New Britain herald., 1929-02-22
DRAMA SURROUNDS
 : PRESIDENTS EXIT
Outgoing hscldls E1taf Yry' hf Clrods After Retirement

Washington. Feb. 2. N-History records that moment when . pres ident of the United States formal ly retires in tho panoply Of inau- .uration days as of varying degrees of dramatic intensity.
 An ex-president's future plans are of great public concern Most American presidents have made them known before or on March { and there remains only the relln quishing Of the highest gift of the .,ation.
 Many have gone to vigorous pur suits, others to lives of semi-retire .lent. but no matter whether the retiring executive was virile or ill when he stepped down for the last time between the dignified portals of the White House. the leave talk ing was fraught with portent in that day of crowded events.
 In American history, perhaps there was no more touching re- tlrement than that of Woodrow Wilson. when Warren c. Harding. flushed with the appearance of ap parent vigorous manhood. became president in 1921.
 Wilson, stumbling with illness, had left the White House and rid den to the capitol with the presi- dent t-elect. Secret service men had placed his feet on each succeeding step as he descended from the DOT t!eo of the executive mansion.
 lAt the capitol, it became appar' ert that he could not continue in the ceremonies and he left there early. Woodrow Wilson was step ping out of the high office during whose tenure he had heard acclaim as leader of all mankind.
 The automobile in which he and MrA Wilson and members of thes party rode passed swiftly down Pennsylvania avenue. It was un escorted save for cars containing neWspapermen and photographers.
 It sped by the White House. on the way out to the s street home which MT. Wilson had purchased and the worn face of the war ex- ecutive was turned the other way in conversation as the mansion came into view and then passed from sight.
 Theodore Roosevelt did not care to finger when William Howard Taft succeeded him in 1909. Roose- velt was in his prime and took a booming part in the ceremony of installing Mr. Taft.
 But, immediately afterwards, the Roosevelt carriage drove up to the stands and Teddy and Mrs. Roose- welt went directly to the union sta ton to take train for Oyster Bay Roosevelt's immediate DO, t-presi- dential occupation was hunting big game in Africa. 4.
 When Taft gave way to Wilson in 1913, he left shortly after the ceremony for Augusta. Ga, where he remained until March 27, and then went to New Haven. Conn.,. to become Kent professor of law in Yale university. tes., ss.s
 John Adams second president Of ihe United States, was 50 intense y angry at hiss defeat for re-elec ton that he refused to remain in the capital for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, his successor.
 George Washington retired to his beloved Mount Vernon after laying down the presidency. but he was recalled to Philadelphia. the na- fi4rsn uav vit irn nf Ri. administration, and devoted some time to reorganizing the arm! when the war with France impend 7 cd.
 John Quincy Adams. sixth ex- ecutive of the country, was elected to congress from Massachusetts at- tet his retirement as president. He served many years in the house and wGs an anti-slavery leader and strong factor in the Whig party.
 Atllard Fillmore. thirteenth pres ident, resumed the practice of law in!Buffalo.
 President Grant toured the world after he left the White House anc returned in 1880 to roar of public acclaim and demand that he try for . third term. He suffered financial reverses after his defea, and spent his last days writing his memoirs to restore his fortune, the while enduring the agony of can ceE.
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