Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-25
YORKTOWN EMTERTAINS.
PRESIDENT AND BRIDE
htstori" Hamlet Fccis Much IIonurcd
OVER This Second Visit OF
Natfon's CHIEF.
Especial to The Times dispatch

i''HtNlbl 10 lie I INES Dispatch
! WILLIAMSBURG. VA. January 81
President Woodrow Wilson and his
bride were not oShound las, Satur-
DAY. rs reported from Washington. hut
were safely anchored aboard thc May
Hover ia the hurbor at Yorktown
shortly aftcI noon. Twice within II
year historic Yorktown has been hon
orcd h. a visit from the chief macis-
trate OF the nation. indicating that he
| is charmed with the quaint hamlet and
, it's historic setting. it was - little
after ) O'clock when they landed ar
tho wharf whcr" thcr were met by
Conway shield. commemorative at'Ur-
! mcr Of York county, vino conveyed
them around town in his automubilr.
{ They FIRST visited old Cllrist's Chur H.,
thcm walked through IL" village /" the
Nelson House. Here much admiration
WAS manifested, as the place is re-
Snrdcd by them an cp'tomc OF valued
history and Il fine type OF Colonial
architecture. When They left tho Nell
! son House they were invited into the
Shield homo, where they remained for
half an hour. Thence the party pro-
cccdcd 10 the "Surrcudcr Monument, -
near which they remained for many
minutes aimirn. tiie beautiful shaft
! Next they visited Tho National Come
/ terry. ana were anxious 10 see tho Moore
House. hat the shadows Of evening pre-
, vented their making the trim.
mated. remained IN the river ali night,
leaviu: at " o'clock sunday normiu:
Torktown i'"op'" were greatly pleased
u, with the Now mistress OF the White
! House. who IL described ny them a.,
/ not only - beautiful person. hut de-
ligh;ful in every way natural and
charming: III manner and ;err cordial
| Yorktown is very proud of the distinc-
ton conferred by This second visit OF
the President
! President Wilson and his person nj
physician visited Yorktown last SUM-
mcr. coming umannounccd. They went
! into tho clerks office. where the presi
dent asked TO see some old records IN
which ~. whs ..i.>--.-A "aniai
old clerk. u iiuc type or chc old NiI t.
Sinia gentleman vas at his desk. and
+ Whch tat strangers to!b him til" object
of their visit he very courtcously
showed them what they wanted 10 see
iof course. lie did not know his dis
,nguish'd visitor. thinking he was one
OF the hundreds OF siShrsccrs who an
! nuallN visit the place and. through.
curiosity. take look NJ the ancient
! Colonial records. II was not until aftcr
tn" departure OF President Wilson ihri
Clerk lludgins Learned that his visitor
WAS the President OF tn" United states
RcaiizinG that he had perhaps not b.cu
as courteous as hc should have been
ia the President. the clerk was not
long in getting into his best clothes
and paNin. his respects in due form
to the head OF the nation. president
| Wilson Was 40 pleased with Mr.
HUdginss domcanor and dignity that
he told his physician that some dnS
he VAS coming 70 Yorktown again ana
invit" til" clerk of the York County
Circuit Court - be- his guest on IN
automobile ,rin 10 WILLIAMSBURG Mr.
Iludgins probably has never heard that
president wilson was much please,
with hiu ana considers him n type al
the real old NTeinian OF other days