Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-05-22
..,oeNT MAKES HIS SUMMER
..ooJARTERS IN THE OLD
H. FASHIONED GARDEN.
INSTITUTE FOR EXERCISE
!, IN Fresh Air ls Expected to Do
~o,b Toward Keeping the Chief
Executive In Trim During the
Hot Weather.
av GEORGE CLINTON.


.,1od headquarters tent in the old
r,,oned flower garden lying just
,tb of the one-story annex, which
S,ns the east approach to the White
~nse He has made up his mind
~ he will spend a large part of the
.nmer in Washington and as the
~nmers here VIGOROUSLY are hot, he
.suds to get all the breezes and
h,.b air that he can while at his try
4, administration work.
Unlike two of his predecessors in
Hce Theodore Roosevelt and Will
r,n Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
hos not been able to get all the exer-
de that he needs to keep himself in
sfect physical trim. Physicians say
nrinuous fresh air will make up to
anne extent for the lack of bodily ex-
,yjsa It must not be understood
hat the president is sick man, for
Ne is not; he simply is somewhat
ared and has determined to do that
which will overcome the tired feeling
much as possible. Mr.. Wilson is
10 more tired, perhaps, than are other
workers. in Washington, but it must
N remembered that he has about
FCe as much to do and a great many
tines as much anxiety as fall to the
d Of other officials In the capital city.
When Mr.. Taft came into office
here were many alterations made in
The east wing of the White House.
where the cabinet room. the presi-
dents private Office and the Offices OF
he clerical force are located. The
residents Office is a circular room in
be south side of the office annex. 1t
communicates by passageway with
Ae Office Of the private secretary,
which is at the southwest corner of
he building. The outlook from the
Tesldent's room and from the cabi-
net room as we'll and from one end of
Secretary Tumulty's room is over the
great south grounds of the White
House and on to the monument and
beyond that to the Potomac river.
Tent Site Well Protected.
The change which President Taft
made necessitated an encroachment
on the grounds of the tennis court.
where President Roosevelt and his
tennis cabinet played games almost
daily for the seven years in which
The colonel was in the White House.
L the tennis court had not been built
upon It would have made an ideal
site for President Wilson's outdoor
camp, for 1t would have been close to
Secretary Tumulty's office and to the
Offices Of the executive clerks. The
0ldfashioned garden, in which the
Presidents tent is located, has
hedge of privet on two sides Of 1t, a
third side being enclosed by the east
White House wing, while the fourth
SIDE is open to the great grounds of
The house and beyond them to the
nver over what are known as the
white lot, the monument grounds and
he Potomac drive.
The old-fashioned garden was
planned and planted by Mrs. Theodore
roosevelt, who found what she
thought were too many botanical
'pecimens" in the White House
grounds, in other words, too many un-
amiliar flowers. So the old-fashioned
'srden was laid out and largely was
'anted by the presidents wife's
lands There are lilacs, syringas,
snsies, sweet-williams, bachelors
uttons, forget-me-nots, hollyhocks,
eonies, fuchsias, nasturtiums and all
Ne rest President Wilson will have
fragrant old-fashioned environ
lent.
Must Show Their Colors.
Frohibition and woman suffrage are
0oay squarely before the house of rep
esentatives as questions to be voted
pom. For years the friends of both
auses have been attempting to secure
ecord votes on the questions In house
10 senate and for years they have
'Aed. Now 1t seems likely that the
iOnloition amendment will be voted
IN the house before the adjourn
tent OF the present session. Suffrage
OSsloly may have to wait.
Inc two subjects are before the
'use in the form of proposed amend
snts to the constitution of the
Hited States. They both have been
the keeping of the judiciary com
l'Vee for some time, and if things
ere as they used to be In congress
Is probable the committee never
0uio have reported them to the
'use, The members Of the commit
= however, were moved by the
Instant charges made by the friends
Goth suffrage and prohibition that
sy did not dare report the amend
0nts and that they were holding
en- back also because the represent
4'es did not care to be put on rec
I Tor or against either amendment.
'or q long time suffragists and ad-
'oates of prohibition have been urg-
members of the house to see 70
mat both amendments were brought
vote. The answers which the
onioitionists and the suffragists re-
iVed were alike in virtually every