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FINEST WORKSHOP IN WORLD
FOR FATHER KNICKERBOCKE
The New Municipal Build?
ing, Now Nearing Com?
pletion, Will Be One
of the City's Prides.
FATHER KNK'Ki:i:H"<'Ki;n is Just
. .mill'- itit?. possession of the I
est ail'l ni"st costly ?,l!lce building
.1 the WOrld The l??.partnicnt of l'c
baa moved i'.i" the new Municipal Build
' oped thai by ??eioi?. r i the
other eity departments thai ate to find a
? ,iii-nt botne In the vast pile will have
taken poss? sslon
".'ni, I'.tin?." the copper statue that ?*
t,. typify i'.?- Bpltit of the < ity, now resti
on tor lofty i.eti-stai. Ktom the Btreel
l..\a-l to the top Of this linage, which in
? .If Is t? feel in heii*ht,
nctly ?-- feel .lust at pr?sent the "lady''
is hidden by a scaffolding upon which
artists are at Work Covering her with
fold leaf. In ,'iii,.tlitr we?-k BBS BhOUld
-il !- fn.m all paris of the
Vlewe.1 as an e\|teriment in muni' Ipal
ownership snd operation, thla building
-tits an interesting prohlem. When
...mt.lft.il it 4M11 have <-ost $11.08
The sito est the eity some 10,000,000 It
V"int of size the only mal In the world
to the ?-iructurc is ?he AVoelworth Build*
ing. It I*? true that the latter is hipher.
I. has fifty-five BtorlSB to the forty of the
Municipal Bulldim* It lias a russ floor
area of thirty-three acres, While that "f
the i ity workshop las only ahout 144
nine aeres. Bot right there the superior?
:r4- ,?f the WoOlWOrth Building ??tais. Tl ?
?tty building Is more expensi4t.. mor?
rsaaadve in ?very way. The Woolworth
Kuilding en?-t ?7 100,000 S?d its s;t, |
?.?.n.Of'ii. Us weicht is only 121,001 ton?.,
including 14,001 tona of striaturril
while the city's pile w.dchs 110,008 i"-s
Including 10,000 tons of BteeL
A HIVE OF INDUSTRY.
Built under the supervision <>f the I'
pSllBBSUt of Bridges. .,f which ?"??'
?aioner Arthur J. 0*Keeffe is the toa???.
?ind?r a special act of th< I.-mslaturc, the
tmildlnc wli-n completed nv 111 h- tun,..,
"vrr to the car- .if the Borough Presi?
.lent of Maiihattau. His will be the prob
lem of caring for thla tretn. ndotia blv? of
Industry. I! Is tiirur-,1 that tber? 44 ill l'?
an av. rag? 1 "??ulation <.f 8,00*1 in the
huiidine during bualnaas hours, counting
4.(W employes and as average of . ?
visitors. Ji require? no m retch nt the im
..gmation in tude-*atand ihat it is no sim?
ple proMcni to manage auch an estsbliah
ment.
I'c!' many months Borough President
II Aneny through his Bureau of Public
BulKHnga and ?'ffic.s. ..f which Julian
* mt-iifietit, has been arork
-ut the ?inTaiis .,f th, car? of the
structure. The handling of .< modern of?
fice bul)ding h i. t.?. ..un a s i< net.
is aha*tg m i ? -1. t ? 11 > - lines that this prob?
i. m rs tolng worked out. it is reughly
. -titcat?"i that n ?--ill require the cooatant
? nipioyinent of Botne 156 pereona The
? may l>e divided s"iia thing after this
fashion: ivrnai- cleaners, 160; po
80; -lrvat.n- nan, 10; wat-hin-n, 10; firc
inen. ?. elevstoi atartors, I; ap?ela* of
?, and ollera "-. Ther
\\:ii also be piutr.it? is. ateam fitters, an
elevator consta-oetor, a .lii?f electrician
and other mechsi
The telephone aystem i- the s? at build
. will 1?* of the m.?st mildern type, it
la planne.i to have what they Call a six
place -rsitchbosrd for the buladtng, i
ing that it Ifl construct. ?! for aft.
aim;.. Tins will bfl simply for the 1
"f caring for int-rd-partm. t.ial . alls, but
will have twenty-tiv- outgoing tnil
in case any il. parttnent liii'ls it
switchboard taxed beyond ifs ca]
The ordinary outside busln? a s of !he vsrl
OOB departir:? n!s will be conducted on th. ir
own switch!?? with
?h'-lr own outsoing trunks. 1
he ixparim-nt of Public Works now ha
1 two-|.].i,e BWltchbCSald in Ha Park Row
Fluilding.
