The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-13

me original article was uUiiSncu III
the Mexican paper Excelsior" on
June 20 last.)
An aide-de-camp pointed out to us,
with quiet but cordial gesture.
where we should place ourselves to
greet President Woodrow Wilson
This was in the Blue Room of the
White House. which we reached after
passing along the garden walks that
lead up to the Presidential residence.
The room is solemn in appearance
and is painted and draped in a dark
blue color, which seems all the more
grave as the faint rays Of the light
sift through the curtains covering
the windows.
The prisms Of two beautiful chan.
deliers that hang from the center of
the room shine brilliantly. There we
were, all silent and expectant |
glance at my companions and see
they are laboring under the spell of
deep emotion, and their faces seem TO
denote the intensity of their nervous
strain; their eyes are fixed; the mo-
ment is, indeed, solemn one
The aides-de-camp move forward
quickly and grasp tho curtain which
covers the vestibule. We behold Mr..
Wilson. Impetuous applause greets
him, and the great man smiles pleas
antly. While one of my companions
addresses him, study the man with
profound interest
Yes, those eyeglasses are the same
| have seen hundreds Of times in the
papers; that thin face is the same
! that has been profusedly reproduced
/, all over the world the mouth, with
Q determined jaws, is the very same
from which the new gospel Of the ma
lions has issued.
4 The President listens attentively
q His hair, almost white, still resists
Q the total invasion of the gray. His
|. clean-shaven face of angular feature.
! y reveals, by its hearty complexion
$. magnificent health; his stature, Meth
er tall nor short, but rather the latter
: stands firmly erect He is very sim
Of ply attired, in summer garb; fron
q the buttonhole of his blue coat hang
y gold chain; trousers and shoes ar
a. white. His typical eyeglasses, as h
" faces our spokesman, light up bri
!, liantly; his face CLEANS, and tn
he evanescent rays from without, retec
SIS ing family against the marble co
n n, umns, seem to augment the solemn
an ity of the occasion.
His candor and democratic plail
y. IL ness impress me wonderfully, and in
mediately inspire certain confident
~ in those, like ourselves, who are fro
, ae distant lands One would take tt
Chief Magistrate to be no other tina
any ordinary honest American eli
zen; and this impression fills one vii
'ss the purest thoughts Of his absolu
sincerity. 1t should be borne in mil
:. that a government Of the people al
). for the people does not require tn
= its executive should be attired like
:. prince, but rather be modest ma
like one intrusted with the safe co
duct Of the State with its thousan
of free citizens.
The President speaks We see
y to vibrate with the most tense ate
q ton, like drawn strings ready
4 break at he slightest impulse.
* has a clear voice, the voice Of one {
~ customed to address millions of v
, * ers His gestures, like his delive
are at first deliberate and cal
With his thumb and forefnger join
IL seems as IL he endeavored to |
more force into his thoughts and c.
victions, to underscore them, ma
them clearer and more compreher
BILE.
His voice becomes gradually mi
accentuated and even vehement as
gives expression to the high ideals
his doctrines His right arm sud-
ly rises with opened hand when
emphasizes the liberties OF the
pie and the rights of humanity,
his countenance lights up as ne '
comes us and wishes US prosperi
There were moments when |
like a scholar seated on bench
fore the schoolmaster of Prince
The President seemed to speak as
hall of learning, and acquired as
listened a high moral value as
enunciator of ideas. And whe
went close to him to give him
hand, when heard from his lips
courteous 81 am glad to know y
pressed with reverent clasp
hand created to pen words of e