Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-09
SPECULATION AS TO
FUTURE OF WILSON
Activities Will Probably be Con
fined TO Writing. With Auto
biography First Task.
Ccrr~rcndcncc phila. Record.

Washington. u. c.. Nov. S.-As the
time draws near for his retirement irolh
puhhc life, interest IN President VIZ
sons future plans is increasing. from
ti,n,, Ia time there have been various
renor,s A. to what the President would
do after quitting the White House, but
all uf ,hesc have proved To be mere
sprculation. No word has come from
the President or anyone III his confluence
touching these plans, hut II Is nehcTeu
hy those aound Mr.. llson that ms
future will he devoted To literary work-
As President of the United states dur,
ing the greatest war "t history anu
"a one of the leading figures At the peace
c,,fc,.,ce n, Versailles. where . world
settlement was made MIR Wilson, me
moirs are eagerly looked forward TO. both
by friends and enemies. ms All lntenseN
interesting contribution To modern MS
tory. IL ~ pretty well establlshed 'hat
IN. writing of his autobiography WIN
consume great part OF his time after
ne again bccomes n private citizen. nus
r.,,,atatioY, aS a historian WAS established
I.Sore coming 10 Washington, and his
individual part IN national ana inter
ns,,opal affairs SINCE that time will en-
nance greatly the value of his literary
product
The old question. What shall we 90
with our cx-Prc-ldcnts VIII not apply
~ Mr. Wilson Whatever he does Will
10 for the sake OF the work itsclt and
no, under pressure of economic nec's-
atty. tie y not a wealthy man IN the
actepted sense of the term, hui ms m
come Is ample 10 meet the simple tastes
~ himaclf and Mrs. Wilson
pr Gravsnn. the President phvsi-
Il. hat fharp W.
,louht whatever IN his mind about Mr
W,ls,n's fulfilling the normal expectancy
Of lie and dong any literary work that
he desIrrd to do.
The President writes with such ease
and faclhtv that tic large amount OF
writing hc will probably do would m
,olvc lcSs STRAIN than Is required Of many
authors
Those familiar with his WAYS Of pre-
par,ng public speeches. messages 70 Con I
vrcss and letter writing, say that ms
Thoughts come with their clothes on,
and that he rarely rcvises anything nc
bas written He has been writing hooks
or preparing articles for periodicals.
-incc early manhood and whenever he
has hal anvthns 20 say Il has required
no effort o. cypress his thoughts IN model
Fngli.h
Reforc the Presidents illness he per
-analN wrote All his speeches on ms
typewriter During his convalescence hr
has taken o. dictatlon. and Il lS SAID
n the White House now that he dictates
an hour o. two hours every day IL is
believed that Mr. Wilson has already
tcgin the preparation Of his auto
Biography and that by the time ne tcavcs
the White Housc next March thus WORK
will he faT advanced. 10 Is expected
that The rresident will receive many
o'crs e. ioin the faculties OF some OF
m. oottnsrv's Landing universities, his ex-
perancc as president OF Princeton giving
him a sr~ecial dualitiret ton for tins work
4, I. understood that ono Southern uni
vs~itN has already made such tender,
but HI intimate friends DO not expect
a. See h.m assume any task that would
make such demands on his time and en-
durance. and they predict that the less
exsctmg orole ~ an author Is the one
ne vii morc likely follow
Speculation as 10 wherr Mr., Wilson
vin live after quitting the Presidency
las been rife within recent months tme
report was that san Diego, Caih.. had
zen decided upon. but this seems TO
ave been due 20 the mere fact that vii
am a. NcAdoo acquired property near
hcre When Dr tiravson bought q
country place near Washington = few
months aso a report at once became cur
en' that & was being purchased Tor Mr..
Wilson m anticipation OF hls return 10
nrivate life THIS report WAS denied ~
tho White House and Il IS thought like
Is that some place VII be sought where
hts literary lahnrs would be less hahie
o. Interruption
some think that nc may return "a
Princeton from whence he entered pub
llc lie. and there live he retired llfe of a
man 81 letters Neither he nor Mrs.
Wilson have any special lnteresr III
soCial life, prcferring rather the COM
pany 81 lifelong friends 70 that OF new
acquaintance
Colonel Roosevelt, devoted himself to
authorship after leaving the White
House. becoming associate editor OF a
magazine. following period spent IN the
African w.lds Nj Taft after four
YEAR Incumbencv OF the White House,
nccepted the place he still holds as q
memsef nf the faculty Of Yale He has
done some writing. but nothing preten-
tlous After completing hIs second term
~ President Grover Cleveland made his
home near Princeton University, where
he was n familiar figure to the students
m hIs closing sdav He practlced lew
m 3 limited way. and for brief time
lent hIs name 70 one Of the large Insur-
anee companies as an official, Benjamin
Harrison also took up legal work after
leaving the White House and lived TO a
ilpe old age