Evening star., 1917-03-05
Has Time Saving Rule From
Which He Rarely Is Known
to Deviate.
CALLERS GET ONLY THE
MINUTES THEY SPECIFY

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Presidents Use-His Study Is
Most Frequented.
A close-range view of President Will
four private Offices.
Strictly speaking, II the fact Is taken
into consideration that brain-work-
er's bedroom is also one OF his private
Offices. on the theory that the human
mind sometimes solves some of its most
perplexing problems in the still, small
hours of the night" President Wilson
has five private offices. the bedroom
being the fifth. Then. again, the Presi
dent has as Offices, for the time being.
the famous east room and the blue
room and the red room at the White
House. In which he receives delega-
tions. and diplomats and distinguished
visitors from abroad. so that there
ed States with so many places at COM
mand in which to transact business, all
under one roof or set of roofs.
In all of these. President Wilson
works all the time. methodically and
systematically, and. since the European
war began and brought with it its
great burdens. as well as during the
times the Mexican situation seemed
most menacing, it is safe to say that
the inside of the Presidents head has
been his oftice-his clearing office for
work.
His Four Private Offices.
p,,+ +ha Four oryv,t. ofscea yno.t ~
the Presidents callers know about are
the big circular room In the White
House executive offices, plainly fur
nished. which Is used as a room of
ceremony: little room ad}Dining 1t, In
which are located private telephone
booths: the cabinet room adjoining that
and the Presidents study in the living
quarters of the White House.
The latter has been the place most
frequented by the President lately.
during the international crisis. He has
House executive offices, going there OF
an afternoon occasionally to meet ap-
pointments. to sign bills passed by
Congress in a ceremonious way when
ure in which there has been especial
interest. etc.
The little room between the cabinet
room and the Presidents private room
at the executive offices, which con
tains telephone booths. is simple as
is everything else connected with
President Wilson's regime. The vision
of telephone booths mentioned must
not conjure in the minds eye the tele-
phone booth of the hotel lobby. No one
would know there were such booths,
unless he were told, for a simple door
leading to one might seem to give ac-
cess to a clothes closet. were 1t not for
the fact that 1t is an absolutely sound
proof telephone booth.
Walking through this narrow. oblong
little room one comes into the cabinet
room. picture of Lincoln. an en-
craving Is the principal adornment or
the walls. although around the walls.
on easels and otherwise. are maps,
up to date every morning by Col. w.
W. Harts, U. s. A., chief White House
aid showing not only what Is going on
in Europe and on the seas, but in Mex
leo.
It is in the White House study. how
ever. that President Wilson does most
of his work. Here Is the famous type
writer. on which he types messages TO
Congress with his own hands, and
sometimes personal letters - for the
stationery of which, as well as the pos.
taxe stamps, incidentally, the President
insists on paying out OF MS own per
sonal pocket on the ground that the
government should not be expected to
furnish him such personal requisites
out Of the taxpayers money.
His Time-Saving Methods.
The President has time-savlns sys-
tenn If a caller asks for hve minutes
he gets five minutes, and IS not expect
ed to try to take more. There is special
stationery printed, headed The Presi-
dents Engagements. copy Oh "nioT T
T. 6nHY
as for Joseph P. Tumulty. his secretary.
who stands between him and the world
and another copy is kept by fuoolph
Forster and Thomas w. Brahany. as
who, with Mr. Tumulty. Spccupy two
rooms adjoining the Presidents circu-
lar room in the executive onces;
Things move like clockWork when the
former administrations 1t was no un-
common thing to see the anterooms
filled with persons who deslred TO taKe
some of the Presidents time: NOW call
ers come and depart en- sctsauie, a. .ne
Presidents secretary ana the secret
service men apparently pursuing sys-
tenn Of which expedite" is the watch
word.
must be made many days ahead. Tues
days and Fridays are cabinet days, ana
few appointments are mace ior tnose
days. Thursdays the President general
ly takes for catching up with CORE
spondence and studying papers that
yssG5s plasssns on Moaaaxy shas asy
and Wednesdays. therefore, are tne
two days Of the week when the Presi-
dent receives congressional and other
callers. and it is we'll 10 Hlahe appiica-
tion in time.
Casts Precedents Aside. ,
President Wilson brought with him to
the executive chair some ideas OF his
own as to the conduct Of the office. He
cast precedent aside in many things
and played the official game as he
thought best.
For more than 100 years Presidentr
Of the United states had transmitted 1snatssa
concerning LEGISLATION by means OF
messages. and had kept away from the
halls of Congress to avoid charges that
they were trying to influence q separate
branch Of the government. Mr.. Wilson.
instead Of writing msssaseA 5unosd