Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-05
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plication for admission to practice.
The second Democratic president
since Andrew jackson to fill two
successive terms, Mr.. Wilson's eight
years in the White House carried
him through the range of human
emotions. He was almost blindly
idolized and cordially hated. Pro-
found peace, the most terrible of
wars, death of a wife and help-mate,
courtship and marriage, and finally
lingering illness all came in turn
Eight years of it whitened his hair,
racked his frame and impaired his
physical vigor, but did not rust his
mind.
Great Sacrifice
characterized by his friends as
much a wounded veteran of the
world war as if he had been shot in
battle, he goes back to private life
today regarded by his partisans as
living sacrifice to his ideals.
Woodrow Wilson was not we'll
man when he took up the presi-
dency. He was decidedly a sick
man. He was threatened with
Brights' disease, which physicians
diagnosed as having been brought
about by particular treatment for
frequent head colds to which he
ject. The wife died soon after, but
his case yielded to care. \,
Some years before that, Mr.. Will
son had suffered a thrombosis, in
one Of his legs. 1t was the lodging
Of blood clot in an artery, but be-
cause of it's location not serious. 1t
was, however a complaint of the
same nature which caused his
breakdown in 1919, when the clot
formed on the right side Of his
brain impairing the control of his
left arm and leg.
Little known also, Is the fact that
Mr.. Wilson, like Mr.. Roosevelt was
practically slghtless in one of his
eyes. Bursting blood vessels in the
retina practically made it useless.
although the impairment was in
part overcome by the use of eye
glasses. He suffered also from
nervous indigestion. With a pre-
disposition to take cold easily added
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Wilson took up the arduous duties
physical equipment than the public
generally gave him credit for.
Once in office the round Of COM
plexities which brought Mr. Wilson
the other was not long in starting,
and like a snow ball rolling down
hill continued to take on volume IN
til the day Of his departure from
the White House.
Once, in the, midst OF his seige of
prostrat1on which accompanied the
first stages Of his present illness,
he debated with himself whether he
ought not to relinquish his office
and give way to successor. Later
Democratic convention at San Fran
CISCO was ballotlng night and day
to agree on a presidential nominee,
Mr.. Wilson debated with himself
whether, he should be a candidate
Tor third term. 1t could not be
stage of being considered" But it
is known that Mr.. Wilson gave the
subjects some thought.
These with many other things
from the highly interesting unwrit-
ten chapters Of Woodrow Wilson'S
life. They would make a volume of
far more engrossing reading than
anything that ever had been written
about him.
Unwr1tten Chapters
-, such volume might include the
inside" story of the break with
Colonel House, his former conf7den-
tia! adviser; it might tell how Mr..
Wilson, rousing Mr.. Clemenceau, the
French premier, from bed at 2 |
o'clock one morning, practically
charged the French delegates with !
tampering with the records of the
peace proceedings.
1t might tell how Mr.. Wilson made !
up his mind to fire" some other cab |
met officers soon after the resigna-
ton of Mr.. Lansing, but desisted, be- |
cause, he said, it would only add to
the popular impression that he
couldn't get along with anybody"
1t might also tell what Mr.. Wilson
said with a smile" to Lloyd George |
concerning the relative strengths of
the British and American navies, and
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