The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-17
1TH but a brief time in which

peTIeCl'f- tHelr arrange
NV Eents. one cam readily be-
iicve that Christmas with our
Southern-born President-elect will be
I just as simple and just as old fash
toned as Woodrow Wilson, his charm
Ing wife and their three delightful
daughters said it would be- Just
prior to their departure for Bermuda,
where they went in search of rest and
quiet for Mr. Wilson following his
arduous campaign, each remarked:
Christmas In our home will be just
as simple as we can make It. But as
we are Southerners 1t is only natural
that we cling to the customs of the
South which prevail at, Yuletide."
Simplicity is the keynote of the
Wilson menage. A visit to their
Princeton IN. ID home is not only
nm event, but to many of US who were
compelled to be there throughout the
weeks ante-dating the election 1t was
an epoch. A family which had. lived
all its life in retirement: cultured to
the highest degree and with the bluest
Of blood 1coursing through its veins,
one can readily understand how it
shrank from being suddenly cast into
the ltmelight with not less than one
hundred news hungry reporters con-
stantly camping at Its. very threshold.
Yet never for an instant did single
member of this household shrink
from the responsibility thrust. upon
them. nor did they Indicate by word
or look that they were being hunted
down, land they were). nor did they
fail at any time to make every effort
to tighten the burdens of the over
worked army of reporters who were
there through the orders OF exacting
city editors who insisted upon probing
The innermost thoughts and lives Of
those whose accession to the White
House was looked upon as conceded
fact months before the battle Of ball
lots was waged.
A case in point might not be out
OF place here, for 1t but tends to shed
more intimate light on that delight
full family whose home we are about
to invade on that most sacred and
Joyous of all seasons Christmas. 1t
was the night Of the Baltimore Con-
vention when the whole nation breath
Iessly awaited news from Baltimore,
eager to learn whether bossism was to
prevail or whether the voice of the
common people Was 10 De/ueaTua anu
needed and the nomination of Wood
row Wilson-the peoples candidate
effected. The night was 'cool-far
cooler than one usually experiences
at Sea Grit, n. j., at that season of
the year. Two score newspaper cor
respondents were shivering in a tent
which had been erected on the lawn.
within stones throw o.. the house.
for their convenience and comfort.
Many OF Mr.. Wilson'S advisers were
with him and the telephone and tele-
graph wires leading to New Jerseys
summer capital were kept alive with
messages and reports from the seat of
war. Finally word came that Mr..
Wilson had been nominated. OF
course every reporter there wanted.
and at the earliest possible moment,
a statement from the successful candi-
date. Before delegation could be
appointed TO go to the Wilson resi-
dence and express this wish. mes
senger came to the tent to say that
Mr.. Wilson'S statement was then be-
ing prepared and he would have 1t
expedited as he realized "the boys
were tired and worn out. and wanted