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tn He personal and impersonal in
Woodrow Wilson'S life were as
separate and distinct as if
they were derived from two differ
ent beings. Once as he stood on the
platform Of a railroad station dur
ing the 1912 campaign and saw
big cloth banner stretched across
the street with the words For
President and Vice President, Will
son and Marshall" he said to the
neWspaperman with him:
Somehow I cannot bring myself
to believe that I am the fellow men
toned on that banner. L never can
get used to it."
And he never did. Yet therein lies
the key to an understanding OF
Woodrow Wilson's lifelong friend
ships on the one hand and his series
of breaks on the other with persons
closely associated at times with him
in the business of regulating the az
fairs of Princeton university or adj
ministering the two public offices
he held--the governorship of New
Jersey and the presidency OF the
United States.
: AS a husband and father, as a
chum of his college classmates, as
a host at family reunions, woodrow
Wilson was full Of human quail
ties. AS a trustee of the public in
terest. as a crusader for large poll
cies of state, he knew neither
friendship nor compassion-he was
as stern as he was infleXible.
1t is, therefore. in the home that
one glimpses a Woodrow Wilson lit.
tie known to the public.
Home Ties Strong
The home life of the Wilson fam
ily was simple, modest, congenIal
and refined. The Wilson's were close
ly knit by family ties, especially
during their life at Princeton and
the early days at the White House.
Cousins to the nth degree were
welcomed to the house, made much
Of and revisited in turn. Special oc-
casions were always dear to the
hearts of all in the family group.
Christmas, ether holidays and birth
days were remembered and observed
by special gatherings. If member
of the family had intended to be
away or to have guests, plans would
be changed so that on New Years
day or a birthday Or on other spe-
cial occasions the whole family
could be together. When any men,
Der of the household was to go
away for any length of time ell the
others would make it point to 'le
there the last few days and refrain
tciI
of the home life in the Wilson fam
ily was one Of uniform happiness.
Mr.. Wilson was mainly responsible
for this because his heart was as
tender as a child's in affection for
the members of his family and in
consideration for them.
Once after Mr.. Wilson became
president a weekend trip on the
yacht "Mayflower," down the Chesa-
peake bay, had been planned. His
eldest daughter, Miss Margaret, re-
membered at the last minute that
she could not go because of an en-
gagement to speak at a community
center meeting. Instantly the presi-
dent abandOned the trip rather than
leave one member Of his family in
the White House alone. She was
nervous about the address she had
to deliver, and he said he wanted
to be with her merely as a moral
support as she prepared for the
ordeal.
Atmosphere of Culture
An atmosphere Of culture prevail
ed about the Wilson home. 1t was
neither stiff nor formal but reserved
and wholesome. Mrs. Ellen Arson
Wilson was a southern woman of
refinement who had been reared in
an environment of letters and art
Her paintings were Of no inferior
type. Mr.. Wilson's father was a
clergyman. So was Mrs. Wilson's
Their daughters grew up in the same
puritanical surroundings. Whole
some fun, wit, laughter and innocent
gaiety were there, but not a bit of
the auto racing, cigarette smoking,
cocktail drinking tendencies of so
many homes Of today.
Things read and discussed in the
home circle pertained as rule to
literature, the arts, history and the
drama. There was plenty Of humor.
simple games and recreation-never
any card-playing. Frequently the
fa r7ilv would ODprata a olIiia b0a Ri