The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-08
THE WILSON'S.
Relish Life i'm the White House,
Family Which Is Taking Its Pleas
ures in Wholesome, Democratic
Way.

to avoid some degree of pleasure
from contemplating the real enjoy
ment which the three young women
| in the White House are deriving
from the honor which has come to
their father
1t would be equally correct to say
| four young women for Mrs. Wilson,
who appears little older than her
| daughters, is sharing with them the
delight of residence in that historic
| old mansion With all its privileges
and perquisites.
1t is wholesome, democratic,
American family that moved into
the White House on March "A
family which is taking its pleasures
in wholesome, democratic way-a
family which is winning the admi-
ration of all who have had an Op-
portunity to observe the members
at close range.
That the chief pleasure of Mrs.
Wilson and her daughters grows out
of the honor which has come to the
President and the respect which is
paid TO his high Office is evident. OF
all the people who witnessed the in
auglTal ceremonies at the capitol,
| of all those who watched from the
Presidents stand the great parade
which marked that occasion, none
| was more unconscious of self than
Mrs. Wilson, and the extent of her
absorption in her husband and her
pride IN his success was written
large for all to see. Equally evident
was the extent to which this senti-
ment was shared by the Presidents
daughters.
1t is probably true that no family
that has occupied the White House
in recent years has brought with it
so fresh taste, so large a capacity
for enjoyment, as that of President
Wilson. He brought his family
strangers to the national capital.
Only few years before he had
been president of a college, with lit
tie prospect of political honOrs. His
whole career in public life consisted
OF two years as Governor of New
Jersey, and even then he and his
had lived quiet and simple life in
/ the little town of Princeton. And
from that little town they We're
Translator, by the mandate of the
people last November, to the fore
most place in the Nation, to its most
desired residence, a home replete
with memories and history and ira
dltlons, III city regarded by many
as the most beautiful in the world
A man at all times of moderate
means, it had not been given to
President Wilson to provide his
family vita all the luxuries they
now enjoy, a fact which makes their
present enjoyment the keener. Their
discovery that we'll filled garage
was attached to the White House,
and that cars were at their disposal,
filled them with such delight thai
even On the night of Inauguration
day they called one into requisition,
and with younger relatives the
Presidents daughters rode through
the brilliantly illumined streets for
an hour or more after the end of
the fireworks.
To the President and Mrs. Wilson
the luxurious White House cars are
also source of comfort and recre-
alton. On the~afternoon of his first
full day in office President Wilson
explored for the first time the de-
lights of Rock Greek Park, and that
he thoroughly enjoyed the expert
ence is best proved by the fact that
since he has taken Mrs. Wilson with
him on rides over the beautiful
roads with which Washington and
the vicinity abound.
That the daughters of Woodrow
Wilson, the historian, should take a
special interest in the historic feat.
ures of their new home is only nat
ural, and they have already ex-
tracted from the White House en-
ployes every particle of historic lore
to be gained about the various
apartments in the old mansion-and
possibly some bits of fiction from
these with fluent imaanations.
They have learned in which room
it was that Lincoln signed the
Emancipation Proclamation, which
are the vases that Lafayette sent to
General Washington and who paint
ed the portraits of previous execu-
tives. They have studied with inter
est the collection Of china which
Mrs. Roosevelt caused to be made
and placed in cabinets in the lower
corridor
They have explored the attis,
which is to be enlarged to provide
additional Sleaning quarters: in-l