COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN ENGLAND. 



speaking world. " His personality," it said, *' is better known 

 throughout the globe than any other, except the German Emperor 

 and in some ways he is the stronger marked of the two and he could, 

 if he pleased, become the Warwick of American politics." 



The Colonel came forth from the seclusion imposed upon him 

 by England's mourning requirements in pink and scarlet, his gor- 

 geous new LL. D. robes being a little more brilliant than the other 

 accessories attending his initial public appearance in England to 

 receive the Cambridge honors. 



MR. ROOSEVEL RECEIVES A "ROISTERING" WELCOME. 



As he trod for the first time the paths used in student days by 

 John Harvard and other famous men he saw in the middle of the 

 walk a Teddy bear, placed there with an extended welcoming paw 

 by the roistering *' undergrads." Later in the Senate House, 

 where were assembled masters of colleges, dons and a few fortunate 

 Americans who alone of the applying hundreds succeeded in pro- 

 curing cards, he gamely survived the ragging by the undergraduates 

 crowding the oaken galleries, from whence Teddy bears, suspended 

 from strings, were made to pounce down on him as he sought to 

 depart dignifiedly in the scholastic procession. 



Good naturedly he waived the privilege of capturing the biggest 

 bear as it dangled purposely within reach, the custom being for 

 newly-made doctors to take such a souvenir. So his neglect aroused 

 renewed shrieks of laughter attending the traditional tomfoolery. 



The expression of prophecy that Englishmen would refuse to 

 take Mr. Roosevelt overseriously apparently is contained in verses 

 dedicated to him and published in Cambridge's organ, the " Gowns- 

 man " : 



" The lion and the unicorn will scatter for their lives 



When the mighty big game hunter from America arrives: 



But his prowess in the jungle is as nothing to his fame 



In the copybooks cum Sunday chapel missionary game. 



Oh, we're ready for you Teddy. Our sins are all reviewed; 



We've put away our novels and our statues in the nude. 



We've read your precious homilies, and hope to hear some more. 



At the coming visitation of the moral Theodore. 



