The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-27

around the city, and this included visi
to the Florida Baptist Academy, wher
the President had been invited to ad
dress the colored students of that in
stitution.
The words of Mr.. Roosevelt in col,
type convey but faint idea of thei
impressiveness when you hear the maj
and note his expressions and emphasis
Then it Is that you become impressed
with the idea that the enthusiasm of ;
boy is running riot in the brain of ;
great man, and you catch the enthus
asm, for 1t is for America, things Am
erican and the greatness of America
and, therefore, worth the catching. He
Is not an orator, for his voice is not
musical, but it Is enthusiastic, it Is sar.
castle, and it contains the tang of bit.
ter irony. Rather Is he an Oratoria
marksman - one who sees well the bulls.
eye and makes the bell ring every time.
He has a hundred facial expressions to
help him along in getting at and con-
veying what he means to convey.
When he said: 1T Is matter of
special pride to us that our nation, the
American nation, should have under
taken the performance of the world
duty" he tits his head high and sur
veyed his audience with mouth set and
arm raised, as If he would wave cheer
for America.
When he spoke of the adventurous,
the would-be adventurous and the lag
CARDS and stragglers in the work Of
canal building and sad 1.-THE veterans
of the civil war who are here present
will tell you that the very rear of an
enemy, even when it Is victorious, is
apt to look and behave as If the victory
were defeat" he waited moment and
noticing many signs of hearty indorse-
ment from veterans in blue and gray
who had been there there played over
his face most catching smile and his
head tilted in response to the approval.
When he prophesied that there would
be rascals in the work at Panama, as
there are generally rascals in all great
undertakings, he screwed his face up
in knot and his nose arose as if there
were something dead diffusing it's NAL
odor. But when he declared. 1--WE
will hunt that rascal down"-you felt
woe to that rascal, for Teddy Is going
after him with his big stick and his
mountain lion gun.
What pleased the veterans muchly
was his manifest pleasure in hearing
the strains of Dixie. Once he laughed
his enthusiasm and beat time to the
martial air; again he told Captain Gar
ner: That's fine tune," and at the
when all were arising, you
would have thought, seeing him trip
ping toward Mayor Nolan, that he in
tended to take the old gentleman around
the waist and make him waltz to the
strains of Dixie, as the old gentleman
had waltzed to the strains of Yankee
Doodle in IS or whereabouts.
He shows what he feels in every ex-
preston and every word he utters, and
all these declared that he was delighted
with Jacksonville, and Jacksonville was
delighted with Teddy.
Before leaving for st. Augustine,
President Roosevelt said to General
Lowell, commanding the First Brigade,
Florida State troops, that he was very
much pleased with the appearance Of
he troops during the day.
81 would be proud to lead such a body
If troops into action" said the COM
IldiueT-HI-CIllcl VI Tie army anu navy
If the United States.
No higher compliment could be paid
% body of troops, and General Lowell
md all officers and enlisted men of the
florida State troops have cause to feel
proud Of the honor.
President Roosevelt expressed his APP
probation of the troops several times
Turing the day. He has been soldier
md has warm spot in his heart for all
oldiers.
At St. Augustine the President was
greeted by great throng at the depot,
ind was escorted to the Ponce de Leon
where he was quartered in Mr.. Flag
er's private suit of rooms. The city
vas elegantly decorated in his honor.
At 7:3O O'Clock he spoke in old Fort
darion to great crowd of citizens,
Who thoroughly appreciated his speech.
sunday he attended services at the
Presbyterian Memorial church at II a.
n. In the afternoon he took launch
ide to the ocean and at 8 o'clock his
pecial train left for points in Alabama
arkansas and Louisiana.