Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-03-05

the three hundred yards Of stone
tagging to the elevator. He passed
without heed o:e rolling chair, rel
Gently used by Senator Penrose, whd
also lad entered the Capitol in the
; same way since his illness.
The crowd at the o.her door hat
n, 'ssad Mr.. Wilson and set out I'd
f.nl him. They caught up with hin
rs he rounded a corner, turning TO-
wa.d tho elevator at the other end Of
the b.ildinr from that used by Mr.,
Harding. There were murmurs O.!
sympathy as the spectators caught
sight Of the gray haired figure going
50 slowly and with such evidence Of
bodily pcwers driven to their work
crly by mastering exercise Of will
but Mr., Wilson nodded and smiled
back as he forced himself on
Lifted one floor in the elevator
Mr.. Wilson still alone made his way
the short distance to the Presidents
room and the business before him
He greeted the Senators waiting
there, exchanged humorous quibs
with some of them, and signed OF
waved away the bills that were lait
before him.
As he SAID good bye to Mr.. Wilson
the incoming President again dis.
played the sympathy he felt for hi
stricken predecessor. They claspet
hands, ard Mr.. Harding said:
Goodbye, Mr.. President, / know
you ere glad to be relieved Of you,
burden and worries. l want to tel
you how m2ch / appreciate the court
es:es you have extended to me-"
MIR. Wilson seemed to agree that
he was glad to be free, for he ever
gained in cheerfulness as he moved
out o. the room, with Senator Knos
escort;ng him TO the elevator
II can't get accustomed to thi:
feeling" Mr.. Wilson said to the Sen
asor, rs they moved slowly along
My feet feel so light"
In the elevator, the President swing
his cane by it's curved handle into
the breast pocket of his coat as tbs
cage reached TIE lower floor, ani
stood with his right hand on the
shoulder of the operator.
'Good-by, son he said, then step:
ped out to retrace the long. slow way
to the waiting machine.
Again in the automobile with Mrs
Wilson, Admiral Grayson. his ply.
sician, and Joseph P. Tumu!ty, his
private secretary throughout tht
eight years in the White Hose
Mr.. Wilson seemed, if anything, tt
have gained in cheerfulness through
the oryieal He was whirled bach
over the Pennsylvania avenue route
raising his hat in answer to greet
ings rs he was recognized by the
waiting crowds, or the salutes Of
soldicrs and pos:"c who lined the way
Passing the White House the ma
chine raced, noH without escort o.
trocps or policc, and MIR. Wilson gave
the stately structure so long his
hcme. Not a glance. lie was carrief
swiftly to his own new home on "S'
street, and there q few hundred
neighbors had gathered to cheer him
unmilldful of the cermonies blocks
way at the Capitol, where his sue
cesscr was takinS his oath of Office
At home at last, Mr.. Wilson stoo'
win Mrs. Wilson to receive tr
newapapermen who had accompanies
him through the day, and most O.
whom had been long at the Whit
House. He grasped their hands as
they came forward, presented by Mr.
Tumulty, and exchanged word O.
two with each. About him in tn
house score of intimate friends
gathered to do him honor on his re.
turn to private life. and it was
Admiral Grayson, who through habi
had spoken % him as "Mr. Presi
dent, that the cheerful correction
was addressed:
40, just plain Woodrow Wilson
now,
Thousands Demonstrate at Home
Socn after reaching his new home
MIR. W:lson, upon the advice of Or
Grayson. took short. rest in the en-,
dsaro- to recover from the unusual
fatigue to which he had been s-b
jectei during the day.
BY 3 o'clock, several Thousand
people hsd assembled outside the
Wilson home, as part of demon
stratioa organized by the League Of
Nations Association and the Demo.
cratic Central Committee of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. While a commit.