The Washington times., 1912-10-30
ROOSEVELT NURSE
NOW PRAYING FOR
SPEEDY RECOVERY
Mrs. Ledwith Would Give
Years of Life'To Hear
Speech Tomorrow.

remember your old nurse Is with you
IN mind and spirit is the message
sent to Theodore Roosevelt today On
the eve of his speech IN Madison
Square Garden. The friendly admonl-
tbon to the wounded Progressive can
didate come from a fast failing old
woman. who cannot hear the speech
but who feels the same interest In
Teddy" a. when he played about her
as boy with short euris.
Mrs. Mary Ledwith. once a familiar
hrure about the white House-for she's
had something to do with nursing the
Roo~eveifs s;nce the colonel was a boy
would give something OF her ebbing
nfe today to be able to attend the
Roosevelt speech tonight. But she
can't 30. 80 she wiil send a brother.
who viii attempt to get to the colonel
and whisper the message Of the old
nurse.
Mrs Ledwith has been a nurse for
more than half a century. first In the
family OF Charles Csrow. the father Of
IN the Roosevelt family itself. Teddy
lived next door. In New York. when
Edith csrow was a little girl and Nurse
Isdwith watched the hoy and IN. girl
as they played together. She 10 spend
Ing her seeiinins year, At sts East
quently Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
Roosevelt. whose home she left three
years aro. drop In for an hours chat
With Aunt Mary
Sip Cup Of Tea.
The colonel himself busy man that he
is. sometimes comes By. too. and he and
Aunt Mary" slipped a cup Of tea to-
sesher just before the former President
left for Africa and upon his return.
who eouid have thought that the
Quiet little fellow with the yellow curis
would be President OF the United
states-' unused Mrs. Ledwith today.
Mrs Ledwtth is more than seventy
years old. but time has dealt fairly well
iroubies-she had TO leave the White
HOUSE nursery before the end of the
Roosevelt term-hut mentally she Is
alert and intensely desirous OF knowing
-vyEy'hins sbout the colonel, his cam.
cruel. cruel man out West"
a newspaper man called to see Mrs.
i-s-iwith today and in her prim, grand
rnofheriy fashion she welcomed him IN
20 IN. home Of her brother and sister,
with whom she Is now living:
Praises Colonel
Gone in she said. ''sit down IN
that chair. you'u find Il the most
comfortable. II you want to hear
from me OF Mr.. Roosevelt. you're In
deed welcome. He's the dearest man
the best and the kindest man-that
ever brrathed. Oh. that cruel, cruel
man out West, that he should try to
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s. III" !
n.sNI,'. ,a,,n ern' ' snAt Mrs.
49, 49, Pr.s,s.n, paosn,, nSoin
mae eslaent Mr. Roosevelt
n,he oit OF auhet Iehow tnen.
rouna os hmsen. he had
,enE Yellow curis- Bless my old heart.
, nsncr dld ! dream in those days that
ever would grown TO be great. big.
fns President Of the United States like
hr; Lincoln
Mr. Carow's home then was at FOUR
teenth street and Broadway" she added,
ard q ine home Il was. Mr.. Roose-
velts father lived next door. and he
and little Edith-her that's now Mrs.
EeoseSeft-played together all day long.
her nurse. Then when she grew up and
Mr.. Roosevelt came home from college
-, AID me her maid. hut we lovsd
..rh osher b.., the same vh.,her
90. nurs~ or maid
q -, a. Ionio, with than, uha,
,n..- -. ,.rrdd snd r ,oo,x "a ~ ~
- 80 -, ,h.,- a.. 80. it,.
80. S.th c tney n,s. weht 70 nve
- a.u en wheh sney
-. '" msse sne,I noine AZ Saga
Lore hilL " was JOY 10 me 70 see
NJ hoo-efeit grow from a slight little
tsnoS 10 De the Dig. heaithy man ne 10
to1.y-
fne enidren that were oorm to
tn-m we're my own charges. Theo-
Core. tr-. came first. and / looked out
Tor him. but Kermit came soon after.
- i l-t the other nurse look out for
Th~odore. VINO was strong and healthy.
and took Kermit for my own charge.
Yes. sir. ! looked out for them all
Nhen Mr.. Roosevelt went up to AL
hany as governor. and then I was Just
% careful of them when had to live
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