The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-08
GERMAN DAY.
FOR ROOSEVELT
Former President Has Great
Time in City Where Beer
Is Famous.
DISREGARDS PROGRAMME
AND DOES AS HE PLEASES
Shows Marked Interest in the
Training Schools and Highly
Praises Their Work.

MILWAUKEE. Sept, THE Germans
had their day with cX-President Roose-
welt today. Beginning the day with a
tiff with Mnwaukec's Socialist mayor.
Emil Sidel. who Is a German. Colonel
Roosevelt put in the scheduled hours OF
his visit here by roaming about the city
at WILL making his own programme as
he went.
attended two lunChcons and dinner
took an automobile ride to Whitefish bay,
a summer resort on the lake shore. near
Milwaukee, and addressed two huge audi
ences tonight, Late in the evening he
went 10 his car to start early in the
morning for Freeport, H., where he Is to
speak tomorrow. and for Chicago, whlch
he is to visit later in the day.
Guest of Pinchot.
The Milwaukee Press club had the
colonel in hand In honor of the day. the
club got out the first and last edition
of the Big Stick n newspaper DEVOTED
exclusively to Colonel Roosevelts affairs;
In il there was a letter by Mayor Sidcl
explaining why he would not serve as a
member OF the committee to welcome
Colonel Roosevelt. He considered that
something which the colonel had written
about Socialism was uukind and said
that the colonel could not expect him to
welcome him. Before he had his break
fast, Colonel Roosevelt issued Il reply,
telling people that he would prefer to
have them read what he had written
rather than what the mayor said about
what he had written.
The colonel said that the fact that the
city administration was not represented
in the official ceremonies OF the day did
not trouble him at all
The original programme Tor the daN
included six speeches and visits TO
dozen places. Colonel Roosevelt looked 1t
over as soon as he arrived and said that
he could not possibly get 1t all done in
one day.
Makes Own Programme.
lie cast the programme aside and made
one out for himself He wanted to visit
tho trades schools and started for them.
Al the boys trades school. where the
youths of Milwaukee are taught useful
occupations. chiefly mechanics, the colo
Dcl spent nearly an hour in questioning
the instructors and students about their
work.
He refused absolutely to give any ad-
vice.
I'm here TO learn. not TO teach" he
said
What work does your father do?" he
asked boy of il, who Is learning to be
a pattern maker
''He is u pattern maker" the boy re-
"Fine" exclaimed the colonel He was
told that many mechanics send their sons
to the school. He went through the
place questioning boys who we're learning
plumbing. carpentering and engine-mak-
Ing.
1T is important that each man should
do little more than pull his own weight
in the world" he said as the boys gath
erod around him And ii is of vital
to him 10 have him trained
so that he can begin early instead OF
leaving him TO bo trained in Il haplazard
way That is what this school is doing"
Joke on One Boy.
He shook hands with all the boys and
then went downstairs, where there was
more hanGshakng. As one little boy |
edged up to him the colonel pointed his |
finger at him and said:
"Ha. IIa! You're ringer I shook
hands with you upstairs" but he shook |
the boys hand again. Then the colonel
went to the west side TO the girls |
school. He saw the girls at work there. |
learning to and cook Around the |
walls OF the sewing room were exhibits |
OF tho work done there, from simple |
aprons. which almost any ono can make. |
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