Evening star., 1921-09-26
ROOSEVELT RELIC
IN EDITED COPY
Charles Moore Sends in Mag
azine Manuscript, Cor
rected by T. R.

Charles Moore, chairman of the fine
arts commission, today sent to the
Roosevelt Memorial Association the
welt relics beginning today through
out the country.
Mr.. Moore's contribution consisted
of three typewriter pages of un-
usual historical interest, part of an
article dealing with the plans for
the restoration of the White House.
which Mr.. Moore wrote for the Gen.
tury Magazine and sent to President
and Mrs. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
for their criticism. Only three pages
of the manuscript came back to their
author, but those three pages con-
tanned two striking changes.
Col. Roosevelt's contribution was q
sentence scrawled in pencil, which,
once for all. put a stop to the agi-
tation which was widespread at the
time for a new executive mansion
on a site near the Soldiers Home
President live elsewhere than In the
historic White House." Mrs. Roose-
velt's contribution was single word.
but that word changed whole
had written crimson" in describing
the furnishing of the east room Mrs.
Roosevelt wrote yellow" Yellow it
became.
Manuscripts Are sought.
Here are some of the things the as
sociation wants: Manuscripts IN MT
Roosevelts hand. or bearing his cor
rections; original letters: letters writ
ten by others about Mr.. Roosevelt;
books, pamphlets. periodical arti-
cles, newspaper clippings and car
toons relating to him or his adminis-
tration; books and pamphlets by him
literature relating to his political
campaigns; posters, buttons, etc.
Hermann Hagedorn, secretary OF
bureau of Roosevelt research. today
made the following statement for The
Star:
This collection of mementoes and
records Of Col. Roosevelt Is only a
part of the great living memorial the
seeking to establish. For two years
the association has been gathering
biographical material, concentrating
especially on Mr.. RooseveltS ranching
days. A representative of the associa-
ton has on two different occasions
made extensive researches through
the whole northwest. looking up Mr..
Roosevelt's cowboy friends. A book
in that period of the Colonels life, en-
titled Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
will be published in October. Another
book, containing over a hundred of
Mr.. Roosevelt's war editorials. will be
published few weeks later under
the title Roosevelt in the Kansas
City Star A book of selections from
Roosevel,'s writings for use in schools
is in preparation. Meanwhile we are
accommodating an extensive library of
books and periodical articles by and
about Col. Roosevelt
Upon Col. Roosevelt's death two
years ago there was a widespread de-
mand that. in addition to a monu-
ment there should be a living me-
mortal, dynamic institution for the
inculcation OF Americanism. This is
the memorial associations answer to
that demand. We are convinced that
there is no better way of teaching
Americanism than to keep before the
eyes of the American people, espe-
cially the children, the vivid per-
sonality and the inspiring career of
Theodore Roosevelt. You can talk in
abstract terms about citizenship to a
boy for hours, and he will care no
more about citizenship at the end
than he did at the beginning. but
mention the name of T. r. and his
day-dreams will teach him to be a
good American"