The sun., 1916-01-28
PRESIDENT ON GO
FOR SIXTEEN HOURS
Delivers Three Speeches and
Receives Delegation OF
Suffragists.
IN EXCELLENT SPIRITS

The President OF the United States
came to New York yesterday and put
In day that would have made a
brawny Eborer weary. When he re-
gained the seclusion and comfort OF his
private car IN the Pennsylvania Station
at midnight last might he must have
Taxation.
For sixteen hours--from A. NJ un-
I'll midnight-the President wa. inces-
sanity on the go. lie exhausted his
secretary and the stan Of secret service
men. whom he kept at a sort OF trpt
and gallop as he dashed from place
TO place In his round Of speechmaiting.
sightseeing and calling.
Take young Joe Tumulty. his secre-
tary. for example. Mr.. Tumulty is as
husky and vigorous youth as one
might fnd in any Of the forty eight
States. hut at 4 i. VI. yesterday at the
Waldorf-Astoria. the Presidential head
quarters for the day. Secretary Joe
was all in mind wear!ed and body
weariel. and mighty glad OF chance
to take an hours nap.
BesieG~d by suHs.
There were many things that kept
the day from dulness. that reminded the
President that the hardest worked per
| son In the country - the man who is
at the head OF the nations affairs.
There were the woman sufYrag,sts, who
besicGed him at the Waldorf soon after
he arrived and kept recking at him
and pecking at him for an interview
until finally he gave way and consented
to talk to them. There were the clergy
urn at Aeolian Hall at noon. before
whom he made rather an extensive and
interesting speech. There We're the
railroad men at the Waldorf early in
tn" evening, before whom he delivered
his most prctentious address. and finally
there were tho motion picture chiefs at
the Hotel Biltmore. 10 whom he talked
a, Conside r. bic length.
These speeches alone Represented prob
ably 1000 words or ~ Of pretty close
III hiking and mucN OF II was exempo-
raneous. since his only prepared speech
Was TN. one before the hallway Bus!-
ness Association at the Waldorf Be
tween spec he motored with Mrs.
" lsor. showing himself to the people
and r-",iNlr. wherever ne went fairy
enthusiastic tributes Of hardclapping
and cheering
lie lookcd to be IN excellent physical
and mental tr.m lie walked with a
springy strd" that kept the rervous.
sharp eyed secret service guards on the
Jump 20 follow him HIS eyes were
bright and his color was good lie
seemed 10 h" in fue spirits. although il
was observed that wren he scttlei him
self into MS automobile or withdrew into
The privacy OF his suite At the Waldorf
his face took on Lines % care, suddenly
became stern and thoughtful.
ap-ssu-
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad train TO
which hts private car was attached ar.
rived a; the Pennsylvania station AZ
G i. A NJ. and was softly shunted iito
the yards 80 Ne and Mrs Wilson would
be disturbed 80 little as possibl. hv the
hum OF traffic In fa,t. the Pennsyl-
vania oi'ic ais put mu'''.r ON the usu i
clampr Of their business. There was
no footing Of locomotive whistles 20
raucous shouts of Hardm.n. ron" OK tn.
o'-l'rHry uu.siDess Of the hg terminal
Tn" President "as able 10 continue h.s
sleep. therefore. uH'l r.arlv \ VI
The station sWtrmed with all h.rds
of policemen. Federal. CITY and ra.l-oaa.
A. that ear, hour Z became apparent
that visiting President WAS meyer 50
Thoroughly guarded In and about the
private car We're siN secret serylc. mon
brought from Was sliuH'on Cl'ef W H.
am j FlSnn Of IN" service scattered toy.
/ OF ;he local agents through IN" station o.
Keep an eye OIt for SUSPICIOUS lookl.g
/ persons. capt Kerr OF the secon
branch o. IN" detective bureau had
I thirty -fy" plan clothes guards taking
/ orders from B.e BIZ Flynn. and hesl.los
this formidable array were the Penn.
sylvauIa Railroad detectives. q dozen ol
them. called from tle- usual duties -
help guard tn" President from harm
That was abou; the way II wen,
throughout the da; Wherever Mr and
Mrs. Wilson moved. II II were only Z,
few steps. there was q solid ring OF So
cret service men around them. whu
moved as they moved. step for step
1t was 30 \. NJ when the Presiden,
and Mrs. Wilson stepped from their prj-
vate car. accompanied by Secretary Tum-
ul,y. pr cary 7. Grayson aud tn,
immediate guards Awaiting them wcr,
the always faithful Dudley Field Nj.
lone. official or unofficial courier. spolIeS-
man and buffer for tho President when
he visits New York. and H. " West
inghouse and W. l.. Saunders. represent.
! ing tho Railway Business Association.
A million photographers. more or less
1 battered at the police lines and pleaded
I for pictures They mob.liyed at tho
train shed gates and made curious drives
! all the way TO the Thirty-second street
! exit without any success AZ all. Finally
the President agreed to pose. but he In
I sisted that they must leave Mrs Wilson
| out of the pictures.
Since most women naturally will want
to know what Mrs. Wilson wore the re-
porter for THE SUS will take up the de-
scription with proper dfiidence, hopirE :
not to make errors too glsring, Her
blue suit, close fitting was tailored, Her
white silk waist was decorated a. tho
wrists with flame colored silk, Delicate
lace showed AT the neck above the collar
OF the blue suit, Her hat WAS small
black toquc trimmed with osprey plumcs
She wore. as usual, bouquet or orchids
! from the White House conscrN atorles
Arrival ut waldorf.
There was n crowd of medium size m
SrNenth a NenMe inst ont sldr II tlD u NJ.