The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-03-14

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White House.
Preferring to worship God in simple
surroundings and to avoid a crowd of the
idle curious, President Wilson did not
sit in Abraham Lincoln's pew at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian church.
Instead without any advance notice, he
went to the Central Presbyterian church
at 5rd and 1st sts. NV. The small con-
gregation there was taken by surprise
when the president and Mrs. Wilson
appeared.
Hundreds jammed New York-avenue
near l4th street, expecting that the
president would attend the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, as had
been announced. The crowd filled the
broad thoroughfare from curb to curb
for a block and half, and more than a
dozen policemen were required to keep
the throngs away from the door. Long
before il O'Clock admission was refused
all comers.
Finding that the crowd was insistent
upon seeing the president at his first
Sunday worship here, the police resort
ed to subterfuge to drive the curious
multitude away. Various stories as to
the presidents S whereabouts were circu-
lated through the throng by the police
informants. But not until 11:45 could
they drive the last of the spectators
away.
In the meantime the president, Mrs.
Wilson and their daughter, Eleanor were
whisked away from the White House in
one of the official cars. Without leaving
any word as to his destination, the pres
ident whispered to the chauffeur to drive
him to the Central Presbyterian Church.
The surprise given the public Sunday
by Wilson is only another of half doz-
en- or more since his Inauguration. AL
together he has made flying start. He
has departed from many beaten path
tracks so we'll worn that they seemed to
be the only highways of presidential
travel. Without trying to be spectacu-
lar he has disregarded e-honered Gus
toms which were respectfully observed
by his predecessors
Without posing as all iconoclast he has |
shattered precedents which were as deep
ly venerated as the golden calf which |
the ancients worshiped Without .
theatrical accompaniment he has brush |
ed the cobwebs from traditions held so
sacred that men stood uncovered at the
bare mention of them, and he revealed |
them as antiquated and unsuited to up
-o-date governmental mechanism. He
has done these things without excite
nent, with studied calculation of drama
:ic effects.
Mr.. Wilson did not pause to note
whether society recovered from the
'pasm provoked by certain social invita-
ions before proceeding to hand out a
hriller to the office seekers.
Nor did he wait to see whether the
hook to the job hunters proved fatal be-
ore jarring the vertebrae of the politi-
ians by establishing the open door"
t the Executive offices.
And while Secretary Tumu1ty was en-
husiastically acting as official demon
traitor of that policy, with the po1iti-
ians looking on in daze, DR.. Wilson was
acking up sign reading figurative1y:
mo Invisible Government Practiced
Iete."
There is to be more publicity as to
that goes on at the White House than
yer before, and this he believes will
ave a tendency to diminish the de-
lands upon his time by public men and
rivate citizens who have special favors
} ask and who have been accustomed to
Ding so without attracting public atten-
on. The "open door" will be we'll
,orth watching.