The Washington times., 1912-10-16
ROOSEVELT WILL
RECOVER QUICKLY,
DOCTORS BELIEVE
Restless, However, Until Eff
feet of Medicine
Wears Of.
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

the corridors let the faint tick of a
telegraph instrument filter into the
silenced' halls. The colonel had not
forgotten "the boys" as he designated
the newspaper correspondents on the
news vigil at the hospital.
"Iil hurry up and yet out OF this, so
We. can finish our trip. boys" was his
greeting to the newspapermen ad-
mitted to his room on the order Of the
news .....
Colonel Rooseveit's., fresh air is made
TO order for him by an electrical DEVICE.
The hospital atmosphere seemed stuffy
to the colonel, and he demanded that
all windows be opened. r.. y o.
Dr. Terrell installed an ozone ma
chine, e,, a tiny spsrkins affair: which 1,Ea,
discharges of a thunder storm in re-
grouping, the oxygen atoms OF the air
into the ozone combination.
The colonel readily appreciated. the
change Of atmosphere. -
Now give some Of your time to room
3l1,,' he said, directing Miss Welter TO
prepare for the arrival OF Mrs. Roose-
Welt. Room 3i2 is to be used by Mrs.
E. j. .kimbail. the male nurse. was
dtspatched by the colonel to obtain cer-
tain perfumes and colognes and to at
tend to. other minor details for the COM
fort Of Mrs Roosevelt. .r
Tnere TO Satlsry Fr1enos."
Mrs. Roosevelt is not to be allowed
to think this wound is more than q
slight injury" warned the colonel.
speaking to one OF the surgeons. THE
only reason i am standing for this In
ton and to satisfy my friends"
The colonel paid no, attention to the
chart of his clinical record.
Already the confinement has begun to
wear on the. colonel. As the doctors
took his temperature and pulse this
morning he chstted about the possibility
colonel chatted pleasantiy with the in
terpes who We're In the room,
His pulse Is better than mine right
he left the room. The colonel. however,
In his anxiety to leave the hospital and
resume the campaign did not long for
get the coming OF his wife.
No. time. was lost In escorting Mrs.
Roosevelt to her husbands room. Word
had been flashed TO the hospital Of the
coming of the Roosevelt party. DIR.
Terrell was waiting st .nss the elevator ,r% and
automobile that brought her from the
Engiewood station she was taken to
his bedside. -
81 am Or. Terrell said the physician
ccloneL Is waiting for you. Just step
Gown the hall with me-"
Enters Sick Room Alone.
Dir. Terrell led the way down the hall
Mrs. Roosevelt walked by his side. Miss
Ethel and Theodore. jr., followed. Al
the door Mrs. Roosevelt halted and
glanced back at her children. Or, Ter
iell opered the door and Mrs. Roosevelt
stepped In alone and the door was
c'osed. The others waited in the cor
riGor. .r
The rest OF the party then went in:o
the second room Of the suite and few
minutes later greeted their father.
Just before Mrs. Roosevelt arrived the
physicians who had examined the re.
lorts OF the Eurses during the night and
had talked with the colonel for, a few
moments, issuel the first formal buile.
tin " the day. It was exceedingly
hopeful. The bulletin showed that III,
temperature VAS nearly normal; tina
the rulse was slower than IT was last
light: irritation around the wound WIZ.
decreasing and general conditions weft
normal The doctors were Of the opin
lon that II no symptoms indicating In
Iecti9n hrose during the dry the coione
could be pronounced entirely out OF
daDger.'
The colonel was in high spirit
I'm feeiing bully was his declara.
tion to DR.. Terrell.
Dr.. Terrell tried to enforce the In.
junction against talking but the colonel
"'Nonsense,'' he said. when DR.. Ter.
rel warned him. I'm all right"
nurse; pronounced Colonel Roosevelt
duty this morning.
IT'S duty OF nurse to forget her
patient as soon as she leaves him. =
said Miss Fltzgs raid. "but cannot
help remembering and feeling Impressed
by Colonel Roosevelt HIS every move
showed confederation for and under.
standing Of those around him. His con.
dittOn liz Dretty pDnu | ,,r
geon. OF course. and don't understand
the real bad features OF a bullet wound
and 20, cannot venture an opinion oil
his future danger"
Dr. Terrell greeted DR.. Lambert cor.
daily when the two men met. They
then took up the details OF Roosevelt
case. The two doctors were closeted
together for a long time. The ,conclu'
influence the remainder Of the surgeons
Drs Murphy and Bevan decided tc
consult later in the day. Dr. Lambert
will take part In the consultation.
Lsmbert's Visit Short.
Dr. Lambert was admitted to tn,
coioners room after his consuita tior
with DR.. Terrell. His stay In the sick
room was short. but when he cam, ou
he was smiling.
The Rev. Father Vattmann was tht
next visitor. He Also made only siior
stay. -.
An, hour after their arrival Mrs
Longworth. Ethel. and Theodore, jr.
left their fathers apartment. The,
seemed in good spirits. Mrs. Roosevelt
remained with her husband.
II believe father will speedily re
cover" said young Roosevelt. "Father'i
pluck will pull him through. Father Il
game, you can bet"
DIR. Lambert was optimistic. "Ther,
Is always danger from a gunsho
wound" he said. "The colonel Is II
robust health, and confident that h,
Will come through unless UNEXPECTED
complications should develop" .,.,
To DR.. Lambert the colonel said:
II am trying to be good soldier:
am doing the best can, but this stickin,
to ones bed when one feels all righ
is hard work" r.. .w. .,.. .. : .
After his visit Father Vattmann said
1.-THE, colonel Is coming along finely
He Is much improved today. No on
who saw him yesterday and who ha
seen him today can doubt that for al
instant. I believe his complete recover
from the bullet wound will be rapid"
Stenographer Ebert II. Martin, VIII
oyerpowered Schrank after he shot tn
colonel was less optimistic.
Mr.. Martin said: THE colonel's con
dition ~ still grave. l believe he Is i'm
proving. however. and Is coming alon
nicely"