The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-06

 tention of cartoonists and paragraph CTS. Quaint and picturesque phrases were coined literally by him and by others concerning him. Speak soft ly and use the big stick. weasel words" "pussyfoot," "mollycoddle" and my hat is in the ring" were some of the Rooseveltian expressions which attained wide publicity.
 The strenuous physical activities in which Roosevelt engaged at the White House included boxing. It was not until about eight years af- ter he left the White House that it was disclosed that during one of these bouts, which he welcomed as a means of keeping him in fighting trim, a blow landed by a sparring opponent injured one of the ColoneTs eyes. La ter blindness of this eye developed.
 In the later years of his life two court suits in which he figured in one as plaintiff and in the other as defendant, winning them both, kept Roosevelt before the public eye. During the Presidential campaign or 1912 a Michigan editor charged him with intoxication. Roosevelt institut- ed a suit for libel and marshalled a notable host of witnesses to testify regarding his private life and habits. Their testimony was so overwhelming 1 that the charge was withdrawn in | open court and the jury brought in a nominal verdict of six cents in favor l of the ex-president. William Barnes,
 Jr.. of Albany, N. Y, accused Roose-
 welt in 1914 of uttering libel in a state
 ment asserting that the "rottenness" | of the New York state government
 was due directly to the dominance
 of Tammany Hall in politics. aided 1 by MT. Barnes and his followers. At | Syracuse, N. Y, in 1915 the jury s
 verdict acquitted Roosevelt.
 When the European war began, Roosevelt vigorously advocated a
 policy of national preparedness. urg- ing universal military training for the
 nations youth. In speeches through
 out the country and in his magazine
 and newspaper writings he criticised,
 in this repect the policies of Wood row Wilson during Mir. Wilson's first 1 term as President.
 MT. Roosevelt, it has been said, was keenly disappointed when he did not
 receive the Republican nomination
 for President in 1916. At the same
 time however, he refused to follow
 the advice of some of his staunchest
 followers that he again head the Pro-
 gressive party ticket. Instead he pre-
 vailed upon the Progressive party tc
 make Charles Evans Hughes, the Re
 publican candidate, its own choice.
 He campaigned for MT. Hughes
 With the reelection of MT. Wilson
 and Americas entry into the world
 war soon after, Roosevelt tmmediatel, supported the President and bitterl,
 assailed the pro-Germans, paciflsts and other type of men who attempted to delay speeding up the war.
 With the United States belliger
 ent, Roosevelt endeavored to obtail
 the consent of the War Department t. establish an Army division whicl
 he was anxious to take to France | This division was to have include many of thie Rough Riders who wer , his associates In the campaign Il , Cuba, and younger men of the sam 7 strenuous habits. The necessary per mission for the formation of such fl force was not forthcoming evel
 though Roosevelt expressed willing } ness to accompany 1t as a subordinat - officer.
 One of Roosevelt's participations i } public affairs took him to Washington 3 in January, 1913, when he con ferred with United States Senate l George k. Chamberlain of Orego and other members of Congress Wh 5 were critical of the Administration methods of prosecuting the wal Roosevelt on this occasion announce his support of the proposal that war cabinet be organized to talk , over the conduct of the war.
 Denied the privilege of fighting fo : his flag, Theodore Roosevelts interes . was centered on his family"s partici patton in the war. His four son
 and his son-in-law, Dr. Derby, carrie out a prediction made by the forme n President before the United State
 took up arms-that if war came the
 would enter service. Theodore, Jr r became Major and Archibald car k tain, both in Brancej Quentin entere V a French aviation squadron, and D. n Derby the medical service, also bot r in France Kermit, failing to pas = | DlVSlCal c admit him to the United State '- Army, received a commission in tn r. British Army and was soon in. Mest l. potamia-
 l. Roosevelt took keen pride in tf l. service button he wore with its tiI l. stars. Talking with newspaper me \ some months after his boys had gor d abroad, he told them privately tn; d Theodore had written him that n had been in action and that bull IS had struck his trench helmet ar a glanced off, Theodore wrote home, h father said, that he regretted 7s had not been wounded just for u experience. At" the time of this col ~ versation, public announcement hs y just been made. that Archie" hs n been jumped in rank from secor le lieutenant to captain. Roosevelt co! Ivl fided with glee to his listeners tn J Archie" had led a raiding party O is into No Mans Land at night, al h l that the promotion had been won ld gallantry under fire during this raj lnl The Colonel disclosed further tn