A SAVING TO THE CITY.
When the various departments- o?
rented qusrters have roov?rd bato the nes
building ?he city will Bav? about '
a i? ?>r the ji.cos.'Tjri now paid nnnually In
lent te Hie owners of privat?!* bulldlnss.
This in Itself >s 4 pel cent up??'i I
<>*K). and will come Within .?!.'" I
in?-*: the Intereat on the btmdi
for th? ? unstru-tii.ti of the bulldln
the part hate of the Isnd. it
however, that the t*os1 of U 8 rit? ' bould
ni-'t be "aa-ured against th- building, as it
was ssoeessi | Is buy most r>r the land
anyway tor the purptmi
str. et loop Btatton and for th- 1
it for trains from the Brooklyn Bridge.
? The hasem-nt of the building p?
thla stallon, the COS? Of which in Itself
would have Peen cnsal-rahle. It is (in?
ured In, of course, In the "niOffclM ?
the building.
Of course. It will cost somctlnnt- t..
??imp and matniain the building, Ralph
If. ?'"mfort, r?onsi*Jtlng expert on i'.ierior
fiuipment, who was retained nol only to
?ay out the floor BftSaCS according to BCl?
entlfle methods, but also to rep?,it .,ri the
cost of entirely equipping the building
with standard stc-l furTilttir-. o'liiiitnl
that the ?alter would increase ihe ett
debt to the extent of Ba.M8.IM. Th- Beard
Of I't-tiniate thought It unneo -sary 1
spend so much money at the present time,
BJ many of the <l> -partnients lad an equlp
niont of Bteal furniture that arafl almost
new. Ho the plan now |s t?. stsndsrdlse
the furniture Of each department and to
supplement the furniture each already
has with what Is actually needed to equip
the new otllce?.
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.
it h . ted that it win cost Boate?
rs Is the n**ighborhood of 1258,811 a
f?tr maintenance ami ..p. ration.
Ilowev-r, th- city will r--t ? not Iriemi
siderable return fron, \arious 1
such aa newsstand-. ti wet booths ?\t-oot
blacking estahlishni-nts, hart- |
and Die HKi .
One of tin* feature* ,,| th- building will
he the pure, chlll-ad drlnkinc water. All
the wat?T will bo tilt-r-d. That for drink?
ing purposes will be refrigerated sad
piped to every room Th- eity now aptn.|
-..in- 88,000 for spririK water lor vari',.
ilepartments. Th?* I? to cnol this \4.1i.
? OSIB In the neit'hhnrhn.id of J.? .?.?1 a -,-at
A c.onshlcrahl" part ?>f this exp-ns- 44!ll
i? aaUad in ihe future.
?ine dttefl Mr. Ctyeataei <id in Ma Btudy
44as lo llRiire out just how much spa ?
f;.'-li rnati n?Md?ad to WOtk in. II- not. nnlv
?00k Into ?-?irislderatlon the -uhl-al aim.uni
?if B?*SSthtng spa-e, I,nf also reckon, d the
amount of K.|uar? lie! requirerl for ?ah
inan'M task. I! Is no doiiltt true that th
.,!i:.*i*8 In thla building have been laid run
nr a more convi-nl-til and <-oi,..nii' al
mariner-sr, far as space Roes than in
any ninillar htructure In the vrirld.
Of course, in a bulldln'* ??. larga there
Is bound t't to BeSOa ?pace that <!'..- in,I
???i the un? t unlit. Hare auch room i?
to be devoted to filing vault?, i'anlit-iiir.
? rlam gusa, are used, s" that th
.it BOt t" 1"' M ?lark, after all.
Tl ? outride of tin- building la pra?etioal
|j in it: completed state, it has been ra
'iolds and derri'ks, an.
the new pavement around th?' OUtsM? ?Wtl
aoon furnl h a more pleasant letting f<>
th.. structure, it had been hoped to has
. all the ?I? partin? nts in at tins time. Ther
I have been various delaya from the laoep
tion ?.f the project, however. The founda
t i? ?ii? had to be ?hanged, there whs an In
Junction holding up tha awarding of thi
elevator contracta, and ther?- was furtha
trouble .?v? r fretting Just the right ?OP
Of building material.
X??w that tin structure is nearinr com
pletlon sum., stiiti.-ti? . BbouM he not un
Interesting. Mere the] are:
Excavation begun.lune 7, IM
foundation finished .December, till
? |. gun.inn?', 1110
m. el frame finished.July, 111!
