The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-03-25

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R0ogsyeit Eyeglasses and tssth gives
then the ehiEefs.
Wien He Started
ft bee Been 5uas sb0us 4 year since
colone' Roosevelt LETT New Xork 81
fla efsamsr Hamburg bognd Tor the
dark continent On board b made
himself most popular with the other
passenger b. bis democfefie and an
Assuming demeanor and fFiendliness
ne t0uchsd q Gibraltar and neszina
on the way, bus requested that al
formal receptions - eliminated. ~ ~
traveied only 81 e private citizen IN
Alsssina ho vas gEeoted % person by
the king 81 ltaly and was touched b
the warn Wolcoms o. the people, which
be accepted as q token o. their thank
fulness f0r he American Felief WoFk
following tha great earthquake. The
one thought hs expressed at this dem
onstfation was pride in being an Amer
lean and "a standing kor the time 81
the symbol 81 ne country that had
helped theso people n thair calamity.
Theodore Roonsgeli's enemies have &C.
cuBed him % megalOmania, but there
was no tgaco u & IA his bearing IN
stricken Negsina his attitude was
human and dne. 10 me truth n more
than party. and. while ] have not al
ways agreed with Theodore Roosevelt
IN politics, in methods. 90 shooting all
the animals iaft o. even "a historical
Judgments. like him because IN the
main be brushes aside seemiDgs and
gets down % the fundamental truth Of
things. AZ the heart be a right.
am Wiling % OVERLOOK 81 sorfs or
minor failings n q man OF whom that
can be said.
Let ~ return 70 the African expedi-
don. In writing Of Roosevelt have
hard work 60 bold myself down 20
Roosevelt the huater and not branch
on on Roosevelt the politician and
m0Falist. I must confess that RoOse-
veIt the hunter does not particularly
interest me. while Roosevelt the poll
tician and mOralist interests me im-
mensely. However. alI sides Of the
man are necessary IN studying him,
ard n d Roosevelt the hunter we are
considering m this arucie. there are
scores Of men who can shoot Hons.
blppos and ginkdoodies, but only q
few who can lead q nation TO better
things. Gtiii, even the leader must
have hiB hours Of recreation. and these
are worthy OF notice not because o. the
recreation, but because Of him. nOose-
welt not only had bis hours Of recrea-
ton. but bis year Of H. and Il was no
commonplace recreation az that
Beginning Of the Hunt.
The Roosevelt expedition landed on
the coast OF Africa &C MOmbasa and
proceeded inland 10 Nairobi, where
4 established IT, base. On the trip
up Il is narrated that the colonel
rode on the pilot Of the engine Riding
on the pilot 10 no uncommon occur
renee IN Africa. though not practiced
much 81 America foF the reason that
e causes one 10 collide too violently
with the atmosphere, IN the ROose-
welt party were Kermit, the son and
ostonslble photographers, although In
the end be proved q better rifle shot
than the old man; n. J. Cunninghame,
q mighty English hunter, who went
along because OF bis knowledge OF the
game and Of the country Major Edgar
A. Mearns. J. Alden kring and Ed.
mund Heller, representing the smith
sonian institution. and \ small army
Of natives. who bore burdens. beat up
game and made themselves generally
useful. The party took several trips
out from Nairohi and shot enough
game 20 make the Smithsonian lnsti-
tuition look like q petrined section Of
Africa transplanted 70 The banks Of
the Potomac Taking Il by and large,
the Roosevelt expedition was probably
the most elaborate and deadly that has
Invaded Africa since the time Of the
elder seipio or az least since the Cloths
and Yandals ravaged the noFthern
edge Of the continent m the last days
Of Augustine. zee the popular notion
that Roosevelt slaughtered al the ani.
mails IN Africa Il Ear from correct.
There ssill y en- occasional Hon, ele-
plant. hippopotamus o. dlgdle. while
ne war; hos. buGAlo. Ehlnoc1ros and