Show SiCK BOY IS BETTER Eldest Son of Presidents Improving I CRISIS ISYETTO corm Chief magistrate and Mrs Roosevelt Believe Their Boy Will Meet tho Crisis in God Shdpo and Passing it Successfully Will Recover The Day Closed Milch More Cheerfully than Monday Pleurisy Which Developed De-veloped has Proved Very Slight All Reports Show Improvement t Groton Mass Feb 12 1 a mThc lights in the Infirmary for nearly two hours l jjavc < been turned low Groton Mass Feb 11The reports from the sick room of Theodore Reese volt Jr the oldestson of the President who since Thursday last hns been III with pneumonia at Ih6 r Groton school In llrmary tend to show an Improvement I and at 8 oclock tonight his condition was authoritatively stated to 0 bettor than It was ot tho same time last flIght CRISIS Y1DT TO COME Tho crisis of thb dlscusc Is 1 mill to como nnd Is looked for Avlthln2tho next twentyfour or thirtysix hours The President and his wife believe tljclr son will meet this crisis lit good shape and passing It successfully will iccover In fact iavpruble ih dls Uio slIght 1prnL1 turn lnvtho ease today hns groatlttrcllavcd tho strain on both of them anfl tho day closed much moro cheerfullY thunyesterdayl lYEJTOEEN HOPE AND FEAR Still tho reports Issued through Mr Cortolyon sccraLrtry 16 tljuPrdrfdcnt ran between hope nncl fe 1 Ueglnnlng with tho morning when to boy after an admittedly ad-mittedly hard night was reported as Improved Im-proved although pleurisy in tho right lunir was mentioned this favorable tendency tend-ency > was continued through tho noon statement PLEURISY SLIGHT At 1 oclock Secretary Corlclyou made tho follovlnjr statement Tho condition of the boy since the favorable announcement announce-ment of the morning has remained un changed and the pleurisy which wns developed de-veloped this morning has proved to t boer bo-er slight thus far Than at 217 p mlt wns stated that te tho boys temperature had risen and that It would remain high and If any l I Ing licreaao n lIttle toward morning The sombre tone seemed almost to neutralize neu-tralize the mornings encouraging notes FAVORABLE CONDITION HELD The nextj report at G30 p m showed that notwithstanding tho high lemixJra ture the boy had moro than hold his own during tho day and that his condition condi-tion wns favorable Hopefulness was increased In-creased by on additional and voluntary report on Mr Cortelyous part at S oclock that the lad was In bettor con dition than at tho same tlmo last night although ho said there had not been much change daring the day meaning that tho favorable condition of tho morning morn-ing had been practically maintained BOY IS BETTERI All thcso reports wero authoritative and In addition there wan a cheery in tcrvlow with Secretary of the Navy Long after a hurried visit of courtesy to his chief In which ho frankly said that the boy was better CONFIRMED BY PRESIDENT To conllrm this came the Presidents sudden appearance a little later In tho afternoon at tho net Sporting Dome a rccvcatlon house built by MrGardntr adjoining his own mansion The Presi dent was I lressed In lL suit of flannels and seemed ready for Home exorcise on tho now course Ho did not play how over although ho remained In tho sunny building nearly two hours watching a game between Mrs James Lawrence and Rev Shorard Billings KING EDWARDS SYMPATHY Another Interesting cvont of tho day was tho receipt ota telegram from Em bassdor Pauncofote at Washington conveying con-veying King Edwards expression of sympathy for the President and hope for the speedy recovery of his eon PLAIN STATEMENTS Tho reports issued by Mr Cortclyou during tho day woro of tho same nature as thosi sent to Miss Alice Roosevelt at Washington At the earnest request of tho President tho reports were not Issued In bulletin form Mr Cortclyou absolute ly refusing to give statistics of tempera Lure pulse and respiration In tact no technicalities were used and at his request re-quest quotations also were omitted They were merely plain statements of tho condition of the boy Each time one Nas given Mr Cortelyou cautioned tho newspaper news-paper men against making It too encouraging en-couraging SECRETARY LONG ENCOURAGED I Then camo the interview with Secretary LollS which contained far more encouraging encour-aging words than any from the Hick room The Secretary said frankly that tuo boy was better nnd that both tho President end his wife wero much en couraged Hesaid that no plan had boon rOndo for tho Presidents departureal though Intimating that If tho boys con dition continued to improve at the same rtto the boy would probably bo Improved sufllclentiy to allow tho President to Icavo for Washington Thursday No ar rangements ho said had been made to ward the removal tho boy when ho Is well enouh to leave the infirmary He saId both the President and Mrs noose velt wcro much worn and worried but othorvlho quite well OFFICIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTED For two hour today the President was engaged In transacting ofllcial business and nnauorlnff Kttcra Ho lunched With Mrs Roosevelt at tho Inllrmhry after the departure of Secretary Long The oclock report from Mr Cortcl you prflcMcnlly confirmed much of what Secretary lonc had said It was In ef fect tbat the boys condition while nn chiinged showed Improvement for the inyii Jib i tomperatuni had Increased slightly but respiration and pulso Wore about the game INDICATIONS FAVORABLE At R l pclock Mr Cortolyou sro out an other report slating that medical exami nation of the patient showed that ho was much Improved and considerably hotter than last night The President spent the entire evening at tho Gardner house Tho last sick room bulletin for the day was given out at 11 oclock Mr Cortel you Bald that at this time every Indica LIon WOK for a favorable night for the boy but the fever bed fluctuated some I what and It was Impossible to loll Just when the crisis would come although It was lookod for Wednesday |