The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-05-26
WILSON IN 4 TENT
PRESIDENT MAKES HIS SUMMER
HEADQUARTERS IN THE OLD
FASHIONED GARDEN.
SUBSTITUTE FOR EXERCISE
LIE In Fresh Air lie Expected to Do
Much Toward Keeping the Grief
Executive In Trim During the
Hot Weather.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

ulHStOH--fr6S1Q6nC wilson mas
pitched a headquarters tent in the old
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 as the
summers here VIGOROUSLY 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
be remembered that he has about
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,
where the cabinet room, the presi-
dents private Office and the offices Of
the clerical force are located. The
presidents Office is circular room in
the south side of the office annex. 1t
communicates by passageway with
the Office Of the private secretary,
which is at the southwest corner Of
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 had not been built
upon it would have made an ideal
site for President Wilson'S outdoor
camp, for it 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 it, 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
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 I'M
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-wilnams, bachelors
buttons, forget-me-nots, hollyhocks,
peonies, fuchsias, nasturtiums and all
the rest. President Wilson will have
fragrant old-fashioned environ
ment.
Exercise for Presidents.
AS for exercise, President Roose-
velt and President Taft, it is reported,
used to say they would find way, or
make 1t, to get enough outdoor recre-
alton to keep themselves in trim 1t
was Mr. Rooseveft's custom to play a
game of tennis and then either to go
for a long walk or a long hard ride.
During the first three years of his ad-
ministrat1on President Taft played
golf on one day and rode horseback
the next His horse was one specially
selected for him by the quareermaster
general of the army, an old cavalry
officer. and by colonel Of the
mounted service.
President Wilson takes virtually his
only outdoor exercise at the game OF
golf which he plays in retired spot
on the Virginia side Of the Potomac
river where there is country club
with limited membership and where
he can be fairly safe from intrusion
When Mr. Wilson was president OF
Princeton college he rode a bicycle
frequently taking long trips through
the country. He found It good form
Of exercise and he kept IT up 30 q
considerable extent when he was gov
ernor Of New Jersey After his cleo
tion as president It was presumed thai
he would continue to ride a bicycle
but 50 far as anyone knows he has mo-
used one since he took the oath Of of
fee as chief executive. The presiden
win continue to play golf on sucl
days rs he can get away from tn.
White House. It is expected that hi
tent life and the golf together WI
make him able to keep pace with al
the exactfng duties Of the hot summet
time in Washington