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Show ! THOUGHT HIM THE PRESIDENT How a Strenuous-Looking Philadelphia Newspaper Man Received Thunders, i of Applause. There Is a newspaper man of sturdy build in Philadelphia who is a few inches taller and bigger of girth than .he was Saturday, by reason of the visit of President Roosevelt to this city, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. And there are a lot of high school boys tween the double line of boys choked with bottled-up enthusiasm and waiting, for a chance to give vent to it. It so-happened so-happened that the newspaper man was immediately in front of a committee commit-tee proceeding to the assembly room. His roundity of figure, athletic car- nage, full, virile countenance, as well as the wearing of a pair of glasses-perched glasses-perched on his nose, and a general appearance ap-pearance and carriage of concentrated strenuous activity,- incited one boy to-shout, to-shout, "Here he comes." That was enough. Ovwddmii,. ;. wuobe nrst impressions of the nation's (Chief Executive were slightly at variance var-iance with those of the majority of American citizens. It was another case of the President's double. The newspaper man received the plaudits and cheers of several hundred hun-dred high school boys who imagined enthusiasm, the boys gave their familiar fa-miliar yell: "Hoo rah! Hoo rah! Hoo rah! High. School! High School! High School! "President! President! President! The newspaper man glanced around to see the distinguished m.oo they were gazing upon Roosevelt's visage. Their error furnished much amusement to the boys and the newspaper news-paper man who was so highly honored It ,was just as the Presidential party arrived at the school that the incident in-cident occurred. They had driven up Broad street and the newspaper man found all -eyes were centered on him In a flash he appreciated the error but good-naturedly bowed right and 'left His distinction was short-lived for immediately in his wake came the real President, whose reception was none the less hearty and noisy for the-preliminary the-preliminary thunder. naa gone up on a car, in order to reach the High School in time to see the ceremonies there. He arrived whiie the president was discarding his hat and -overcoat in the faculty room. Thinking he was - lite, the reporter started briskly along the corridor be- |