The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-27
HOW WOODROW WILSON
LIVES IN RETIREMENT
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Dinners Informal.


Dinner Is an Informal affair; some
ilmss there are guests, always old
friends and associates. Mr.. Wilson
No longer dresses for the occasion as
he always did when president; II
IN famlle. but no meal In the Will
"a household proceeds until grace
is bid by Mr. Wilson.
After dinner NE goes in for read
Ing or amusement. once week Mr..
wilson has q motion picture show
Of his own and frequently sees the
feature film at the same time II Is
being shown at the theaters down
town OCCASIONALLY he goes to a
vaudeville show.
Evenings at Home.
Evenings az nome, however, are
spent in the family circle. The for
mer president and Mrs. Wilson read
book together, or perhaps Mrs.
Wilson reads aloud. Sometimes II
is one Of the detective stories OF
which Mr. Wilson was said to be 50
fond, They do not now form as large
part OF his reading as may have
been the case years ago.
He goes 10 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 FOR a book which many eX-
peCt,
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Unless MIR. Wilson changes his
mind decidedly he will write no
reply to Robert Lansing or anyone
else who has criticized his policies.
A writer, who has been given access
to Mr.. Wilson'S papers, OF which
there is almost a ton. is writing a
book, but il viii be his own, not Mr..
WILSON'S.
Y III give YOU any material / have
Tor your book" Mr.. Wilson told him,
TN answer any questions you ask;
but IT'S your book. l don't even
want 10 see what you write"
Reads the Bible.
However the evening may be
)ptW however tired he may be,
fhrN is one thing the former presi-
dent never ncglcCts. II is reading Of
lew verses OF the Bible. When he
says goodnight he invariably reads
aloud some short passage from the
oook which always rests on the read
ing table at his bedside.
Friends and admirers ask what is
woodrow Wilson's real condition
now?
He will be 65 years next Decem-
9er and has passed through on or
ueal which few men survive. The
measuTe ot his progress toward
nealth must be measured with those
4c's IN mind. His normal weight
IN health while he was president
was lSO-pounds. lie shows little de-
pafture from that figure now. His
2eAent Is as good although he has
discarded mis- favorite nose glasses
lof spectacles. His hair has turned
snow white, but it has not thinned.
, az appetite Is too robust to please
Z M physicians.
ii Muscles Improve.
motor nerves and muscles OF his
II .eu side have given more response
treatment than was hoped for. OF
IUyu'se they are not fully active now.
ne suli walks with "A cane most OF
ue Time but frequently hangs the
.,uoA over his arm and goes It
puts it,
ar wilson is far from a we'll man
quay he was far from a well man
anoh ne entered the white house
,Te' eight years ago. But during
w last two years there have been
uues when his voice was inaudiblo
sas sHe when he could not support him
aione, His condition today
ssnOws more Improvement than his
'a"ily and friends dared hope for.
silent ON Politics.
mere are any angles TO Mr.. VIII
us present day psychology, Liv-
@s ~ Washington and in easy ac-