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White House, October 11, 1905. DEAR TED: I was delighted to find from your last letters that you are evidently having a pretty good time in spite of the newspaper and kodak creatures. I guess that nuisance is now pretty well abated. Every now and then they will do something horrid; but I think you can safely, from now on, ignore them entirely. I shall be interested to hear how you get on, first of all with your studies, in which you seem to have started well, and next with football. WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER ELEVENTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR TAD I WAS DELIGHTED TO FIND FROM YOUR LAST LETTERS THAT YOU ARE EVIDENTLY HAVING A PRETTY GOOD TIME IN SPITE OF THE NEWSPAPER AND KODAK CREATURES I GUESS THAT NUISANCE IS NOW PRETTY WELL ABATED EVERY NOW AND THEN THEY WILL DO SOMETHING HORRID BUT I THINK YOU CAN SAFELY FROM NOW ON IGNORE THEM ENTIRELY I SHALL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW YOU GET ON FIRST OF ALL WITH YOUR STUDIES IN WHICH YOU SEEM TO HAVE STARTED WELL AND NEXT WITH FOOTBALL
 comfort to me to have such confidence in you and to know that though these creatures can cause you a little trouble and make you feel a little downcast, they can not drive you one way or the other, or make you alter the course you have set out for yourself. We were all of us, I am almost ashamed to say, rather blue at getting back in the White House, simply because we missed Sagamore Hill so much. But it is very beautiful and we feel very ungrateful at having even a passing fit of blueness, and we are enjoying it to the full now. I have just seen Archie dragging some fifty foot of hose pipe across the tennis court to play in the sand-box. I have been playing tennis with Mr. Pinchot, who beat me three sets to one, the only deuce-set being the one I won. This is just an occasion to show the stuff there is in you. Do not let these newspaper creatures and kindred idiots drive you one hair's breadth from the line you had marked out in football or anything else. Avoid any fuss, if possible. IME AND IT IS A GREAT COMFORT TO ME TO HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND TO KNOW THAT THOUGH THESE CREATURES CAN CAUSE YOU A LITTLE TROUBLE AND MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE DOWNCAST THEY CANNOT DRIVE YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OR MAKE YOU ALTER THE COURSE YOU HAVE SET OUT FOR YOURSELF WE WERE ALL OF US I AM ALMOST ASHAMED TO SAY RATHER BLUE AT GETTING BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE MISS SAGAMORE HILL SO MUCH BUT IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WE FEEL VERY UNGRATEFUL AT HAVING EVEN A PASSING FIT OF BLUENESS AND WE ARE ENJOYING IT TO THE FULL NOW I HAVE JUST SEEN ARCHY DRAGGING SOME FIFTY FOOT OF HOSEPIPE ACROSS THE TENNIS COURT TO PLAY IN THE SAND BOX I HAVE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS WITH MISTER PINCHOT WHO BEAT ME THREE SETS TO ONE THE ONLY DU SET BEING THE ONE I WANT THIS IS JUST AN OCCASION TO SHOW THE STUFF THERE IS IN YOU DO NOT LET THESE NEWSPAPER CREATURES AND KINDRED IDIOTS DRIVE YOU ONE HAIR'S BREADTH FROM THE LINE YOU HAD MARKED OUT IN FOOTBALL OR ANYTHING ELSE AVOID ANY FUSS IF POSSIBLE
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