"'Suddenly our eyes . . . became glued on a young man who was coming in through the door,' a fellow assemblyman described the first time he saw Theodore. 'His hair was parted in the center, and he had sideburns. He wore a single eyeglass, with a gold chain over his ear. He had on a cutaway coat with one button at the top, and the ends of its tails almost reached the tops of his shoes. He carried a gold-headed cane in one hand, a silk hat in the other, and he walked in the bent over fashion that was the style with the young men of the day. His trousers were as tight as a tailor could make them, and he had a bell shaped bottom to cover his shoes.'
Theodore Roosevelt By Michael L. Cooper, 2009.
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