The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-26
HERO WORSHIP
OR VII
MANIFEST
Youthful Washingtonian
"Calls Down. Biographer
for Inaccuracies

Calls OOWll b1OgrdpneT
for Inaccuracies
BY NOAMTE EDWARDS.
n N writing biography very soon
after the passing Of the sub
= ject, the biographer runs the
risk---or gains the advant&ge-of
having attention called to errors in
his work by eyesMitnesses4of the
events he seeks ito 4deseTab es. Such
has been the experience Of William
Allen White, whose volume, entitled
woodrow wilson," is now nearing
the end of its first edition.,
AS result Of the publication re-
Gently of articles made up Of ex.
cerpts from this volume, MIR. White
received, through the. editor Of the
weekly 81 letter, from MISS Olive
Chace, daughter Or Mr.. ana; Mrs.
Daniel 3C:hates Of Chevy &s'elitifs4ss;,
calling his attentiofl, to- ii1ae sif80Sl
in his description Of the last day;
Of the official life Of Wilson. z In
her letter Miss Chase referred Mr.:
White to, the co1unns of several
newspapers chronicling the day ana.
also gave her observations DIS an
eyewitness. n a.. ~.
The gist t6f all wast. to give, ,exi.
dence that Wilson was mot oOlKIy
ignored shy the crowds that day, as'
White had stated in, his article; hut
instead wasss the centeF OF sWaI41ti:
and interest both before and after
the inaugural ceremonies and also
that Wilson did not remain for the
inaugural ceremony as implied in
the same dele s. s q /. !:
Upon receipt = of this letter Mr..
White replied that The was very
grateful for the evidence and that
he would make the corrections in
the next edition. Little Miss Clsace,
however, who has been AN ardent
admirer of Wilson since she was. q
child, was not satisfied with thisll-
tearing< hat some would never see
the corrected edition and would perl
maps believe that her hero was
given The "cold shoulder" on that
day by. the crowds thronging the
streets and ,.thet Capitol grounds !.
a., AND then toe" she reflected,
there may not be a second edition.
And SO she wrote again to Mr.
White early this month asking that
ne give. permission for his letter.
eAAO 4AA0SOAE6Cy anu IIk95
intended correction to be published
In the weekly in which the former
article, appeared. To this the EN-.
pofiani replied that the editor ana
he had decided that the corrections
in the next edition would be sui.
ficient.
Was One Of Earliest ''Wllson Men:"
May Write Own Biography.
Miss Chace may write her story
OF woodrow Wilson, some day, She
has three volumes of clippings about
him. She began keeping these back
1n 1S16-in her grammar schOotllays.
Her interest in Wilson became def
mite as result Of. discussion at
school in the current events, class
when the subject was the presi-
Dental candidates of that year. That
evening at dinner she talked Of the
discussion. Her father asked finally:
Well, Olive, whom did you decide
on for President?" ="
II kind of like Wilson. He
sounds the most interesting" re-
piled the child. .SA-ft. NJ =, Il,
And soon she began to clip all. tie
articles she could find in the
newspapers about Wilson and to
paste them in a scrap book reserved
for that purpose alone. She did
this so eagerly and so-carefully that
on several occasions she has been
able to supply evidence to settle
argued questions.
In one Of the volumes there is
something far more important than
any clipping-it Is a letter from
Wilson himself written to- .Oliya
Chace in january, 1919 FROM Paris
In reply to one she had written to
nina childish missive telling him
how she missed not seeing him on
his daily motor trips, which often
took him past her hons, and that
she hoped all would beltteW with
him in Paris. t5a3s.s
Here Is Wilson's letter.
my dear Miss Olive,3
Your letter OF December % was
Q long time finding me. but it
found me at last and 1 have read
IL with genuine interest and pleas
ure. May not wish you. q very
happy New Year and thank you
for a letter, which has cheered and
pleased me very much"
Olive Chace is now in her sopho-
more year at George Washington
University and, in addition to this,
she does secretarial work for the
Washington Branch of the Nom
Partisan League !of Nations Asso-
citation Of which Mrs. Kate Tren.
holm Abrams is chairman. And
90 her admiration for Wilson is
having active expression.
II 4
JUSSERANDS TO GIVE
RECEPTION TONIGHT.
The French Ambassador and
Madame, Jusserand will be hosts to-