The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-05
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Roosevelt Family of II
Is Romantic Subject

They have lived fully. yet econom-
lcally. European trips, private schools
for the children, and the mainte-
nance of two or three houses and
nearly as many staffS of servants
have made necessary some careful
budgetlng. But budgeting happens TO
be one of the many things that Mrs.
Roosevelt does very successfully
All five of the children have been
kept on the Strictest allowances. IN
til they were l6 years old. each re-
celved a regular sum from Mrs. Roo
Sevelt, and each had to plan for the
purchase of his entertainment and
presents. After their 10th birthdays,
allowances came from their father
The only extras he provided were
school buttons, travelling expenses to
school in the autumn and home in
the spring. with one trip each way
at Christmas. The youngsters bought
their books. clothing. luXuries, and
paid for their extra trips home, if
any.
They also found out early what it
meant to make their own way
humbly Wrangling cayuses for snob-
Dish dudes on western rancheS-spik-
ing logs for l8 cents an hour in lum-
Der campS-and even getting strand
ed far from home and having to find
jobs to earn their railroad fare.
Makes Money Three Ways
Mrs. Roosevelt herself now is en-
gagged in three profit making enter
prlses-teaching and assisting in the
management of school, manufac-
turing and marketing reproductions
OF fine furniture, and editing a mag
azine.
Her daughter and eldest child,
Anna Dali, wife of New York bank
er, is associate editor of the same
magazine and, she says, its "chief
cook and bottle washer" She is tall
blond and attractive, with her moth
er's mannerisms and her mothers
fascinating, crinkly eyes. She wears
blues and yellows, drives a second
hand flivver which she momentarily
expects to break down in traffic, and
according to her grandmother is ION
the go more than is good for her
She is interested in everything from
farms to politics. but chiefly in her
two children, Anna Eleanor, 5, and
Curtis Roosevelt nearly 3.
Could this be the pig-tailed tomboy
who not so many years ago was stuff
fling mince-meat into peoples shoes
and jeering at Washington official
dom from hiding place, and beating
the coachman's son at jumping free
barn rafters? The very same Anna
And, furthermore, one who still enjoys
the memories of these escapades.
Next of the raising Roosevelts is
James, "a whose affable grin is al
most as well known to political folk
as is his fathers. He graduated from
Harvard, started to work his way
through Boston University for a Law
degree, quit to aid in his fathers
presidential campaign, and now i
back in the insurance brokerage bust.
ness. His parents are making no pre-
! dictions. but his grandmother is sur.
| that Jimmy will be a big success IL
public life some day.
Doesn't Like Politics
This is the Jimmy who as a boy hal
such a low opinion of politics ant
politicians that he put garlic undo
the pillows of certain pompous per
sons!
Then came Elliott, whose twenty
second birthday last September mark
Ell the beginning of his third year il
business Elliott upset Roosevelt
plans and presidents by deciding no
to go to college. He went into adver
Using instead.
The urge for it came when he me
New York advertising executive OF
western ranch in the summer O
1890 The businessman limited at
job. And scarcely had Elliott return
ed to the East than an influentia
friend of his father called Elliott wit
the offer of still another position. Tn
youngster reluctantly declined. Wen
down to Wall Street. crashed the gat
of financial advertising agenc
where he knew no one. and landed
job at the bottom of the ladder. To
day he has responsible position in
larger concern.
Elliott was vice president of an ad
vertising agency he had helped to or
ganiZe venture more ambition
than it was profitable-w when he ms