Show j AMUSES j I 11 1 NOT A Ap iV iVI p t OF THE M TEST t Ir w i f NATION ON I AT Tt A f 9 W WT T TI I TO O tip T Ii 1 i LT PLC w f aJr I 1 f c ci lill lillI I i I t A 1 ll CT ZUN AT 4 i l i 1 I 1 J I j e I f Y I II h hL L It s r 1 AA ar Y G 3 i it t That u eat Upper Cute y Before r Mere FOrMer For Met r tp b f er f m Y 7 r II I r I 1 II f I HE EfE Theodore Roosevelt of Saga n 1 THE moro lilt Hill Is not the Theodoro Theodore of the tho White House At Washington ho works At Oyster Ray Bay Da he ho plays piny When Shen hen the tho president presIdent president dent plays he ho plays almost st as ns hard as ashe jie he works He lie Is about tho the most vigor vigorous or ous Cus player wo we have There are aro those who would call some somo of his playing hard work worl but Mr Roosevelt finds It merely pleasant and beneficial recreation tion Ho lie throws oft of tho the cloak of em official m clay cial dignity when ho he gets back home hom for tho the summer vacation and puts on hIs Ills old clothes his last years pants and very likely his 1898 1838 rough rider hat He Ile revels In personal liberty Ho feels feel feel bully hully I Ho lIe e Is ts The Tho Thoman man nano Is 15 a n boy again and the president preside n t Is li Just Mr Theodore Roosevelt of Saga Sasa nore Hill Hili Oyster Oster Day Bay Long Island sow pow ow York U S A AA AA AA A long line ago a n young man named Roosevelt learned that all work worl and no nokes play piny makes ma kes Jack a dull boy Ho learn learned ed also what porno somo young men never learn i arn that nil piny play and una no work mattes makes Jack Jacic nn an incubus a wart on the rico rice ol ot society There Theio are arc two classes es of men mell who transgress natures laws In regard to labor One Ono Is s tho the class which works all nil the time lima and never navel takes a vacation or a n day da off oft Tho The Theother other Is the class which never docs does a days work worl but Is s always on tho bum The Tho members member ot or this class may bo be null mil millionaires Ilona Ires or tramps Betwixt Betwixt end ond Between There Is an un Intermediate class which works when n work worle Is required and plays when play pilly Is requIred These are aro really the first class people Mr Roosevelt belongs to this class lIe Ho lIes 8 s born orn with money enough to loaf I all h hi 1 i J life It If ho had hall loafed without ceasing g he ho would world be unknown now no ex ox except perhaps as M n ri r chicken slaughtering automobilist If he had hul worked with without out Accusing ho he provably would be bo represented by b a D tombstone In a n Long cemetery I tory Ho lie chose the saner and ond safer middle course making both work worie and play his business for play Is 1 Hill nill the theEo Roosevelt Eo sevelt Summer SummerHome Nome Home orne t r rr T r w 7 b h s n f i rs I k a k M Z S ri T t just justas ns as Important a II apart part of business as asIs asIs asis Is work Mr Roosevelt now holds a Job at nt w which he w works works very ery hard during dUrin dui Ing eight months of or tho the year though he ho insists upon play enough for physical exercise Tho The other four months he passes pusses nt at his Oyster Bay home doing what work worl Is necessary in ht order to hold hall his job but devoting tho the time chiefly chlell to play pIn By Dy Byplay Byplay play of or course recreation Is meant and recreation means relaxation If Mr r Roosevelt did not relax for a few months at nt Oyster Bay ho he could not stand the Uio strata strain at Washington Teddy Would Go Wo tiro 0 road rend the other day that Mr Roosevelt took recreation recreation In his 1215 hisha hayfield hay hayfield field lie He did not go out and sit sl on tho the fence once under the shado shade of ot a It tree tre as ns I somo some gentlemen farmers might do watching the hired hands work Ho lie got Into tho the middle of tho the field fIld grabbed I a G NA I tt J a It pitchfork and forked hay up to Ed nd Edward ward Maloney 1 of tho the village v ilia g e who spread It on the tho wagon When hen bon the wagon was loaded Maloney rode and nud Roosevelt walked to tho the barn bain Then Roosevelt climbed Into the hayloft with his pitchfork while Maloney aloney forked tho hay through the window and Roosevelt crammed It back