Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-02
is SK|LLEDGARDENER
Mrs. Wilson Expected to Beau
tify White House Grounds.
DAUGHTERS ACCOMPLISHED
Three Children of New President
Also Interested in Current Matters.
ARE UNITED IN INTERESTS
Education of Girls in Their Child
hood Largely Brought About
in Their Homes.

Bag and baggage, new tenants move
into the White House March under the
four-year lease in which the people of
the United States are party of the first
part and the elected President the party
Of the second part. The household of the
President-elect, Woodrow Wilson, will in
clude the succeeding first lady of the
land, his wife, Mrs. Wilson, and their
three daughters, the Misses Margaret.
Jessie Woodrow and Eleanor Randolph
Wilson.
Under the skilful direction of Mrs. Will
to bloom and take on a new and dis
tinctive beauty. Not planting flowers is
her fad, but the arranging and grouping
of plants and trees and strawberries. She
is a landscape gardener of recognized
ability The gardens at Prospect. where
she was in charge during DIR. Wilson S
career at Princeton. acquired a wide
spread reputation for their beauty.
Passing much of her time in the open,
Mrs Wilson has the look of an outdoor
woman. Her skin is smooth and girlish.
her eyes sparkle with health. Her hair
| is soft brown, wavy and plenteous. Only
of medium height, she gives to her stature
| much dignity CT mein.
Her indoor life in the past has been
devoted to books and artistic pursuits.
She was an art student before her mar
riage. The social obligations that de-
Scend upon the mistress OF the White
House are likely to modify many OF her
accustomed pursuits.
Married Twenty-Seven Years Ago.
Mrs. Wilson was Miss Ellen Louise
Arson. daughter OF a Presbyterian clergy
man of Savannah, Ga, where she was
born. Miss Axiom was a student at the
New York Art League when she met
Woodrow Wilson, then taking post
graduate course at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. They were married twenty
seven years ago. June q, 1885.
The three daughters are highly accom-
plshed, and take interest in matters of
world moment, usually considered without
the domain of woman's concern. DR..
Wilson, Mrs. Wilson and their children
are singuarly united In their interests
and tastes. The children were for the
most part of their education taught at
home especially during their childhood
period of development All the girls are
familiar with the Classics, and better in
formed and educated than most young
women.
Has Rich Contralto Voice.
MISS w liSOH. lHe ciOcSt udOoHtCI' 10 Il
singer with rich contralto voice 1t was
cultivated by distinguished New York vO-
calists. She devotes much time to mu-
steal study.
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson is named
after her grandmother. Jessica Woodrow,
a ScOtswoman. Settlement work Is her
avocation She is an exceptionally bril-
liant student and is a graduate Of Wom-
ans College, Baltimore. Artistic talent
of high order has been largely relegated
to second place in the life OF this girl,
who has given herself enthusiastically
To sociological work. During her resi-
dence at Princeton and Trenton she pass
ed more than half of each week-from
Monday till Thursday-at the Philadel-
phia Lighthouse, Gevoting herself to set
tenent work.
Skill with brush and pencil is the dis
tinctive characteristic of the youngest
daughter. Miss Eleanor Randolph Will
son. She takes her talent and her name
from her mothers side. although she
more resembles her father than do her
sisters. She has been student at the
Academy of Fine Arts. Philadelphia.