The Washington herald., 1907-04-07

Roosevelt ride up. He noticed that his
host had liberal quantities of court
plaster on his face, that he showed some
blood. that he had his right hand tucked
between two buttons Of his waisteoat'
and that when he dismounted he did 50
cautiously.
The friend began to think that he had
had bad fall, but Mr.. Roosevelt was 50
cool and played SO uncOncernediy with
one OF his children that was being wheel
ed by the nurse near the stables, that the
man decided that he was only scratches.
And that was what he himself said when
asked about the matter.
" Only a scratch-iust a little scratch
in a few minutes Mr.. Roosevelt went
into the house and his guest dismissed
the incident from his mind. A quarter Of
an hour later the man was standing IN
front Of the house when horse, COW
cred with lather tore up the driveway.
It's rider a well-known Long Island doc
tor, pulled up at the steps and inquired
'How's Mr.. ROOSEVELT Has he come
homer
What's the matter. doctor? the guest
asked. Yes, he Is home, but as far as !
can see he has only got about a yard OF
court-plaster on his face. He can't be
hurt very much, for he has been playing
with his baby since he came back :
The doctor looked astonished, and eX-
claimed. as he hurried into the house;
Why, mali, he broke his arm when
his horse went down.
"A few days later the same friend met
Mr.. Roosevelt with his arm in a sling on
Fifth avenue, In New York.
Sorry you didn't tell me the other day
that your arm was broken. he said. Per
haps l could he We helped you.
'PO0hl Pooh" Mr.. Roosevelt replied.
It was merely scratch, and turned the
conversation.
HIS Human Side.
The human side of the President
the anecdotes here are new and show
Mr.. Roosevelt in a very kindly light:
Two little girls were going TO Oyster
Bay to visit their grandmother for ii sec
ond time while Mr.. Roosevelt was at his
home there in the summer Of 1893. When
asked if they had seen the President, one
Of them responded;
OF course, have. He goes by our
house almost every day. He always
waves his hand and takes of his hat to
me-
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He takes of his hat 10 all of US.
Well he may 10 that. but he smiles
At me. J know he does. because we are
acquainted. I was on the fence one day.
alone, and he went by on horseback He
leaned over and said, How do you do.
little girl? What is your Nance Ethel,
sir" ] said And after that be always
smiles at me, because he knows me-
zone day he was sitting In his library
there, talking over public affairs with a
friend. when lot Of boys entered the
room.
Uncle Teddy said one, respectfully.
it's after A.
50 it is. responded Mr.. Roosevelt,
looking at the clock. Why didn't you
call me sOOner2 One Of you boys get my
rifle
Then he turned to. his guest. and add
ed. / must ask you 10 excuse me. Wen
talk this ont some other time. I promised
the boys I'd go shooting with them after
Z o'clock. and I never keep boys waiting.
It's a hard trial for a boy To wait.
''Then he walked of down the lawn
with a crowd of boys surrounding him, all
talking at the same time and appealing
constantly To Uncle Teddy
RoOseveit'S Democracy.
Here is an anecdote showing the de-
mocracy Of the President.
'He surprised a painter who was at
work on the White House. He went out
Of the house one day to see how tine men
We're getting on with the;r work. One
of them was swinging his brush in a
leisurely fashion. and air Roosevelt stop
ped near him 70 see how slowly the man
could work. Pretty soon re demanded:
How much do you get a day.
Three and a quarter .he painter re-
piled
That's big pay for such pleasant
work, replied the President, When I
was boy I used 10 think that ,s1uiG
like 80 be a painter. it always appealed
To me, because you can see something
accomplished with each stroke Of the
brush
by this time Mr.. Roosevelt was close
beside the man. who asked him if he did
not want 10 try his hand at painting now
and offered his brush. Much 10 his sur
prise. the President took it. and for a
time covered the wal with paint at q rap
id rate. He went Ger fully ten square
feet OF surface before he surrendered the
brush Then he nodded, as much as 10
say. That is the way you ought 20 work,
and walked over to "a gang Of men who
were shoyeling dirt into a wagon"
The last chapter in the book deals with
''The Political Man" and displays a side
Of the Rooseveltian character that is
fairly well known TO the public.
II is interesting TO recall here, as does
Mr. Douglas, that lac took no public
part in the campaign or his election, till
toward lis close, when charges affecting
his personal honor were made. Then he
issued "a long statement, in the course Of
which he declared that the charges that
he or his campaign committee We're black
mailing corporations and were promising
ito take care Of the corporations which
contributed to the fund to secure his
election were "unqualifedly and afro
ciously false" and concluded: IF elected
I shall go into the Presidency Unhamper-
ed by any pledge, promise. or uuder.
standing of any kind, sort, or description
save my promise. made openly 10 the
American people that so far as in my
power lies, I shall see TO it that every
man has square deal. no less and no
more
The book concludes with a Federation
of President Roosevelt's oft-made declara-
ton that under no circumstances would
he be a candidate for another Presiden-
tial term.
NOW THE ALICE RABBIT.