Show Letters Letters' b Edited by Joseph Bishop 7 rigte DY s ser s. s I the first of the children to toye ye lome ome for tor school lIe lief was des des- homesick at first but soon c rf nto to the tho swing of ot school life ime the tho nurse mentioned as an all old naly servant adored by the children writes rites In his autobiography only time they ever of offended tended r was when through mistaken deLion de- de Lion tion the they named a 0 favorite pig pis arne ame The home ws at times times overrun o with pets ranging cubs to ponies pontes from snakes badgers VICE AND NEWS gf Oyster Bay flay May 7 I 1301 1901 S 'S ss d Ted t was the greatest fun tun seeing feeing you I IF- IF had a a. satisfactory time h you and came away feeling that i t were vere doing well I am sf d with your our standing both In Irb studies r and In athletics athletic I want wantI I o odo do well In your sports and I In n 11 even more to have you ou do well h our Dur books but I do not expect I iu stand first in either cither if It BO so to tod tood od d would cause you overwork and andt t our our health I 1 always believe bellee In ini i I hard at everything everythIng- whether It Ca in or mathematics boxing or ball 1 I but at the same time i 1 want cc e p p the sense Hense of proportion It Iser is er r orth orth while to absolutely ex ex- ex et lt ones one's self or 01 to take big chances chalices ass II asfor for lor an a adequate equate object I w w. nt 1 o keep In training the faculties c would world w lIld make malc you If the need neede I e abiu bilt to put plit your last ounce of 1 I ind nd strength into a contest st st. But Buto o I tot lot want you vou to squander these these I es es s. s To ha e have you rou play football tt it 1 as you do and make a good j 1 tin n boxing and wrestling and be beof beof Iu of f your second crew and stand I to In or third in your class cnE'S In the I lies Iles is all right I should be raO rather lr lrI to see you drop too near neat the thed d dig ot of your cas crass class because as you youn you Oll n M I enter college until you are 1 lit 19 I IVi w Vi 11 therefore i ne Ie e a year later in ur urr I IT T r ng rig life I want taut you to be pl preMi pre pre- PIt 1 en e- e Mi n the best possible way so as af t Imo o up UI for the delay But 1 know know 11 U you OU can do you ou will do to keep I IU the the- position in the class u iu have PO so u far kept and 1 I have haver I r trust in you for you ou have al r I it l. l I weather has been lovely ovely here I erry elry tl trees S are in full bloom the I trees just opening while the will not be out for Cor ten days lay tay flowers and t have havethe havethe havethe the anemones and bun wort h have ve and nd the violets are coming All AU buds are arc here pretty much and warblers troop through the woods wood Ii I L. L delight yes yes' l' l Kermit I t 1 1 c. c I d a I ti r I I I II II Ir I I r w Ina a r ROOSEVELT the letters and her father Alice now Mrs Longworth known as Sister in were great chums when I tried him on Diamond did excellently He lIe has evidently turned the tho corner in his riding and was just justas as much at home as possible although he was on my saddle with his feet t thrust In t the p le leathers llers above the stirrup Poor mother has had a a. hard hart I time with for she rubbed her herback herback herback back and as she sadly needs exercise 1 and I could not have a saddle put upon II her I took tool her out bareback ester yester- esterI da day Her Tier gaits are so easy that it Is I really more comfortable to ride her without a saddle Raddle than to ride Texas with one and I 1 gave her three miles sharp cantering and trotting I Dewey Jr Tr is a very cunning white guinea pig I 1 wish you could see Kermit Kermit Kermit Ker Ker- I mit taking out Dewey Sr and Bob I Evans to spend the day on the grass Archie Is the sweetest little fellow ImI imaginable im Im- He lie is always alwa's thinking of at I you lIe He has now struck up a great friendship with Nicholas rather to Mame's Mames the nurses nurse's regret as Mme Mamo would like Ilka to keep him purely for Quentin The last named small boisterous boisterous boisterous bois bois- person was was In fearful disgrace this morning having flung a block at athis athis athis his mothers mother's head It was done in sheer playfulness but of course could not be passed over lightly and after atter the enormity of the crime had been brought full fully r home to him he fled with howls of at anguish to me and lay in to an abandon of yellow headed grief griet griefin in my arms Ethel is earning