The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-05
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Wilson Called But Two Men of All
Acquaintances by First Names
They We're Cleveland H. Dodge and Cyrus H. Mccormick
Even Col E. M. House Was Always s"House'-Shunned
Aristocracy of Washngon-Joined Poor
Mans Golf Club.

into the presidency sick man
watched over him as he would a new
born baby, and finally snatched hin
from death-bed at the time of hi
breakdown and prolonged his lif
Touse. They never quarreled, a
though their friendship was a mos
intimate one.
Woodrow Wilson had way o.
thinking things out for. himself ant
making his own decisions. Wher
he was working through a crucia
moment he invariably shut himself IL,
in his study and worked the thin,
out on his own typewriter. HI
called for information when he wa.
working toward a decision, but III
preferred to have ii in written form
He wanted the facts cold and I'm
|tinged by the personality OF the pur
yeyor. When he got mad-and ht
did get mad once in a while just a,
|any other man--it was his favoritt
trick to jam on his hat and walL
around the block to cool off" Ht
did that when he heard the German,
had torpedoed the Lusitania. Ther
he came back to his study, full mas
ter of his emotions, and penned the
historic note to Germany which fore
cast war. He read 1t to the cabinet
and the secretary of state after II
vas we'll on its way over the cables
toward Berlin. 1t was typical of vii
sons way. Having decided on a
course of action he wanted no advice
Cabinet meetings during the Wilson
administration were described by
those who chafed under the restraints
as morning in the school room with
the "school master" at the head ol
the table.
Stunned State Parlors.
II was said of Mr.. Wilson that his
seclusion in the White House result.
ed, partially at least. from some mis-
he got about Washington
and that atmosphere before he took
office. Somebody, SO the story went,
journeyed to Princeton and told him
bankers and others who
profited from the prestige of ssso-
citation at the White House. Mr..
Wilson. IT was said. made UP his
mind to have none of their company.
I9e further determined not to have
on his visiting list committees Of
bankers, railroad presidents and
when he was consid-
ering public questions in which they
we're interested.
The result was that when Mr.. VIII
son moved his family-a wife and
three daughters--to the White House
he Stunned the formal state parlors
on the lower floor. leaving them to the
tourists, and installed himself with
his own family effects, including the
sewing machine, on the second floor,
where the Wilson's recreated their old
home at Princeton. Family life on
that scale continued until the death
OF the first Mrs. Wilson and the mar
riage of two of her daughters.
Refuses Invitation.
Mr.. Wilson paid his first respects
TO the local aristocracy by declining
an invitation TO join the Chevy Chase
club, the most exclusive golf, dinner
and dancing organization in the city,
and went across the Potomac to golf
at an obscure poor mans club" On
one OF the first rounds of the links
he failed to hear fore of n local
merchant, who paid his respects In
language not usually addressed to n
president of the United States. MIR.
Wilson threw down his clubs and
walked off the links.