.. March.ll'll
-h? ?I.Sovi mber, 1911
.v.."30 cub. ft
Oro irea ol average floor. ::'?? ? i ft
.' tons
Weight of structural steel. ?ii.OOO torn
? 00,000
r if w Indowe.
Numb? r of doori .2.O00
.31
? ? .Mt?,t?00
t of hollow tile ?par?
tition ..... t......?s.|. ft.
ml of cement floor.... ..?>?.""?? sq, ft.
Amount of asphalt floor
rfoi vaults).-... 80.000 aq. ft.
Amount of corh flooring
rill' Boor only? . I ??'. ?q. ft.
? ut "t pasterlng.l?0.00?*isq yda
Amount of marble.M0.OM *?? ft
THE MARBLE USED.
Al ' Rl I not he ami??
to dcacrlbe th?* marble When the build?
ing i ?I?, ?e ?tranger? from out of town
will Visit it ?Imply t" ?e? that marble
it la knoa lorado ynl? and comes
fun. ? northwest of Denver and
an eltll id? of ?i f< ? t above the aaa
Th? most easterly paint at which
.:. ad heretofore is in
One ot tii?. public building? m ?Cleveland.
? i- aome in Kanaaa ?City arid consld?
Ii m various public building? in i>'-n
\. i. Bui t.. n. ' t- i ion? it wit! be a
; complete noveltj it has a whlteneaa
. alabsster, its maik
tka, fading awai gradually
..?i p re ?>f light gray and l?rown
i tinge "f green In ?some olacea.
. t.,1 the sralnsn-otlaa
? of all the public halla and In all the lav?
? COI ?' rai.le pink
r.!,?!. -.- ? marbli u ad for the base
the vsrioua monis. These ara
topped h. a metal oornloa in arhlch all
win to 1 ? i m the roomi will
be run and through which easv accei
may be had to them,
Tin- Muiii?-i|.,il Building will be in fa?'t
; roof. The only a.I ? d
m its construction i for lbs frame? of
door? ami windows. These are eov?
' ??? )t?i draw n ateel, tillish'-d
to reaembk Honduras mahogany. The
1 is handaome and the illusion i?
omplete. Tha ?teal is put on eUweriy
with iriii-l? clip? BO that wh'-n all the
tari- have i.? ? n clamped in placa none
of Hi? f.i joints sbOWS. This
tl m la.. I.. ? i. pronounced by ail wh? 1
[have teen II a? the handaomset ";
in the city. Then the plan is to ha
wooden furniture of ai.\ description In
lbs bulMlns. it la iwobabla that al nrsl
eome wooden tables and ?hairs will '??
hroirht "n f"r temporar] equipment But
thee? win be replaced as aoon aa the
?Board "f Estimate believe? that lb?
is Bnanclally able to do : o
NOT BUILT FOR SHOW
Nothing in t? ? building ?- abnpli for
show, in that respect It la f.?t ?iifTer
enl from the Hall ??f Records Ths ? I
tide na*? been d< cribe-I In prir l many
tirase, i nen umbered, it now atand
for every cltisen t?? aee aa ha paaaea it
? -1-1 ?- ?. - ?i.- and ?liKniiK't t?ni not or
I naide th? .t. tai Ian purpose t.? be ?erv? 'l
ha been upperrooal in Iba mtndi ??f thoa?
who ?ii?i the planning.
As ii.i been ? t.:t. i. ? ach Booi ha been
laid fit according to the need? "f the de?
partmen! going irito n. in the basement,
in addition to the aubway station >.r th?
Centre atreet i""i>. and the entrant*? f??r
the elevated train? from the Brooklyn
Bridge, th'i? will t-? .i pa tage t.. the
pr? ?-lit ?ubway. Although thee? thin?
occupy most of the basement; then
phut? Of room In odd ?angle? f..? ?tl
large tubular boilers? which win furnlah
nil the heat. ;ir .1 t' ? | DW< r foi ? .
thing ?v'-pt the elevators The electric
current f ?? llghl ..r.d for operating tin
elevator? will b purchaaed for the pn
?nt
?o ground Booi win be a ooncoui i
?
??i?* r.ith' r. two a n adi a ona or
I? of ? liamb .- : t:.. r. Tbla rum
under the structure and divides the Boori
in two parta up aa far ;? the Bftii Boor.
In these arcadas will 1. booths, with at?
tendants, who will direct Um citizen to
th- part of the building he ?aaba There
win also be Bower, u -tr,.i new?
THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM
< ?n . i- h - ..?. ? f ? bambera ?tree! there
win be th- elevatora, which will ??pen on
: idor running from ? 'entre
Park Row. T i ?? cara will run
t.? the twenty-fifth ?' One i levator
win eerve the offlcea from that point t?i
thirty-? two uppp? r
iioois win be used for ?water tanks. The
.m- i.i t?o- WOI n? :?? n lx pe,
too feet a mlnul
e-.tnii.it. .| t. .i ?? ! ?rator \\?ii leave
each corrid ? ? onda
1 during th.- rn ? ?..it 01
00 pound? and
i will in.1.1 from rir-.-n t.. sixteen |.?*o|?i<?
Included amona th. man) aafety devlc? -
i .,.?? ' ? . ?
-. proi id.rig for the f the
car In ? ?? ? th? ??;" iatoi'? hand
In additl. n to th?
raton ther? an to be t ? ? ? i ? tali ami i
? in r. tfet) tower fashion.
Experiments sjre now- being condncted
by th?* Department "i Water Supply, Qoa
and Blectrlclty with the Idea <?i mablng
tin- lighting "T th.- building tic most i??m
feet m th.- world. \ ail.ni.-. t?i'.H of light?
been at t up on one of th.- Boors, and
photometric tests are being made to d<
termine just what system will best serf
tin- pnrpoee. In every room arc thernic
! stats regulating the steam raillaturs |
i as to maintain the heat at any desire
degree.
In general th?- floors are of cement, an
are to be treated In a way t?> tnak?- ther
sanitary. The fifth floor, Which is to h
devoted largely to pabttc loaring rOSON
th?- municipal referenc? library and
bureau <>f lnf??rmati'?ii M to have '?"r
or noifch'si Boon? This bureau ??f n
formation is the Idea <?f Horough 1'resi
dent M'*Aneny, and will be un-ler hi
Jurisdiction. He plans to have att? ndant
who will be able to answer th?' averag
nucstion about th?- ?Ity government, 01
, failing In that, to be able to direct th
.s.-eker after Information t?> the c.xa?
.*.jurce of knowledge.
THE CONCOURSE.
Th" ??trert OT concourse SOOT la know
its the tirst floor. So far M l"ss?ble i
han bren arranged to have the depart
manta moat uaad by the public on th
lower floor:-. The second floor will b
? ?! ? j tl City < lark, Inclotttag lb
marriage lie MM l'Ure;iu. with MS ?MRMfl
p.? -. and by th?: Depai traent fo
?he Collection "t i ix< of th" Plnaao
i ?. pertinent, with 11,18 aquare feet o
?paca.
Th<? departmenta and the ?.pa'-" allottst
to r.-ich mi tin- Otber floors are as followa
Third i?. pertinent of llaaaea? 1MB
aquare feet; Bureau of uvights an.
Ai- . urea, I *?-. Bureau of Lie mat -
? 'vnunlaslom r "f Licenses, MM?
I'oiirth Department ?>t Plnaaoe, ?IMffc
i-'itth- Department of Finance, t\lM
haarins poobis, -. i 'ireau ol
Infoiiimtion, - *-t; nranldpal reference ii
. brary? M?.
sixth- Department of i*inam*e, H.1M
Seventh Department "f Finan**'- MU I
sinking fund ? Ibmmlarion. WI.
Eighth Departmeol ??f i-inar.ee. ?VIM
City ' 'iiiimin riain. UN; Burean of Stunt
Pr?vention of the Fir- Department and
tbe Munt.-ipai ESxpkwlvea rommlaalnn
Ig >?>?.?; Public Recreation ?"?rmnili'lni
?Sxaminlng Board of Rumben, 7*3: di
\i-!'?n hendquartarg, national goari, MtR
Nlntli Tax DapMtmtRtf MJNi Armory
Board, LIST. hen?1?iuarters of the naval
mllltla, 7r.|; Board Of Ambulance Service.
l.tkU; Art Commission, I.H1,
SPACE OCCUPIED.
Tl r.ttr and eleventh?Public Service
? 'ommlsston, 6 I
Twelfth-Commissioner ??f Accounts,
???N.:. Department <?f Street Ttanning,
11,90; Department of publie Cbarttles,
tjtt.
Thirteenth ii?'.ir?i ..t Battmate and \r?
portloiiiiieiit, IS.18; Hoard of t'ity !{,?,-.
<?rd, 4i'.i?'.: Board Of Assessors, *JttA; Hoard
of Inebriety, ?081; Commission on Stand?
| ardiratioii, 1 ? I
Fourteenth 'hi''.' City MagiMrafo (lg*
Dlvbnon), t ??'?''. Munldpal Civil ser\ic?.
