The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-23
theodore
Letters toS
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Such quiet jaunts. in con- 7anE With
Roosevelt as are here described,
this time constituted the presidents
hie recreation. His public journeys
id hunting expeditions had afforded
mach rich material for cartoonists
bnd iokesmiths to please the president
wrote 10 a friend IN Texas that he
FeuId take no more hunting TRIPS
while he was in the White House
9ihe Editor
a Visit to Washlnston's Birthplace
White Houst, April 80, 1906.
ilI1AR KERMIT:
on Saturday afternoon mother and
Started off on the Sylph. mother haV
lng made up her mind needed 36 hour
i:AEt. and we had delightful time to-
sether and she was Just as cunning
she could be. On Sunday mother
md il spent about four hours ashore,
licking our lunch and walking up to the
hionuInans which mar':s where the
hbnse stood in which Washington was
born. II tsla simple shaft. Every YES
Tire OF tllt house is destroyed, but a
curious and rather pathetic thing Is
HAT, although 1t must be q hundred
Years since The place was deserted.
hero are still multitu(es If flowers
which must have como from those in
lie did garden. There are iris AVID
harcigus and little blue flower. win
neat, prim. clean smell u at makes
bne feel az II it ought to be PIT Wit:
syenhar into chests Of fresh old In
IN, The narcis3la u par cular was
Kfcwirg around every where, toge5h-
er with the real will :" - like the
painted columblre all s:ar 4 Bet :
hem 1t was lovely srot on a head
land overlooking broad inlet from the
Potomac. There was also the old
Graveyard or grave plot in which there
we're the gravestones Of Washington
father and mother and grandmother,
iii pretty nearly ruined 1t was love-
IL warm weatIle: "A mc;hcr md fn-
yoyed our walk through the funny, old
bounty. Mocking birds, meadow-Iaa,rkSs
Carolina wrens, Cardinals and field
tparrows were singing cheertully' We
esrne M the rivor IN time to get home
hst evening. This morning mother
And 1 walked around the White House
Frcnnds as usual. think ] get more
FOND Of flowers every year. The
grounds are now at that high stage OF
beauty in which they will stay for the
f,ext two months The buckeyes are
fn bloom, the Pink dogwood, and the
fragrant lilacs, which are almost Tue
ioveliest Of the bushes: and then the
flowers Including the lily of-the-Yaley
IN am debating in the office. Archie
k out by tile sandbox playing with the
hsse. They playing consists in bran.
Sfshine 1t around his head and trying
IL escape the falling water. He es-
cknes about twice out Of three times
and must now be perfect browne"
fat II have Just had him in to look
ct and he is even more OF drowned
rat than supposed. He has gone "nt
complete his shower bath under a
Strict promise that Immediately after
wards hewill go and change his cl'th
ESD
tonpTtin is tho funniest mite Won "T-
b saw and certainly very origIna!er
little fellow. Nc left at mademoselles
blata Yesterday large bunch OF flow
fFs with he irscrintcn that they wore
nom tht fairies TO reward her FIR
taking care Of two good, good boys.
Ethel is dear.
More About Dickens.
White House, May 20, 1906
DEAR TED:
Mother read us your note and was
interested IN the discussion between
You and over Dickens charac'
tiers are really to a great extent per
soniffed attributes rather than indt-
ffduals. In consequence, while therc
are not nearly as many who are ac-
{rally like people one meets, as for
Instance In Thackersy, there are a
great many more who possess char
scteristics which we encounter contin-