The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-16
PRESIDENT FORMALLY
AcctPTS SHADOW LAWN
Heeds Plea Of Jersey Folk That He
Come Back Home to Hear News
OF His denomination.
PRESIDENT MUCH TOUCHED
Nothing to Do With Message From
Home Save 70 Accept, Although He
Insists on Paying Amount OF Kent
Usually Paid for ''6ummer Capital"

Washington, Oct. 5.-"Shadow
Lawn" the estate at Elberon, ". j..
near Long Branch, upon which the
late John A. Mccall Is said to have
spent more than 100000 In chang
ing from unattractive corn fields to
one OF the show places Of the Atlantic
seaboard, was formally accepted this
morning by President Wilson as a
summer home, when a delegation OF
more than q score of New Jersey DEM
ocrats called at the White House to
tell the President that the Jersey home
folks want him to live there whenever
he II able to absent himself from
Washington.
The delegation, whose efforts 10
have the summer capital changed
from Cornish. N. H., to the Jersey
coast were successful. was headed by
Representative Scully. Governor
Fielder. who could not accompany the
committee to Washington because OF
q death in his family. sent through
the committee a letter. in which the
Governor urgently pleaded with Presl-
dent Wilson to accept the offer to
make Shadow Lawn" HIS summer
residence.
Come back" wrote Governor Field
er. land In the old familiar surround
ings receive the glad tidings of your
denomination
We want You to return to New Jer-
sey," was the way Congressman
Sculiy's invitation was wordcd. which
has given the country the greatest
President In its history
Feels Better TO Pay Rent.
The committees idea of the offer OF
Shadow Lawn was that the Presi-
dent, in accepting, was not to be put
to any expense except whatever the
- e. ,rad Sfyf.t
cost him. The President. evidently
much touched by the invitation OF his
old neig4,bors to spend his summers
with them. replied when accepting
that he would feel more comfortab Bile
IL he were permitted to pay for the
use cf Shadow Lawn the amount OF
rent ne has been accustomed to pay for
a summer home, the money 80 paid
to be devoted to some charity.
When you come ON mission like
this" the President told the commit
tee. and with such peculiar gen.
crosby. and invite me home. the only
tsling | can say Is that / will come.
New Jersey means too much to me
to make any other answer possible.
IF you went to be generous enough
to let me pay the rent that have been
accustomed TO pay for a surnma
place. / would feel easier about 1t,
even II YOU devoted the money to
rome charlie BILE object 1t is not that
hesitate for moment to accept any
thing from Jersey people, bat l saonld
feel more comfortable II you would let
ms pay the rental that l ordinarily
nay in The summertime, then l would
feel that | was doing my part and
also accepting very generous hos
pitality on the part OF those who rep
resent the State
-''Ati | can add is that I shalt look
forward with the greatest pleasure to
Icing in the old familiar surround
ings, May I NOT send my love back
to the people at home through you ?"
The President added jokingiy that
',e promises Governor Fielder not to
disturb him too much at his summer
r.ce..r pat Sest-titrt.. ot,ieet TO riding
n horse II 3 frock coat and silk hat =
Committee members later explained
this remark by saving that the first
time Mr.. Wilson while SO CARRIED gnt
astr.de q horse WAC when ne received
at Sea Girt In 1879 the first news Of
his nomination.