Bisbee daily review., 1912-11-24

Thomas Woodrow Wilson, president
elect. comes OF that stock which has
been described as the most vigorous
Rhy sieally. the most alert mentally
and the most robust morally OF all
the strains amalganiated in the devel-
opment OF the American character
SCOtchIrish.
His father was Joseph K. Wilson, a
son of Judge James Wilson. who came
10 this country 165 years ago from
ireland aud settled IN Philadelphia.
Judge Wilson was an editor and pub.
fisher and established the, Western
Herald at Lisbon, o.. 10 which state II
was logical jouTnel from Philadel.
phia on an Ohio river steamboat.
Son Of Preacher.
u was in Ohio. then, az Chillicoths.
that Woodrow Wilson's father. 10,
seph II. Wilson, married Janet
Woodrow June :. 1S49. His father
was Presbyterian minister and the
WOodrOws were Scotch Coyenanters.
Woodrow Wilson's father Was first a
professor Of rhetoric at Jefferson col
lege and later professor OF chemistry
at Hampden-Sydney College, in Nir.
einia, He left college work for the
ministry and in 1855 became the pas,
tor AT StauntCn, Va. II was there that
his son. who was named Thomas
Woodrow Wilson, was born December
2S, 1856.
Woodrow's Father.
Woodrow Wilson's father and his
family moved to Augusta, Ga, in 1865,
and from then until the time came
for him to go 10 Princeton as a stud
ent his home was in the south. Re
can dimly remember the outbreak OF
the civil war He saw little OF the suf.
ferins or privatiOns that il brought
however. for Augusta was fortunate in
being removed from scenes OF blood.
shed and never was it invested by an
army. one of Woodrow Wilson S
early memories is in seeing Jefferson
Davis, tAen d prisoner. riding by on
bis waystO Fortress Monroe. After
early training at Davidson College
Davidson. y. C, Woodrow Wilson, en-
tered Princeton in 1873. member OF
Tue famous class of -.
Bright Minds az the White House
When President Wilson gOe5 10 live
at the White House, March T. 1918, ne
viii lie accompanied by a charming
wife and three accomplished. inter.
esriuS daughters. Each has some def.
mite accomplishment they are fond
OF entertaining and OF entertainments,
and without being absorbed in society
will give White House social func
tions renewed interest There viii be
PLENTY OF humor, plenty OF fun, and
those who want 70 keep up at 4
White House reception had better
brush up their wits.
i is quite widely known by this
time. perhaps, that the three dauEn
ters in the Wilson family are Miss
Margaret Woodrow Wilson, 20 years
old: Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 2
years old, and Miss Eleanor Randolph
Wilson. who IS Just %.
Mrs. Wilson and Daughters.
A visitor 10 Mrs. Wilson's home
recently described her as a little above
the average height slender. almos
girlish. yet rounded and graceful: he'
eyes soft. yet sparkling with ANNA
ton: a complexion that would MAKE
2 boarding school miss envious an'
hair brown and wayy.
Margaret. the eldest, has rlcl
soprano voice which is being cult
waited. Mrs. Wilson declares Mar
garet inherited her voice from he
father.
Jessie Woodrow Wilson. the secon,
girl. IS named for her Scotch grand
mother and her father. She is an ar
tist Of ability. but her whole ambition
Iies in sociological work.
j must confess" Mrs. Wilson sal
recently. that Il came as shock &
me when Jessie took uP this wort
Tor. YOU see. it is all 50 different Il
the way OF lie OF the girls Of tn
south and my youth. But 7 apprecI
ate the change in the views OF youui
women that has taken place ard an
TO; so oldfashioned as to believe tina
gfris must be bOund by tradition
All Are Very Clever.
Jessie is, perhaps, the most bri
liant Of the three daughters, though al
are clever. She graduated from tn
Woman's College in Baltimore. and oil
her graduation DAY Doctor Wilson de
livered the baccalaure ate.
The third daughter, Eleanor Ran
dolph. is studying at the Academ
OF Fine Arts in Philadelphia. II Mar
garet inherited her voice from be