? 'ommlealfin. M.M
Fifteenth, atxteenth and ?eventeentb?
Law i?epartment tt\XSA
Beventeen?!b-^omn*isrionsra of ?Satt?
mats and Appraisal, ..".>".
Blghteenth Department ?>f und?**?*?. IM,
Ms; Board ?>r i;i.-.-ti??ns, iftjHt
Nineteenth - T? DORient ii"..- Depart?
ment n,ttx.
Tw. ntn th- Itoroiiis-li Prssklenl (.Manhat?
tan i, tSJSA; Hoard Of BUH?BOrSb UW1
Cost of Structure and Sil
Total $18,000,000, bul
New York Will Save
by the Investment.
Twcnt* -tlist-Uoroiigh President (Ma
hattan), '"3,970.
Twciity-sccond-Hoard o| Water !?upp|
I b"MB.
Twcnty-tliirrl and twent* fourth-?"*?;
parttnciit of Water Supply, Utu
: trieity.
Tw-iity-til'tli-lJ-paitiu-iit .a D
Ferries, 17,??7?, Department ol V. ?- ,
ply, 10.74*.'; Standard Tcattng I>.i'-jiutoi
. 5.:596.
, Twenty sixth to Hiii ty-i-.ui i . toas
standard Testing LSborutor;
! STANDARDTESTING LAQORATOR
The ?standard Testing Laboratory,
which Is allot!-.! *o much .-.pa-?, ig
! produc! of the plSSen! administration.
! has already more than justui-d Its e
k t. ii? in th- amount ol n ? ? ? |
tin* city in the pur, I |
? ItsMtabed in June, Dll, . id is und
the .in.mm of ?uto n. k:, |, B-fsf
thing thai i. ptatt has. d bj i.
t. t-.l h<>r... Th.: saving in coal Ifl o?
i year aniount-d to *!?', r?i;.. As tl |
expenses for the* >? BT 44. ?- only f.'t,47l,
-au to readily s?n ..l what fl
Hi- work in. When th- n? w fe
the .Mut.i'ipui BuUdlog an
is estimated that hundred of 1
Of dollars v. ill l BSV? ?t . \, ,-?.
the intention to have the
tory equipped with -v.!-- ii.mJ.ih ?P vu
for iii- work Is hand.
As stated, th- Kralr?. I i-pat tment Is tt
only ?me in the new building a?* ret
has; toi n Ifl it? quai tel on '.,? ? ?
floor, ever since tliu lli.st of tr
Brldge ? 'ommlssien. r 0*Keeffe d
move for two reason.?. 1 me WBi that, a
h?: || responsible for th" con-it 1 ?j .
the, new building, he thought th- wrjtil
be a tendency on the part of <??:
tractors to push things If he coul
their backs every minute. ' B8 be |
it. Then, again, it meaty the s. 11 lag ?
about I7.r?00 In rent. When th.
ladQMT ui'.4-'l ha (l.".:g:.i '
Building sgtntta ?roui I -sei
"f the lea - fer a full ?
ured he would savi BOtn? *'
tine out. I,at-r. how.\. 1. t
in th-ir gi.marida, and o-tl
in (Jm Bark Bow Bui:.: .
to r. main on a ?? ? ? .- The
Sato still many hardship? for the 1
Of the .!??;>.mm- *
tlrel) ? . t !? ? ;
aha] a rapldl),
COMMISSIONER O'KEEFFE.
OoasasJasso??. * O'lCeetTe ha I
pride In trying to gat I lildlng tiroug
on ttn-, and 1 ? might h i? ? doi ? . ) i,.
It not 1? en for (teta)
his control. Ii . ?
part of th? m.i'. rial I
up to the ?tendard and that i
arara <,n band for get)
Usas reo-adrad In i
sloner O'K-- H
country. A year ago I
to hurry up tie* ?
for the frame TTiei
in g? ttlng oui the bcavti
low. r 0 tors, T... . I
of gel!
the granit- on tla U|
ing rapidly <?n. Hi
ti-avi-r blo?eka 1"* got ?Mi
<!? mauds SJS8SJ 1
Wh-ii some af the granit
on the ground the r ?
that Um re wets i
bad not been praj i
tra-t 1 that the
sixth story should I
"eicht cut." The i-.spr, ?
btocka troje only
slon-i* ta.!:*' I I ' '?'
could i,,, no delay I
that ait? r it had I
?
in the last few m ?ntl ?'
folds out
r*ost to the ???.;. 1 ictoi ,
Then the Comn ? I
. ratio to ii.sp-. t the n. u
. tlea f"i- qui i
i Buis arsra recall ed from ? I
I for transporta*.?>;: result
slightly over 'In . 1- ?*?
