The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-31
OTHER HONEY
MOONERSI SORRY FOR
WILSON AND BRIDE
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ture would show to all Americans the
human Woodrow Wilson-the lover

NuIe WQulu SNOW TO all americans the
human Woodrow Wilson-the lover.
PRESIDENT
< But Just think of being followed
oyeriy step by seven Sc
cret service men! Think OF hay-
ing detective chauffeur when
youimotor, a detective. caddy when
YOU golf and leyensa detective SEN
try Just outside the door Of your
bridal suite not only in the day
but even at Snight while you sleep!
But It's true and also 1t is why
the 40 other plain citizen honeymoon.
ers hero at Hot Springs no longer
envy Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson.
At first they did; you could see It
with half AN eye! New little wives
began to doubt they had caught the
most wonderful man in the world,
when the great president, arrived.
AProud young husbands looked long.
ngly on the man so important their
ioting brides seemed to forget all
kbout them when he passed.
But this envy soon wore off. For
sven the brides and grooms began
iuiclily to see the solitude. without
shich a honeymoon is not honey.
moon. was denied the President and
The First Lady of the Land.
Now the official duties Of the Unit
BID States Secret Service are two
to detect and bring counterfciters
10 Justice, and "protect the person
" the President OF United States"
bust atspresent the service-or an i'm.
portants part Of it's working over.
time on Item Number Two.
Seven picked men have been as
sf5ned to honeymoon duty"
This means they never lose sight
of the Presid ent and Mrs. Wilson
orlansinstant throughout the day,
and guard them at night with all
the alertness OF first line SEN
try In the war zone!
Five guards seem to have select
ed fol, Drawn / they are as husky as
the biggest traffic policeman you ev-
er saw, capable Of handling three
ordinary men in a scrimmage, and
dead.shots with the automatics in
their coat pockets. K
The other two remained a mystery
to the other guests Of the Homestead
for several days. They were fault
lessly clad after six they always ap.
peared intervening clothes. No one
could distinguish them from the ether
guests, save they were better dress.
ed.
After considerable speculation the
guests reached the conclusion the two
good looking, well.built young men
were the most intimate Of the Pres1.
dents bodyguards. It was observed
that In "a crowd their right hands sci.
dom left their pockets. No one needs
% be told what those pockets hid.
Usually the President has a body.
guard OF but five. For the honeymoon
the number was increased by two
sleuths, one from Cleveland, one from
Pittsburgh.
The bane of the honeymoon squad
Is the camera man. The newspaper
correspondents, here with orders to
trail the President wherever he goes,
have . certain standing with the de-
tecttyes. They know the rules OF the
game and obey them. But the snap
shot artists knows no ethics and the
secret service men treat him like
an outlaw.
Whenever the President and his
wife motor their machine is driven
by q secret service man with an
other on the front seat beside him.
A second car with never less than
three other guards trails as close be-
hind as possible. The door Of the
car Is always OF the latch and the
men inside are resdy to leap out at
the first sight OF need.
When Mrs. Wilson returns to Wash.
ington she will be! sleuthed no longer.
There the Presidents wife Is only.
guarded on special occasions, but on
her trips to New York or other cities
the eyes Of two secret service men
will never lose her throughout the
day.
But the real Wilson honeymoon viii,
not begin until the famous pair leave
the White House and return 10 fpri.
yate life-then they will have d wed.
ding tour through which they cannot
BIO sleuthed.