Evening star., 1932-11-10

OF Pres
school, her friends, and her shopping
waste.
In the dining room, at the end Of the
short hall from which stairs run up to
the living room and bed room, the
butler already had set the table. with
its highbacked chairs. President elect
Roosevelt had returned to Hyde Park.
but Mrs. Roosevelt was having some Of
her children and their friends to dinner.
What effect" she was asked do you
! think a place such as the White House
is likely to have on children? Yours
are. naturally, too old for such environ
ment to make much difference"
Not Good for Children.
Il am not sure Of that" she replied.
Political Office Is not good for chill
dreh. Sometimes I think my younger
children have been little affected by
1t already. The trouble Is OF course, .
said Mrs Roosevelt, "the matter OF spe-
cial privilege When children find that.
because of their association with posi-
ton, they can perhaps do things others
cannot do. it is hard to teach them
that is the very reason they should be
careful not to- do those things"
But in seeing some of the Junior
Roosevelts passing through the small
living room foyer, into which the front
door opens and the walls of which are
covered with prints of battieships and
marine engagements from the great
collection gathered by the President
elect before and during the time he was
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy, the i'm
preston of the spectator was that they
had turned out we'll All the Franklin
Roosevelt children are fine, handsome
i lot
Yes" said Mrs Roosevelt. 81 sup
| pose things / really like best are chill
! dren and the country and teaching
shall have to give UP my present teach
ing when We go to Washing tor, but not
my interest in it. And, naturally l
hall still have a close connection with
! the school. I am. you know. part owner
OF that. And l shall continue to see the
Girls who have been in my classes and
have the same concern for their de-
/ velopment and future. My magazine
| work? Certainly ! shall keep that up "
Mrs. Roosevelt was asked whether. in
her own writings. she would refer il
| any way to anything written or sal
by members Of the Theodore Roosevei.
family
Most asslredly not" she replied
Why should 1? Never for one morner
have l ever blamed my cousins TO- theiI
convictions or their expression of them
Just because We happen to be en- diff
ferent sides of the political fence is nc
reason they should not stand up for
what they believe. They have every
right to fight for their own side Whila
l always was very fond Of my Uncle
Ted, and I know he always was very
fond OF my father and very nice to me
never saw great deal OF my cousins.
Mrs. Roosevelt paused for a moment
and then resumed by referring to her
cousin. Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alice was the only one about my age
She was little older. but the boys
were quite lot younger I suppose
one reason I didn't see more Of then,
was that my grandmother. Mrs. Hill
who brought me up, never liked very
| much to have me go visiting She
| wanted me to stay at home
Hunting Trophies Noted.
| Some one in the Franklin Roosevelt
household must have the same liking
for hunting that characterized Theodore
Roosevelt and which has been inherited
/ by his sons The walls of the hall
leading to the dining room in this Sixty
1 liltlI ollCcl SuppOlt SUIllc llIlt
heads and horns and the elk's antler.
! which branch above the dining room
table are magnificent in their spread.
mo, I am not much of a sports,
womar' said Mrs Roosevelt. Il dont
play golf. I ride, not too well. anc
swim. not too we'll The one outdoor
!, exercise / am good at is walking dc
walk well. That is something which re-
quires mainly strength and endurance
and those have. I haven't many spe-
cial likes and dislikes. 1 eat, for ex-
ample. almost anything that is on the
| table and like one properly-cooked food
about as well as another"
| AS Mrs. Roosevelt talked one could
see already the beginnings of her new
life as the first lady of the land. The
| telephone rang frantically and con-
tinually. Boxes Of flowers, enough to
stock small florist shop. were piled in
! the front hall. Yet, any one who talked
to this gracious. friendly woman. either
in the first moments. when she was as
whelming ma ajority, had triumphed in q
contest for the highest Office in the land
and perhaps the most important in the
i world, or "a hours later, when she must
have begun to feel the constant pressure
of adulation which such office imposes,
would be willing to stake great deal
that pride of place or height of power
never will rob her of her simplicity or
| her charm.
Knows Washington Well.
II really don't know much about the
| duties of the White House" she said
Il do, of course, know Washington
and have known wives of Presidents
but not well enough to realize Their
| problems. But I DO feel and believe,
added Mrs. Roosevelt, that there must
be ways in which the wife Of a Presi-
dent can be of help I do not mean oi
! help to her husband. I mean that she
must be able to find ways of being Of
help to people in general. I hope that
| can do that"
And, gathering up the parcels with
which her arms had been loaded when
she came in, evidence of her afternoons
| shopping, the wife of the coming thirty
second President of the United States
| went to find her children and Their
| friends and to dress for dinner.
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