' Lynch, aeeia-itary i" tin ?
went. ??
over the progress of the ma '? ?vorlt
a. 1. Petti w . ? rigiese*"
of the department in chaise of
struct!.,11 up tO last .summer. 4
taken ill. Mis was all the |-, I , II!'I
th nt.il to the toiind itlons. It
-rally known that the feun ?
n.'rth.rn end of the bulldJnj
big on solid ro, k, but sre p
lOtg Oh a b? d of --and, and .
in a sort of cradl- feshlM
-\!-' lei,? I eticlri ? rs, how. v. r.
clan d ihi* thla type i I
soint-i\ ?Meure. B dropped
the work L i>. Koop
engineer, has i>. en In chsi
When the building *s ??? mi
and . <iuipp. d tl ere will nol I
1.mi.line in Hi?- world more
adapted t.. its ptwpo ea H
the cit> mav w.l! b? pivul of. Bl n
??xpeilineiit ill llltlll!, ?pal "?
operation is bOUBd I" I
? ? o
WHY MEMOIRS ARE TAME.
a prni, s-cr .it a ii ..4 ird '? > arM
pjaht .1 why I.ka si ??- all? ?
44 SJ s so tame.
?Let me tell you .1 Btory."
"A creat man on,
?? -| think I'll writ- tn? 1
? ?v-try good,' said the "??
,,,,. .-Million you not fe
ahOUt c-l-lriti-s that arc I
.-.,id the B*nsa1 '" ' ?
celebrities sre Jusl the bws t i
: ?r.|. alKrUt Th-?.' 1- tl
make my '"'"I. s-ll '
?? .yen are? ' aaJd th.
in-iuh. i' ui4 wai
?? *\\ ?14. what 1 lh? ?
?? *Tii- danger.' replted th? ?H
that as .soon ? iln "iU'\
thinga ahout living celehriti. : they ?Mb
B?BgaS l?i recollect things ?TaboUl you.'
?
A PRETTY STORY.
A charming Story about "tVllliain Deas
How. Ils was told at the T: url.i.v i.-cl
ing ??III!? by a poet.
?When Gilbert and Sullivan." H
said, "wer?? touring Am-?'".' tOO-11"1'
met Qllbert si s dinner, and h. e*ke?
me about Mr. Mowells'a hooks. In vvhlcs
ha was iuu.li liitei.-stc.l. Among ?>th*?r
things I said to h!ni:
???Mr. Ilowella'a story of "Tbelr *>?*??*
ding Journey'1 la very popular. F%
young coupl?e sel oft un thalr lionejr
BBooa nowadaye without Im-ltt-Jfeg :i "'?*
with their luggage.' .
'??Well.' sal.l Mr. Gilbert. Sullivan dt*?
1 are not h very young couple, out
think wed better include a ?opy "?*
our luggage, too.' " ?*
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE
?'<>ntinii?-d from flr?l pafr.
d help OT protection, and With the
blllty of much wrath agatnri a bully
or an Oppressor. He was vi-ry fond of
riding both 00 the mad and iicro?..s th?
country, and was a!s?> ? great whip. Ho'
.'??? ? toiir-ln-hand, or else a
? team, that is, a pair with a third
? ..i. i do not auppoaa that
such ?? team exista now? The trap that
n?. drovt xx.. alwaya called the high phae
ton Th?' wheel? turned under in front.
i i i ?? ,i yet. He drove long-tailed horaea
harneeaed looaa m light ABMricaa har
-.. that tin whoi?- rig in i m? posai
i?]?- resemblance t?> anything thai would
? u now. m) father alwaya excelled I
in improving every apare hsjf'bour ?>r
tin? ?-?iiiart'is of an hour, wli'-ther for
work ??r enjoyment. Much of his four-in
hand driving was ?Jone In the summer
att.iii.ia when he would come out on
He train from his business in New York.
My nioth? r ami on?- ?>r perhaps tWO of u.i
children might meet him at the station,
i can aee him now getting out <?f the oar
in his linen duster, jumping int" th?- Wag?
