Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-24
Little Miss ReiIIy's Request for
a KissIs Promptly Com
piled With.
ESTABLISHES PRECEDENT
FOR PRESENT EXECUTIVE
President and Mrs. Wilson Quietly
Celebrating Their Twenty-Ninth
Wedding Anniversary.

day President Wilson set new precedent
for his administration
The honor of being the first child kissed
by President Wilson goes to little Laura
Margaret Reilly of Los Angeles, Cal,
and she declared it to be 1.-THE sweetest
kiss I ever had"
Little Miss Reilly is the daughter of
Charles Thomas Reilly. an old Princeton
coach, now living in Los Angeles. Mr.
Reilly. accompanied by Mrs. Reilly and
his daughter. called on the President to
pay their respects before returning to
their home. The President received them
cordially and talked to Reilly about old
days in Princeton.
Then little Miss reilly broke in. Won't
you let me kiss you. Mr. PRESIDENT she
inquired in a voice not the least abashed.
Il want to take 1t all the way back to
California
Certainly said the President, as he
stopped over his diminutive visitor and
Joined in the kiss. He smiled broadly
as she went out the door. her face lit
up by her success.
1TeSlQenLS Rule broken.
The President has not kissed any of
his juvenile visitors since he entered
office. The other day he shook hands
with five little girls. the daughters Of a
friend who called upon him. but he did
not volunteer any kisses. He has
steadily refrained from setting an ex-
ample of this kind
President To mt o<ip~1y . =
kisses for small girl visitors. But
once he started this method of cor
diality to the female youngsters they
came from every direction and put in
so many requests that he had to slow
down on that part of his program
Although no official announcement
was made on the subject today. it was
intimated that President Wilson will
not encourage the kissing of juveniles
as part of his executive or Legislative
year.
Wedding Anniversary Today.
Today is the twenty ninth anniversary
Of the marriage of President and Mrs
Wilson. They were married June p, 1885
Mrs. Wilson having been Miss Ellef
Louise ,Axsen, of distinguished family
| of Savannah, Ga. No celebration of the
..
| Miss Eleanor Wilson. made her usual
morning call upon her mother. Miss
Margaret Wilson and Mrs. Jessie Sayre
are not in the city. Mrs. Wilson has not
| been making visits lately, confining her
self to the White House and grounds.
She is said to be slowly improving from
her recent nervous breakdown and a
minor operation performed this spring.
Record of June IS, 1885.
A short paragraph in the Morning
News of Savannah. June Is, 1885, de-
scribed the wedding 1t reads as follows:
Miss Ellie Lou ELLEN Louise) AK
son, daughter of the late Rev Edward
Axson of this city. and Mr.. Wilson. son
of Rev. ]. H. Wilson Of Wilmington.
N. c., were married last evening at the
residence of the Rev. l. S. X. Axson,
pastor of the Independent Presbyterian n
by the bridegroom's father and the
brides grandfather. The nuptials were
celebrated quietly. only the intimate
friends and relatives Of the contracting
parties being present"
Mrs. Wilson's pakernal grandfather
was Rev. Nathan Hoyt. who was for
many years the pastor Of the Presby-
terian Church at Athens. Ga. Her
Rome. Ga. At the time of their we'd
ding Mr.. Wilson had accepted pro-
fessorship at Bryn Mawr College, Pa,
where he and his bride began house
keeping.
President Undisturbed by Opposition
Senatorial visitors to the Phite House
have found the President perfectly
willing to meet the questions raised
by those who are opposing the nomina-
ton of Thomas D. Jones of Chicago as
and determined to stand by Mr.. Jones
to the fullest extent. The President
has no doubt of the outcome of the
fight, which has been extended to Paul
Warburg.
Edwin P. Grosvenor. who was the spe.
cia1 attorney for the Department of
Justice in the dissolution suit against
the harvester trust, now pending in
the United States circuit court, a de-
cision being looked for any day. has
written to Attorney General Mercy
nolds, saying that Mr. Jones was not
involved in criminal proceedings con-
nected with the trust, but that as a
director his name was included In the
civil proceedings still pending In the
courts. The letter also explained that
the testimony showed that Mr.. Jones
took no part in the formation of the
trust. Mr.. Grosvenor resigned from
the Department of Justice some time
ago ana ID q MEMBER OF the HInH OI
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft OF
which former Attorney General Wick
ersham and Henry Taft, a brother OF
William H. Taft. are members.
Protest Against Labor Exemption.
The labor exemption clauses Of the
CLAYTON antitrust bill and Of the pend
ing sundry civil bill were protested
against as class legislation in Its worst
form in a memorial presented to Presi-
dent Wilson today by A. H. Mullikin.
acting president Of the National Chamber
of Commerce of the United States. The
memorial stated that the organization
represented 10000 business men.
1t was declared in the memorial n1SS
sections Z and 1s Of the Clayton I'D
it passed the House and the provision of
the pending sundry civil bill providing
that none of the money appropriated by
the bill should be used for the prosecu
tion of labor unions had aroused a
wave of Indignation and protest
throughout the country.
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