Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-05

Eight storm-tossed years in the presi- dency, filled with moments and scenes that will live forever in human history, ended today for Woodrow Wilson, just plain Woodrow Wilson now" as he him self smilingly asserted.
 Under his own roof again as a private citizen, the former president rested to- night with his burdens of state trans ferred to other shoulders and the shout ing and tunult of public place behind him, and through day that had taxed his broken physical powers greatly he came smlingly and with whimsical hu- morous twist to. his comments, yet with no hint at regret in his retirement from high office.
 There was but one incident of the day when that cheerful mood seemed to fail. As he stood in the presidents room. Mir. Wilson had been telling Senator Knox that he would not witness in the senate the inauguration of Vice President Coolidge, as he doubted his ability. owing to his physical infirmities, to negotiate the few steps he must climb. | The senate has thrown me down." he said to the Pennsylvania senator, in ref erence to battles of the past, and the peace treaty, but l am not going to fall 1 down"
 A moment later someone touc,fed his arm to call his attention to the fact that i Senator Lodge had arrived in the room | as head of the joint committee to inform l the president that the sixty-sixth con- gress stood ready for adjournment if he i had no further communications to make | to it.
 1 Mir Wilson turned toward the man who led the fight against the treaty. His face 1 lost it's smile as he listened to the sena- 1 tors formal report and there was in his own tone a touch of cool formality as he said:
 q have no further communication to make I appreciate your Nurtesy. Good morning"
 Mir. Wilson's share in the inauguration ceremonies remained in doubt to the last It was not until he had finished the busi- I ness that called him to the capitol that
 the retiring president made known hi: final yielding to the entreaties of his phy' . sician and Mrs.-4FiIson to spare himself
 the ordeal his physical condition woult T make of adherence to precedent
 From the moment he emerged from thu
 White House to mount first the rear sea
 of the automobile that carried them tC
 the capitol, MT. Wilson was shown ut
 most courtesy by MT. Harding. who los
 no opportunity to spare the president! feelings. As he started the painful {, l descent or the Nnlle house steps, MT Wilson was aided by secret service mel
 who placed his feet on each step and thel
 on the running board of the automobile
 After he sank back into his seat on tn
 rig!.t MT. Harding stepped in, and the!
 rode side by side down Pennsylvania ave
 nue neither in courtesy to the other, re
 spending to the cheers or salutes tina
 greeted them.
 At the capitol the car drew up frs
 at the senate wing entrance under tn great steps that sweep up to the mai floor. Mir Harding and others in tn car. except Mir. Wilson. alighted and her the crowd halted. Evidently it hai bee pre-arranged that there should be n
 public comparison to be drawn betwee . the big. strong figure of the new presi I dent and the crippled form of the old. fo D MT. Wilson rode on alone to little-use door where he had but two steps |
 mount. and there Arthur Brooks. negr
 custodian of the White House, awaite 2 him.
 T MT. Wilson was lifted out of the ca . and up the two steps by Brooks. At tn t top he paused to change his glasses an
 apparently to recover from the effor
 Then. grasping his cane, but alone an unaided, he moved through the door | e plod slowly over the three hundred yard I of stone Tagging to the elevator. H r passed without heed a big rolling chail
 recently used by Senator Penrose, wh
 also has entered the, capitol in the sam r way since his illness.
 ? The crowd at the other door had miss ' | ed MT. Wilson and set out to find hin . They caught up with him as he rounde J. i q corner turning toward the elevator 2
 the other end of the building from ths e used by MT. Harding. There were mul
 
 n caught sight of the gray-haired figur }, going so slowly and with such evidenc a of bodily powers driven to their wor
 only by a mastering exercise of will bJ
 MT. Wilson nodded and smiled back 8 4 he forced himself on.
 Lifted one floor in the elevator, M 6 Wilson. still alone. made his way th 9 short distance to the presidents rooI and the business before him. He sreete the senators waiting there, exchange
 humorous quips with some of them an |. signed or waved away the bills that wei = laid before him. As he said goodbye to Mir. Wilron, II x | incoming president again displayed u | sympathy he felt for his stricken pred.
 cessor. They clasped hands and Nj
 Harding said:
 Goodbye, MT. President I know yc are glad to be relieved of your burdt |. | and worries. I want to tell you ho T much I appreciate the couretses yC = have extended to me"
 II MT. Wilson seemed to agree that l
 was glad to be free, for he even gained
 cheerfulness as he moved out of the roo r with Senator Knox escorting him to Il '. elevator.
 II 'I can't get accustomed to this fee a ing" Mir. Wilson said to the senator U they moved slowly along. My feet fe
 so light"
 :. In the elevator the president swuI r his cane by it's curved handle into t I. breast pocke tof his coat as the ca
 reached the lower floor and stood. " " his right hand on the shoulder of t
 operator.
 Goodbye, son." he said, then stepp |. out to retrace the long, slow way to | e waiting machine.
 l. Again in the automobile with Nj Wilson. Admiral Grayson. his physicis ,- and Joseph r. Tumuity. his private se If retary throughout the eight years in t
 White House. MT. wilson seemed if an
 thing, to have gained in cheerfulne re through the ordeal He was VI irl
 back over the Pennsylvania avenue rou