The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-25
WILSON FAMILY
IS UNASSUM|NC
President-EIect Can't Lay off
he Needs the Money


ever live in small town? II YOU
did. OF do. YOU know what mean
labout good. whI lesome neighbors. who
WUdld sit up nights when YOU lad
sickness IN the family, rum in hur-
riedly ut g o'clock in the evening Ia
borrow an extra half dozen SPOONS for
unexpected company and in other
wSys conduct themselves as plain. an
assuming, Democratic, sympathetic
folks.
! Wei. that's the kind Of people the
woodrow Wilson family are. They
are a typical american hoIsehold-no
SnubhiShness. no pretense, no airs"
The morning after election As the
ice man dropped Off his wagon 10 le-
liver ice TO the Wilson bungalow, Miss
Jessie Wilson happened 20 throw open
lac window Of second story room
Congratula tions, Congratulations"
cried the ice man. waving his cap.
Wasn't il line - called hack Miss
Jessie
In tie excitement of the election, the
fact that The people have chosen a
president ont of that kind OF home
has been overlooked. IL ought not To
he. II shows that Woodrow Wilson
l. typical American. He knows the
lie OF the average American because
ho has lived it.
Il know the pinch of the high cost
Cf liNing,' ne said in one of mis- cam
paien speeches. because in my family
we have TO practice the little econo-
mics of every DAY existence in order
to make both ends meet"
And So while Democrats have beer
iollifyine and shrielIing their heads
of from one end II the country 20 the
other over the great victory, the chief
figure i'm 1t all has been counting his
pennies To figure out how he and his
family are going 20 meet the in
creased personal expenses that have
been laid upon him,
lou have probably heard that VIII
son is To stay on as governor OF New
Jersey until March 4, ana that il is
because he wants To complete tie re-
forms started under hin!. That IS ono
reason. but there il another; he cannot
afford 10 resign.
president-el Wilson does not
even own his little home i'm Prince
ton. He lives in n rented house. EN-
oept for a few Thousand dollars he
saved as president Of Princeton, he
has no wealth or property. Aud he
lives, not in one OF the ma gnificent
houses with spacious grounds of whic,.
there are ST. many in the university
town. hut In q bungalow, on an IN
paved road in the edge If the village
Cleveland lane. wtich has a sidewalks
only On one side, which reveals six
inches Of mud wher it rains and which
Is very badly lighted at night
An incident that shows the nlair
of tie Wilson family
was the governors departure on his
first campaign trip in u private car.
Tie was TO 20 by automobile to Tren-
ton, where he would board the car.
Did you ever take long railroad |
Journey M q private car? II not did !
you ever gaze wonderihgly at u pri- J
vate car on the rear end Of {! train
and try To think how il would feel &c {,
travel in il?
OF course you have. Everybody |
feels that the very acme Of eXtraVa-
CANT luxury would be to experience |
the delicious thrill of using a private
car. The " ilson Family felt that THRILL |
the day Gov. Wilson started for Tren
ton. The governor felt il himself, be- |
cause he had never had a private ear |
before. Consequently, the whole VIII |
sor family. including old black Sam,
the governors messenger, helned Gov. |
Wilson depart, and all were IN fut-
ter of excitement.
he careful, father" called one
daughter.
Take care of yourself cried an
other.
you'll need your overcoat,' eau
toned Mrs. Wilson.
II know y0u'll have splendid time
said everybody.
",ioodpy, Goodby. ALL" called Gov. |
Wilson. as the automobile started !
Hope YOU get along all right while I'm |
gone
I'VE Will" shrieked the family.
The fact that father" was g"ths |
away for weeks trip i'm a private |
ar was an event in the Wilson fam
ily. 1t brought forth exactly what It |
would have brought forth in any other |
nIain American household.