The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-11-26
Advice and News.

Ted was the first of the children to
leave home for school. He was des-
perately homesick at first, but soon
got into the swing of school life. Name,
the nurse mentioned, as an old family
servant, adored by the children.
Roosevelt writes in his autobiography
that the only time they ever Offend
ed her was when, thru mistaken de-
votion, they named a favorite pig
Name" The Roosevelt home was at
all times overrun with pets, ranging
from bear cubs to ponies, from snakes
to badgers.
- May Z, 1891.
Blessed Ted:
1t was the greatest fun seeing you,
and I really had a satisfactory time
with you, and came away feeling that
you We're doing WELL 1 am entirely
satisfied with your standing, both in
your studies and in athletics. l want
you to do we'll in your sports. and
want even more to have you do we'll
with your books; but I do not expect
you to stand first in either, if so to
stand would cause you overwork and
hurt your health. / always believe in
going hard at everything, whether it
is Latin or mathematics, boxing or
football, but at the same time l want
to keep the sense of proportion. 1t is
never worth while to absolutely ex-
haust ones self or take big chances
for an adequate object. l want you to
keep in training the faculties which
would make you. if the need arose, able
to put your last ounce of pluck and
strength into a contest. But l do not
want you to squander these qualities.
To have you play football as well as
you do, and make a good name in box
ing and wrestling. and be cox of your
second crew, anu stand second or third
in your class in the studies, is all right.
( should be rather sorry to see you
drop too near the middle of your class,
because, as you cannot enter college
until you are nineteen, and Will there
fore be a year later in entering life,
1 want you to be prepared in the best
possible way, so. as to make up for the
delay. But I know that all you can do
you will do to keep substantially the
position in the class that you have so
far kept, and I have entire trust in
you. for you have always deserved 1t.
The weather has been lovely here
The cherry trees are in full bloom,
the peach trees just opening, while the
apples will not be out for ten days.
The May flowers and bloodroot have
gone. the anemonies and bellwort have
SOiIlS the NlOIelS are COiuilS. ALI
the birds are here, pretty much. and
the warblers troop thru the woods
To my delight, yesterday Kermit,
when / tried him on Diamond, did ex-
cellently. He has evidently turned the
corner in his riding. and was just as
much at home as possible, a1tho he was
on my saddle with his feet thrust in
the feathers above the stirrup. Poor
mother has had a hard time with Va
genka, for she rubbed her back, and
as she sadly needs exercise and l could
not have a saddle put upon her, took
her out bareback yesterday. Her gaits
are SO easy that it is really more COM
Portable to ride her without a sad
die than to ride Texas with one,
ana 1 gave her three miles sharp cam
tering and trotting.
Dewey Jr. is a very cunning white
guinea pig. | wish you could see Kerr
nsit taking out Dewey Sr. and Bob
Evans TO spend the day on the grass
Archie is the sweetest little fellow
imaginable. He is always thinking Of
you. He has now struck up Great
friendship with Nicholas ratber tn
Names the nurse's) regret, as Name
would like to keep him purely for
Quentin. The last-named small hois-
ferrous person was in fearful disgr.o<
this morning, having flung a bIocL -
his mothers head. 1t was dor.s -
sheer playfulness. but of course could