Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-26


celebration was the noisiest Christmas
in their memory.
Numerous French speaking negroes,
a woman blacksmith OK and near-horse
wagons. men and boys who tip their hats
to members of the Presidents party, and
other things afford diversion to the new
corners to this place.
Once Guarded Mrs. Wilson.
Phil Sheftall, an aged negro. who had
driven Mrs. Wilson to school in her girl
hood days, boarded the train at Atlanta
as porter. Uncle PhiP' was the proud
est person on the train. He sent his
most respectful compliments back to
the first lady of the land by a secret
service man, and they were pleasantly
received. Mrs. Wilson recalled the years
ago when the faithful old negro guarded
her.
For a complete change from the city of
Washington. where he has been over
rwhelmed with official tasks, the President
could not have chosen a more out-of-the-
way setting. The natives are needing the
Presidents desire for rest and isolation
by keeping loitererS and idlerS from the
vicinity of his house.
The cottage is only one of number
that dot the shore of the Mississippi
sound, the entrance to which,. named
Pass Christian, lies a few miles due
south from the Presidents house. The
original settlers were Spanish and
French, and some of the quaint old
dwellings remain, but for the most part
1.-THE shore is dotted by big bungalows
and cottages.
The tall, slender pines. magnolias.
live oaks palms and some semi
tropical plants give the foliage green
yerdure which the winter has failed to
discolor.
{. Presidents Cottage.
The Presidents home is a raised cot
.1age. 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 who or
.dinarily converts the house into a
..boarding establishment, is painted
bright yellow. a contrast to the lead
white color above
:. The house Is a humble contrast TO the
sanany handsome homes which border
sthe gulf coast, but is picturesqueiy set,
overlooking the still waters of the
Mississippi sound and somewhat hioueh
by cluster of trees.
: The Presidents program for MS yaca-
lion is much the same as on his trips
TO Cornish. n. H., the summer capital
golf in the morning, a motor rae N
the afternoon and quiet evenings at
home with absolutely no social DIVER
sions or political callers
- The golf course is exactly thirteen
miles away. a distance IN keeping win
The Presidents fondness for the num-
her thirteen A Presbyterian church
is not quite a half mile away
Hears of Calumet Disaster.
: President Wilson today read for the
first time the meager press reports re-
ceived here regarding the recent disaster
at Calumet Mich. He offered no COM
ment. The President had received no ao-
vices from Secretary Wilson as TO re-
:. quest by the Western Federation of Min
ers for an investigation. 1t Is presumed
!. here that the head of the Department OF
Il. Labor will not consult President Wilson
until the question of federal jurisdiction
{ in what ordinarily would be matter for
state authorities to handle mas been fully
determined upon.
f The weather early today frightened and
the President enjoyed a round of golf.
: His two daughters and Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, his cousin, took a long horse
back ride.