New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Washington Still Keeps a Keen Interest II Wood
The Former President Is Slowly
Fighting His Way Back to Health
Expects To Take Active Part in Law Work-Creat
Esertion at Present Time Is Not Attempted
Still the Cynosure Of Many Eyes During Drives

~s~ ~h~ u4teu QxJv0 out of
their way to rspass his car 40 "A 70
greet him and his party. Mr. Wilson
Always wears cap and generally s,ts
ir the back seat, with Mrs. Wilaon
beside him. frequently her moth.r
Mrs. William Boiling. is with them,
He acknowledges every greeting. either
oy touching his cap or with I w.vs
OF his hand and pleased smile.
T. Mr. Wilson WAS always fond cf ro-
torins. and at one time or another has
explored all the Of highways and bv-
ways around Washington FOR mile, and
miles. He Is fond Of company, too. and
frequently has guests in informal,v
Sometimes they dine with him. though
ne insists upon retiring early. The
other day saw Mrs. Wilson At
their bank, taking quantities Of silver
out of their safe deposit box and send
ing it to her motor, which immediately
made me suspect that there was = real
formal dinner party being planned.
| know, too, that when Margaret
Prescott Montague, Of New York and
White Sulphur Springs. was In Wash
lngton Tor . few days recently. Mr.,
and Mrs. Wilson sent for her. Il vas
she who wrote Uncle Sam Of Freedom
| Ridge. which the Democrats party
planned to use In motion pictures dur
ing the Presidential campsirn--but
didn't.
II you wander unceremoniously into
the Wilsons' homo any evening about
dinner time, you arc sure to hear
Mrs. Wilson reading to her husband
in the upstairs living room. Often
the book Is one Of his favorite detec-
tive stories. Just now the ex- President
lis not doing much heavy Or serious
reading.
Mr.. Wilson went 70 b. F. Keith's
Theater just few nights ago. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Mar
garet Wilson and John Randolph
Boiling. It sounded Just exactly like
an old-time White House box party,
It was the same gathering one could
see in the White House box almost any
| a. {, ,Ae oe oAay OAAS VI CuS tuSALGXSs Mxs
Wilson is very fond Of the theater
and all the years he was in the White
House, even during the absorbing war
days, he scarcely ever missed a show
hat came to the capital, whether it
was good, bad or Indifferent.
But last week ho and his party did
not occupy q box as Of old, but sat
IN the laxt row OF the orchestra circle
so that Mr.. Wilson would not have
/ far to walk and would not have any
stairs to climb. That really is the only
phys cal drawback now bothering Mr..
! Wilson; he walks with difficulty. Not
with as great difficulty, it is true, as
he did, but nevertheless 1t Is an effort
for him to walk. He always uses
| cane, and to walk up or down stairs
is next to impossible. He does &C.
complish even that, sometimes. But
when he does he gets some one, usually
a colored attendant, to move his sf-
fected foot for him instead Of drag
ging 1t from step to step.
Home Equipped With Elevator
| Which Avoids Stair Climbing
There is an elevator in their house
and there is only = step or two. and
low one at that, leading from the pave
ment in front of their house into their
doorway, which is the English basement
style. The back Of the house has wide
verandas, both upstairs and down, and
has charming walled-in garden. where
NJ. and Mrs. Wilson spend hours Of
each pleasant day. There have been
so many warm and sunny days since
March A that they have hardly missed
day in the garden, where they enjoy
an unusual amount Of privacy for a
city house.
! The home IS built on the edge Of the
city, where the houses are all detached
and hidden, more or less, from each
other by shrubbery and trees. s Street,
where they live, is much higher than
the street behind. Prying eyes can
not look into Mr.. Wilson's garden; all
they can see is vine-clad bank and
the top of the garden wall.
There is much conjecturing about tho
summer plans of the Wilson's, but so
far they have not taken any Of their
friends into their confidence. A short
time ago they bought country house
in Princeton that would make most
desirable summer home, and it is gen.
orally supposed that they may pass
part Of tho warm weather there.