Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-04
Wilson Leaves White House
rs Take Up Practice OF Law

s,on The inside OF the ca1SaS eS
mot he is intensely human.
what part he may take In public
.ra,-s IN the future, living as he will
a,-o.t Under the shadow Of the dome
a !. ~" eanitol. is causing lively specu-
" - "a far as the records show
- nthar president has remained In
~ NJ. Ellington after going out Of of1ce.
~ Wilson first intended to i've In
nai4,noore, He and the present MrtA
wilson settled it by playing a game
W. nresident invented during an Idle
h sn m the steamer George WasAs
;neton on one of the trips TO and from
the neace conference. 1t was a game
of percentages with certain scores
allotted to the various aayantases OF
aars most fond. Baltimore, as the
WIZ VIZ" worked out. had the highest
e"tai But breakdown and continued
;,nass interviewed and it was decided
- remain in Washington, where al
most ali OF Mrs. Wilson's family re.
side. --- "
Tho new home, bought recently, 10
=, IN elevation in the northwest resi-.
dancc section not far from a site long
held nv the imperial German govern
ment embassy. Mr.. Wilson expects to
spend the future almost on the spot
where the kaiser expected his am
bassador to SIT.
Because of the secrecy which has
heen thrown around his physical con.
dition, the country is probably most
interested in that just now. Mr..
wilson is convalescent-so far as ma
ture permits-from what medically IL
called thrombosis blood clot in one
Of the arteries on the right side of
his brain which impairs the motor
nerves in the left arm and leg. He
can walk short distances alone with
the aid Of q cane; longer distances res.
quire the use of a wheel chair. Walk
ing up and down stairs is a ~precarioua
experiment seldom attempted.
Mr.. Wilson was not stricken on the
League Of Nations speaking trip in
the west as is popularity supposed.
but within a week after he returned
to the White House. Warning signals
of the coming attack were what
caused his return. For three days
after he came back he seemed to be
improving: in fact he took a motor
ride the day before he was laid low,
and on the night before played bill
lizards. The seizure came In the night.
at an hour when the president was
alone, and he was found stricken Just
before daylight.
For a week his life was despaircd
OF. but his real condition was kept
secret by his family. Then came a
turn for the better and for many
weeks the president was confined to
his bed-a bed in which Abraham
Lincoln before him probably had
passed many a night OF pain and
slecplessness Of a different nature.
Even the White House barber was
not admitted to tho room, and Mr..
Wilson, usually clean shaven, grew a,
beard, and made humorous remarks
to his physicians and family as he
brushed it for amusement several
times a day.
In the midst Of the illness an un-
looked for muscular complication set
in and refused to yield to treatment.
While physicians and surgeons anx-
iously consulted downstairs as to
whether the presidents physique
could withstand the shock of q surgi-
al operation and had about decided
that 1t was q life Or death chance, a,
nurse arrived with the news that ma
ture had interviewed and that the OPP
Grafton would be unnecessary. From
that moment slow recovery set in. =
Motor nerves which had refused to
respond to needle pricks showed signs
Of reaction. Pretty soon Mr.. Wilson
was about in q wheel chair. A few
weeks later he was learning to walk
again with the support OF an attend
ant. Massage. electricity and every
thing known to science, were en-
ployed to coax his muscular faculties
back into action. Then he got out-of-
doors for motor rides, and received
some visitors. He took up a routine
OF a few hours work each day dictat-
ing to stcnographers and increased
the time as strength gathered.
One evening he surprised WASH
ington by going to the theater and
walking only with the aid Of a cane
which he humorously called my
third leg" He probably never will
play golf again and may never de-
liver another public speech, although
ne will write what he has to say, in
what extended measure no one knows.
His friends say it may be a large one.
Washington will now have a presi-
dent and n Of the two living ex-
presidents on its hands and onicial-
dom Is very much interested to see
now 1t will work out,