New-York tribune., 1921-09-27
Wilson, Stricken 2 Years Ago,
+ Now Puts I'm Healthy Mans Day
He Adlleres His Eight-Hour Schedule, Giving Ills
Time in Equal Divisions to Work. to
Relaxation and to Sleep

+, ing and leaving with every effort to
avoid ostentation. 1t rarely happens
however, that somebody fails to dis
cover the visitors and demonstrations
always ensues.
EVENINGS at home are passed in the
family circle. The former President
and Mrs. Wilson read book together,
or perhaps Mrs. Wilson reads aloud.
Sometimes it is one of the detective
stories of which Mr.. Wilson was said
to be so fond. They do not now form
as large part Of his reading as may
have been the case years ago. He
takes to bed early, not to sleep, how
ever, but to relax, TO read and write.
Like Mark Twain, he does much read
by pillows and with u little writing
board across his. knees, he reads and
makes notes, some of them voluminous
and in shorthand. Nobody knows what
they arc about. He puts them away
carefully. They arc not notes for 8
book which many expect.
No Reply to Lansing
Unless Mr.. Wilson changes his mind
he will write no reply to Robert Ian
sing or any one else who has criticised
| his Npolicies. A writer who has been
given access to Mr.. Wilson's papers, Of
which there are almost ton, is writ
ing book. but 1t will be his own, not
! MIR. Wilson'S.
an give you any material have for
your book" Mr.. Wilson told him: "Ill
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
loc+s n rao 1i,,o, rf I. fou, varacu
Of the Bible. When he says Good
night" he invariably reads aloud some
short passage from the book, which al
ways rests or the reading table at his
! bedsida.
Friends and admirers ask what is
Woodrow Wilson's real condition now.
Hair Is Snow White
He will be sixty-fve years old next
December and has passed through ali
ordeal which few men survive. The
measure of his progress toward health
must be measured with those facts in
mind. His normal weight in health
while he was President was $50 pounds.
He shows little departure from that
figure now. His eyesight is good,
although ne has disSarded his favorite
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 Presi-
dent-elect 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
automobile, just to see if he could do
it, and seemed pleased to find that he
could.
Motor nerves and muscles Of his left
side have given more response to treat
ment than was hoped for. OF course
they are not fully active now. He still
walks with cane most of the time,
but frequently hangs the crook over his
arms and "goes it alone"
Mr.. Wilson is far from weak man
to-day. He was far from q we'll man
when he entered the White House more
than eight years ago. But in the last
two years there have been times when
his voice was inaudible and when he
could not support himself alone. His
condition to-day shows more improve
! ment than his family and friends dared
hoped for.
War Helped Him Save
i 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 policies, but
he does not. Whatever a visitor may
say IN criticism Of the Republican Ad-
ministration Mr.. Wilson never makes
a reply, he never permits any one in
his presence to speak what he regards
as "disrespect of the President Of the
United States"
Somebody once raised the question
How do our ex-Presidents live ?''
Colonel Roosevelt had comfortable
fortune Of his own, augmented by in
come from writings. MI. Taft, until
he became Chief Justice, had from time
to time profitable sources of income.
Mr.. Wilson brought with him to the
White House the small savings Of a
life time, which he preserved. During
his terms in the Presidency his royal.
ties from books previously written
mounted into rather handsome sums.
Singularly enough they have shown a
marked slump since he left the White
House. While he was President cir
cumstances helped him save money.
The war and suspension of social
functions and entertainment were quite
an item. 1t has been estimated that the
. former Presidents pocketbook WIS n.
least $4,000 richer because he was moi
called upon to wine and dine numerous
dlgnitaries and official persons.
Upon his modest fortune he now live
simply with an establishment of onIv
three servants and used car"