The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-26
PRESIDENT SPENT
 QUIET CHRISTMAS
WALKS WITH MRS. WILSON ON BEACH AND ENJOYS DINNER
 IN NEW HOME.
Residents of Pass Christian Allowino Executive to Spend Vacation in Peace and Quietude.

the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Mayor Saucier and other Pass Chris tian weather forecasters, however de. clare the cold snap is but temporary The president set the seal of approval on tho climate by wearing no over coat. as did his physician, Dr. Cary N. Grayson, U S N.
 The presidents activities today were confined to visits to a college mile away and to the postoffce, and a stroll with Mrs Wilson on the beach.
 Observing holiday hours, the postof- fee was closed, but some one set off immediately to the home of Mrs An nette Simpson, the postmis1ress, to inform her that the pesident was wait ing. She came quickly.
 Merry Christmas! l did not expect you said Mrs. Simpson
 "Oh, l didn't think there would be anyone over here, but l thought I'd try" said the president. Its very kind of you to come over"
 The president bought two 25-eent books of stamps and in her confusion the postmistress forgot to give him 50 cents change. This, however. will be dispatched to him tomorrow. 1 wish he had said something about letting me have three years more" said Mrs. Simpson. who is a candidate for reappointment, later to her friends. They're fighting me hard for the place
 As the president stood at the door of the postoffiee several little chil- drcn walked shyly to him and grasped his hand. The president stopped, ask ed their names, wished them a Merry Christmas and continued his walk. Earlier in the day NIr Wilson had taken short walk with Mrs. Wilson on the beach road that runs for sev-
 eral miles along the coast, but spent
 most of the day in the square-shaped
 cottage, which is the winter White
 House" for the next three weeks.
 They exchanged presents, read scores
 of holiday greetings that came by tel
 esraph and mail and sat down tonight
 to Christmas dinner, a happy fam 1 fly party.
 l For complete change from tue city of Washington. where he has been | overwhelmed with official tasks, the 1 president could not have chosen a
 more out of the way setting. The na-
 tives needing the presidents desire for rest and isolation by keeping lott. erers and idlers from the vicinity of his house.
 The cottage is only one of mum Der that dot the shore of the Missis- sippi Sound, the entrance to which named Pass Christian after it's Span ish dscoverer, Christiano. lies few miles due south from the presidents | house. The original settlers were 1 spanish and French, the language of the latter still being spoken by many of the inhabitants. Some of the quaint old dwellings remain, but for | the most part the shore is dotted ivy 1 big bungalows and cottages.
 The presidents home is square, raised cottage with colonial columns and two balustrades that reach to the upper story from well-kept lawn. | The lower floor, the residence of the proprietress, who ordinarily converts the house into a boarding establish mont, is painted bright yellow, con | trast to the lead white color above The house is in humble contrast | to the many handsome homes which ] border the gulf coast but is pictur. | esquely set, overlooking the still WA. ters of the Mississippi Sound and somewhat hidden by cluster of live oaks, ferns palms and pines.
 Low mud flats stretch away for | some distance from the beach road, from which at every hundred yards long mnways, supported by saplings, extend to little bathing houses far out in the sound
 The presidents plans for his yaca. ton were much the same as on his trips to Cornish, N. H., the summer capital, golf in the morning. a motor ride in the afternoon and quiet even ngs at home with absolutely no so- cal diversions or political callers ] The golf course is thirteen miles i away "a distance in keeping with the presidents fondness for the number l l2 The Presbyterian church is not quite a half mile away.
 The president expects to have restful vacation and town authorities are anxious that he shall have it.. The cracking of torpedoes and the shooting of fireworks, by which Ch
 mas is celebrated in some parts of the South, was the only noise that the i village authorities could not very well suppress, but the president said he enjoyed it all.
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