The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-24

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suTvsytng the exAlhstsoa OF Afrsxaa
animals, and gave IN animated lsc-
iure On tAe subject
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the National Museum was TIE pre-
sentation 10 the museum % tie Unit
ed States nag that accompanied she
expedition During fha entIre trip IN
Africa the nag. carried ny = natlvs.
preceded the column when ne expe-
dition was on the move. and when as
rest. IL vas planted In front o. the
Colonel's tent
The depcsiting Of this Interesting
relic was due 10 Colonel MsarnsL
One OF the most satisfying features
OF Colonel Roosevelts visit TO the
museum was the assurances he re-
ceived from officials that the collee-
ton from Africa was certain 10 prove
OF great scientific value.
by George!" said the Colonel.
I'm glad 10 hear you say that. I'm
glad to hear the trip did good"
Colonel Roosevelt had nothing TO
say ON politics
He is a guest at the Longworth
home while here. This morning he
received a number OF old friends at
the Longworth house.
Met General Wood.
Among them was General Leonard
Wood and a number OF the Govern
ment scientists. After that, IS soon
as he could break away, he headed
for the Museum. where Secretary
Walcott, Of the Smithsonian and 9th
er officials, received him warmly.
After the visit to the Museum. Col.
Roosevelt went to lunch at the home
of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, editor OF the
Graphic Magazine.
This afternoon at 4:30 Mrs. Long
worth opened her home to a number
OF officials and their wives, including
Cabinet members and their wives.
Colonel Roosevelt wanted to call on
a large number of old official friends
while here, but he found 1t impossi-
bic to do SO. Hence Mrs. Longworth
arranged to have this informal recep-
ton at her home.
Tonight the Colonel will be the
guest at dinner at Rauscher's, Civ
en- by Charles d. Walcott, Secretary
of the Smithsonian. Any number of
old friends were insistent on seeing
the former President to-day. He saw
all he could find time to, but 1t was
impossible to meet all OF them. He
will go to Oyster Bay tomorrow
morning. His visit to Washington Is
the first he has made since he left the
White House.
Met Genuine Welcome.
The Colonel had typical Roose-
veltian time after his arrival ip
Washington at 4:20 yesterday after
noon. At the Press Club he met a
hundred or so Washington newspaper
men, many of whom had been inti-
mately associated with him during
the seven years Mr.. Roosevelt spent
in the White House. At night he told
the most distinguished audience ever
assembled in Convention Hall about
wild Man and Wild Beast in Afri-
Ca"
At both receptions the Colonel was
enthusiastically greeted; the welcome
was genuine and the Colonel express
There was hardly breathing room at
the Press Club and the guest privi-
leges had to be curtailed. There was
not a seat left at Convention Hall,
which was not filled with diblomats,
jurors, Cabinet officers, and men and
women prominent in the official, So
cial, and commercial life of the Cap
ital.
Careful on Politics.
Those who expected the Colonel to
break his silence while in Washington
concerning the recent elections were
disappointed. At the Press Club and
at the National Geographical Society
address the contributing editor and
faunal naturalist let slip just sem
tence or so, clothed with ambiguity,
which possibly might be construed
as reference to politics. Every one
pricked up ears. only to have the
Colonel dart OFF upon another sub
ject without explaining what he
meant.
These Be Full of Meaning.
''I do not want to make and COM
ments." he said at the Press Club.
ST vas thinking of one, however, that
would be sufficiently inclusive. I
wish to say that every dog has his
day, but the nights belong to the
cats"
What did the Colonel mean? Must
one infer that the Colonel already
has had his day, or that it is yet to
come? And who are the cats? The
old guard-the reactionaries? Ev-
erybody is entitled to guess.
Again, at Convention Hall, the Col
onel, discussing an African Judge:
+ 'tI don't think the most sensitive
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