The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-01
NEW BELLE OF WHITE HOUSE,.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt Wilt Fill the place

IsisS G-AElCt nOOSSSClt WIN iit0 LAW
Left Vacant by Her Sister.
Washington special: shrinkingly, halt
ilagly. and perhaps blushingiy, Ethel
Roosevelt. the second daughter Of the
White House today, will receive the So
ctal scepter from Miss Roosevelt, the first
daughter. She will receive it shrinkingly
because in the composition OF this girl
there is a strong, ever present dislike for
publicity; she will accept it haltingly be-
cause she would rather be a child, unno-
ticed than a young woman hampered by
the formalities Of society; she will take 4.
blushingly because she is modest.
Miss Roosevelt made a big place for her.
self in the popular heart; little Ethel will
have to fill this big place. Ethel is a
bright eyed, lively, laughing girl. All of
her life she has loved to play and romp
with her brothers. 1t VIII be a difficult
task for this child to turn her back upon
her childhood and step into the glare of
the great public spotlight, yet those who
know her best believe she is equal to the
task.
Miss Roosevelt the first daughter Of the
White House, is the daughter Of Mrs. Alice
Lee Roosevelt, the presidents first wife.
Ethel, the second daughter, is the only
daughter Of Mrs. Edith Carow Roosevelt,
the mistress Of the White house. On her
next birthday anniversary Ethel will be
l6 years old. She is two younger than
Kermit and two years older than Archie.
She has the mother heart and there is
nothing better than can be said Of her.
During her childhood, in fact until a few
years ago, Ethel, like most girls, loved her
dolls a great deal more than anything else
in the world. Early in her childhood Ethel
developed a strong fondness for her books
and she has read more consistently and
persistently than any Of her brothers.
Ethel is musical and artistic. She can
ride horseback like any other member of
the house of Roosevelt, she can beat all
four OF her brothers at tennis and give
Archie and Kermit a handicap. She can
keep in the lead in q. f%ootrace over the
White House lawn; and in her earlier days
when she used to don boys clothes coca
s~ionally to the delight of her brothers, she
could put either Kermit or Archibald on
his back in q wrestling match.
1t was g sad day for Ethel and Quentin
when they started out for the White
House. She hated to leave the big country
place with the rolling acres around 1t.
The White House and life in Washington
have had their effect upon tht girl. From
a ronping child she has becomt a happy
but thoughtful growing girl.
Physically, the successor Of the BRIDE
elect is a robust little figure, full of vigor
and spirit. She has the same soft. glowing
eyes; the same delicately colored COM
p%leXion; the same gracious ways the
same expression OF perfect contentment
Ethel is not so tall as her half sister, nor
as slender. Her face is round, her frame
well put together. She Is a strong, healthy
girl, and as graceful as the proverbial
nymph. She Is an American girl clear
through to the marrow; a strong minded
| young woman Of high ideals, and a simple,
loving heart. Washington believes she
will fill her sisters shoes and carry the
scepter gracefully.