New Britain herald., 1924-02-01

A crisis may be reached before nightfall. Dr. Grayson has called in other medical advisors and Mrs. Will son, the constant companion of her husbands protracted suffering has summoned other members of the fam fly to his bedside in the street home to which he retired from the White House.
 You have done the best you could" said Mir. Wilson to Dr. Gray son just before he fell asleep, but I'm broken machine"
 Then he added with a rally of his waning strength: But I'm ready"
 Aside from tho physicians. only & few of the former presidents closest friends were admitted 10 the house. Vance Mccormick. former chairman of tho democratic national committee, leaving after a short talk with Mrs. Wilson. said that death might come today or might stay its hand until to- morrow,
 President Coolidge was one of the first to send message of sympathy. When he heard of the serious stua- tion of his predecessor, ho aad N Coolidge conveyed r-M sare which they included prayer for rn. coyery
 Not tncApc,ted
 The present complication, although a surprise 10 those who have been ac- customod to see Mir, Wilson taking his daily automobile ride through the city, or his weekly trip to the theatar, was not wholly unexpected to his 
 Outwardly the former president had appeared to be in largo part his old self except for deepening of tho lines of his face and tho lingefine at- niction to his left leg, which prevent. ed him from walking except with eti- dent difficulty. He has gained in weight and at distance has the ap- pearancc of having taken on n new robustness during his long months of semi-soclusion.
 During the past few weeks. too, he has taken an increasing part in pub- ic affairs again. Hc has been very ictiyc in his exchange of letters with old friends, and admirers over the and many Of his letters hayee
 
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 On Armistice eve he delivered his irst address by radio from his s trect home, and 1t was such q ,piIi- ant utterance on foreign affairs that he whole country realized his illness lad not modified tho intentness of his Id fighting spirit, whatever it might iave done 10 his physical alertness. ie also received a group of admirers 'n Armisticc day, and two weeks ago hook hands with members or the -emocratic national committee as hey filed through his study.
 Fighting Crisis
 But those who knew the inside tory of the years Of solitude through which he has passed, were aware of he delicate balance upon which his hysical strength has rested, and new how il had tilted now this way nd now that, throughout the gallant Eht or Dr. Grayson-nUt only his physician, but one Of his closest per- onal frieuds-tn avert a crisis.
 II was for this reason that every isordeT. even of tle most fnconse- uenta1 character on it's face. has been -atched with the minutost care and o' without misgivngs.
 Tn first symptoms of the latest .t- ick deseloped early ibis week when lr. Wilson became a prey to a 8irrs- E' Arrangement. at first af a minor but developing quickly into
 condition that once arousod tta -ncern of those who have watched is illness in its smallest peenfiafitir.. ThOSe who live in thr tffiritt eat g-34 oine firSt gu ss e that eauethirs as aniss when tae big aufonahiIs r, sen'ed az birthdsy afn a month -0 ny amouymnus friends. failed To raw Hp heforF tho atitr portals of le trim hrirk hUust uH s sffas8 10 Ike thn former t5tief .uHru+i4= fur Is customary rId. iH tGs Ests afer- 1on
 On WedHssdst. TF Sterling Eufin. ho had helped attend Mr Wilson iq is illness a3 tH1 WH7te Heus# -~a. lmmorsd br Mrs Wilson i- fha 7b .nce of Dr Griyssu. He made sTefui examination and oH Wedaes- 8y night Est. the ruHiic its frs4 real 9ws of tIse trouble in statement IFins that complication had de- sioped but Tor tHc moment was not proportions 70 warrant aisrn He added that the development uss nreiafsI to the old trouble that had sailed ths former president during .a western speaking trip late in 1913.