Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-08

| Mr.. Wilson's physician in White
House days, continues In that capa-
city and is a close friend. These
| three make UP the intimate circle
surrounding the former president
a circle which Is enlarged on few
occasions.
Despite the physical condition Of
Mr.. Wilson. he sticks rigidly to HIS
lifetime habit OF rising at z O'Clock.
II the weather is fine. the former
president sits out Of doors until 5
o'clock, when breakfast is served.
II the weather is Indictment. Mr..
Wilson spends the time before
breakfast at his desk.
The morning meal past, Mr.. Will
son begins work promptly at .
o'clock. His mail is enormous, and
the greater part, IL not all Of the
morning. is taken up with 1t. The
thousands of admirers of Mr.. Wilson
had and has throughout the country
have not forgotten him. and his mail
has reached really huge proportions.
The o~ld-fashioned dyed-in-the-wocl
Wilson Democrats throughout the
land write to him continually, seek
ing his views on situations and
events, and the rare occasion when
Mr.. Wilson has appeared in the
q . hC"S VI idtC hoo oSth ~
ope of these private letters has been
made public by the re eipient.
Before the midday meal Mr.. WI
son usually lies down for a little
while. After luncheon he occasion
ally rests again, often taking up this
rest period with reading.
Only in the afternoons does the
former president go out, except for
those occasions when he attends a
vaudeville performance. The big
car containing Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson,
and often Mr.. Boiling. "a be seen
any fine afternoon rolling along the
roads in Maryland and Virginia.
This ride usually begins at 2 o'clock,
lasting two hours. Since coming to
Washington as president, Mr.. Wilson
has always shown a marked prefer
M for the Virginia landscape. In
his golfing days he preferred to play
at a club situated on the Virginia
side of the Potomac. and this pref
erence for the Virginia countryside
is still no.ed.
Tea IL an Event
On returning from his ride. tea
Is served at the S street home where
the Wilson's have lived since retiring
from the White House. Tea has be-
come quite an institution, and it is
then that the restricted social life
Of the Wilson's becomes apparent.
Often there are guests-but rarely
indeed are these former political
friends or henchmen. As a rule.
they are friends of Mrs. Wilson.
In the interval between tea and
dinner, which is served promptly at
1880, the former president turns 10
his writing. Just what this writing
is, 1t is doubtful whether anyone
knows outside of the immediate
family OF the president. At his big
desk the ex-president sits and writes
and writes. 1t may be his personal
record of the stormy years he spent
at the helm of the Ship of State. 1t
may be a literary effort of another
kind. Until it is finished and it
pleases Mr.. Wilson to publish this
work, it is bound to remain a mys-
terry. The belief is strong that he is
writing most about the time when
the eyes of the world were turned
on him as the sponsor of the League
OF Nations plan-the plan for which
he fought Sc hard THAI his health
n strength were forever impaired.
1t is a rare occasion when there is
an evening caller at the Wilson
home. 1t may be that DIR. Grayson
has limited his distinguished patient
In this regard. 1t nay be that Mr..
Wilson himself has discouraged this
on the part of friends.
Except for those glimpses of him
when riding about on afternoons,
the people OF Washington see the
former president only on those Sat-
urday nights when he attends the
vaudeville theatre. He is taken to
the side entrance. as it would be
difficult for him to make his way
through the crowded lobby. The
same seats are always held for the
Wilson party every Saturday night.
and are not put on sale until 1t IL
known c~onclusively that Mr.. Wilson
will not put in an appearance.
These seats are situated at the back
of the theatre. on the aisle.
Mr.. Wilson's entrance into the
theatre is effected without much at
tention being attracted. as a rule. II
Is when he leaves the theatre tina;
he receives a tribute that cannot
fail to warm the cookies of his
heart. Knowing his Saturday night
habit. q crowd always gathers out
SIDE of the theatre as the show
draws to a close. These. with the
theatre-goers. when they catch sight