? n. and instantly driving ??if ??' ? tattling
pao th. dustei aometiram bagging ????*'
a balloon. The f"in -In-hand, as ?an he
gathered from th?- above dmtalptien, did
ii'it in any way ?n his eyes repres?nt pos
sil'l?. pageantry. He <n ?>v?- it h. ? auso be
liked it. II?' wa? always preaching <'au
tloii to his boya but in this respe?! he did
HOI Pr?- ti.-e hi- pr? a'hiiiK overmuch him?
self; and, being an excellent whip, he
lilted t?i take ?bailees, ?leiierally they
came <?ut all right ("tocaatonally they did
not; but h< was ?ven better ut gStttM ou?
of a scrape than into It Oros when we
?. re driving ??to Kew York Late al ntghl t
th<- leaden ?topp? d He flicked lb? m,
and lb? next monier,t we COUld dimly
inak?' OUt that they had Jumped. It then
i appeared thai the atrael ama olosed and
that a board had bean placed acrom it.
restlns "t? two baireja, bul arltboal ?-? le??
tern. Over this board the leaden had
juin; "?i, an?! ther?- waa <??rislfl?rable ex?
dtemeni before we sot the board lak? '?
??ff the b?rrala and raeumad our aray.
When in the city on Tbanbsglvlng or
?hrlstma? my fath?-r was v?-ry apt t?>
drive my mother and a couple of friendi
Up to the racing park to tak>- lunch.
Hut lu- was always back i" time f" i-i" to
tha ?linn? r at tl??' Newsboys' [?odgtni
House, uii'i not Infrequently alao t<? Ml
Battery*? Nlghl School f??r little Italian?
At a rorj early age we children wen
taken with lilm, and wen- required to
help. He was a staiu-h friend of Charle?
lairing lira?-? . and was particularly In
terest? d In th?' Newsboys' IxxlKing Hot. ?
and lu Hi' night schools and in getting
the children off the utrccts and out on
fartn.s in the W'.st. Wlun I was l'nsl
dent the ?governor of Alaska under no.
??iivcrnor Brady, was ?nie of these ,\
iicwsboys who had been aenl from New
Vurk out Wist by Mr. Braoe and my
father. My father was gr..itl> Interested
in ths societies to prevent cruelty t*?
children and cruelty to animais i in
Buadaya in- hsd ? mission rdaas. on hht
way to it he used to drop us Children
?it our Sunday school In In. Ailain-'?
Presbyterian ?'hutch, on Madison S'|u.u>
1 n member hearing my aunt, my
moth? r'n sitter, saying that wlun he
walked along with us children In- al?
waya reniln?le?l her of fllSSIhoarl In Hun
yan. Inder the sjiur of his exampla 1
taugl t -i ml
t<> < ??ib ge, and for
all four )? .?r* thai I w? I? *e. I
<i" not think I msde much ??f a aw
of it. Bui Ho other daj on gettini
of a taxi ?n Nsw Yoik the chauffeur
apohe t?? i??, .i??! t?ii?i me thai he was
one of my ??id Sunday ?ehool pupila i
renn mh? nd him at? II? and a a much
pi... ei i" rind that hi aa? an arden)
Hull MOO ? I '
m | moth? i Mat ? ha Bulloch ? a a
r xxi ? i. gracloui. beautiful Bouthei n
woman, a delightful companion and !??
lov? ?i le everj bodj She wa ? ntlrely
"urn- '.. the dU) of her
d? ath Her motnei. mi grandmothei.
? m?, ol n?" deareat of old ladles, lived
nith u?. and wa? diatlnctlj overindulgenl
to u - . blldren, b? ing quite unable t?>
i.H i n bei h< .ut toward ua even a hen
the occasion demanded it TowanJ the
? i..*-- ?a th,- civil War. ?although a rerj
small boy, i grow t?> have a partial bul
ai?.rt underatandlng of tha fad that tha
family were not one In their vtewa about
that ranfltct. my father being a atrong
Lincoln Republican; and once, arben i
fell that i had been w?ronsod bj maternal
discipline during the day. I attempted a
partial \ engeance l?v praying with loud
fervor for the aUCC0*S8 <?f the 1'iilon arms
when WO ?HI came to say our pray?-r.s
befon my "Mother la Iba evening. Bba
v\a.s not "tiiy ? most devoted mother,
but was also Meased with g strong sense
Of humor, ami she was too much ainuseil
to punish me; i?uf i waa warned not to
repeal Iba offenoe, under penalty <?f my
fathi i s being ?moini'd -in- being th.
dtepenear of aerlooa punlehmsnt Morn?
ing prayers wir with my father \\?.