In the tho loft If you OU ever eer worked 1 at haying you OU are aro well aware that Roosevelt chose tho hardest and hottest Job when ho hI elected to do tho the Inside work Mn Mu Maloney loney lone says Roosevelt had hud on ea a 11 white negligee shirt and adds Before Defore tho the first load loud was wall done dono you OU have hae given 30 cents for that white shirt and talk about sweat drops like litre peas the tho president had them themas as big as black walnuts dropping chopping from his face and ho stop slop to wipe them oft off either cither but kept lpt right on pitch pitchIng pitching Ing up forkfuls so big that he lie hud hall to get pet under them and shove shoo them up to 10 tome tome me Thon Then when ho hu climbed up Into the loft loll and anil took look the hay from the fork forI and stowed It away awa more moie big drops fell tell from him In streams No mollycoddle could coul ld do d that kind of or work Mr Roosevelt can do it be because because cause causo he has Ims beep been in 11 lifelong training for It It Is play for tor him Oh Woodman Spare That Tree Treel There arc ninny many trees on tho the seventy acres of Roosevelt land near Oyster Osler lay Hay Un In the big house on Sagamore Hill there are aro three fireplaces Those fireplaces require wool wood In winter Be De Before foro fore ho faa was vas president ir i esl lent Mr 1 Roosevelt It o always spent several cells in III winter at nt Sagamore Hill Hili to enjoy sleighing on the fine roads roal and to tramp over oer tho the hills lulls on snow snowshoes s shoes h o es When lV hen he gets back to Sagamore Hill Hili for the time ho ha will have enough firewood on nn hand to last In t seasons for nearly every overy morning now he up UI an nn a ax ROCS goes l o s sout out Into the tho woods nod and chops down n 1 tree The Tho mornings when ho chop chopa a tree down ho hu chops one up He ire strips trip tho the branches from tram the th tree tico ho lie felled the day before and cuts the trunk and anil larger limbs Into IatO lengths Thus Finns he lie enjoys both the tho poet poetry poetry ry 1 and und tho the prose of a n roaring fire tiro on the hearth Sometimes Hes Hos Peter Pan Panr Mr r Roosevelt hems hears and hoods heeds hel ds tho the call nil of tho the wild ever ever now nod and then Perhaps It Is III n a tall call of tho bo bay l oj to the tho thoman theman theman man for ho he likes to go and camp out Just as liS all nil boys bO B do Hoyn BOYi sometimes play ilia hooko from frem school and retreat to Some se IIII oJ they thU cm cut build n II tire fire coll co l ril food in tomate to tomato t mate mato cans ans and nud be free for a time The Tho president of the tho United States Hates Is al always ways under guard Uncle Sams Sauis secret score I service men surround lent him hll even at It Hill HIli But a It boy hOY named d Theodore Theodoro Roosevelt Sr sometimes manages to play piny pIn He lie etudes eludes tho the guards and goes gOl s out with another boy bo rammed named Roosevelt Jr end anu nn tho the brothers and cousins of this Theodore heodore The Tho big boy and the smaller small smaller jor er er boys bOH get Into a n boat and row miles and miles away avdy to romo somo quiet haven where they the put Iut up tilt a n tent and camp out overnight Theodore senior senior likes lites to bury bur some seine clams In tho the sand and build a It fire are over them for n a clambake He Jie lI Is Isone Isono h hone one ono of ot the bo boys lie He Is IK Peter Van Pan who never r grew up III Of Or course In his other Identity hi hl Is president of or the United States but he forgets It lt Such a n sol solemn solemn solemn responsibility t as that tho t Is II a I good thing to forget torget every eor little while A Vigorous Swimmer At Jt tho outlet of Owl creek to the Roosevelt elt home Is a n bathing beach bench I Mr Is not such a n beach fiend I as ns the boy bo who recently loafed twelve hours in the tho hot sunshine In his bathing suit and lost large sections of or his skin but ho ha likes to tn swim ho lie finds an nn hours hourI leisure before luncheon after working walking at nt his official duties Lets all 1111 have hao n a swim suggests pater paterfamilias paterfamilias Down to the beach hac u h trips the Roosevelt os o velt tribe tilbe I