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I believe they will soon drop you, and it is just an unpleasant thing that you will have to live down. I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL SOON DROP YOU AND IT IS JUST AN UNPLEASANT THING THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE DOWN
y with all you scamps when you were little. The other day a reporter asked Quentin something about me; to which that affable and canny young gentleman responded, "Yes, I see him sometimes; but I know nothing of his family life." ADVICE REGARDING NEWSPAPER ANNOYANCES When Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., entered Harvard as a freshman he had to pay the penalty of being a President's son. Newspaper reporters followed all his movements, especially in athletics, and he was the victim of many exaggerated and often purely fictitious accounts of his doings. His father wrote him indignant and sympathetic letters, two of which are reproduced here. White House, October 2, 1905. BLESSED OLD TED: The thing to do is to go on just as you have evidently been doing, attract as little attention as possible, do not make a fuss about the newspaper men, camera creatures, and idiots generally, letting it be seen that you do not like them and avoid them, but not letting them betray you into any excessive irritation.  SECTION THIRTY SIX OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIPPER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG ADVICE REGARDING NEWSPAPER ANNOYANCES WHEN THEODORE ROOSEVELT JUNIOR ENTERED HARVARD AS A FRESHMAN HE HAD TO PAY THE PENALTY OF BEING A PRESIDENT'S SON NEWSPAPER REPORTERS FOLLOWED ALL HIS MOVEMENTS ESPECIALLY IN ATHLETICS AND HE WAS THE VICTIM OF MANY EXAGGERATED AND OFTEN PURELY FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS OF HIS DOINGS HIS FATHER WROTE HIM INDIGNANT AND SYMPATHETIC LETTERS TWO OF WHICH ARE REPRODUCED HERE WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER SECOND NINETEEN O FIVE BLESSED OLD TAD THE THING TO DO IS TO GO ON JUST AS YOU HAVE EVIDENTLY BEEN DOING ATTRACT AS LITTLE ATTENTION AS POSSIBLE DO NOT MAKE A FUSS ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER MEN CAMERA CREATURES AND IDIOTS GENERALLY LETTING IT BE SEEN THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE THEM AND AVOID THEM BUT NOT LETTING THEM BETRAY YOU INTO ANY EXCESSIVE IRRITATION
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