Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-24
ROOT AT MULDOON'S
Taking Physical Culture ours
 For Nerves.
HAS BEEN THERE THREE WEEKS.
Kept His Presence Secret Despfte Visit From President Roosevelt. He Is Getting Bettes-Rtdes
 Many Mtles.

He Is Getting Bcttor-Rt0es
 Many Miles.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 24.--Secretary of State Elihu Root, who has already spent three weeks at the farm sani- tarium of William c. Muldoon. ex- champion wrestler, near White Plains, taking Mir. Muldoon's course of ath- letic treatment for q severe attack of nervous exhaustion, expects to com plete his cure in two weeks more. He is now well on the road to com plete recovery, and all reason for ap- prehension about his health seems to ] have disappeared.
 On the quiet farm among the Vest chester hills, so secluded that the secretary of state was enabled to pass three weeks there and be visited by the president of the United States before his whereabouts were discov- cred by the public, MT. Root has heshed up, put on healthy coat of tan, lost the drawn, worried look of the early summer and will go back to Washington Gas MT. Muldoon phrases it) ''the strongest member of the cabi- net, not even barring Taft" During the first two weeks of his stay he gained a pound day, acquiring herewith such stock of energy that he was able yesterday to ride eighteen miles, walk three miles, and, in ad., dition to the usual course of exercise with the big machine ball, box fifteen vigorous minutes with Muldoon.
 When visited on the veranda of the Muldoon residence his face showedI good color, his eyes were clear andl his hand steady. He looked trifeI tired. but otherwise we'll MT. Root asked to be excused from talking, about his health, but his appearancei was sufficient contradiction of the exaggerated reports of a complete breakdown.
 According to Mir. Muldoon, Secretary, Root, when he arrived, was suffering from nervous exhaustion, the result of overwork and strain. He was veryd nervous" said Muldoon. more so thanl l ordinarily care to see patients. Hisi brain was tired; he was anxious and worried about things which never hap-l pened and never could happen. He was very weak then, but when hei goes back he'll be the strongest mem- Der of the cabinet. He is taking q course of exercise suited to his age and strength, and goes at his work with the energy you would expect from man who has come to the front as he has. He knows something about box ing, too; seems to have learned 1t as a boy and never forgotten"
 During his stay at White Plains MT. Root has been resting as much as pos sible from mental work. 1t was part of the agreement with Muldoon that no one should be allowed to see him except his secretary. physician and Mrs Root, and until now this rule has been violated only once, in favor of President Roosevelt, who, during the first week of MT. Roots stay. motored over with his family to pay q brief call. Though no special effort had been made at secrecy, MT. Roots pres- ence had been quite unnoticed. He had ridden almost daily with the other patients over the roads about White Plains. several times passing through the town. and had received his private secretary for the transaction of neces- sary state department business. His presence at the sanitarium becameI known through the filing at the local telegraph office of dispatches for the state department.