The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-10-06
WOODROW WILSON
AS HE Is TODAY.
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own and frequently sees the feature
film at the same time it is being
shown at the theatre downtown. Oc-
casionally he goes to vaudeville
show. his party taking seats in the
last row, and entering and leaving
with every effort to avoid ostentation.
1t rarely happens. however, that some
body fails to discover the visitors and
a demonstration OF handclapping al
ways ensues.
Spends Evenings at Home.
Evenings at home. however, are
spent in the family circle. The former
President and Mrs. Wilson read a
book together. or perhaps Mrs. will
son reads aloud. Some times it is one
of the detective stories of which Mr..
Wilson was said to be so fond. They
DO not now form as large a part of
MS reading as may have been the
case years ago. He takes to bed early.
not to sleep. however, but to relax to
read and write. Like Mark Twain. he
does much reading and writing in
bed.
Propped up by pillows, and with a
little writing board across his knees,
he reads and makes notes, some of
them voluminous and in shorthand.
Nobody knows what they are about.
He puts them carefully away. They
are not notes for book which many
expect.
Unless Mr.. Wilson changes his
mind decidedly. he will write no reply
to Robert Lansing or anyone else who
has criticised his policies. A writer.
who has been given access to Mr..
wilson's papers, of which there are
almost ton. is writing a book, but
IL Will be his own; not Mr.. Wilson's.
LII give you any material have
for your book" Mr.. Wilson told him.
I'll answer any question you ask
but it's your book. don't even want
to see what you write"
However the evening may be spent
however. tired he may be, there is one
thing the former President never neg
lects. 1t is the reading of few verses
OF the Bible. When he says good night
he invariably reads aloud some short
passage from the book which always
rests on the reading table at his bed
side.
His Physical Condition Now.
Friends and admirers ask, what is
Woodrow Wilson'S real condition
now?
He will be 65 years old next De-
cember and has passed through an or
deal which few men survive. The
measure of his progress towards
health must be measured with those
facts in mind. His normal weight in
health while he was President was
$50 pounds. He shows little depart
ure from that figure. His eyesight is
as good, although he has discarded
his favorite nose glasses for spec
tacles. His hair has turned snow
white, but it has not thinned. His
appetite is too robust to please his
physicians. Last March. when he left
the White House with President-eIect
Harding an attendant had to place
his feet on each succeeding step from
the portico. The other day he sent
his attendant away and climbed alone.
not without some effort, into his au-
tomob1le, just to see if he could do ii,
and seemed pleased to find that he
could.
Motor nerves and muscles of his
left side have given more responses
to treatment than was hoped for. OF
course, they are not fully active now.
He still walks with a cane most of
the time, but frequently hangs the
crook over his arm and "goes it alone
without my third leg" as he puts it.
Far from Being Well Man.
Mr.. Wilson is far from a we'll man
today; he was far from a we'll man
when he entered the White House
over eight years ago. But during the
last two years there have been times
when his voice was inaudibIe and
when he could not support himself
alone. His condition today shows more
improvement than his family and
friends dared hope for.
There are many angles to Mr.. Will
sons present-day psychology. Living
In washington, and easy of access
TO party friends at the Capitol, he
might give consultation on party poll
tics, but he does not. Whatever a
visitor may say in criticism of the Re-
publican administration Mr.. Wilson
never makes a reply. He never per-
mits anyone in his presence to speak
what he regards as "disrespect for
the President Of the United States"
somebody once raised the question
now do our exPresidents live?"
Colonel Roosevelt had a comfortable
fortune of his own augmented by in
come from writings. Mr.. Taft. un-
I'll he became Chief Justice, had from
time to time profitable sources of in
come.
Lives Simply Now.
Mr.. Wilson brought with him to
the White House the small savings of
lifetime, which he preserved. Dur
Ing his terms in the Presidency his