towels tow e is In Inthey Inthey n they the r go n and an c 1 the tho father fattier of or the tho 1 family swims vigorously I varying his stroke to get se the benefit of muscle A Fearless Rider Three Throe saddle horses In tho the Oyster Bay stables give glo gh e Mr 1111 Roosevelt variety of or thrills In hi horseback eer One Ono of or the tho animals Is III n a III in jump jumping lag ing In stone stono walls and rail fene f ni Mr 11 Roosevelt li Is something oz tit a tin t l lIn in sitting pitting a n horse At 01 that exercise and during the summer ho he samples many ninny of the tho fences In his ills neighborhood Tho The Theother other othel horses ho h e uses t for riding along tho the shady shad country roads loads and the tho sunny stretches of Long Lon Island scenery where trees are lire scarce Only n II few fow days da s ago ho ha rodo rode along a 11 road where a n laborer was digging n teach Everybody around Oyster Bay Day Is supposed to know Imol Mr Roosevelt who makus nalcus a habit of bowing or speaking a 11 word In greet greeting ing lug when he lie passes by hy anybody The Tho president was wearing a n 1 m hat probably oltof out of compliment t a n certain certain certain tain important ditch Ho He lifted his pana pan ama and an 1 smiled affably ot nt the trench digger who regarded him with a n stony stare Tho The president of or tho the United States passed on Tho The man In tho Iho ditch turned to a 11 and asked disgustedly that fresh guy The fhe mulch ditch 1 It cJ digger of at course courso was n a In those parts and likewise a stranger to the fact that there aro are ast J k u I Jc f men rich enough to rl a n spirited d horse and wear weal a panama panana hat lint nail and yet yd CI democratic enough to mike lake notice nonce of or a amm aman aman man mm who Is doing his Ills days davs work worl In n a a ditch Mr Roosevelt Roo Hoo evelt In following out his ills Individual theory theo of playing payIng has lin halt come In contact with all sorts 1111 con conditions of men and to him hini n mans amans n s a suran man uran He Plays prays Hard Sometimes Mr Roosevelt plays plays ac actually actually at games Ho lIo likes tennis boat best While this Is s u II pastime for ladles as well iveli as ns for men when played flayed hard it Is really quite as lIS vigor Igor vigorous t ous oua as forking king hay ha or chopping wood Mr Roosevelt plays s It hard hurd His Ills ten tennis tennis nis courts at Sagamore Hill Hili fUrnish him frequent opportunity to make his hi white negligee shirts took look like 30 20 cents coits In Mr lr 1 c lingo Many lItan I golfers feel focI slighted a because Mr Roosevelt cares little or nothing for that game somo cl clIt It Is probable that he ho Ignores Ignol s golf golt be because causo cause It Is too ton long lOUR between strokes Ho lie prefers playing that Hint keeps his mus muscles muscles cles Iles In III constant action particularly the arm and shoulder muscles righting l a D pasture full of If there ther vein fern HO each a n game w bo be moi moro more e In his hl line lino than thun y golf y Tire The first president pres lontor of tho the United t s States owned u II large farm and was wa y wont want to superintend It t by hy riding around and giving Instructions Ho lie rode lodo one day In a chilly rain caught a II cold colli mid and i died Hincy the president nl f fat ot or tho he United States catching cold because be because cause of getting wet I Perhaps II H Washington had fortified himself against such exposure by forking lm hn hay pr ha ho might have hava lived lIed well Into tho the nine nineteenth nineteenth century Mr r Roosevelt studied too hard harth at lit Harvard and found It necessary nry to take taketo ale alet to Id t ranching as n a means menus of recuperation Ahe he outdoor life developed him him Into n I vigorous physical naan Physical vl vigor or orIs Is s tho the bulwark of mental vigor despite n somo sarno few Instances to the tho contrary contI Theodoro Roosevelt constantly practices tires tices what many ninny others preach the this 0 philosophy of or keeping up n it sound mind by b keeping up tom u a sound body That Is Isone isone one reason why ho he plays so much The Theether Theother other ether reason Is that ho he likes to playa ROBERTUS LOVE |