Show r I o f. f 7 1 fhY r J ii t J I i r f ii 1 i iS ir j it v f i t F Ii r e I I v d A t 1 r d A I 5 tr S r c h C t s i 4 f fA 4 A Characteristic j ft in Of Y 4 t In Q Quentin uen e Pelf ti 0 Hero of thai b i American Ea Eagles leg s Highly 1 Original White While House Pranks ran of the e Plucky uc y American America m er r can Eagle Whose From Taken a Photograph Du f Body BoJi Now Lies in in France France A F t o A Chip of the Old Block 1 i 4 His Training Da Days r L And How His 1 s Energetic Life Came to an End at a the Flying F Front ont y 4 5 A n y wi y 3 a r m i d y x v J rt 1 Atik r I r r. r M i r. r rrb C w f s r C r Y l q y 4 7 1 r M 1 i yr f 7 S V t. f t ts S r s 1 y rV j t f u t x I 1 1 t i r I I y Jl f n T 1 Reverent Ceremony at the Grave of Quentin Roosevelt in in France H FIJI JJ J I j t J m. m I I J o c T f. f 1 i- i f k ws r V Colonel S 'S Su tr f r t x Roosevelt and the Boy Quentin u a Z J Jr as They r y l a Look in a. a Photograph in I y yr r v r r j the tho White L R l r 1 s House Days L j v j- j 6 1 j l By Eula McClary S j S MERICA has many heroes to celebrate and andIn andin fi AMERICA In paying tribute great names will not count any moro morn than names that have been unknown Names vanes did not win the war It was the he qualities behind the tho names names that won the tho vic tory tort 1 And it is precisely this thought I have in mind when I think of ot Quentin Roosevelt who from his boyhood was a personality From his boyhood he stood Blood out distinctively on his own account He Ile attracted at notice and notice and he attracted affection When t his father tit was a President it was of Quentin that S. S the newspapers used to write Ho was a typical American boy bay with personal characteristics that 4 led very frequently to his being called a chip of r the old block Col Cot Roosevelt loved his youn youngest est t son with a passion that made mado the world believe that he lie was the favorite of favorites s And now he h has s a yer very simple grave brave in France J I along with thousands of other American bosQuentin boys bos Quentin Roosevelt Roose enlisted in the aviation sec see section tan tion and began his traIning at Last spring Y ti he was commissioned Every crY Roosevelt Roose boy en listed Two of or the boys have been heen wounded t c Archie i will never he be e fr fre free of a paralysis re ro- result sult of ot a wound r S Enlisting as a Flier At the tIle time Quentin enlisted with tile the aviation section section and and he ma o repeated repealed efforts before he was accepted accepted the tho colonel arose early caily one mornIng mornIng mornIng morn- morn Ing drove to and went for lor a flighty flight i 1 ot a lJ fp flight of plain flying HYing ing g but a t flight of oC Dips and dives and dag dangerous rous manoeuvres He wanted to know at first hand what kind of or work his son was to do for Undo Uncle Sam But Dut the public never l knew about the fathers father's educational flight filsht until long after S In July the day before the Fourth Quentin af mane made his first fust flight over the enemy country and I t. t On got into a combat with h several enemy planes the of oC July rumors were printed that Quentin with 13 enemy was killed or missing after a fight that month just a few planes On tho the of or days after actor his father had acted as 33 a pallbearer pall Mitchel ex mayor ex-mayor mayor of oC for Aviator John Purroy New York tho the following dispatch from Berlin was handed to Col Roosevelt at his home homo at nt Oyster Ba Bay On Sunday July 14 11 an American squadron of or 12 was trying to creak break through the tho German defence over oyer tho Marne Mame In the violent combat which ensued with seven coven German machines machines machines ma ma- chines one American aviator stubbornly made rePealed repeated repeated re re- Pealed attacks This culminated In a duel between between be be- tween him and a German German noncommissioned non officer officer of of- who after a short fight succeeded in getting betting good aim at his bravo but inexperienced opponent whose machine fell tell after atter a few shots near the village village vil vii lage lago of Chambry 10 kilometers north of the Mame Marne His pocket caso case showed him to be I L t. Quentin Roosevelt elt of the air section of or the U. U S. S A A. A The Tho personal belon belongings Ings of the tho fallen airman were wro burled with him with military honors by tho ilie th e German German Ger Ger- German man airmen near Chambry at al the spot where ho fell The rite same dispatch was wan printed in the tho papers throughout tho the country Among the tho spectators on the spot Quentin's cousin Philip Roosevelt waited for tho the return the tho of squadron which reported reported reported re re- re- re ported minus the 21 old earold year old hero While Whilo the hearts of those who had learned to love the White hire o House baby tightened the father said aid to tho the reporter who gave ave him him tho the message c mother and I are aro very gl glad d that he got sot gotto gotto sotto to the front and had a a. chance to render lender some somo service service ser sere vice to his country and to show the stuff there was in iru him life before his life fate befell him That was vas all The Tho black band with the Iho gold star tar on his arm aim tells its its' own story J r In Washington Quentin's old school teachers tho the guards of tho the White House the coachman the civil men hundreds of or others all felt his death as a personal loss The birdman who runs a a. storo store much frequented by br Quentin and from fron which he took homo new specimens of oC birds enal snakes es or animals that came cante in in told the writer that he fools feels as aa bad over oyer the death of the birdman birdman birdman bird man that Quentin bo boy as if fC the lad had been his own son Harvard ard is proud of the tho stubborn light fight ho he put up and the D D. K IC E. E oJ fraternity proudly displays dis dig plays a n gold star for him All over the country his escapades escapades' are arc being recalled The Boy Washington Remembers The diplomat who one