Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-10-28
Congratu|atory kilograms Re-
ceNed from All Parts of the
Country as Well as Numer-
Gus Gifts.
BULL MOOSE PAINTING
PLEASES HIM MOST
Doctors Visit Sycamore Hill.
During Afternoon and Dress
CoIoneFs Wouadi Pronounce
Condition Satisfactory,
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oyster Bay, oct. 2a.-Tuday was
Theodore RooscVelts filty-fourth
birthday and he celebrated II quietly
indoors with his family
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel, Theo-
dore, Jr ana his wife, ana quentin
sat down at the table for the birth
day dinner with the head of the fam
ily Kermit Archie ana Mrs Nicho-
las l.ongworth We're unable to be
there.
In the afternoon. the Emin Roose-
velts dropped in to extend their con
glatulations and oscar Straus. pro-
gi essiVe candidate for governor of
New York, and Mrs. Straus, came
from New York by automobile.
Colonel Roosevelt did not leave the
house today. This afternoon DR.. Al
exander Lambert and Or. George T.
Brewer came from New York to dress
his wound and found that their
patient was continuing to improve
Birthday tclegrams came in all day
long. one was from John L. Sulli
van. Every good wish to YOU on
your fIfty-fourth birthday the for
mer pugilist wired @and GODS bless
ings as well all your life"
OF all the birthday gifts that came
to him, Colonel Roosevelt was espe-
cially proud Of a painting of bun
moose by a New York artist The
was presented to him by August
Heckshcr, of Huntington
The gift most peculiarly gwen came
from IA woman whose name Is not
known to the colonel or his family.
The woman. about sixty years old
dressed in black with Il large bun
die under her arm, stepped from the
noon train and inquired the way to
Sycamore Hill. She walked the three
miles through the village, along the
shore of the bay and up the hill.
When Colonel Roosevelt's butler
Jim came to the door. In answer
to her ring, she gave him the bundle.
II didn't come to see him, she
said. 81 have come from Boston to
give him this present on his fIfty
fourth birthday"
With that she turned away and
started down the hin Jim opened
the bundle and saw it was small
oii pdiiltiHS. ilt NttiIifu ~ " 'ii' |
colonel.
The woman WAS seen as she trudg- |
ed back to the station to take the |
next train for New York. she re-
fused to give her name or any infor- |
nation about herself except that she
was from Boston.
"It's nothing" she said II just
came from Boston to leave the paint
ing for Colonel Roosevelt. whom | |
admire very greatly. Now ! am go-
ing back to Boston"
Colonel Roosevclt's physicians is- |
sued the following bulletin today:
Colonel Roosevelt's wound shows |
marked progress in healns There is
no reasonable doubt that he viii be |
lble to speak on Wednesday night /
There is some ocdema of the chest .
which make It necessary to
forbid his Shaking hands Colonel /
Roosevelt viii return to oyster Bay
Immediately after the speech.
DIR GEORGE BREWER,
"DR LAMBERT"
Or. Lambert explained that by the
.erm oedema was meant a I'd bruisc
iue to the impact of the bullet
Colonel Roosevelt expects to do
more work tomorrow than on any
previous day since his return His
physicians said 1t would ont of the
question for him to speak in Brook
yn on Saturday night as he has been
urged to do. by Brooklyn progress
siVes.