The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-12
Mig Jim White
white House. Dee. 3.

W tAtAt AhNAt'H ~ % ASNNs
blessed Rormiti The other day
while Major Loeftler was marshal.
ling the usual stream OF visitors
from England. Germany, tho Pacific
slope, etc. OF warm admirers from
remote country places, OF bridal
couples, etc. etc, a huge man about
six feet four, OF middle age. but with
every one Of hts great sinews and
muscles as III ~ ever. came In and
asked to see mo on tho ground that
he was a former friend. As the line
passed he was introduced 20 me AS
Mr.. White. greeted him In the
usual rather pcrfunctory manner.
and the huge. rough'iooking fellow
shyly remarked. MIR. Roosevelt.
maybe you don't rceolieet me.
worked on the roundup with you 30
years ago next spring. My outfit
Joined yours at tho mouth OF the
Box Alder" gased az him. and al
one, said; why IL Is big Jim" He
was n great cow.puneher and II s,iil
riding tho range IN Northwestern
Nebraska. when | knew him he
vas a tremendous fighting man. but
always liked me. Twice I had TO
interfere 90 proven, him from half
numbering cowboys from my own
ranch. had him a, lunch. with a
mixed company Of home and foreign
notablea
Dout worry about the lessons.
old boy I know you are studying
hard Dent set east down. some
times IN life. both AZ school and aft
crv ards. fortune viii so against any
one. but II he just keeps pegving
away and doesn't hose his courage
things always take "A turn for the
better in the end.
Winter Life In the White House
White House. Dec. II. 1894
Hiassed Kermit: For n week the
weather has been coid--down Ia sero
at night ard rarely above freezing In
the shade al noon. In conAequenc'
the snow has lain well. and a. iherr
has been a waxing moon have had
tho most delightful evening and
nigh, rides imaginable. ihave been
SO busy that I have been unable 20
get away until after dark. but went
In the fur packet Uncle WIN pre-
sented 20 m. as the frui; Of his priEn
fnons,- in the Spanish war; and the
moonlight on the siit,ering snow
made the rides loveiicr than they
would have been In the daytime.
Sometimes Mother and Ted wen,
with me. and tho Eiliiops were de.
llghtfui To-day ., has showed
h1avsiy again. but the snow has boen
40 soft that did not like TO so out
and BESIDES ! have b~cn worked up
o. the limit. There has been skating
and sieigh.rldlng all the week
The new black Jack" dog II be
coming very much a, home and very
fond Of tho family.
with Archie and Quentin I havr
finished The Las, ~ the MohioanH.
and hav. now begun The Deer
slayer" They are az cunning an
ever. and this reading 90 them In the
evening gives me a chance 10 see
them tina, would no, otherwise
have. altho sometimes II is rather
hard TO got time.
Mother looks very young ana
pretty. This afternoon she was most
busy. taking tho little boys TO the
theatre and then going 10 hear Ethel
sing. Ted, very swell In his first
tail coat. In going out 10 taxi. supper
AZ Secretary Morton's. whose pretty
daughter In ooninx out tonight
In a very few days now We shall
see you again
PLAYMATE ~ the Childrcn
Gro Mr.. and AIRS. Emlen RoosevelO
white Hou~. Jan. 4. 1905.
I am really touched at the way In
which your children as well aa our
own treat me az q friend and play.
mate. 1, has It's comic side Thus.
the last day the boys we're here they
were all bent upon having me tako
them for a scramble down Rock
creek. OF course. there was abso-
lutely no reason why they could not
20 alone, but they obviously felt that
my presence was needed 10 give rest
to the entertainment Accordingly.
off went. with the two Russell
boys, George. Jack and Phillip. and
Ted. Kermit and Archie. with one OF
Arches frienda--s sturdy LITTLE boy
who. as Archie informed me. had
played opposite To him In tho 20
sition Of centre rush last fall. ] do
not think that one OF them saw any
thing homogeneous IN the presidents
getting as bedaubed with mud a.
they got. or In my wiggling and
clambering around jutting rocks.
thru cracks, and up what were
really email cliff faces, just like tho
rest OF them: and whenever any one
of them seat me at any point. he felt
and expressed simple and whole
hearted delight. exactly as II II had
been n triumph over n rival OF his
own age.
A Japanese Boys Letter
Go DR.. william sturgis Bigelow)
white House, Jan. II. 1905.