10 or 20 with the
possible exception of or two days On
Of these days he will start on a trip to New
England, on which he will visit several county
fairs in Maine. and also go 10 Rhode Island and
Vermont. Thence he will return here where he
will remain until September 10. On this date
he viii go 10 Detroit, intending to reach there
the 22d. While on this trip it is likely that
he win visit Milwaukee and ST. Louis. as he has
an appointment to speak at the convention of
the combined Exchanges of the latter city on
September 30 On October he will be in
Washington to attend the G. A. r. encampment
No definite plans have been arranged for his
Southwestern trip, though Secretary Cortelyou
proposes to answer the invitations under con-
slderation within two three weeks, If possible.
At all events the President will return to WASH
1ngton by November 10 and probably by No
yember J.
Miss Alice Roosevelt. who is visiting relatives
in Boston, will return here within a week. Her
coming is expected TO add spirit to the summer
society in town
There will be no decided action taken by Pres
ident Roosevelt against the trusts this Sunmer.
i is true that Representative Littleheld is
drawing a bill which will be discussed at the
next session Of Congress. 10 regulate capital
monopoies in accordance with plans considered
by the President and Attorney General Knox at
interviews held recently. The President ex-
pressed his conviction in regard to this question
in mis- speech at Pittsburg. While ii is possible
that the President may discuss legislation to
control trusts in his next annual message no
official statement 10 this effect has been made.
There a funeral at Sycamore Hill last
week for Bossy. the puppy which was given TO
Mrs. Roosevelt in return for a fine collar which
she gave to Mr. Clawson, of Chicago, the owner
Of talented performing dog The death Of the
puppy was due 10 indigestion. 1t was buried
under tree at Sycamore Hill The chief
mourners were the Roosevelt children who are
cheered now by the fact that brother of Bossy
will be sent 10 them from Chicago Immediately.
Sycamore Hill is the home Of a menagerie Of pet