The sun., 1919-10-28
ROOSEVELT FLAG
IS LAID ON GRAVE
Ceremony Follows Sewing on
of 48th Star i'm Oyster Bay
SchoOlhOuse.
EXERCISES IN THEATRE
viii II. Hays Speaks of Su-
preme Amerieanism of the
Ex-President.

In the little red brick schoolhouse on
the Huntington road. three-quarters of
a mile from Oyster Bay. where Col.
Roosevelt used to go on the eve Of
Christmas to play Santa Claus for the
children of the countryside he loved.
the fcrty-eighth and last star was sewed
to the Roosevelt memorial flag yesterday
afternoon. Only twice in all the years
he lived at Sycamore Hill did the Colonel
miss the Christmas exercises in the
school once when he was in Africa and
again in the illness that ended in his
death. Three Of his children-Ethel,
Kermit and Archie-began theit school,
ing there.
Perhaps three hundred persons had
packed themselves into the one room OF
the school, which would have been
crowded by one hundred, when the flag.
bcTno by the last of the boys who in
relays carried it more than a thousand
miles among the historical spots of the
State. was brought in at 8 10 o'clock.
Five school girls sewed on the last
star. Each girl sewed point. They
were Martha Clarke, who had a great
| grandparent among washington's SOL
! diers; Charlotte Hutchinson, whose
grandfather fought in the civil war;
| Dorothea Duryea, whose father was in
| the Spanish American war; Norma
Mayo, whose brother was in the A. +. F.,
| and Nancy Gillespie. whose parents were
born abroad. While the girls sewed pa
triotic songs were sung in chorus
The flag was taken to the grave OF
| Col. Roosevelt in Young's Memorial
| H. Nf
| ried the flag unfolded, with the audience
| in procession following. The grave was
| reached at AIS O'Clock. A gathering of
1000 was waiting.
Flag Is Laid on Grave.
Samuel Abbott Of the Roosevelt NJ
| mortal Association, who had supervised
| the journey through the State, laid the
| flag unfolded over a blanket of floral
pieces made by pilgrims during the day
The ceremony was one OF silent sim
plicity No sound broke the stiffness OF
the late autumn afternoon until sundown,
when a bugler sounded taps. Then the
flag was taken to the Lyric Theatre in
Oyster Bay for the evening exercises.
| Frederic r. Coudert was chairman OF
the theatre meeting. The flag was for
mally placed in the care OF William Loeb,
Jr., secretary OF Col Roosevelt as Gov
ernor and President, who will be its
custodian until the Oyster Bay memorial
park. which is an object Of the efforts of
the Memorial Association, is ready.
VIII H. Hays, chairman OF the Re-
publican National Committee. was the
principal speaker. The speaker was in
intimate association with Col. Roose-
welt during the final phases of a great
career.
1--WE cannot say that ne was typical
American" said Mr.. Hays because he
was too unlike to be typical. He had nc
counterpart. He was distinctive, unique
original: the foremost American, yes
the leader of leaders, yes; but above al
he was the supreme duplication of thai
intangible thing we love to think OF as
the American spirit.
'sTo-day's nationwide memorial has
not been necessary to keep alive the
memory OF Theodore Roosevelt. There
has never been a time from his majority
to this hour when the force of his per
sonality. the influence Of his ideas anC
the power Of his purpose have been a!
strong as at this moment.
1--WE measure men by comparison. A
| man is great or small as he rises above
or sinks below the level of the genera
ton to which he belongs. When he II
| gone we can estimate his size by tn
y
standards, what man was this man
And how we need him now! He wal
, powerful in influence because men be
| lieved in him. He moved among hi
fellows daily with the most unexamplet
virllity, giving and taking, and men be
| lieved him. No higher tribute can b'
paid TO him.
Let us have the patriotism of Theo
dore Roosevelt-not patriotism whici
1 N1aaa NG OF MI
gates but a patriotism which moves Vi
every day to realize that we owe to th'
country in which we live debt which
we must endeavor to discharge by aid
ing in the keeping Of conditions right.
/ The speaker said that the war had es
tablished the worth of American insti
tutions and proved the American spirit
He declared that 1t had also aroused ten
dencies, the danger Of which must no
. ! be underestimated. He expressed con
hdence that the problem created by tn
: general restlessness of society will b.
solved permanently and Justly as all o
the problems of the republic from 1t
: beginning have been settled.
"Our difficulties are largely economic
lhe said "The Industrial problems
which at the moment seem to be over
whelming, can be and I have implicit
faith will finally be solved in one way
q by finding exact justice and enforcing II
, "It is simply matter Of Roosevelt
n square deaT-exact justice for labor
: exact justice for capital and exact JUS
8 tice for the public. To that end W
must develop a reasonable method 70
honest and efficient labor to acquire a
Z interest in the business to which it !
!, expected to give its best efforts. Pend
,, ing this development, the equilibrium
= between production and wages must b
= established"
The memorial flag was carried L
oyster Bay from the Manhattan Publ
Library.