The Seward gateway., 1915-10-14
WILSON GOES TO GAMES
 DURING WORLD CRISIS Laughs With Secretary Lane and Takes All Things Easy
By GEORGE P. WEST

sweltering days of international crises,-(the word is stale in Wash ington, )-President Wilson again has demonstrated his marvellous ability to sit tigat and to think through to a decision without seeing advisors and without a furry in White House routine.
 So far as visible signs go, Presi- dent Wilson in these perilous days might be a quiet scholar leading singulariy uneventful and retired life in tie pig honey old mansion among the trees.
 During the most critical days o' the [ Arabic-'lesperian .Dumba incidents he saw Sa, ,rctary of State Lansing Dr brief forty minutes, ate luncheon at his own table with Son-in-law Me Adoo once, and in the course Of a week received formal calls lasting ! fifteen minutes from not half dozen others,- persons of on important { nee to whom international a"ais are C">ek.
 Not once did the lrc-ident sit across the table from ar oaicid or persu' al advisor and enjoy one of those loose and informal discussions that average citizens crave when con fronted by problems infinitely less absorbing and momentous. One efCor- noon he sat through ball game with the round form of Secretary of the Interior Lane beside him, but the Presidents shaking shoulders showed that their conservation led far away 1 from submarines and diplomatic con spiracies.
 All the policemen on the White House lawn and White House cor respondents saw during these days the leisurely White House routine of i golfing in the morning and motoring in the afternoon. At the executive offices assistant secretaries read news papers and talked tennis or baseball. The appointment book was nearly blank.
 This does not mean that President Wilson hasn't his finger on the pulse of the nation. He has imagination, for one thing, and it is declared it IS inst because he wants to listen to the voice of all the people that he refuses to listen to a handful who may or may not represent the ninety millions.
 The president has resumed theatre going for the first time since the death of Mrs. Wilson. In his first week he saw a stock company in one of the old popular favorites and vaudeville show.
 There is nothing high-brow in his pleasures. No gum-chewing girl with her "steady" beside her could be more appreciative when a sleep-stick "artist" falls into the foot-lightS trough or reaches over and gives the orchestra leader resounding smack.
 Dr. Gary Grayson, White House physician on special detail from the Navy, is the Presidents constant companion at golf, motoring and the theatre. Dr. Grayson has a reputa- tion as a good story teller, and at the White House he gets lots of practise. The President loves a good story and { laughs like boy.
 Washington doesn't like the Presi- dents seclusion. It likes the search light on the Washington monument at night and the Marine band. 1t likes fuss and feathers, and it likes White House occupants who are good subject for endless anecdotes. But even to Washington the thought oc- CUTS that perhaps the President IS giving so much to the country partly because he gives so little to Washing ton. The presidency is such a big job these days that the man who fills it must neglect a few little details like supplying Washington with sub jects for social gossip and giving the glad hand to a stream of leading citi- zens from Spoon River, Silver Springs and way points.
 Those who know the President we'll say he avoids numerous personal in- terviews not because he does not like companionship, but because he likes it too we'll. When he opens his mind to