Arizona republican., 1905-05-07
THE ROOSEVELT OF 1905.
Minor Changes Noted by an observant
 Newspaper Man.

It is worth while observing that three years and six months in the White House have wrought a great change Tn the president, says a Washington letter to the Indianapolis News. If it. did not sound dfsrespectfnl it might be said that he has been tanned. The way he carried on for the first year or two after he entered the presidents chair was a distinct shock to some of the United States senators and other digni lied visitors. The particular thing they could not accustom themselves to was his loud talking and his rapid-fire style in which he pnt out his observa- tions of men and measures without the least regard as to who was with I1 nearing. In those days the execu- i've offices were still in the White House proper. and 1t was not an un- common thing for visitors waiting in the large reception room to hear the presidents shrill voice through the closed doors that led to the private offices and the cabinet room.
 As time wore on the president be- came more sedate. His friends from the West who came for the inhugl1-. ration ceremonies noted the change and commented on it. If he is not careful he will be a very tranquil man by the end of this term" said one friend of the plains as he left the ex- ecutive offices. the other morning.
 There is still plenty of dash in the movements of the chief executive as he goes about the routine work of his office and as he meets the throngs of daily callers, but he moves with more deliberation than formerly chara cter~ ized him, and he has brought his voice down until it no longer invites con- ment. Many of the characteristics that nadine him "so different from other presidents" three and a half years ago he still retains. He reserves the right for instance to say: 1T am delighted although ho does not make use of it once where he used 1t twenty times when he first entered the White House
 ''Ry love, I'm glad to see you" is an expression that he still makes use of many times a day when friends of former days are dropping in on him. and he still insists on referring to his special favorites as ''crackerjacks. .' It is related that last Tuesday morn- iHgSsYVhen- the newf cabinet assembled seatwith George B. Cortelyou back in a seat at the big table, he looked at him with a pleased expression and turning to Secretary Hay, blurted out: Now. there is Cortelyou( he always puts the dNNElil Ol lIlC lG4 Js lSl llE q GIdCkEI- jack"
 By far the most picturesque thing about the daily receptions at the ex- ecutive offices is the presidents en- entrance to the cabinet room to meet visitors who have ben Diloted in there by senators and representatives. In clearing this room many times daily this week, he was at his best as a mixer among men. women and chil- dren. The room opens off the presi- dents private office and will accom- modate fifty or seventy-five persons standing without uncomfortable crowd ing. Sliding doors connect the room with the private office. One would think that the president would have a servant at these doors. but he will not. He insists on throwing back these sliding doors twenty times day, if necessary, and it is always with a dash, like one entering the arena of a boxing ring that he steps into the cabinet chamber. He comes through these doors with such suddennes that at times persons are almost taken off their feet.
 In ten or fiften minutes he clears the room, passing from visitor to wis itor and never failing to exchange a few words with each.
 III IlS udyS Ol lIlEGG years dBO HIS voice would have filled the room. now it is so well modulated that only per sons addressed catch what he is say ing. Above all else he likes the chil- dren. One day this week, when he learned that several fond mothers, with babies in arms, were being kept | waiting dn the public reception room. l he directed that they be brought in at | once. He did not kiss the babies, but l he did a good job of praising their 1 beauty. l
 No matter how great the stress of | business, the president will not fOregO | his afternoon outing, and he will find | time to take his boxing lessons and | engage in a few rounds at single stick. | Uuder the instruction of Mike DOno- van he has become so proficient as a | boxer, that he finds 1t difficult to per suade his friends to stand up before him. He believes that "all work and | no play makes Jack a dull boy" and he | lives up to that doctrine every day in the year.