A week in the White House with Theodore Roosevelt; a study of the President at the nation's business . making of a careerthe most unpromising, or the ruiningof one the most lofty. The doorkeep-ers watchful eye keeps three or fourimportant personages, or maybe ascore of less important ones, in the Cab-inet room. Senators and Representa- Zbc fcrest&ent tives have the entree between 10 and. 12oclock. All others are obliged to ar-range a special appointment throughMr. Loeb, Secretary to the doorkeeper admits the latter fromhis printed list. The privileged enterwithout awaiting the do
A week in the White House with Theodore Roosevelt; a study of the President at the nation's business . making of a careerthe most unpromising, or the ruiningof one the most lofty. The doorkeep-ers watchful eye keeps three or fourimportant personages, or maybe ascore of less important ones, in the Cab-inet room. Senators and Representa- Zbc fcrest&ent tives have the entree between 10 and. 12oclock. All others are obliged to ar-range a special appointment throughMr. Loeb, Secretary to the doorkeeper admits the latter fromhis printed list. The privileged enterwithout awaiting the doorkeepers in-vitation, swelling the audience untilsometimes there are twenty assembledin the Cabinet room—men the namesof half of whom are famous, whilethose of the other half are unknownsave in their village or labour union. Itis not always possible to distinguishthe pillar of state from the private citi-zen. One not familiar with the figureswho are enacting the drama of theNations Administration would find itsomewhat difficult to believe thatgreat things are happening in theserooms. EWM mm. Z m 5 S ITn tbe Mbite Douse AH within the Executive Office awaitthe Presidents pleasure. The rulemay be said to be: You x . come to the White House for Audience-an interview with the Presi-dent, but once you are within it, thePresident goes to you to give you theinterview. He does not keep his seatand summon you. He is quite aloneand unattended. He may speak yourname or beckon. He is more likely tostep up to you, greet you, get at yourbusiness, dispose of it, say good-bye,and pass to another. In this way hewill make the circuit of the Cabinetroom half a dozen times of a it is a case of yes or a it is to hear a story and make areference to the proper department andofficial. In many instances it is to con-sider and decide in one minute, on the 22 ttbe prestoent feet, finally, a matter of importance,often of vast consequence. Now andthen the President passes a visitor a
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