Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-31
Mrs, Cox Says She Can
Never Be Happier in White
House Than at Her Dayton
Country Place

| DAYTON, o., July 29.--"Just tele-
phone me when you get to Dayton
and I'll come and bring you out to
Trailsend."
This was Mrs. Cox's invitation.
Enthusiastically simple and full OF
70 be Sure, the governors mansion
at Columbus is full of hospitality,
too. Mrs. Cox has given it the mag
| ical touch of home. But it is not
home in the sense that Trailsend is.
The house at Columbus is where
| the Coxes stay. Trailsend, four
miles outside Dayton, is where they
live.
1 realized this the moment the
bellhop announced Lady waitin' fer
yer outside" and l saw little road
ster at the curb with smiling girl
inside it.
For Mrs. Cox looked more the girl
than ever in her checked bingham
trock and sailor hat.
The slight hint of formality given
by the smart charmeuse gown and
plume-trimmed toque she had worn
in Columbus was vanished now.
Here she was just Margaretta Cox
who lived at Trailsend with her hus-
band and baby and her big stepson'
Here she was just the, mistress
of a delightful house which she
loved and managed personally, DASH
ing in to Dayton in a little old run
about with a cough in is carburetor,
to do her. marketing, to buy three
yards of lace for baby Anne's tiny
petticoat, and to call for the visitor
who wanted to see her real home.
Baby Anne Is Joy Of Her Life
Mrs. Cox drives as if she had been
with a steering wheel in her hand.
She cant even remember when she
learned.
q don't think I learned at ALL"
she says. Il just sort Of got it by
4 process of absorption
How is Baby Anne?'
She's the joy of my life!" said Anne's
mother in a way to kindle your
heart I'VE came out from Columbus
the other day looking like a gypsy
caravan, with our bundles and bales
and boxes, and the baby's bed and
all sorts of contraptions.
"A.h"- (Here a long breath)
its SO good to be home"
1t isn't hard to see why Mrs. Cox
loves TrailSend. 1t is a place of
charm. The realization of any girls
dreams.
The country on all sides rolls
away in hills and valleys. The
woods are thick and sweet.
Winding roads lead to the house
ID 1OllSJ 1OW, CICdlIly SlI uCIuIG Win
| a sleek, bowl-shaped lawn in front
and many flowers.
A wide, tiled terrace tanks one
end and runs the length behind,
with cosy seats and tables and a
view over a big green valley.
| The Indian trail which ends at
| the house has been grassed over as
an ornamental walk for some dis
lance, finally narrowing down to a
footpath which follows the ridge for
miles.
| When the house was built five
| years ago workmen ran across ar
rowheads, broken pottery and other
traces of Red Men. long gone to the
Happy Hunting Ground.
Organ That, Plays From Rolls
In the middle of the house is a
huge library lined with books, a
| honey room with big tables and
| fat chairs, lamps, magazines, pic
lures, framed photographs OF the
| folks and an organ upon when
| those who have educated feet can
| play music from rolls.
Across the wide and beautiful hall
is the dining room which gives you
| the impression of eating in the
| treetops, so close is it against the
out-of-d doors. At the other end OF
| room. gay with a quaint combina--
ton of bright-colored cushions and
black lacuuered furniture. A dicky-
| bird sings in cage.
Pool of Icy Water Below
Upstairs are half doben bedrooms'
baths and big airy halls ds;,rs On yes YES
down in the subterranean regions is
a glorious swimming pool full of blue
spring water, cold as anything
YES it is delicious liz ifsass t 81 i i si'
in response to my Obs and Abs IS
Were never as happy as when were
at Trailsend. Only Jim has to be
away so much" she added wistfully
81 just hate it when he away,
81 wonder if you're happier here
than you would be in the White
House?"
She didn't reply for a moment
just stood quietly, glancing about
thinking. Then the brown eyes turn
yes am happier here than
could be anywhere else in the world
st love my garden and my neigh
bors and I love to ride horseback and
swim and drive a car.
81 like to go, sometimes. to the
Country club. and play golf. L en-
joy bridge game--Jim hates to ad-
nit it, but I'm better player than
he is. I sew a little and see that
the currant jam and peach preserves
are made properly read some and
keep up a fairly lively correspond
, ence with my father and brothers and
friends. And l take care of my baby
do love that baby.
"Of course, 1 am ambitious for
Jim, and want him to be president
, He would be a good president-he
has always been a good everything
''As for newly don't want any
thing else than this.
I'm just" insists Margaretta Cox
| the governors wife and the moth
er OF Anne. That's everything life
means to ME. II is she smiled
my 'Trai!scnd.'