Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-26
Roosevelt, Burroughs and Park

made It dt6icuIt to come to any definite
conclusion az to his age. His name was
Theodore Roosevelt.
To my great satisfaction, Mr.. Roosevelt
seemed to be Interested in me-perhaps
because I was the youngest member OF
the conference, and perhaps because l came
from the middle west, where 1T was more
common than in the east for new ideas to
be subjected to the test of actual expert
ment. At any rate he talked freely with
me when opportunity was presented.
When the work of the conference was
closed, a day or two after it's opening, Mr..
Roosevelt invited me to spend the day
with him at Moons Lake, about four miles
W from town. There was no railway to
that side resort at the time, and conse-
Quently we drove out, over a very pleasant
road, my friend handling the lines in a way
that showed him to be perfectly familiar
with that kind Of work. My impression is
that there were no other visitors at the lake
resort that day, and that we had the en-
tire establishment to ourselves. We GER
tainly spent a day full of keen pleasures
and great profit to myself especially
in regard to discussion of the management
Of children, a subject which was then be-
ginning to have a strong personal interest
to me. II was in the course Of CONVEX
sation in tina line that 1 first heard of the
present president of the United States.
ct have a son who is just beginning his
course at Harvard" said Mr.. Roosevelt.
Gin whom I take an interest that sometimes
appears to me almost sinful. In his early
boyhood he was physically frail and deli
cate, and every day Of his life gave me
some new reason for anxiety about him.
nxf Il 49, -zAw. . - aN that he ahanld hnUA
every possible encouragement for outdoor
exercise such as would be likely to develop
his body. and have been contented to let his
brain take care Of itself. So he has grown
up with some rough corners, but appar-
emily we'll equipped with health, strength
and energy. In fact, his energy seems SO
superabundant that 1 fear 1t may get the
better Of him in one way or another. II
he escapes that danger I shall hope to see
him do something useful in due time"
Unfortunately, Mr.. RooseveIt's hope was
not merged in realization He died in
1873, before his son had reached the end of
his collegiate course or the period Of adult
age.
naces at Homestead which formerly re-
quired 200 men.
In Valparaiso all the conductors on troll
ley cars are women.
There are about 10000 automobiles in use
In the United States.
1t takes ninety threads of the spider to
equal in size one of the siIkworm.
In western Canada $50. oO0. 600 acres Of
arabic land today await the pillow.
In New York City 100 new coses of con-
sumption develop each day.
Australia IL to have a transcontinentaI
railway from Adelaide to Port Darwin.
Americans are making an effort to estab-
fish a steel plant at Flushing. Holland.
Twelve thousand people were arrested in
Glasgow last year for using obscene Lam
guage.
The practice of fencing has been revived
among Japanese young noble women.
So strong is Bank of England note paper
hat a single sheet will lift a weight Of
100 pounds.
Timber is now vulcanized In England By
forcing a boiling solution Of sugar into its
pores.
The secret of making carbon paper and
typewriter ribbons is known to scarcely
two dozen people.
The habit of talking to oneself results
from intense preoccupation. 1t is the in
itial symptom Of dementia.
In making the best Persian rug a weaver
spends about twenty-three days over each
square foot of surface.
The st. Louis public library has forty
eight branch stations. BOston's tWenty-ons
and ChicagO's nearly seventy.
American tourists annually spend abroad
an average of SIS. 900. 900, and foreign tour
lists leave about 500. 600. 900 here.