Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-04

affairs IN the future, HVlns as ne
will, almost under the shadow of
the dome of the Capitol. Is causing
lively speculation. So far as the rec
ords show no other president has
remained in Washington after go
ing out of Office. Mr.. Wilson first
intended to live in Baltimore. He
and the present Mrs. Wilson settled
It by playing a game the President
invented during an idle hour on the
steamer George Washington on one
OF the trips to and from the peace
aInusements of life OF which both
conference. 1t was a game of per-
centages with certain scores ellot-
ted to the various advantages or
amusements OF life of which both
we're most fond. Baltimore, as the
game worked out. had the highest
total. But breakdown and con-
tinued illness interviewed and 1t was
decided to remain in Washington.
where almost all of Mrs. Wilson's
family reside.
The new home, bought recently, Is
on an elevation in the northwest resi-
dence section not far from a site
long held by the Imperial German
government for embassy. Mr.. Will
SON expects to spend the future al
most on the spot where the Kaiser
expected his ambassador to sit.
Because of the secrecy which has
been thrown around his physical
condition. the country is probably
most interested in that just now.
Mr.. Wilson is convalescent-so far
as nature permits-from what medi-
cally is called Thrombosis blood
clot in n 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 dis
tances alone with the aid of a cane;
longer distances require the use of
a wheel chair. Walking up and
down stairs is a precarious expert
ment 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 sig.
mails 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 DeIoTe udyllBnt.
Such a volume might include the
inside" story OF the break with
Colonel House. his former confiden-
tial advisor. 1t might tell how Mr..
Wilson rousing Mr.. Clemenceau, the
French premier. from bed at 2
o'clock n morning. practically
charged h French delegates with
tampering with the records of the
peace conference proceedings.
1t might tell how Mr.. Wilson made
up his mind to fire" some other
cabinet officers soon after the resig-
nation of Secretary Lansing, but de-
sisted. because, he said, 1t would only
add to the popular impression that
he couldn't get along with any
body"
1t might also tell what Mr.. Wilson
said with a smile" to Lloyd George
concerning the relative strength of
the British and American navies,
and 1t might disclose that Mr.. Will
son went TO the peace conference
prepared to withdraw. as he threat
ened to do. in its midst.
All these things, however, IL they
do become public, probably will do
so by the pen of the historian after
woodrow Wilson has been assigned
to his proper niche in the hall of
history.
Until the beginning of the World
war Mr.. Wilson held the attention
of the country with his swift strokes
at getting legislation from congress.
With the coming of the war he de-
voted the last two years of his first
term to an attempt to keep the
United States out of the conflict,
and as the seemingly inevitable drift
toward war set in, he gradually as
sumed the diplomatic leadership of
the nations arrayed against Ger
many and her allies. and finally, as
sumed what his partisans character
lied as the moral leadership of the
world.
During the diplomatic correspond
ence with Germany he displayed
many homely human emotions.
On May 7. 1915. when Mr.. Will
on heard the news of the sinking
of the Lusitania, he was almost at
the end of his patience. Like a
man making a last effort to avoid a
quarrel with a wife who has JUST
laid on the last straw, he clapped
on his hat and went out and walked
around the block. He knew how to
give vent to his emotions on other
occasions and has been known to
say SOilitliliuS stronger lHdn tnt
"tut-tut" which has been accredited
to him on having made a faux pas
at golf.
For a week his life was d~espaired
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
sleeplessness of a different nature.
Even the White House barber was
not admitted to the room. and Mr..
Wilson,. usually clean shaver. grew
a beard, and made humorous re-
marks to his physicians and family
as he brushed it for amusement sew
eral times a day.
In the midst OF the illness an I'M
looked for muscular complication
set in and refused to yield to treat
ment. While physicians and sur
geons a~nxiously consulted down
stairs as to whether the Presidents
physique could Withstand the shock
of a surgical operation and had
about decided that 1t was a life or
death chance, a nurse arrived with
the news that nature had %intervened
and that the operation would be UNI
necessary. 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 a wheel chair.
A few weeks later he was learning
to walk again with the support OF
an attendant. Massage, electricity
and everything known to science
were employed to coax his muscular
faculties back into action. Then he