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Show TALES OF THEODORE l I ..ROOSEVELT i I ,T. R. And the Baby That I ! Drowned Him Out at a I Meeting' f- I RooBovelt, running tor vice prcsl- I dent, wns addressing a mass meeting H In ono of tho larger townB in Ohio. H Two or three thousand pcoplo. had I gathered to hear him. He had spok- I (on but n tow minutes., when a baby ,ln its mother's arms awoke and look- I lng around began to scream at tho I top or his voice. Tho mother could I not keep him quiet. Tho crowd be- I gnn to scowl and mutter, for no one I jWitliln rango of tho baby's voice I .could hear RooHovelt at all. I I IIo btopped his speech and rnlsod I jIiIb hand. "That poor baby ls,frlght- I oncd almost to denth by all thoso I people," he said. "IIo cannot help I scienmlngl" Then ho turned directly I to tho perturbed and unhappy moth- I (cr. "Madam,; ho asked, "Would you I like to got out ot tho crowd w.llh ' I ihlm?" ,', j, ,,,-j r j, I I Sho nodded her lioad and ho said, W. "JMy ruemiH, I know how closely you V are packed in horo, but if you will jEl I make yoursolvea just nB moll as you' "M can, I am sure you can opon a path- Wi jway for this woman to got her poor Jj : frightened baby away from this TH crowd." jSj A pathway wns made and as tho jSjB crowd settled back to tho listening iSMs mood ho said, with a smllo that wns JWS new to Uio people then, "You sco, I 9m know nil nhout babies for I'vo had 'lot six of them myself." t lm Tho hearts of tho pcoplo wore ,'$m touched. "I don't know' said ono S shrewd politician In tho crowd, "but Ull4an what Teddy's kindness to thnt moth- jl or has mndo more votes for hire o- day than his speech." -3 |
