The evening world., 1908-10-15
'ROOSEvELT|AN
FACT AND FABLE
WOMAN'S THEME
"To the Galleries to Whom
Hero Has Played" Her
Book Is Dedicated.
FLOUTS "MY Policies"
Believes Everything Was
Wrong Until He Touched
IT," Mrs. Hale Says.
FLOUTS "MY POLICIES. "
A DEDICATION.

heresy of hereses, woman In
the person OF Mrs. Annie Riley Hale, OF
Washington, D. c.. has dared to come
out in a book printed by the Broadway
Publishing Company and entitled
"Rooseveltian Fact and Fable" in
which she lays herself open to a charge
of lese majestic and makes herself a
possible first candidate among women
| for the Ananias Club.
Mrs. Hale. We are told. is simply in
| terested in politics. and was especially
DESTROYS that the book be placed on
the market so that II might be used in
the present campaign. What subtle in
| fluece can be working here? 1t is pos
sihle that she is subsidized by the Demo-
| cratic National Committee, or does she
simply wish to see father. friend or
sweetheart elected to high office?
Hands Him Lemon"
Mrs. Hale starts right in with the
| President almost as soon as he is out
of his swaddling Harvard pantaloons,
and attacks his motives. his principles
and his actions
Hill-or rather didn't go up-untiI he
forced the nomination of Taft down the
threats Of the people. she gently
| passes him the lemon"
He early exhibited the restless en-
ergy whcih delights in stirring up
things, and an Unsuitable desire for
the limelight which time hath not
abated. In the first year he learned
the value of dramatic display and the
| full importance of liberal advertising"
Going on, she says few words OF
his biogrn pliers Jacob Riis. whom.
she FAY &c President always cails
New y. best citizen" is referred
to as the .,voted Riis," the faithful
Riis." Francis Scupp. Indian Commits
s!oner. Is referred TO as "Apologst
Supp"
His Bow in Politics.
OF the Presidents entrance into poll
tics. when Blaine and Cleveland were
in the lists, she has this to say:
And what of Theodore Roosevelt In
this crisis? The Cleveland programme
was the Roosevelt programme. as Roose-
welt himself had noisily proclaimed it
from his seat among the reformers.
Surely, for this earnest. inss;ent young
'roformer' OF lofty ideals and Clamorous
| honesty there could ne but one choice
between these two. Nay, gentle reader.
be not o erhasty in judging the actions
OF the great. Theodore Roosevelt babe
ndieu to his reform associates without a
tremor and chccrily took his stand unde.'
the banner OF tho 'Pulned knight.
As to nv policies she SAYS:
so many ideas and policies have
been attributed 10 Mr.. Roosevelt which
rirhtfully belonged elsewhere that It is
positively refreshing so encounter Cne
Roosevetian idea whose authorship Is
undisputed,"
Had Good Abb.
AS proof ~ the fact that the Presi-
dent could prove all allLi Gt san Juan
lin sHo quotes his own words:
I'VE rau splendid view ~ the charge
on san JUau bloc kho"se 20 our left and
thhl %: n milo 80 from. where the IN
fan'ry Of lscut led hy Hawkins. was
climbing the Hin"
ont OF tn" entertaining notion that
the universe somehow or otter rcv0lyex
about iis htlt " ST." says, proceeds that
other onRG2:.g idea thni cForythiuG
WIS WRONG UH'l lp i,r, Nod /. "
+lo i7 positive Tint be Would have At
tempted 20 reform ali ;hc otter Grca;
statesmen hGi tl"y lot passed OF tie
JlIrts before hts Tine
Mrs. Halo handles Rp1ecpc,t's mock
investigation 81 the New York state
Trust Company viii" hr was Go, cgno.,
without Gurcs. Sic s."E tina, AdJt.-
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