The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-09
WILSON RELEASES
LITTLE WHITE DOVE
President Grants Request OF
Brown-Haired Schoolgirl at
Pass Christian.
OUTDOOR AIR IS INVITING
Able to Perform Many Hours OF
Uninterrupted Work Dur
ing Vacation.
OUTDOOR AIR IS INVITING

Pass Christian. Miss. January s.
President Woodrow Wilson stood on
tho veranda OF his cottage 1T sunset
tonight, and. acting on the request of
q little brown-haired schoolgirl, re-
leased n white dove whose broken
wing she had nurscd back to strength.
The bird huttered for a moment, then
paused on a heavy-limbed oak. as If
preparing for long flight and soon
was lost in the evening shadows.
The incident was a sequel TO the
Presidents motor ride to-day through
Gulfport. School children lined both
sides OF the main street, singing
America" anu people came docking
from stores and shops as tho prcsi
dents car slowed down. a pretty.
nations chief executive q box and q
letter. which she asked him not to
open until he reached home When
the President arrived he read the fol-
lowing:
Dear Mr.. Presidcnt.-You will find
In this box real. live dove. 1t new
In the door and broke its wing severa
months ago. We have cared for it,
and, now that 1t is we'll. my mamma
says we must give it freedom. IL you
Will do me the honor TO open it's prison
and let Ii fly away to Ind companions
of its Kind. L shall be very grateful
lovingly,
"W. c."
t'P; s.-Just a little Tennessee girl
enjoying the beautiful Southland.'S
Asks for Chiid's Name.
The President asked Representative
Harrison, who was riding with him, to
md out the little girls name, as he
wanted to write that he had complied
with her wish After diligent inquiry
among the school children, the Con
gresham learned that tho donor of
the dove was Miss VILLA Green. She
had modcstly signed her initials, be-
cause, as she afterwards said, she
didn't want anybody to know any
thing about it,
Mr.: Wilson found the outdoor air so
inviting that he did not work all the
afternoon. as has been his custom
but took short automobile ride Tile
weather was like n summers day. with
me sun not enough TO make heavy
clothing somewhat uncomfortablc
The President came here primarily
FOR vacation but he has been able
to perform many hours OF uninter-
rupted work-something almost i'm
possible at the White House. He has
done more work hero In the last few
days than he often has accomplished
caught up with neglected details in his
study of subjects thrust aside in the
maelstrom Of the tariff and currency
agitation, and he will go back to the
capital with his mind made up on
many subject of primo importance.
IT was inferred at the Presidents
cottage to-day that the visit OF Charge
IOShauGhnessy to John Lind at Vera
Cruz was an outgrowth OF the recent
confercnce between Mr.: Wilson and his
n Inv fn1
Whatever ideas the President and
Mr.. Lind may have exchanged bearing
on the Mexican situation now were
Expected to be transmitted to Mr.
O'Shaughnessy.
DeninIs Authorized.
Denials of press reports from Mex
leo City that two prominent AIeXicans
were aboard the scout cruiser Chester
when she came here recently. were au-
thorized to-day ut the winter White
House. Attention was called to the
Presidents informal statement on
Saturday that nobody accompanied Mr.
Lind.
President Wilson took occasion to
say that MIR. Lind had spoken in the
most cordial terms of Charge
O'Shaughncssy at the recent confer
encc.
The President said there was abso-
iutely no foundation for the published
report that Mr.. O'ShauGhnessy and Mr.
Lind were not working in harmony
The BOY Scouts OF Mississippi City
ana OF Gulfport turned out eli masse
as the President passed along the
road from the golf links to-day. One
or their number, delighted because the
president has replied TO a letter OF
welcome written by him, has again
written TO the chief executive, sugL,
ing that the corn cspondence be con-
tinucd after he returns TO Washington.
-FOUR Confederate soldiers shook the
Presidcnf S hands as he emerged from
the Mississippi Coast Country Club to-
day. Scores of other citizens OF the
surrounding territory, realizing that
the Presidents visit with them Is
drawing TO u close, are endeavoring to
give him one final message and greet