ono time escaped from a fierce dog which Quentin let loose and who was chased all over the White hite House grounds is laughing over that loss of dignity and the moment moment mo mo- ment of anxiety h toro ho found safety safely The Tho Omaha delegation which met three snakes belon belonging belong belong- ing g to Quentin and the tho women who attended the receptions at the White House House all all who ever eYer read of tho the exciting If iC somewhat days of tho the Roosevelt rule are recalling lIIng the perfectly normal and boyish boIsh pranks of a little son SOIl who loved every eyer- kind of an animal alive all quite as much muchas aa fiS ho he loved life lIfo For seven seven I years a sturdy impetuous ous frank democratic bo boy amused the tho White while WhiteHouse House and all aU who camo came near it He lIe grew into the Kind of a man such a bo boy must become and tho the price of the peace which now honorably comes to tho the allies was partly partIr paid for b by his life Tho The crude grave in Franco France which is marked with tho the remains of his aeroplane and which has bas been visited visited visit visit- ed b by his opponents and by hundreds of American soldiers and chaplains is evidence of his bit paid in full It is the tho kind of a grave grae he would have o had by his own choice That White House Boy Who will ever over forget torget when wilen one ono of his brothers was ver very ill at tho the White House how Quentin conceived the Idea that the brother would get well If he ho could Just see his pony And how he got the pony from the stable Into the elevator and up to the thI third d floor hall before his hi highly hl original cure curo was discovered What woman who ho attended a certain reception reception recep recep- tion which ever after lent a jungle thrill to the theother theother theother other receptions will forget that day when Quentin Quentin Quentin Quen Quen- tin was vas discovered on the floor of tho the reception room crawling a about pushing I the tho ladles ladies skirts aside and in determined pursuit pursuit of oC som something Finally one guest who knew him said What are you looking for Quentin 7 And he ho answered My I pet snake got out and I r thought it m i g ht lit be in inh h here re T l' h hat a t reception broke up as soon as politeness politeness politeness polite polite- ness would permit Another time tImo the Iho Pros President dent was receiving a dole dele delegation gallon gation from some western city Omaha I believe It was was an 1 Important P 0 r tan t political po Utica delegation Quentin came camo camoin in from a vI visit It to the bird store man with some impo important tant new specimens of snakes which ho wished to show his father The Tho guard told him ho he must not go Into the room where the Iho PresIdent President President dent was as there tb were several men in there But Quentin got by the guard in some way and stepping up to his father drew forth three snakes one king snake e ono one gre green n gr grass ss' ss snake e and andone andone andone one a golden necked golden necked snake nale an and ami said See what I brought homo home to keep tonight t dad laying them on the table as ho he spoke and thereby breaking up the meet meet- Ing It was told by Quentin that the men climbed chairs and ma made mado o hasty exIts its I dont don't know whether his father lost votes otes tho I 1 next election or not r t AY Y 2 4 I 44 d ff 1 t a ar r r t r Ir Irr r r. r Yc 1 1 i i 1 3 F tt tty T y a aS u S 1 R t s 4 r n b Photo SIv e tt ts tta a l lt r l lr tk a t i r A 1 lot An old time photographer of Washington Is still laughing over the tho funniest picture he over ever oversaw saw and did not take An important cabinet meetIng meetIng meet meet- ing had been held and a picture was to he be taken after utter the meeting and sent out with until tho the story of what whal had taken place The nicotine meeting was wag closed and the tho photographer sent for Ju Just t as ho lie was about to take the picture a peculiar expression came over oyer the face of the President Just one ono moment moment mo mo- mo- mo ment moat please said ai T T. R R. raising his lils hand haud in co com command mand nand lIe He then bent over and pulled front from beneath his chair the tho youngest son of the family faintly who had been there throughout the meeting Placing Quentin Quentin Quen- Quen tin Un across cross his Knees with the south side up tho hand of the President descended f several c limes times inno inno in inno no gentle genUe C caress Tho The future was then their sent sen bent from the room and the picture of or the cabinet meeting tal taken en with no further in interruption l The Boy Who WIlo Did Tho The stories stones are aie endless and original ol To tell them all would tale take a book and set sel some examples to the American youth of our land which Huckelberry Huckel- Huckel beIr berry Finn and Tom Saw yei er overlooked o But though t I f. f nJ l iJ L J the father did not spare snare tile the rod the chil child COlU to a adore ore him lie and to suffer sometimes for or his bo be announcements of what he ho thought of his prential pre pr p dentin father At the public school he att attend n tC in Washington he suffered pai particularly for 1 f public approval al of his fathers father's ability when answer to tho the question the teacher was ask each child as to what his fathers father's occupation w 1 Quentin called out Mines Minds IT And the echo hours were lengthened for him on that and s sv su d days davs ys i iere ten kil kilometers meters north of the Mar Man Manso so near the village of Chamb Chambry Quentin t thas has found his last resting place If he rema remal 0 I buried In the land and where he fought for his co cotry's CO coc try's honor and the safety and happiness of or cI CT future j rears ears h his grave will be amo among ti number which every American traveler tra will vito vi to pa pay tributo tribute to the thousands of our dead dead 1 bowing the head and laying a flower on the gra t of a typical American youth a youth a U U. 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