The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1906-02-10
PICTURE OF ROOSEVELT
Judge Freeman Gives a Graphic De-
oription Of a Man Whom He
Greatly Admires,
He IS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
Resembles Napoleon in Some Re-
spects, in Others the Opposite Of
the Great Cosican.

Judge A. A. Freeman, one of
the most scholarly men and clos
est students of human nature in
New Mexico, has given one of
the most graphic and interesting
word pictures of President Roose-
Welt to date. In answer to the
question by reporter in Carls-
bad, What do you think of
himl" Judge Freeman, after a
little deliberation, said:
ITO say that Mr.. Roosevelt is
a very extraordinary man is to
utter a very commonplace truth,
known to almost everyone.
Without being a mind reader,
have almost all my life been a
close student of human nature,
| love to read faces better than /
love to read books, and yet | con-
fess that the president is some
what of an enigma.
Il will give you a pen picture
of him, however. He is about
five feet, ten inches in height
and we'll proportioned. His
bone and muscle are encased in
just enough flesh to round him
off. He is not angular. He has
very dark brown hair, which he
wears rather close cut. His
eyes, which are deep blue, seem
to be defective in their sight; at
least the lids are somewhat
drawn or contracted; and this
added to the use of glasses rem
ders it impossible to discern the
color or expression of the eye at
any considerable distance. His
manners are brusque and abrupt,
sometimes to the verge of rude
ness, He listens to you long
enough to ascertain what il is
you want to talk about, and
then he does the rest. When
discussing only ordinary matters
his style is very earnest; when he
is the least excited it is we'll,
'ferocious' is the only word that
| can command that fully ex-
presses the idea. He chops his
words into Syllables, and these,
when he is the least excited,
come kissing through his teeth
like hot shot from a mitraelleuse.
1t goes without saying that he
does not mean to be either rude
or ferocious. All of us have
mannerisms of which we are total
ly ignorant, and Theodore Roose-
Welt is very human in this, as in
most other respects.
A THoRoUGHGoING ATHLETE.
He is an athelete; he is fond
of foot ball, prize fights, and
other similar amusements. 1t is
said that he wrote a letter of
coincidence to Fitzsimmons. l
don't know how true that story
is, but | have an idea that he
felt like writing it anyway. He
is a man, however, of exemplary
habits, moral and religious and
his relations to his church and to
his family are commendable and
worthy of imitation. He is
fond of all sorts Of exercise. He
|, regards his Office hours as so
many hours of imprisonment.
He never sits, but receives his
visitors and holds his levees,
, standing, or walking, rather, for
he is never still. He is Gagged
!, lion, and the Office seekers
: are his tormentors. He is q
SPLENDID horseman, and is fondes
of this kind of exercise.
. lust before the election | saw
: him represented by some of the
: opposition pictorial papers as a
stride broncho that was trying
y to stand on its head. The rider
with a six-shooter in one hanC
- and COW rope in the other, wa
carelessly holding his seat will
an expression of countenanc'
which said, isn't this delight
:, ful?' ! thought this an exagger
, alton; but going down Pennsyl
/. vania avenue my attention wa
= = attracted to the window of a
= artist, where | saw the sam
- rough rider seated on a veritabl
Pegasus clearing a four-barre,
:, fencel He is the only living ma
- whom the cartoonist has bee
unable to eXaPgerate.
u A DIAMOND IN THR ROUGH.
I'VE like him for his very faults
15 He is a rough diamond, but aftt
ID ala diamond. He more nearl
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