New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-02
.QUEN7|N'S SNAKE JOKE
Presidents Son Livene. Up White
House With His Pets.
DASHED IN ON ROLLER SKATES
Made Attorney General Bonaparte
Hurriedly Ascend Back Of His Chair.
Ex-Congressman Lacey Mounted a
Table, While Hepburn Initiated a
Snake Charmer.


Table, While Hepburn Initiated
Snake Charmer.
Three healthy snakes, under the aus
pieces of Quentin Roosevelt, recently
broke up a conference between the
president Of the United States and the
attorney general thereof, gave the al
legged author Of the Hepburn rate bill
chance to pose as snake charmer
and reconciled John f. Lacey to his
retirement from public life, says a
Washington special dispatch to the
New York Times
Quentin had a couple Of snakes at
Oyster Bay. Shortly before the de-
parture one of the reptiles turned up
missing. Quentin was inconsolable
and requisi :oned the whole family
from his august father down into a
search. At last the snake was given
up as hopelessly lost. The other day,
however, Quentin dashed into the
room where the president was adding
few touches to his annual message,
topped damp snake down on the
document which the frenzied fnanciers
Of Wall street are awaiting SO eagerly
and shouted gleefully:
Here he is. 1 thought you'd be
glad to know that he's come back"
The president dissembled his joy and
coaXed Quentin away.
When the family got to Washington
1t was ascertained that the runaway
snake was a little tired and that his
colleague was not much better SO
Quentin was instructed to take them
both down to a snakeologist named
Schmitz and have them rejuvenated.
Quentin appeared so sad over having
to part with his pets even for a day
or two that Schmitz, to console him,
loaned him king snake and two Sec
ondary serpents. Quentin skated up
Pennsylvania avenue in hot haste,
with snakes twined around both arms,
and dashed into the executive mansion
without stopping to take off his roller
skates
At that moment the president was in
deep conference over the Oklahoma
constitution with Attorney General
Bonaparte, and in the next room Rep
resentative W. P. Hepburn and e1
Representative John T. Lacey were
awaiting their turn. Quentin was
speeding through the outer office,
skates and all, on his way to the con
ference room when Mr.. Loeb dexter
ously surrounded him and asked what
he was going to do.
'Going to show my father my new
snakes" responded Quentin
"But the attorney general is with
him, and they may not want to see
the snakes argued Loeb
ooh. yes, they WILL" argued Quentin
confidently; my father likes snakes
Loeb finally prevailed on him to sit
down and wait, but the length Of the
conference got on his nerves, and when
Loeb was not looking Quentin opened
the door and skated in.
"This question of infringement" the
attorney general was saying. 'The
question is whether an infringement Of
the enabling act is Or is not substan-
tial one. If only a minor infringe
ment-wow." So saying the attorney
general hurriedly assembled the back Of
his chair. Before him was boy on
roller skates with a king snake twined
around one arm and two subsidiary
snakes coiled around the other, all
with their mouths Hospitality open in
the attorney generals direction.
whats the matter?" demanded
Quentin. ''Aren't they lovely snakes ~
"Quentin," said the president conf
dentially, 81 don't believe Mr.. Bona
| parte is much interested in snakes.
/ Suppose you go into the next room.
Pete Hepburn and Lacey are in there,
and they are very fond of snakes
Into the next room skated Quentin,
with the look on his face, as one of the
four participants in the scene after
ward said. "of one absolutely sure OF
meeting two congenial spirits"
/ ''See what I've got,' sang Quentin.
'Look at what the boy has, Pete,' .
said Lacey, with a fond smile.
''Toy snakes twined round his arm
Wonderful, isn't it? How lifelike they
make the things nowadays! Come
here, son, and let me-holy Mosesv
And Lacey climbed a table.
A minute later the president peepe6
into the room, grinning. The kins
snake had wriggled up inside Quen
tins sleeve so that only the tip of his
tail was left visible. Quentin had ap
pealed to Hepburn to get him out, an6
the chairman of the interstate and for
eign commerce committee of the house
trying to look as If he liked it, had holt
of the snakes tail and was trying hi
best to pull him forth.
.Fond Of snakes, Pete?" chortled th,
president.
Hepburn mustered a feeble simula
crum Of a jovial grin, pulled the snak
out and wiped his brow.
Later in the afternoon Quentin
brought the snakes to his father an,
said there was something the matte
with them. The president looked AM