The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

THE HOME OE THE PRESIDENT 65
April 9, 1S94, and Quentin, born Nov. 19, 1S97. Alice Roose-
velt is the daughter of the President's first wife.
All of the President's children attended school at the
Little Cove school at Oyster Bay. It is the village public
school, and is presided over by Miss Provost. Miss Provost
has been at the head of the Little Cove public school at the
President's home town for many years, and she enjoys the
distinction of having been the teacher of the President's chil-
dren, with the e.xception of the two younger, in their primary
studies. The two youngest children have been attending the
public school in Washington; for the President has lived there
since they reached the school age. As a matter of fact, when
Mr. Roosevelt came to Washington as President, all the chil-
dren went into the Force School, one of the leading public
schools of the national capital. So it will be seen that the
public schools of the country are considered good enough by
the President of the United States and his wife for their chil-
dren to attend. After becoming pretty well advanced in the
public schools, the President's two oldest sons entered a pri-
vate school at Groton, Massachusetts, to finish their prepara-
tion for college. Miss Ethel, after attending the public school
for a time, entered the Cathedral School in Washington for
girls. It is an Episcopal school.
A TRUE HOUSEWIFE
Mrs. Roosevelt is very domestic in her tastes. If the
housewives of the land could see Mrs. Roosevelt around her
home, which is now the White House, she would appear to
them just as any ordinary lady in her household affairs.
Necessarily, in so large an establishment as the White House,
she must employ a great many servants. But she superin-
tends her own household affairs, and personally attends to the