Arizona republican., 1921-02-20

X plea Tor funds Will De nla0S De fore the different clubs of the state during the next few weeks by members of the Woman'S Roosevelt Memorial in the attempt to raiae the S2.000 quota for this state which as yet is S1,o00 below the mark. Mrs. J. l.. E. Alex ander, state chairman. met on Friday with local committee to devise ways and means of campaigning. One of the most interested workers is Mrs. Henry D. Ross, wife of Justice Ross, and a member of the committee. Mrs. Ross is a great admirer of Roosevelt and has written many articles recently touch ing upon different phases of his life 1 Roosevelt. the Husband" one of her most recent sketches of Colonel Roose- welt appeared as the lead editorial in The American Cookery, formerly the Boston Cooking School Magazine. It follows:
 In a recent interview Maeterlick said "I have come here to tell you my be- | lief that the personality of q man lives on after what We call death.' Was it necessary for him to cross the ocean to
 tell the American people this thing with the great example of the man ] Roosevelt living after death in our midst in so many different phases? No one today would deny the greatness of Roosevelt in the flesh. on the other hand every one must admit his trans |
 among us surcharged with life, the
 vigor of his personality: the energy of his actions: the multitudinouS affairs
 in which he engaged-in short, his
 manysidedness dazZled us, and pre-
 vented a proper appraisement of the
 man.
 In way it was like looking at an
 impressionistic picture at too close
 range. We saw only huge daubs of | bright colors, hard lines and imperfect figures. We needed distance to get the | perspective. and the proper light to blend the massing of color and to bring
 out the fine lines and delicate shades in his apparently brusque character His untimely passage to the Beautiful Beyond made the perfect setting for the picture, and as we view it today
 with awe and reverence, we pronounce it masterpiece. He passes before us a statesman, soldier, author, scientist
 explorer, a valuable friend and won-
 derful parent He seems a composite
 being, Superman, all things in one
 But, looking through the eyes of wife
 hood, measuring all these strong titles l-great as they are, and honorable, too
 I place him first as husband.
 What man in history has left us St
 priceless a heritage? Thayer epitomizes
 his intimate biography by saying, Pic
 turesque he was, and picturesquesnes:
 made whatever he did interesting.
 Abbott concludes, His greatest con
 tribution to his country was person
 alfty," while Sewall says, "He travelet
 in the footsteps of Washington ant Lincoln" In any summary we canno afford to overlook the happy note Kip
 ling struck in 'Greatfeart." But thu
 true Roosevelt, the real man, the ke1 to the heart of his achievements i found in his own work, the delightful Letters to his Children" It is in thes pages. too, that we get these fascinat ing glimpses of him as a husband.
 The word husband is variously de
 fined. It may mean simply "marrie'
 man." Thousands are this and nothin; more. Most any modern woman cal l husband for herself in the sense o merely providing for, and managini frugally. But every married woman ) knows that there is a deep, ineXpress } ible significance to the word husband ] To her it connotes providence and pro lection, plus-What every woman 1 craves more than these two. intimat 3 companionship, saturated with sym : pathy love. tenderness. spiced up wit s a. good bit of flattery. Roosevelt caugh u this vision. In these letters we see
 tremendously busy man apportioning
 This wife a definite amount of his tim
 They walked regularly in the garden
 they sat under the trees and visite z, together. They went off alone to tn y quiet and seclusion of the country fo II brief periods where they cooked an 5. did the homely little things of life 5 close companionship. He found tim !. for this and then he wrote the childre T about it. and the spirit of the letter shows that he enjoyed it. He admire T her clothes and commented upon then : a simple thing, but one that alway . pleases a wife. He noticed the thing = she did, and appreciated the care an :, attention she gave the children an U the house, and let her know that h II did He had pride in her skill on horse