The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-08-29
Secretary ROOT
fast Recovering
REoAINiNG HIS HEALTH AND EN-
EReY AT WRESTLER MuL.
DooN's FARM.
No Occasion for wo~ry-1as Spent
Three Weeks at sanitarium Un.
known to Pubiic-ReceIved One
Visit from the President,


New York, Aug. 24.-Secretary Of
State Elihu Root, who has already
spent three weeks at the farms .sani.
tarium of William c. MuIdoon. ex.
champion wrestler, near White Plains.
taking Mr.. Muldoon's course of ath-
letic treatment for severe attack Of
nervous exhaustion, expects to COM
plete his cure In two weeks more. He
Is now well on the road to complete
recovery, and all reason for appre-
hension about his health seems to
have disappeared
On the quiet farm among the West
Chester hills, so secluded that the sec.
retary of state was enabled to pass
three weeks there and be visited by
the president of the United States be-
fore his whereabouts were discovered
by the public, Mr.. Root has fieshed up.
put on healthy coat OF tan, lost the
drawn, worried look Of the early sum-
mer, and will go back to Washington,
as Mr.. Muldoon phrases It, "the strong
est member Of the cabinet, not even
barring Taft"
Now Full Of Energy.
During the first two weeks OF his
stay he gained pound day, acquir-
ing Herewith such a stock Of energy
that he was able Friday to ride IS
miles. walk three miles and In addi-
ton to the usual course Of exercise
with the big medicine bali, box Is
vigorous minutes with Muldoon.
When visited Friday on the veranda
OF the Muldoon residence, his face
showed good color his eyes were clear
and his hand steady. He looked a
tribe tired but otherwise well. Mr..
Root asked to be excused from talk
Ing about his health, but his appear
ance was a sufficient contradiction OF
the exaggerated reports of a complete
breakdown. His physician visited
him but left without making any ar.
rangements for his return.
Had Nervous Exhaustion.
According to Mr.. Muldoon, Secretary
Root, when he arrived, was suffering
from nervous exhaustion. the result Of
overwork and strain.
He wae very nervous" said the ex-
athlete. more so than I ordinarily
care to see patients. His brain was
tired; he was anxious and worried
about things which never happened |
and never could happen He was very |
weak then. and when he goes back |
he'll be the strongest member of the |
cabinet. He is taking a course of ex- |
ercise suited to his age and strength |
and goes at his work with the energy
you would expect from a man who
has come to the front as he has. He
knows something about boxing, too;
seems TO have learned It as a boy and
never forgotten"
During his stay at White Plains
Mr.. Root has been resting as much as
possible from mental work. 1t was
part OF the agreement with Muldoon
hat no one should be allowed to see
lin except his secretary, his physi-
dan and Mrs. Root, and until Friday
his rule had been violated only once
in favor of President Roosevelt. who
uring the first week of Mr.. Roots
tay motored over with his family to
ay brief call. Though no special
Mort had been made at secrecy, Mr..
'oots presence had been quite un.
oticed. He had ridden almost daily
18th the other patients over the roads
bout White Plains. several times
assing through the town, and had
eoeived his private secretary for the
OF necessary state depart
tent business. His presence at the
became known through the
ling at the local telegraph Office of
Ispatches for the state department.