The San Francisco call., 1905-05-01
PRESIDENT
At UNIQUE
SERll ICES
Attends Church in
Mountains Of
Colorado.
Congregation CARRIED in Pic
tureSQue Costumes Of
the Frontier.
Pastor Mixes Slang With Good Advice
and Executives Words Are
Cheered.


GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. April
30.-Unique in the history of Colorado
was the church service held at the Old
Blue School House on the West Divide
Creek and attended by President
Roosevelt and his hunting party and
all the ranchmen and their families for
miles around The little district school
building was not a tenth part large
enough to accommodate the congrega-
ton. The organ was moved to the
platform in front. Platform seats were
provided for the President and his
party, the Rev. Horace Mann of Rifle,
Colo, who preached the sermon. the
choir and the trustees of the church.
The members of the congregation stood
or sat on the ground or in their con-
veyances, which were grouped around
the building.
The sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Mann
was of an unusual kind. 1t began with
story, termed with slang of the
Western flavor and was full of advice
suited to congregation inuring itself
to the hardshfps of mountain life. 1t
touched upon the responsibilities of the
position of the President, as well as
the characsx iStics of some of the men
who have occupied that n la;7s ssss.-.-s.y....
AlIS1 the RdSlOTs ildQ EOliCIQQtu IuS
President spoke for about ten minutes.
He expressed his well-known views on
good citizenship, the morality of men,
patriotism and duty to the home and
country. He was cheered heartily
throughout his remarks. After the SER
vices were concluded he shook hands
with every man, woman and child
present.
PICTURESQUE CONGREGATION.
The services at the schoolhouse were
begun at IL o'clock. Long before that
hour the ranchmen and their families
began to assemble. Many persons drove
or rode horseback from Newcastle,
Rifle and ether towns from five to fif-
teen miles away.
The Presidents party presented a
picturesque appearance as it came up.
All the huntsmen were on horseback,
and they were dressed in their hunting
clothes. They had no others at the
camp. Many of those in the congre-
cation wore their best. The dresses
and hats OF the women were snowy
and in striking contrast to the mud
spattered tan duck, blue jeans and
other rough materials making up the
costumes of the President and his fell
low hunters.
Mr.. Roosevelt wasN dressed in the
same clothing he wore when he left
his private car at Newcastle two weeks
ago. His hat was what is known as
| the "slouch.'S He wore 1t pulled over
his eyes and badly out of shape. His
! jacket was sheep-lined duck, his trous-
ers of duck, tied about his ankles with
strong cord. His shirt was blue cot
| ton. He had discarded his leather
chaps and sweater as a concession to-
| ward proper church-goink raiment.
The clothing of DR.. Alexander Lam
| bert and the guides was even rougher.
| No mountain band of road agents ever
looked more formidable. The West
ern air of the party went straight to
the hearts Of the people. They ap-
plauded and yelled boisterous praise
| OF the President, regardless Of the day
and the fact that they were virtually
| in house of worship, though the roof
was the blue sky, the floors of soft
grass and dead leaves and the walls
were formed by the mountains on
| every side.
PRESIDENT JOINS IN HYMN.
AS soon as the party was seated the
| service was begun. The organist
played a selection from the Presbyte-
| rian hymn book and the choir sang.
! Another selection was played and sung
and this time the congregation was
asked to Join. The voices of the
| HTSSlQeffl anu Oi l<dIilDCLi COulQ Uc
heard above the others The congre-
CATION was SO great and scattered that
/ the sound of the organ was almost
! drowned.
When the song was concluded the
Rev Horace Mann preached his SER
/ mon.
Nothing could please me more" said
| he. in beginning, than to say at this
time a few words concerning the great
work being accomplished by the CHIEF
executive and his associates in solving
| the many difficult problems now before
! the American people. But If I were to
| do this fear that he would say, Cut II
| out; Mann, cut it out to use an ex-
| preston we sometimes hear in this Sec
| tion of the country.
More music followed, and Mr. Roose-
yelt at the request of the minister
| addressed the congregation.
The President told his hearers how
| glad he was to be there and how much
| it pleased him to come face to face
with so many people who were brav-
/ ing hardships with light hearts and
/ doing their part in life without com
| planning of bitterness. He told then
! the spirit they were displaying was
| the quality of the American people
that went to make this the greatest OF
! all countries 1t was at the conclu.
| sion of the Presidents remarks. wher
| he leaned forward and beamed wei.
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