The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
Quiet Life for Them
Teddy Jr. and Bride
Son Of Former President
Arrives at St. Francis
With His Wife

However great may be the fame of
his father, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., who,
accompanied by his bride. arrived in
San Francisco last night, made it pail
pably evident soon after taking up his
he had no intention of rejecting in it,
and that he wished above all things to
start his life here in an unassuming
and unpretentious manner Fearing
somewhat embarrassing welcome, the
bride and grooh attempted to avoid
discovery by travelling under the
assumed names of James L. Rockwell
and wife of Philadelphia. He comes
here to take the position of assistant
to A f. fowler of the Hartford carpet
! company.
No sooner had they entered the hotel
than they were recognized. Accepting
the inevitable with grin, young
Roosevelt led his wife to their suite, the
two remaining in their rooms the en-
tire evening, preferring the seclusion to
the task of facing the curious crowd
about the hotel lobby.
Wants Quiet Life
The young man, thoroughly and
purely democratic, showed in giving
out brief interview that he was pos
sessed of an unusually large amount of
|
oughly sincere in his expressions to
live quiet life
4 do not care for unmerited prom
inence,7 he remarked with laugh.
! The sole desire of myself and Mrs
Roosevelt is to live quiet life and to
settle down like any other couple with
a limited income We intend to live in
San Francisco and shall stay at the st.
! Francis hotel until we can find suit
able place in which to make our per-
manent home.
This was the tone of his conversation
regarding himself throughout When
/ ever the opportunity offered he was
| ready to talk on any other subject
but not for publication.
LikCS (dl pct DuSDHCoS
The carpet business. he said, he
! picked because he liked it, "The busi-
ness is substantial one he said
"and 1 have decided liking for it.
have no desire to attain inordinate
wealth
/ He spoke freely of his life in the
factory, saying that after graduating
from Harvard he went to work opening
bales. From this he was promoted to
working on the looms and then fixing
theh machines out of repair and to be
general roustabout in the factory
Ultimately he was appointed over "a
gang of workman and then, receiving
of the Hartford carpet company as as
sistant to A. f. fowler, the manager,
| he closed with it and will begin his
new duties August 1.
In reply to questions as to whether
or not he woul daccede to the requests
of several citizens of Berkeley to join
them there, he said:
Il intend to live in San Francisco
and be a San Franciscan
Having in his college days taken
keen interest in athletics of all kinds
he showed a healthy interest in the
Forthcoming prize fight. but when
asked what views he had on the pugii-
istic situation he responded with
genial smile and nothing more 1t
was the same with his politics and
those of his father. He fully recog-
nized the fact that apart from being
the son of his father he was nothing
more than young businessman, no
different from hundreds of Others and
he steadfastly refused to commit him
self in any way or draw to himself
"unmerited prominence"
In Dread of Notoriety
He explained that his only reason
for taking assumed names on his trip
west was to save himself and his wife
from the embarrassing stares OF their
fellow passengers hoping that some
way or other they would be able to
go through their honeymoon in peace
and quietude
His bride, was formerly Miss Eleanor
Butler Alexander, the daughter of Mrs.
Henry Addison Alexander of New
York The two were married June 21
in the Fifth avenue Presbyterian
church in New York and immediately
sfterward left on their western trip.
Just what his exact duties in the
carpet store would be Roosevelt did not
know, saying he is under TowIer's
orders and wolId a hide NV flor, r.
appearance Roosevelt is not unlike his
father, but the resemblance is not
marked to any great degree. He has
an open, frank face, fairly large
sspse of humor and democratic cour-
tesy which he extended to all with
whom he came into contact. His
haunting fear seemed to be that his
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