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Show ROOSEVELT NOW i II B I The Distinguished Ex-President Hflfl Takes Up His Duties as Iffln Private Citizen. mmt HIS STRENU0SITY NOT W$ IN THE LEAST ABATED Settles Down in- Fine Suite of Wmk Offices as Contributing Edi- Sliili tor ofNew York Outlook. ! NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-Thcodorc Rooae- , iUlu velt began today tho Hfo he haa chosen Ml? ft for himself as a private citizen.- Ho Iuuj Rum iS his own Ideas of what tho country shaV 'wtuil do with Its ox-presidents, and, after it lilill single day of rest at Sagamore Hill, took hImIIi' up. his work today as a contributing edl- MnlE tor of the Outlook. Not even the fact that his son was to lllsliil bo married this afternoon detained him MWlilfif from his desk. The dispatch boat Dol- loSlvH ! phln, on which Mr. Roosevelt reached fliC" Oyster Bay late last night with Socrotary iilfttkftlTi Moyor as his host, brought him into New liflwlu' York early this morning. Ho went direct . IfflJiM to Ills offlco and Immediately plunged Ksfftt Into tho mountain of correspondence InlirBt accumulated. fWft Followed "by Multitude. iflfftil Two hours later ho appeared on tho 1hhI?!Il street nnd was Immediately recognized illjlfBf by tho crowds. Beforo ho had walked hMiHSv' half a block westward toward Fifth ave- 'nuljsui nuo, he wns followed by a throng that ' 2y3ffl? blockaded the sidewalks. Tho sun was ; (Jwit beating down with an Intensity that niadu illliSl 8 1 a top hat unendurable. Tho colonel llflBtlyii plunged for a .hatter's at a speed that unM 1 1 mado the crowd behind run to keep up. ; IJIJ'ImiI ' As he passed tho offices of tho publish- LmSiIiI lng houso that will bring out his forth- IBficIl Cnw coming book on his hunting trip, ho spied HMlIU u tall portrait of himself, framed in red, vm3(kIi white and blue. "That's dandy. Isn't it?" SySsrllr wns his commont. A hatter was closo I Wlfiilff by. it took the colonel Just two minutos 'SlfflSTf.r to buy a wide-brimmed straw hat with i Btlw a black band. Then he footed It at the Wwj'I l same amazing speed to his ofiice again. ill Editor Roosevelt's business quarters liMail! hereafter will bo on tlie seventh floor of SlPPji? the United Charities building at Fourth iHlli avenuo and Twenty-second street, whero 'Jmht a sulto of three rooms lias boon especially l R2 HI ! engaged for him. 1 If lr W. Magnificent Offices. :jfl B On the entrance door appears the leg- , hti j end In big gilt letters, "Office of Theo- liBS'ii dore Roosevelt." The rooms themselves, 'Hftti'' although buslness-llko In appearance, arc ' fSW. Bi furnished with a magnificence unusual for, 'ifinliB1 an ofllco bulldln". The .suite comprises , 1 ljij il a room for Mr. Roosovelt'a secretary, a ynf room In which vlsltora will wait, and Mr. 'iiwlt f! Roosevelt's- own room, large and airy, i iill" fronting on Fourth avenue. Tho walls iSIBhi? are newly covered with bronzo burlap. ' p lt3i H " The furniture is of mahogany and the tliilrtl desk Is a reproduction of George Wash- ' 'lalnii Ington's desk at Mount Vernon. A rich lwri'8 rug of tan. green nnd dull pink covers 1 JjSiil'H the polished mahogany of the floor. Pic- 1 : ERsjllJi lures of Washington and Lincoln and a ! 1 atfti copy of the Declaration of Independence, , Sjffljl written In large old English characters, i lSlilR hang on the bronze burlap. i'WlCtuI If it should prove that visitors arc too m'jISIFpH insistent, there is an auxiliary exit by , 1 mi Which Editor Roosevelt may escape KWllil through. n- hidden hall to the street. jljfJ ,V After his morning's work In his new iilMhffl office, Mr. Roosevelt went for luncheon mh w at the home of his cousin, Frank l 'ffowHl Roosovolu There he took an automobile liflMBa to tho church where his son was married. , fyjfSJl From tho church the Roosovelt party 1 m'm rode to the wedding reception at the Wmm home of Mrs. B. Alexander, the bride's iilwJJH aunt. ISltfl |