The Arvada enterprise., 1914-05-21
PRESIDENT MAKES HIS SUMNER
HEADQUARTERS IN THE OLD
FASHIONED GARDEN.
SUBSTITUTE FOR EXERCISE
Life In Fresh Air 10 Expected to Do
Much Toward Keeping the Chief
Executive In Trim During the
Hot Weather.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

fashioned flower garden lying Just
south OF the one-story annex, which
forms the east approach to the White
House. He has made up his mind
that he will spend large part of the
summer In Washington and az the
summers here notoriously are hot, he
intends to get all the breezes and
fresh air that he can while at his try
Ing administration work
Unlike two OF his predecessors in
office. 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 say
continuous fresh air will make up to
some extent for the lack of bodily ex-
ercise. 1t must not be understood
that the president is sick man. for
he is not: he simply is somewhat
tired and has determined to do that
which will overcome the tired feeling
as much as possible. Mr.. Wilson Is
no more tired. perhaps, than are other
workers in Washington. but 1t must
1 oV that mas
twice as much to do and a great many
times as much anxiety as fall to the
lot of other officials in the capital city
| When Mr.. Taft came into Office
there were many alterations made in
the east wing OF the White House.
dents private office and the Offices OF
the clerical force are loHted. The
presidents office Is circular room in
the south side OF the office annex. 1t
communicates by a passageway with
the office Of the private secretary.
the building. The outlook from the
presidents room and from the cabi,
net room as 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.
If the tennis court hadIno been built
upon 1t 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
old.fashioned garden, in which the
presidents tent is located. has a
hedge OF privet on two sides OF 1t, a
third side being enclosed by the east
White House wing. while the fourth
side ia open to the great grounds OF
the house and beyond them to the
river over what are known as the
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 Vas
planted by the presidents wife's
hands. There are lilacs, syringas.
pansies. sweet.williams. bachelors
buttons, forget,me.nots. hollyhocks.
peonies. fuchsias. nasturtiums and all
the rest. President Wilson will have
n 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
record votes on the questions in house
and senate and for years they have
| failed Now II 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 II things
were as they used to be In congress
II is probable the committee ncven
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 hey were holding
them back also because the represent.
atives did not care to be put on rec.
ord for or against either amendment.
For n long time sufiragists and ad.
vocates OF prohibition have been urg.
Ing members OF the house to see to
II that both amendments were brought
to a vote. The answers which the
prohibitionists and the sufYragists re.
ceived were alike In virtually every
instance. Tho proponents OF the
amendments were told that the ju.