Evening star., 1924-02-02

She held a lone rose The door was
opened and she handed the touching
ment, For the President" Then she
walked quickly away, before any one
could learn her name.
Scores of the watchers kept their
Vigil until after midnight, auxiously
watching the fiickefing light in a
thtrd-fioor window that marked the
place where Woodrow Wilson was
waging his last and gamest fight.
Every now and then word would come
out, but 1t was mere confirmation OF
the earlier reports-"ME. Wilson's
condition remains unchanged"
Physicians Issue Bulletin.
When 1t became known that Mrs.
Wilson retired shortly after midnight,
all but a few newspaper men hurried
home for a few hours sleep. But
throughout the night the flow of mes
sages continued by telephone and
telegraph. The last bulletin to come
from the physicians themselves. DR..
H. A. Fowler, DR.. Sterling Ruffin and
the ebbing fight in cold medical
terms:
"Mr. Wilson's temperature is nor
NAL. His respiration is 20; pulse, S6.
He has gradually lost ground. He
has no pain. Our chief present con-
Germ Is to insure a restful night.
That was the last official statement
until Admiral Grayson emerged
shortly after breakfast and made 1t
plain that although Mr.. Wilson had
passed the low hours" OF early MORN
ing, which his physicians had feared
so much, only a miracle could much
longer delay the end. His exhaustion
is too complete. 1t was said. to enaole
him to keep up the battle he has
waged SO doggedly.
Grnyson at Bedside.
Throughout the night DR.. Grayson
had remained almost constantly at
the former Presidents bedside. A
soft light burned in the quiet cham
ber and a nurse tiptoed here and
there, always on watch. During q
good part of the time Mrs. Wiison,
bearing courageously the strain OF
the long hours of her vigil.
The remainder of the big house on
S street, to which Mr.. Wilson re-
tired from the White House. was
dark and quiet; after Dr; Grays9n ayn
and Fowler, had held their evening
of more than an hour
and had announced at 1890 that the
former President gradually was losing
ground.
patient, which today kept him how
ering between consciousness and
sleep, his heart remained strong and
his pulse regular. There was no
fever and, for the most part, he suf-
fered no pain uhe ,baa eny tbsTs nope s,i
might be energy enough In his
broken constitution to ward off the
Ianguor under the spell of which
resistance at last would cease.
Physicians Helpless.
There was little the medical men
could, do to help him in that fight.
More than four years of illness had
so racked his constitution that strong
medicines and surgery would do more
harm than good. They could only
watch and hope for the best.
After his night in the sick chamber.
at s:45 this morning for a brief visit
to his own home before the morning
consultation with the other doctors
an hour later.
he is slowly ebbing away" he
said. He is brave man. He knows
Mr.. Wilson has been conscious or
partially conscious, he added, fire.
quently during the day and night
that have elapsed since the crisis
came. He said also that Mrs. Wilson
Is bearing the strain courageously.
Many Leave Cards.
Even before the physician made his
appearance and other members OF
the household were astir, a new pro-
cession of friends and admirers of the
former President began to pass by
the house to leave their cards as a
sign of their sympathy or to stand
mutely at q respectful distance. A
police line again prevented vehicles
from passing through the nearly
streets.