The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-05-21
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HEADQUARTERS IN the OLD
FAsHioNG0 GARDEN.
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0y GEORGE CLINTON.

0y GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.-President Wilson has
pitched = headquarters tent In the olA-
fashioaed flower garden lying just
south OF the one-story annex. which
forms the east approach to the White
House. He has made up his mia1
that he will spend large part Of ths
summer in Washington and ~ tie
summers here notoriously are hot. hs
intends to get all the breeses and
fresh air that he can while At his try
ing administration work.
Unlike two Of his predecessors in
once. Theodore Roosevelt and VIII
liam Howard Taft. Woodrow Wilson
has not been able to get all the exer-
else that he needs to keep himself in
perfect physical trim. Physicians cay
continuous fresh air will make up to
some extent for the lack Of bodily ex-
ercise. II must not be understood
that the president 10 q sick man. for
he 10 not: he simply 10 somewhat
tired and has determined to do that
which will overcome the tired feeling
~ much Is possible. Mr.. Wilson 10
no more tired. perhaps. than are other
workers in Washington. but 1t must
be remembered that he has about
twice as much to do and great many
times as much anxiety as fall to the
lot of other officials in the capital city
When Mr.. Taft came into once
there were many alterations made in
the east wing of the White House.
where the cabinet room. the presi-
dents private ONCE and the ofiicss OF
the clerical force are located. The
presidents once is . circular room In
the south side Of the once annex. It
communicates by . passageway with
the ONCE Of the private secretary.
which 10 at the southwest corner Of
the building. The outlook from the
presidents room and from the cabi-
net room ~ well 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
II the tennis court had not been built
upon II 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
ofiices Of the executive clerks. The
old-fashioned garden. in which the
presidents tent is located, has a
hedge of privet on two sides Of It. a
third side being enclosed by the east
White House wing. while the fourth
side fs open to the great grounds Of
the house and beyond them to the
river over what are known as the
white lot. the monument grounds and
the Potomac drive.
The old-fashioned garden was
planned and planted by Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, who found what she
thought were too many botanical
specimens" in the White House
grounds. In other words. too many un-
familiar flowers. So the old-fashioned
garden was laid out and largely was
planted by the presidents wife's
hands. There are lilacs. syringas.
pansies. sweet-williams. bachelors
buttons. forget-me-nots. hollyhocks,
poooioa fuohotoa no~tu r<y <y,,,,. o~a al
the rest President Wilson will have
fragrant old-fashioned environ
ment
Must show Their colors.
Prohibition and woman suffrage are
today squarely before the house Of rep.
resentatives as questions to be voted
upon. For years the friends Of both
causes have been attempting to secure
record votes on the questions In house
and senate and for years they have
failed. Now 1t seems likely that the
prohibition amendment will be voted
on in the house before the adjourn
ment of the present session. Suffrage
possibly may have to wait
The two subjects are before the
house In the form OF proposed amend
ments to the constitution OF the
United States. They both have been
IN the keeping of the judiciary COM
mittee for some time, and IL things
were as they used to be In congress
It is probable the committee never
would have reported them to the
house. The members of the commit
tee. however. were moved by the
constant charges made by the friends
Of both suffrage and prohibition that
they did not dare report the amend
ments and that they were holding
them back also because the represent
adves did not care to be put on rec.
ord for or against either amendment.
For a long time sufYragists and ad-
vocates of prohibition have been urg-
Ing members Of the house to see to
1t that both amendments were brought
to vote. The answers which the