The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-06
M SUMMER BREEZE
BLOWS At CORNISH
FOR WILSON'S TRIP
President Does Not Even
Find An Electric Fan
Ready
READS NEWSPAPER
BY AN OIL LAMP
Small Crowds Watches With
Gaping Curiosity AS He
Greets His Wife on
His Arrival

WINDSOR. VERMONT. July S.
President Wilson Is tonight safely in
stalled in the summer capital at
Cornish. N. H., across the Connecticut
river, almost in sight of this town.
He came away from Washington for
the weekend in the hope OF escaping
the heat that has been so oppressive
there for the past two weeks. He
found that he had chosen for his sum
mer resort town in which the
Temperature yesterday was % degrees,
and that today nearly as high.
People In Cornish and Windsor
wear their linen suits and white fan
nels with as much enjoyment as they
do in Washington. and most of them
characterize the statement that
blankets are necessary at night
throughout the year as q myth. The
roads over which the president
motored for his accustomed afternoon
drive were dusty and hot.
No Electricity.
There IS no power plant in Cornish
to supply the summer residents there
with a current for electric fans. or
Lights SO II was that this afternoon
the president thought iongingly of
the electric fans in the White House.
arid tonight. when he got the New
York newspapers he read them by
the light of an oil lamp. A small
plant supplies those OF the Windsor
villagers with power. hut not great
number Of them have taken on TO
much new tangled conveniences.
Like the president they are content
TO read their papers by oil lamps.
The presidents private car was run
onto the siding at the Windsor station
nf fa n1
Hartford, at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing. Mrs, Wilson and Miss EIeanQr-
HIS daughter. were there to meet him.
He was accompanied by DIR. @. T.
Grayson. his naval aide, and secret
service bodyguard
The president greeted his family
warmly and came down the station
Platform to his automobile swinging
Mrs. Wilson's hand Both were smtl-
ing happily Miss aessie Wilson. his
second daughter. whose engagement
to Francis Bowes Sayre. Of New York.
was announced this week. who has
been visiting President Garfield. Of
Williams college. with her finance,
reached here tonight. Miss Margaret
Wilson. his eldest daughter. is visiting
Mrs. Joseph F. Davies. the wife of
the commissioner of corporations, in
Wisconsin. and Is not expected at
Cornish until September.
Stare In silence.
A crowd of perhaps n hundred per-
sons stared with tepid curiosity at
the preside Mt as he greeted his fam
lily. AT his request Senator Hollis,
OF New Hampshire, had communi-
Gated TO the people of tho town the
presidents desire that no effusive well
come be arranged for him. His wish
In the regard certainly was carried
cut TO the letter. Only a mild cheer
was given as he drove off toward
Cornish.
The drive TO the summer capital
was over the Wilson Road" named
in honor CT the president. The New
Hampshire legislature at It's last SEES
sion. appropriated $14,00Oe0 for the
construction OF this road. thinking it
fitting to provide a good drive for the
States host between the railroad sta
ton and his residence.
Tho president spent the day quietly
as has been the custom on SATURDAYS
atsthe White House. As soon as he
reached Harlakenden House, the resi-
dence Of Winston Churchill. the last
Bull Moose candidate for governor
OF New Hampshire. which he has
leased for tho next two years. he had
Mrs. Wilson accompany him for an
inspection. The house has thirty
rooms. and Is one OF the handsomest
summer residences In the country.
This afternoon he read for a while.
and later went for an auto drive.
Will he Private Citizen.
Mr.. Wilson intends to be a private
citizen in the time he spends at Cor
nish. He told the newspaper corre-
spondents on the train this morning
that this was his idea Of a vacation.
There are a number of quaint char
acters here among the residents, and
the president ia sure to appreciate
same Of the human interest at0Faes
| that will reach his ears
The town constable Is "Shem" Tay-
Tor, who seldom makes an arrest, and
is often twitted for his alleged delin-
quency in this respect.
| Not long ago Jack Johnson. the ne
gro pugiiist, drove through the town
/ IN tracing car He barely looked up
| IN Wind sor, ii Ia said, 40 rapidly did
| he whiz through. Taylor was asked
why he did not arrest johnson and
bring him to trial In the town court.
Fits reply was that they had a respec-
| table Jail in this town, and did not
| like to have anything but respectable
| people In It.
| Twenty miles from the president's
residence Is the town OF Baltimore,
the chartered limits cover more than
three thousand acres. The town has
only ten registered voters. They ais
ways vote solidly Republican. The
residsts wear steel soled shoes just
as their ancestors did century ago.