The sun., 1919-01-07

mixed until the days. OF my grandfather
that Is for n century and q half, and
his father was the first in the line 20
use English as his invarlable home
tongue"
Felt Unity of Nation.
Intellectually and morally, Theodore
Roosevelt inherited much from his pro-
gentors Born Just before the civil war,
OF a Northern father and a Southern
mother, both sympa thi1ing with their
native section of the land, he came nat
urally by his strong feeling that all sec
lions OF the country were coherent as a
| nation. This feeling was strengthened
| by his intimacy with the West and In
! creased by his utter familiarity with
/ the East.
To this feeling may be traced his we'll
| known conviction for Federal centraI-
| cation. perhaps one of the strongest OF
his convictions. His pronounced feeling
for the South il also traceabe to his
| pride in his mothers brother. Can't
| James ID. BullocN, who enlisted In the
/ navy in 1870 and rose to the rank Of
! Lieutenant. On one occasion he said
that his uncle came nearest in his mini
to that beautiful creation OF Thacker-
| eye. Col Newcome."
On one OF his Southern trips nj.
train stopped ut Charlotte. y. G.
| committee OF women. led by Mrs. Thomas
j. Jackson, widow OF Gen. Stonewa0
Jackson, was al the depot to greet Col
| Roosevelt. Whcu he was introduced he
referred 70 himself as by right a South
erner. and then being introduced TO
! Mrs. Jackson he added a remark which
, simply flashed through the South:
| what The widow OF great stone
! wall jackson? Why it ia worth the
! whole trip down here TO have n chance
| 10 shake your hand" and he reminded
her that he hal appointed her grand
| son 10 q cade,snp n West Point.
"IIe got" 20 t. has heen written, mi"
love Of "a scrar from the Irish in hir.
his volatility FROM the French his war;
ness from the Dutch and his frusal'tv
from the Scotch ~
He was born in brick front house
at % East Twentieth street. Manhst-
tan. October 81. 1858. His boyhood
was spent largely OH the hills and
dunes in the oyster Bay section of
Long Island. little way station
10 which his forebears unconsciouslv
gave an urge toward the world fame
that was TO come upon IT by selecting
Oyster Bay as the site Of their summer
! home Theodore. the child. was far
| from being an invalid during those earl"
Oyster Pay days but admittedly he was
markedly less robust than even the
physical average OF his little playmates
mitted to play with the lusty youngsters
of his neighbornood
But he had n strong will and crystal
brain even when a child lie batilpd
with a troublesome asthma in boyhooh
days by wording in porch Gynra
SUM. Steadily his bodily health was
being brought nearer the normal by on
door exercise. the boy himself as ne
grew older arranging programme o'
rowing. swimming in the Sound. hikes
over the hills, long horseback rides.
Also he kept diary and read so NAM
books o. history and adventure that he
was a boyish hookworm
As he grew older ard his chest 90
banded he grew to love his outdoor We
| with passion that remained forever
! Developed Into Naturalist.
| simultaneously his ranbes and rides
developed an early interest in animal.
- birds. plants all growing things. rhirh
in time was 10 assume an Importance ip
his mentality second only 70 his love ~
| political life an was to make OF him a
naturalist
The fight TO- health lasted for years
, One winter OF his childhood was spent
| on the Nile 10 rid him Of the asthma.
But il was not until he had lived IN the
West that the disease eft him, Besides
, his bodily weaknesses he was very nea~
S'Snteu.
/ In Eooseve,t's hoyhood home. undo
Tho discipline Of lis father. there was
, plenty OF time for play but none for
, idleness. IF he was not strong lie vas
, q; least all boy, II We are 10 accept tire
, dies 'ription &c ono II his earliest ire
Inmates. the Long Island stage drive On
whose front seat Ted" frequently lod".
He was a reg'lar boy the phrasool-
ocN runs. He was alus outdoors
climbing trees and Goin bird ncstin'.
; ren'eU Ger him partic'lar like, because r-
, had queer living things in his pockets"
: The fight for rugEcdnoss was not vet
! won when Roosevelt entered college
The man vino was destined to become
the most rugged and impressive Neu.e
Of his Time Went To College striplur
~ average height. sim OF build with
raIrow shoulders and y rather Ct
chest. He entered Harvard in 1875 and
OF all men in the class Of so. his class
mates have said. he was the last hey
T would have picked out as man dos
tined for greatness
Never Loafed in College.
In college Roosevelt was studious He
J never cared to loaf" but when he on
p tered a room where loailng was going
]. on always gave Il hearty greeting go
I the roomful Of fellows" took up hool,
I probably one on natural history sNI
became dead to the world. While h