The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-14
.YSTER BAY IS NOT
FOR. THE / [: OUTSIDER 0 |. ! |, (: ||
Roosevelt Family Secure There,
With Loeb Guarding 1thc
Entrance.
CORRESPONDENTS HAZE TO GO
president Throws OfflWork and
Spends Time WithT-hildrcn
III the Open1
CORRESPOND ENTs HAZE TO GO
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president and the WllYtc House staff
have left Washington Tor oyster Bay
which VIII be executive Headquarters
until tho autumn.
The change OF tho yeat of the Federal
government from Washington to Oyster
bay does not appear to have any effect
upon tho public or upon the transaction
i Of governmental buNincss by the Presi-
dent. In other words, there should
be no kick, and rg none. because Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt prefers to have his Office
on Long Island In the summer instead
OF at the White House, 80 far as the
interests OF government are concerned.
But tho newspaper men who have to
leave Washington when the President
does. and follow him to his Long Island
q retreat, always raise II howl of protest
when the subject OF the annual fitting
OF, the President Is suggested in u con-
vorsational way at any season OF the
year.
The President lives at the old home
stead, Sycamore Hill. three miles from
the village of oyster Bay. The home
IS an elegant one, and tho correspon-
4 dents could be as comfortable as the
ron in his castle were they allowed
to disport themselves on the lawn be-
heath the spreading SHADE Of the old
trees: but they are kept "cribbcd.
y bined and confined in tho village,
Oticre Secretary Loeb has his oiice-a
Dettty comfortable one. but one which
tnf;sidcnt Roosevelt has never entered
~, Oyster Bay a Sn,alg PIncc.
lotrhe village OF Oyster Bay boasts OF
cotwccn three hundred and four hun
bstd inhabitants. The correspondents
tiEim there are thirty saloons In the
ace. The beverages dispensed over
!, Qle bars to the sailorInen. clnm-di ggers
/ Ind fishermen are fcArfully and won
.,'icrfully concoctcd. Recollection of
,lheir taste and effects is always vague.
10 surely and completely do they do
f:their work. Observation and not ex-
( pcricncc cause the Correspondents to
say that the work of Oyster Bay bev-
erases Is done with a,completcness and
dispatch which lay Jersey lightning
in the shade. and make North Carolina
corn, warm from the still. a harmless
sedatlvc or a soothing syrup In COM
,parison.
There would be good bathing at
Oyster Bay were 1t not for the mud,
and good boating IL boats were to be
had, and good fishing Ii there were fish
waiting to be caught. The absence
OF good livery stable makes driving
difficult. and an unusually large num-
like that of Pete. who guards the
White House from the untmely In
=, trusions of Ambassador Jusscrand the
cut OF whose whiskers long ago
aroused the undying cnmity OF the
pup. make walking decidedly unpleas-
ant.
President Keeps to Himself.
Taken as q whole. there is little for
the correspondent at Oyster Bay but
work. If he should want to see the
President. he must first get written
permit from Secretary Loeb to enter
the grounds and present his card to the
butler. It is by no means certain that
after his three mile drive through the
sun the President will consent to see
him. For while Mr.. Roosevelt Is ready
to meet almost any citizen nj tho
White House. who presents himself
I, with a clean shirt on, he does not spc-
!. cially relish having visitors call at
2 Sycamore Hill. The summer is his
u playtimo. He attends to such govern
mental matters as demand his atten-
I. lion, and considers subjects which will
Z not walt until his vacation ends; but
he does not do any work of superero-
q cation in his study. He prefers the
open air. riding with the boys and Miss
Ethel. or sailing or spending the day
In tho woods. Once every years he
takes the boys out into the woods
where they. spend the night, They cook
their own meals. and then they lie
round big camp-nre, while the Presi-
dent tells thom stories OF the big game
he has chased, stories Of Indians and
cowboys, that delight the heart OF the
youngster. i Is q novel way in which
the ruler Of the greatest nation OF
earth finds recreation; but 1t has at
fractions for children of larger growth.
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