The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-07
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4 BIIy8E.JuilusE Chambers

By8Julins Chambers.
Every man, woman and child in
This great republic who reads q news;
piper will follow the movements of
Prssid ent sR ooseyelt during his alb
sence on a ell:deseryed vacation.
From his earliest manhood after he
left college The has been fond OF life
$tkes open. His career on a ranch
Igifis yyoming probably gave him the
good health he now enjoys. He was
not physically strong while at Har'
yard University, and, as we all re:
5ncmbe him during the campaign OF
1885, after his return from his first +
sajonrn III the wilderness, he was any.
thing but q healthy man. President
Roosevelt t3iwill enjoy every minute OF
4 strip, whether be kills big game or
Z moi. He Is very fond Of hunting, al.
though II Us inexplicable that man
4 Oh his tender heart can enjoy a need.
4 less sacrifice Of animal life. it's
very certain he never pondered tho
tsnbj ectS from that point Of view. The
Killing Of mountain lions is justlfiable
because they are the deadly enemy
IS sf the settler In the wilderness and
B Sthe%d domestic animals that he needs
\ 81 his service.
IL -Il-- glI-TI fJf 1911
Did YOU ever have buck fever? The
sudden 5deYelopmentlo of this sympathy
Tor the animal you have come to kill
sone; 81 the proofs Of our better na'
tufe. IT rises superior to all environ,
ment and previous training. A hunt,
srS coyeting the. possession of deer's
head and antlers, who has waited
hours ION d. srunt, = often hasn't bar.
barrie nature sufficient to kill the game
when Il confronts him.
When we recall the persistent per-
4 secution that Robert C.Schenck re.
NJ sceiyed when! Minister to the Court Of
st. flames from the gentleman who
~ IS about TO succeed Ambassador
Cheat we wonder at the, mutations
ofs time. IWhitelaw Reid drove Bob
'schencli out Of England by securing
sf and printing some memoranda that
Tie AfinisterSha furnished party OF
ladies at ii country house. 1t pur
porte to be a code of rules for the
gauIea OF poker and was altogether
harmless until exploited by the off
cials pronouncement Of the American
minister. The baccarat scandal n
Enuhy- Croft, in which the thel
~ pttnrBof Wales (now King of Eng
u IanD was involved, had not occurred
N but the American editor created the
Impression that Mr.. Schenck was so
q ing about the 3country-houses of Merr!
England giving lessons in draw poker
Il III iss an assured fact that Mr.. Rel
81 VIII never suffer from the publica
ton Of any letters he has written. H
very discreet regarding his CORE
srundence, and during 35 years ha
Ky made II an invariable rule not t
writ letter to anybody that It's r.
eetnr wulld Willingly display to
third person.
IN connection with this interestin
IS trait In the Ambassadors character
recall a dinner given TO Mr.. Reid |
he % \ X. e.. fraternity prior to h
sailing for France to take the post
u Minister To- that country. The Sac
ytiIIe;1Y Vest incident had occurred
Il washing only a few weeks befot
IN! sandSa journalist who knew Mr.. Re
said Thin in the course OF a speecl
IT be people Of this country. may re
easy during the presence of Our NJ
II inister at the French capital
Al never wrote a letter without putt
some thing into it that would eau
IT'S recipient 10 destroy IT, s
iSf cry near Mr.. Reid that night and
n; III member he laughed heartily at u
episode, recognizing Its absol'
truth! He afterward told me he "
L clad he had always followed
course. Poor old General Scher
was very fond of the national sai
He chad seen the sun rise over
crest Of five cards many time.
Il Tired G. Vanderbilt has Just c.
pleted the purchase of the Park c