Show WEAlLMlY AND WISE THEODORE ROOSEVELT COM DINES TWO VIRTUES Ine of II he Itlcliet Men In Alnerlr 1 let lie II aeagaliog In Make the lioeenn + ent ferferl In All 1 tha Ilrnehr tsajssi iinonotu ito e T i yell the chairman I I mit I 1 of the national civil service cam tnliwlnn hu lately been much In cvl aY tIncr In feasts over r + vlclorle In recent uriT L election I Mr llooetlt In I n dli I tlnRUlihed example JIo of the power for rood that a rich young man any exert who devote dmiclf fearlessly til the Inlerrtt ot he public lie wa born In New York Ityn little less I than thlrtyeven yearn ago of one of the wenlthleM famlllea ct the old Knickerbocker arlitocracy While at Harvard unlver > he Rave evidence of his remarkable Induitry and force of character by applying him i self to Ids itudle wllh the nnlur of a student who must fight hi way In the world The pent following his gradua tlon from Harvard he entered practical politic foil secured an election to the I tale houio of repreientallve When only M yearn of age he found himself j tlO I ly l r0 Y 1tt V lilt I J ItNHINO the leader of hi party of tho empire I Mate In the general nmemply lie wa not however nn unallovcd comfort to tho veteran wheel liorsen and machine bone of his party They non found that tho young man had a dangerously well developed condunce nn uncomfortably uncom-fortably stubborn will and Urge practical practi-cal resources In the political arena Tought by tho machine polltlclani of both partlca ho made a memorable and plucky control for tho uiakfo of a civil service reform law und seas finally final-ly I rewards with victory Tho actual working of the law have lubitanllally vindicated hln ihrctvdnei and foresight fore-sight Fix years ago ho wni npK > lnted to rnemberihlii on tho United Hlate civil vervlca cominliilon and hi cou llnuoui and vlgorou labor In that cj paclly have contributed very largelj to this firmer eitnbllihment and thu wider extension of tho merit tyitern In thin government service While ho has thrown hits major cnerglc Into the field tit lolltlci and reform he hurt accomplished ac-complished much by thin way of diver rleii I In the flcll n Ilinuturo havln1 boon a frequent conlilbutor to the for mutt magailne HI book naturally II i Ot divide themselves I Into two classes thorn dealing with solid hlitorlcal and IdoEraphlcal topic and fresh prlflit ly I nnd vllrrlng narrative of nulof door life In the former gins ho 1s I but t I I I e THEODORE IIOOHKYEIT known by hhn Ilfo of Icunrncur Mir rib Life of Thoma H lion Ion History of the Naval War of 113 and HIIIttory of Now York Wllh how who enjoy port and the wild freedom free-dom of mounlaln and prairie life hie Hunting Trip nf n Ilanchman The Wilderness Ilunt Winning of the Wet and Itnnch Lit and tho Hunting Hunt-ing Trail lake high rank as among tho very best work of their clan It us Ito I-to ba doubted If there I a hurler young American on the continent that Mr Itooievelt and hli splendid and untlr Inc activity In the broad nnd beneficial lint In which hli bite hoi been directed and < picliy In view of the fact thai limo f Hun would < permit him to live I In luxnrluu Idleness Ir I n fine evidence that the true American tplrll in by no rnenn exllml even among the coed moul wealthy who are popularly i posed to IT given over to the spirit of Anglmnl It I Is generally understood that Mr Uuonevelt Iles yielded to the wlihe of New York city reform mar and will lOOn retlgn hli present pcxlllon upon the United Flames civil service eommllon to accept a place U > on the txdlce conunlMlon nf New York city In thla capacity he will find a wide Held ripe for the tickle of reform oil hits friend declare that he will not henltate to apply It with fear leas I energy |