Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-08-01
SEEING the President.


ment yacht, or even the yellow runl
bout, when you journey to Sagamorh
Hill. Instead, you must hire a hack
and If it happens to be Uncle Jake
he'll tell you some interesting things
about his old friend. the president as
his horse joys past the fields and set
ties into an easy walk on the shady
road that leads up through the woods.
mo sir, the president don't forget
Uncle Jake remarked the latter LET
me tell you about the other day when
l was taking up young couple that
showed all over that they was bride
and groom. who wanted to go home
and tell the folks that they had seen
the house of the greatest man in the
United States"
do you think there is any chance OF
seeing him." the bride kept asking
me. "wouldn't it be fine IL we did?
Oh, hope we do
II wasn't saying much. Knowing II
was about time for him to be out play
ing tennis with the boys. thought
I'd give him a little surprise Well, sir,
just AS soon as we came out into the
open near the house l spied him on
the court but didn't let on as I drove
around. All Of sudden up goes his
racquet, and waving it in the air. he
calls out: How are you. Uncle Jake
II tell you now. it made them yo',rg
people set up. Is that him? Is that
him. she asked in a kind OF WHISPER.
"It looks a mighty sight like hirr :
I answered. quiet like. Yet I calcu
late that it's the president himself She
go me to tell all I knew about him on
the way down the hill here. It was
a great occasion for that young couple
on their wedding trip"
Uncle Jake continues in this strain
until you. like the bridal pair. suddenly
! emerge from the woods and see the
house. a spacious dark red structure.
with very wide verandas and trealess
lawns sloping down on every side IT is
here that secret service man "hclds
you up" He asks you If you have
an appointment with the president, II
you answer no. he informs you. IL your
appearance does not betray you al an
anarchist or n crank. that you may
continue on the road that leads through
the grounds, but may not al'ght ar
stop. If you answer yes, he asks yont
name and consults slip Of paper. upon
which is written those Of the days Wis
itors by appointment Finding yours
he tells the diver that 1t is all right
and in a moment your carriage ha'
stopped before the few steps that 'eat
. to the side veranda.
!, II the president knows YOU and il
not engaged, there is no need to rims
/ the bell. He has appeared and str"ne!,
grasps your hand almost before yci
he dispenses with all formality. He il
: ant to he clad when he receives Won
4 in old fashioned bicycle trousers and {
+ loose fitting outing shirt. that f'ut'er'
!. in the breeze. He will probably ash
i you to sit on the veranda. where. IL
Y two big wicker chairs. with the gi~t
t ening bay reaching away until it Join
e the expanse of the distant sound. on;
g with wooded hills on either side yo,
: have your say and he has his. ard yol
Y ride back to town much impressed witt
$ the robust directness and tho simpl,
: home surroundings of the president o
$ the United States.
d It is not hard to obtain genera
idea of how the president spends nj
time ut Sycamore Hill during the in
tervals between calls and adnnistra
five duties OFTEN in the early mornin'
riding RUSTY. his favorite saddl
horse and accompa MED by one or 'w'
of the boys. he takes brisk galIor
He is not content with short rides. On
morning last summer ne was IN III
:, saddle ut 4 o'clock ga1loping aeros
: Long island to the home of n relntiv
on the south side. Although the dis
lance both ways was 80 miles the pres
1dent was at his desk at the us'al tin,
for attending to his morning nail. "
rode Rusty 90 miles one warm after
" noon this summer to the wedding n
a friend
The president likes now ard the
when riding to take fence. W. aske
his groom the other day II cerrai
horse that had recently been added I
the stable could be trained 10 Jim!
The rroom's reply was thar ne w"n'
put the animal "up against st. please
the president Frequently he rifle
through Oyster Bay. and then Their
are CHEEKY greetings to villagers VII
knew him we'll long before the wort
had heard Of Theodore Roosevelt
=, Although horseback riding is the ex
:. ercise the president likes best. ne In
dulges in numerous others. Nearl
;, every morning the sound OF an AK ech
- oes through the woods below the hous
20 The president is chopping down re
-, After awhile the woods become Uu:,
and then you hear the sudden shar
}, complaint Of cracking timber al
:. breaking branches as the tree era snt