The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-26

day, though Mayor Saucier n other
prominent weather forecasters in the
vicinity maintained that the cold spell
was but temporary.
The president set the seal Of ap-
prevail on the climate, however, by
scorning an Cvercoat, as did DR.. Cary
r. Grayson. L. S. n, his physician,
though a half dozen correspondents
found ~oVerCOats q comfortable neCes-
sity. The president was warmly
clothed underneath his salt and pep-
per suit with a heavy wooden sweater
vest. He walked home in apparent
enjoyment Of his stroll.
Earlier in the day Mr.. Wilson a
taken a short walk with Mrs. Wilson
on the beach road that runs for sew
eral miles along the gulf coast. They
also took a motor ride to Gulfport lat
er, the nearest city, out spent most Of
the day in the square-shaped cottage
which is the winter White House" for
the next three weeks. They expressed
presents, read score OF holiday greet
ings that came by telegraph and mail
and sat down last night to a Christ
mas dinner. a happy family party.
For a complete change from the city
Of Washington, where he has been
overwhelmed with official tasks. the
president could not ave chosen a
more out Of the way setting. The ma
tives are needing the presidents de-
sire for rest and isolation by keeping
loiterers and idlers from the vicinity
Of his house.
The cottage is only one of the num-
Der that dot the shore of the Missis-
8ippi sound, the entrance to which
named Pass Christian, after it's Span
ish ~discoverer, Christiano, lies a few
miles due south from the presidents
house. The original settlers were
Spanish and French. the language Of
the later still being spoken by many
of the inhabitants. Some of the quaint
old dwellings remain, but for the most
part the shore IS dotted by big bunga-
lows n cottages.
The presidents plans for his vaca-
cottage, square shaped, with colonial
columns and two balustrades that
reach to the upper story from a well
kept lawn. The lower floor. the resi-
dence of the proprietress, which ordt-
narily converts the house into a board
ing establishment, is palnled bright
yellow, a contrast to the lead white
color above.
The house is an humble contrast to
the many handsome homes which
border the gulf coast, but is picture
squely set, overlooking the still waters
Of the Mississippi sound, and some
what hidden by a cluster of live oaks,
ferns, palms N pines.
LO Wmud flats stretch away for
some distance from the beach road,
from which at every 100 yards lone
run ways supported by saplings, ex-
tend to little bathing houses far out
in the sound. The gulf was Of black
ish hue most Of the day, rejecting the
dark, oVerhanging clouds and only
occasionally did the sun venture forth
to color the scene.
The presidents plans fod his vaca-
ton are much the same as on his
trips to Cornish, N. H, the summer
capital-golf in the morning, a motor
rid in the afternoon. and a quiet
evening at home, with absolutely no
social diversions or political callers.
The gold course is thirteen miles
away, a distance in keeping with the
presidents fondness for the number
thirteen. A Presbyterian church is
not quite a half mile away.
" The president expects to have a
restful vacation and town authorities
are anxious that he shall have it. The
cracking Of torpedoes and the shooting
of fire works by which Christmas is
celebrated in some parts OF the south,
was the only noise that the village
authorities could not very well con-
troll. but the president said he enjoy
ed 1t all.