money for the purchase of ot the Art Magazine by industriously hoeing up the weeds In the walk Alice is going to ride bareback this afternoon white wattle 1 try to teach Ethel Ethelon on Diamond aft Kermit has had his ride Yesterday at dl dinner n w we were talking talking- of how badly bady poor Mrs Blank looked and K Kermit suddenly observed In an aside to Ethel entirely unconscious that we were listening Oh Effel Efte Ill I'll tell teU you ou what Mrs Blank looks like Like Davis' Davis hen dat died you died you know de one dat couldn't hop up on deperch de do perch Naturally this is purely a private anecdote ARCHIE AND QUENTIN Oyster Bay May 7 1901 Blessed Ted Recently I 1 have gone In to play with Archie and Quentin after they have gone to bed and they have grown to expect me jumping up very soft sott and warm in their tommies expecting ex expecting ex- ex me to roll them over on the bed and tickle and grabble In them However It has proved rather too ex exciting exciting exciting ex- ex citing and an edict has gone forth that hereafter I 1 must play bear with them before bet re supper and give up the play when they have gone to bed Today was Archies Archie's birthday and Quentin resented Archie's Archies having presents while he Quentin had none With the appalling frankness of three years old he remarked with great sincerity that it made him miserable and when taken to task for his hie lack of altruistic spirit he expressed ex expressed ex- ex pr pressed sled an obviously perfunctory re- re and said Well VeIl boys must lend nd bo boys s 's things at any rate INCIDENTS OF HOMECOMING Oyster Bay May 1901 Blessed Ted I some Filipino Revolutionary Revolution Revolution- ary postage stamps Maybe some of the boys would like them Have Ha you made up your mind whether you ou would like to try shootIng shootIng shooting shoot- shoot Ing the third week in August or the thelast thelast thelast last week In July or would you ou rather rath rath- er wait walt until you come back when I Ican Ican Ican can find out something more definite from Mr Post We very much wished for you while we were at thou the San Francisco ex ex- position By night it was WIlS especially beautiful Alice Allee and I also wished that you could have been with us I when we were out riding at Geneseo I Major Major- Wadsworth put me on a splendid splendid splendid did big horse called Triton and sister sisteron on a a. thoroughbred mare They would jump anything It was sisters sister's first experience but she did splendidly and rode at nt any fence at which I 1 would first put Triton TI I did not try anything anything anything any any- thing very high but still some somo of the posts and rails ralls were vere about four feet teet high and It was enough to test sisters sister's sisters sister's sisters sister's sis sis- sis sis- ter's seat Of OC course all we had to todo todo too do o was to stick on as the horses horse Jumped perfectly and enjoyed it quite quitt as much as we did The first four or five fences that I went over ovel I should be ashamed to say how far I bounced out of the saddle but after atter a while I 1 began to get Into my seat again It has been a good many years since I have Jumped a fence tence Mother stopped slopped off oft at Albany while sister went on to Loston and I 1 came here along Tuesday afternoon St. St Gaudens the tho sculptor and Dunne Duane Mr Dooley were on the train and took lunch with us It was great fun meeting them and I liked them both Kermit met me in high feather teathEr although al- al though I did not reach the house until un- un til II 10 o'clock ock and he sat by me and we exchanged anecdotes while I took my nay supper Ethel l had put an alarm lock clock under her head hoad so as to be beI sure and wake vale up but although It I went of off she she- continued to slum slumber her j profoundly as M did Quentin Archie waked up sufficiently to tell telI me that I he ie had found round another t turtle just as small as the already existing treasure I I of the same kind Jn This morning Quentin Quen- Quen III i r tin and Black Jack have neither of them been willing to leave me for tor I any length of time Black ilac Jack simply simply simply sim sim- ply lies curled up in a chair but as Quentin Is most most- conversational he has added an n element of har harassing difficulty to my effort to answer r my my accumulated correspondence Archie announced that he had seen the Baltimore orioles s catching fish This seemed to warrant investigation but it turned out he meant barn swallows skimming the water To be continued I |