The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-17

good and loyal wife and devoted
mother could be, she does not believe
that In order to be these things a
woman must necessarily bury herself
in her home and pay no attention to
tho outside world. Although not what
might be termed society woman.
Mrs. Wilson is a delightful hostess
and one in every way fitted to become
the mistress Of the White House.
In the Wilson home there Is nothing
to call forth the admiration Of visitors
more spontaneously than a number OF
beautiful paintings adjoining the walls.
These are from the Studio of Mrs. viii
son, who Is an artist of rare ability
and one who could have readily
earned handsome living by her art.
Even after coming to Princeton to
live Mrs Wilson had expected to make
painting her life work and devoted q
great deal of time to the study OF art,
but as the children came she soon
realized that in their training her real
mission in life lay and this she dill
gently pursued.
When Woodrow Wilson became a
member OF the Princeton faculty
twenty-one years ago, politics was his
theme. That subject he took up as
his life's work and he has never
deviated from the course he flrst laid
out for himself. Mrs. Wilson can
stantly works at her husbands side
and she believes that her creates. aid
to him lies in her power to keep alive
his interestSin tho beautiful things of
life, and making 1t impossible for him
to become too exclusively the student.
the statesman, or the politician. Her
tastes have ever run to art, poetry
and nature. Milton, Shakespeare.
Wordsworth and Browning are her
favorites. and in the old days she and
Mr.. Wilson read together constantly.
She had grown up'among books as her
father was Presbyterian minister.
cultured. liberal and one who believed
in instilling In the minds Of his chill
dren all that was good and beautiful
in literature. While she met Mr.. VIII
son at her fathers home 1t was not
until she came to New York to study
art at the Art Students League, that
their friendship ripened into love and
1t was while in New York that he per-
suaded her to become his wife.
1t was on June "a, 1885, that the
marriage of Woodrow Wilson and Ell
len Louise Arson was solemnized at
the beautiful old home of the bride
at Rome, Ga. Very soon thereafter
Mr.. Wilson became member of the
faculty of Bryn Mawr College and
from there was called to Princeton.
his alma mater.
His nature is as truly dual as 1t is
striking. While he is sturdy pio-
neer-eager, enterprising, with a love
for being in the midst of action and
not in the least dismayed by the
of a good stiff fight, yet on
the other side he is shy, loving quiet
ments of poetry and chaste prose.
And in his wife he found one ever
adaptable to any mood that might be-
set him, for she had schooled herself
10 attune her mood to his in all
Kings. and that more than anything
slse accounts for the truly ideal and
beautiful existence their marriage
made possible.
The three daughters of the Wood
'ow wilson's each embody the best
rats and talents to be found in their
parents. Margaret Woodrow Wilson.
he eldest, is a singer of rare ability;
The is exceedingly fond of the classics
Ind her favorite composers are Schu-
mann, Schubert and Wagner. At
present she is pursuing her musical
education in New York and she will
lot let 1t drop when she goes to the
White House with her father.
Margaret Wilson. despite her studious
loor life and is the real athlete Of the
amily. She is splendid tennisplayer,
'ulls a strong oar and excels at golf |
She Is good swimmer as we'll and
,nows all the fine points of football |
md baseball as intimately as the most
.rdent undergraduate now at Old |
Nassau.
When asked what her plans for
'hristmas were, Miss Wilson unhesi-
atingly replied that she was looking
Onward to the day with the keenest |
interest. inasmuch as 1t would be the I
asst of its kind in Princeton, which |
o her is hallowed spot. While fond |
4 society and all that 1t naples. Miss
wilson has no sympathy with the but
rfiy existence of those young women
from the day they are brought
as debutantes spend the sue
s<S1g years in mad whirl and con-
Az pursuit of theAaeasures attend
Mt upon life OF Assyety and enter
There moro serious
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