The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-07-31
WHITE. HOUSE IS
AGAIN CENTER
OLD ACTIVITIES RESUMED WITH
RETURN OF PRESIDENT
FROM FRANCE.
WILL RESUME SOCIAL LIFE
For Five Years Executive Mansion
Has Been Closed to All Forms Of
Entertainment, but With Ending Of
War II Again Comes to Life.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

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removed for so long time from the
social activities and, latteriy, from the
business activities of the city and the
nation. Washington believes that
from now on through the years the
fine old house within the finer old
grounds will take its place MS the CEN
ter of the capitars social life as 1t IL
certain to be the center of the nations
directing energies.
During the four years of war, or.
more properly speakinp. five wears. be-
cause the armistice did not necessarily
mean peace, the White House re-
mained virtually closed apainst all
forms of entertainment For three
years. or almost three wears. the Unit
ed States was not involved directly in
the war Int the horror Of the battle
fields in Europe made itself felt. not
only In tho white Uousa hut in al, the
houses of larger entertaining In the
city Of Washington. The Dreaident
and Mrs. Wilson apparent,y did not
feel that II was the time for entertain
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Somethihg besides sentiment IL re-
spohso'e .or tne s'r.uai oarrhs Vi '"e
uoor' Vi 'he ""'e HOUSE. All enter
'.ihlneh'S 'nat are gwen ~i"'n .ne
e~eeuuNe m""s'oh pree'"c.S are IN the
hatufai o1uer Oh eSehts snareu IN ny
the representatives. OF foreign ma
IONS wnen France. Ehgiand' Rel
gum ana RUSSIA anu iater Itaiy' were
henuhs germany Austla' turkey anu
bulgaria II became virtually impossi-
Dle 10 give an entertainment az the
White House without including In the
hst OF guests representatives OF the
ciashing hations. ihs would nave
maue TOT emoarrassineh'' ana 30 II "aS
mat WIN very ie" exception Ill en-;
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vor ,here were M epter+,,nment.
,,veo .t the White House
During the Cyvi, war White uou.e
entertainments were not ytven over
entirely Tho chromosomes. NJ tho
case were somewhat difYerent fron,
those NJ tho mast Ave vears The
country was in the throes ~ a war
which might he called one Of brother
against brother but there was . feel.
Ing among the high officials NJ GOVERN
mept AT that time that n u,as uood for
tho I1n,t.d stotos IN to.,, M, a cow
h,once NJ things normal II wo. tho
nersona, v,ewno,pt lincoln hod ono
md wilson seems n have onotber
In England ot tho outhreot ~ tho
present war the peonle showed a do.
Termination to teen to tbo,r ora,norv
nurs,,t. In ne nc ,,,,c,, nc ,,,o. ,o.si
hIe II was the feeling NJ tho mon
md women NJ england no matter nov,
rnch tho,r heart might no cost down
,hot q u,os better 70 h,,ov thonso,vos
M, and tho rot,on mr., hv Laar,no .,,,,,
nc neor,y noru,.i 90 ,oss,h,a
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~ q viewpoint.
In France 1t was different. The
French people looked at the matter
from d1nerent standpoint than that
from which the English were viewing
1t. They shut all their theaters except
those producing serious plays and
those showing moving pictures Of a
kind to inspire patriotism. The French