Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-29
SECRETARY ROOT
fast Recovering
anE4AlNIho HIS health AND EN-.
ERoY At WRESTLER MUL-
D0ON's FARM.
mo Occasion for Worry--+4as Spent
Three Weeks at santtartum I'm
known to PubIfc-Rece1ved Ono
Nisit from the President

A%0" AOIhs Aug. S4.-~S9CrGIdry OF
State EHhu Root who has already
spent three weeks at the farm~sant-
tarium Of William G. Mu1doon, ex-
champion wrestler, near White Plains,
taking Mr.. Muldoon's course Of ath-
1stic treatment for severe attack of
nervous exhaustion, expects to COM
plete his cure In two weeks more. He
ds now well on the road to complete
recovery, and all reason for appre-
lhension about his health seems to
have disappeared.
On the quiet farm among the West
Chester hills, so secluded that the sec
Rotary 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
ner, and will go back to Washington,
as Mr.. Muldoon phrases 1t, "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 a pound day, acquir-
Ing Herewith such stock of energy
that he was able Friday to ride 10
miles. walk three miles and in addi
ton to the usual course Of exercise
with the big medicine ball, 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
-trifle tired but otherwise we'll Mr.
Root asked to be excused from talk
ing about his health, but his appear
-ance was sufficient contradiction of
the exaggerated reports of a complete
breakdown. His physician visited
him but left without making any ar
engagements for his return
Had Nervous Exhaustion.
According to Mr.. Muldoon, Secretary
Root. when he arrived was suffering
from nervous exhaustion. the result of
7overwork and strain.
He was very nervous" said the OK
athleta, more so than l 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-
10 IT.
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 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
that no one should be allowed to see
him except his secretary, his physi-
clan and Mrs. Root, and until Friday
this rule had been violated only once
in favor Of President Roosevelt, who
during the first week of Mr. Roots
stay motored over with his family to
pay a brief call. Though no special
effort had been made at secrecy, Mr..
Roots presence had been quite un-
noticed. 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 necessary state depart,
,sanitarium became known through the
fling at the local telegraph office of
dispatches for the state department.
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