Mod to ?"land at the foot of the Mail.--,
and when father came ?|...\?i We called
out. 'i sneak for \??ii and the cubby
bole, too!" Th' n ?v. "? tbn?? ol u ? irouni
children, and are ua?sd to -it with father
on the BOfa wlnh- he condin t? d morning
prayers The place between father and
the iirni of the sofa we railed the "cubby?
h"i. " The child win? not thai pie?**? wa
regai ded ?j ei pei lall) favored both in
comfort and ?cmehoe or other lu rank
end nil" The two who wen iefl to --it
?m th.. much alder expanse ??i sofb on
th. other aide of fattier wen outeJden
lor th.' tun?' being.
If) aunt Anna. m\ mother"? -ister. lis ?d
with us. Sh?' was as devoted I" tM chil
'in n .1 w? ? m. mother henelf. and wa
win . quail) ?i- ,<?t? ?i t.. b? r m return.
?She taught : our Icaaona while wa wen
hi He. She an.I \:\\ mot h-'l IHed to ?lit? r
tain us b) the hour with tabs ol' lif?' 00
the Qeorgla plantation:?; ??' hunting i??\.
?h- r and wild.at. ol tl??' long * ? ? ' ? ' * dllV?
?tK horaaa, Boonc and Crockett asid of
th. riding horses, <?i.I which was
named Buena Vli ta in a M of patriotic
exaltation during the Mexican War; ami
??f tin- queer goings-on in the negro ?iimr
ler-. si,,- |,.,?w all Hi" "Hi ?'f Kahblt"
?tori? . and I was br??ughf up ??" fhein.
?On? ??t nie milles, Hubert Roosevelt *Etm
iiHi'-li struck with them, and took them
down from her dlotatlim, imbllshlns them
m "Harpers," where they fell (Int. This
was a good many years before a genius
arose, who, in "Uncle Remue," made tbe
,'torlis linriiortal.
My mother's two brotlurs, Jamal DUR?
woodie Hiilloel, and Irving Bulloeb, OMM
to visit us shortly after the close of th?'
war. Both ?ame und? r as.suiii? ?i niiin?-s,
as tiny w?r?- ainoiik' th?- i 'oni'-ilerales who
wan at that time axegipted from tin* am
Dagf-f. "Liule Jimmy" liuliocli waa a
dear eld rdiicd BBS eaptaili. Utterly un?
able to "get on" In the worldly sense ol
(ha! phrase as \.ill mt and simple and
upright a soul ,i-? . v-r livid, a veritable
Colonel NeWCOtnS, He ?vas an admiral in
the Confederate navy, and was th- bulld
-r ..f th- fatnoua Confederate ?Mir vcsael
AI ibaiua My tunic lr\itig BullOCfa WB
a inldshlpninu OB the Alabama, and Brad
the last gun discharged from her I ''
teri-s in th- light with the K-ar.-aig?-.
Both if these un?*lea lived m i.iv. rpool
ufter Ihe war
My uncl- Jimmy iUillocli, was forgiv?
ing and lust in reference to th- Union
forces, and could ?lls.'uss all phases of
Ih.t Civil War with cntltv fairness ajad
gin.-rosit \. Hu? In 1'iigllsh politics h
I'i"inptl4 li-c.iui- :t Tory of the in.-.
ultra-, otiservatlv.? s'hool. I.inc..In and
?.rant lu* could admire, but In* would n>>i
listen to any thing In favor of Mr. Otad?
stone. The only occasions on which I
-\.r shook his faith In mo were when 1
would venture meekly t<? suggest that
some of the manifestly prapSStsroUB
tais.'hoods about Mr. Gladstone c?uld no?
Da true. My un' le Was one of the best
in? n I have ?ver known, and when I haw
aoiuetlnies been tempted to wonder how
good peopl- can b dlcvc of mc the unjust
und Impossible thing?, they ?lo believe, 1
huvo ooneolad myaalf by tJUnktit*] of
Uncle Jimmy Bulloch's prrfecty bbssBBBS
conviction that Gladst.uni was a man ol
quito exceptional and nameless infamy
In both public and private life.
The neit Isataluient of Mr. Kooaevrlt'i
"?huiliers of M l'UHkilile \.ilolilo?;ruph>'' I?
entitle?! "lalucul hm." It will uppntr la Tin
I rlliiine of Sunday. April ft*
. I'libllsli-.l l'y .|if*?iai arrangement ?4 it I
?Tl.- Outlook." of which Th.-.Klore H.toac.lt
i? the contributing adltor, through ?m M.-ciur?
Newtipaii.?.' Syndicate. ?'<>i>yriKht. 1818, l?
the uutluuk .'..'iipaii?. All rlKlits reserved,
Including iibhla ol livii.-lutlun. )

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