Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-05-24

A keen observer of human nature re- gently remarked that misunderstand-
 ing of the word "strenuous and to- gether with an intense admiration of President Roosevelt, were having a de- leterious effect on the manners of the younger generation in business. And there seems to be abundant ground for the reflection.
 Someone has said that limitation is the sincerest form of flattery," and many admirers of Theodore Roose- welt attempt to initiate him by being "strenuous, but they fail signallv because of a totally erroneous con ception of the word. ''Marked by strong or uncompromising zeal, earnest ness of effort if the dictionary def milton of strenuousness, and in that sense it is truly applicable to Theo dorse Roosevelt. "Marked by loud talking, furious demonstrations Of energy and by bluster' seems to be the meaning which most would be imitators of the President attach to the word. And in no way could they be more mistaken.
 Apart from certain facial extortions apparently rendered necessary by slight impediment Of speech and defect of vision, President Roosevelt is quiet man. He gives the impression if immense reserve force and his ac- complishments clearly indicate that he possesses it. It is not by shouting, walking the floor, raving, or ''putting up a bluff at being fearfully busy that the President impresses men, many of them years his senior. On the contrary, it is by an absolutely unmistakable sincerity of purpose. a quiet, determined manner. great di- rectness of speech, which, however. never deseends to the rude or unman- nerly, and by a capacity for work which enables him to devour books, ab- sorb. and make his own, an immense amount of information, and to master every phase of a subject with which he may have to deal.
 It is also noteworthy that the Presi- dent very rarely swears, never takes the name of God in vain. He has no occasion to. for when he speaks with emphasis he can attach more force to the ordinary words of conversation than the average man ca Il convey with a string of explosives. The young men of the country who admire and seek to emulate the strenuosity of Theodore Roosevelt can study this an alysis of that characteristic to advan- tage, and if they do they will avoid that bluster which to men of mature years is not only peurile but disgusting. Just about the time that President Stiekney of the Chicago and Great Western Railway was eriticising the president for accepting transportation from the railroads, the officials of the Pennsylvania and other railroads over which the President travelled an nounced that on his recent hunting trip he paid his fare and that of every member of his party. In view of the | good accomplished by the President s visiting various parts of the country, it would seem that Congress ought to make an appropriation to cover all | he expenses of the President when | away from Washington. It is con- siderable of hardship to have to pay the expenses of numerous secret ser vice men, stenographers, a secretary, ct al., and it is only because he is Oc- eupying the highest office in the land that the President is compelled to take with him wherever he goes more or less extensive escort and office force.