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

problems in life for her and these she
has entered into with the full de-
termination to do well those tasks she
has set for herself. Miss Wilson Is
keenly Interested In Young Women's
Christian Association work and for
time 1t was seriously thought she
would make this work her life's voca-
ton and that she would choose New
York as her field of endeavor.
Whether she has abandoned this in
tention few know, and It is question
she will not commit herself on.
Jessie Woodrow Wilson is the Sec
ond daughter and she is the suffra-
glst of the family, although not OF the
militant type. She is Arm believer
in the right of women to vote. but she
does not believe that breaking win
dows. mobbing Congress, or wrecking
the homes of our statesmen will bring
nearer the day when all states will
have given suffrage to Its women. She
is tell, 1.-THE. and her face possesses
softer lines than those of her sisters.
Her talents lie In several directions.
for she Ia q good musician and paints
and draws we'll too, although she has
not elected either as courses to adopt
as n profession. On the other hard
she became deeply Interested In Bei~
Element work when student at the
woman's College in Baltimore, and
since then she has plunged into this
work with ardor and determination.
1t was while attending college that
she gave serious consideration to work
among the poor and hard working
residents of the congested centers and
soon thereafter Joined Mrs. r. X. p.
Bradford at the Light House, big
social center In Kenslngton. In the
textile district of Philadelphia.
There she plunged into the work
with all sincerity and her worth was
soon demonstrated. for It was proven
that she had intelligentiy solved those
problems which all beginners find q
handicap when first entering this
noble field.
Her work in the slums. however.
has not lessened her appetite for out
of-door life and sports at which all
college bred women excel. Like her
sister, she is an expert at golf and
tennis. she Is good horsewoman too.
and frequently accompanies her father
and sisters when they sally forth for
q canter.
Miss Jessie Wilson has no Intention
of abandoning her settlement work
when her parents remove to Washing
ton. or course she will spend much
time with them at the White House.
but these stays will be regarded in
the light of visits for she is welded
to her work and will continue in this
field of usefulness.
Her Christmas will be what ths
others make 1t, she told the writer
not long ago.
80 long as can spend the day at
home with the family it will be an
ideal one for me-" was the way she
put 1t.
Eleanor Randolph Wilson is this
baby of the family and has inherited
her mothers love for art and all that
that implies. She has manifested de-
cided talent and this is being devei-
oped at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Philadelphia. where she is enrolled
as student. 1t is highly probable
that she will finish her course there
and not take up her permanent abode
In the White House until she has
rounded out the, task she has set for
herself.
Miss Eleanor Wilson is splendid
horsewoman and a good walker, and
more often than her sisters is her
companion when he sets out
afoot for tramp. over the hills and
through the lanes about Princeton.
The President-elect is a firm be-
lever in the old saw that too much
work makes Jack dull boy. When
he settles down to work he can get
through an amazing volume of it and
seemingly without WEAKNESS. But the
ong tours he made during his cam
paign told heavily upon him and when
ne set out for Bermuda he looked
forward to his vacation with all the
eagerness of a schoolboy. II was
really his first vacation since he be-
came Governor of New Jersey. and
ne remarked that he had had no
dea how really tired he was until
he had left the care of states behind
Ind was face to face with days which
meant only relaxation and pleasure
AS the steamship ploughed her way
Town the New York Bay the governor.
while lolling in steamer chair on
he after deck. sighed and exclaimed.
The throb of this ships screw is
weetest music to my ears, for with
very pulsation / know / am that
auch further from things polite and
IL that that implies