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The True Story Of Wood row Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE <C??yrt(M IU4 fey t*? Cwh N. 0?ra? C?aH*|> In tlM U*lk< ItitH CaMit. SmOi A *?r tea. Wirltf HMkilto >t?kti rt**n,*4 fey C?rr*?t N**? Fftlarti, > M. ) Chapter XXV Wilson and Mrs. Gait The transition period in the life of Woodrow Wilson dates from the summer of 1914 wh n Mrs. Wilson died to the spring of 1915 ? the days of acquaintance with Mrs. Nor man Gait. Eight months of tomb like seclusion in the White House changed the whole temper of the man. His moods in those months were so despondent that even the members of his family groped in vain for something that would lift him from the depression Into which he had languished. Public business he transacted with the same earnest ness but without real, without am bition, without inspiration. Two daughters had been married, his wife was dead. All his old friends were away from Washington In ofher scenes. The President of the United States cannot make new friends as quickly as a private clt iien. Mr. Wilson knew that If he drew to his side cither the members of his Cabinet or Senators or Repre sentatives they would surely talk to him about the problems of the day from which, mentally at leant, he Has seeking to escape. Dr. Cary T. Graysnn was almost constantly with Mr. Wilson. The coMipuninnship of Professor Stockton Arson, a 'brother of Mrs. Wilson, was also sought by the President. Secretary Tumulty lived at the White House for several weeks while his family was away for the summer. Every thing possible to divert Woodrow! Wilson's miuu , from the sorrow which weighed upon him was done, but his spirits never rose and the horizon seemed to grow darker and darker. At least Dr. Grayson, whose diagnosis of Mr. Wilson's dialemna was not merely that of an atten dant physician Interesting in main taining the health of the nation's Chief Executive. but a man of breadth and understanding who knew that continued seclusion would dispirit the President and perhaps break down his health, sug gested that the time had come for a muslcale at which the President might hope to spend a social evening^ once In n while. Guests were in-, vited and among them was Mrs. Norman Gait, a charming widow. A short time previous Mrs. Gait had been Introduced by Dr. Grayson as a walking companion for Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. a first cousin of President Wilson, who lived at the White House. Dr. Grayson was at the time engaged to and subsequently married. Miss Alice Gertrude Gor don, whose mother had been the In timate friend of Mrs. Gait. Everyone around the White! House was aware that a romance! had begun. The eyes of a good many attendants are turned upon I the President of the United States at all times and when he and Mrs.' Bones rode lionie with Mrs. Gait in I one of the White House automobiles there was an instant impression that' Wilson's need for companionship | had at last been fulfilled. Thej President's Interest grew from day i to day as he sent books to his new found friend. Her modest little home on 20th street became the almost dally destination of the Pres ident on his walks or rides. Miss Bones Invited Mrs. Gait to accom pany her on one of the cruises of the Mayflower from Washington to >I^w York where the fleet was re viewed by th?i President. Later on during the summer months the. home In Cornish, New Hampshire., was opened again for the Wilson household and Miss Bones and Mrs. Gait went there to escape the heat of Washington. The President spent many weeks at Cornish during the summer pf 1915 and when he returned in tne autumn Washington! generally had learned of his infa tuation for Mrs. Gait. Members of the Cabinet and peo-j pie In official life begnn to wonder what would be the effect of the President's engagement on his po litical fortunes but no one had the temerity to advise Mr. Wilson on his personal affairs as it was recog nised that the new mistress of the White House would be able later to wield both power and Influence against anyone who might earn her disfavor. Secretary Lane Is credi ted with having remarked to iom?i of his colleagues in the Cabinet thatj Mr. Wilson would lose his popular ity If he remarried because the country had become Intensely sym pathetic with him In his loneliness. Secretary Tumulty, with his keen vision of politics shared to some ex tent this view, but he knew that the President was more Interested In the woman he loved than in holding political office. There Is abundant evidence that Mr. Wilson did not care as much about a second term ns did the leaders of the Democratic party who wanted to see the admin istration continued in power and that Mr. Wilson would have easily swallowed his disappointment If he had failed of renomlnatlon or re election. The truth Is that his frame of mind was such that he did not enjoy public office and ardently hoped to be released from responsi bility. He was a human being first and an executive machine se cond. As between a life of freedom and public office there Is no doubt that Mr. Wilson would have chosen the former If he had been able con Fresh RAGRANT LOWERS RYAN FLORAL CO., Inc. DAT PHOYK M2 NIGHT PHONE 411 sistently to do so. The months of Mr. Wilson's j courtship of Mrs. Gait involved a let-up in his labors of previous years in the White House. He did not | work as long at his desk. He found * I diversion in the animated conversa tions with his fiancee. In the in-j ner circle at Washington rumors started that the President's desk ? waa piled high with unattended bu-; j siness. There was a noticeable;) delay at one time in the dispatch of j a note to Great Britain protesting! against violation of neutral rights, j Rumor had It that Mr. Wilson was j not concentrating on the note but in this respect at least the reports were [ unfounded. Mr. Wilson chose toj delay that note because a Cabinet j crisis in Great Britain was begin- 1 ning to develop and he did not wish, to do anything that would add com ] plications to Great Britain's inter- { nal political turmoil. Premier As-j j quith and Sir Edward Grey were ati j the helm. Mr. Wilson had for both I ; of them at the time a warm admir-l i atlon. Besides, Walter Hines Page, .the American Ambassador, had in- 1 ( sisted in his letter to the President j that the United States tone down its ' protestations to Great Britain. Mr. Wilson finally sent the note ? not by cable ? but 'by a messenger I who carried special instructions to Ambassador Page. In the autumn of the year the controversy between the President and Ambassador Page ! reached a climax. One Sunday afternoon word came that Ambassa dor Page had resigned. The au thor who was at the time in charge of the news relating to American neutrality for the Associated Press at Washington sought to verify the report of Mr. Page's resignation but neither Secretary Tumulty nor any member of the Cabinet knew any thinir~&bout it. The Associated : Press had received a private cable | from London but as usual did not | print any news of this kind until verification could be obtained. The author, of course, did not know how long the secret would be kept, fear ing. of course, that competitors might obtain it and score a '"beat" if it were disclosed. The President could not be reached ? he had gone to the home of Mrs. Gait on 20th Street. Across the street, two se- j cret service men lounged against a; tree in all Jay vigil. Neither one; would carry a message into the, house. The idea of disturbing the; afternoon social call of the Presi-i dent of the United States was di?- ? missed by th^Th as absurd. The| telephone operator at the White! House switch board, through which' a private line to the 20th Street 1 home of Mrs. Gait had been connect- 1 ed. would not disturb the President.! The author penned a note to the; President telling him of the sensational developments and waited outside hoping that somebody might emerge from the Gait home and' carry a message inside. The Presi-l dent spent the afternoon and even ing there. Finally Dr. Cary T.I Grayson appeared on the scene and j with his customary courtesy took i the note and a few minutes later re turned with the answer. "Mr. Page has not resigned." For a long time this episode was unexplained because the man who sent the cable from London actually read a copy of the letter of resigna tion written by Mr. Page and knew of an exchange of cables between the President and Ambassador* Page relative to the letter. . But Mr. Wilson did not accept I the resignation ? hence to his mind! it was Just as if Mr. Page had not) offered to relinquish the post. And i the President saw no reason at that time to disturb the delicate situa-| tion which existed by revealing the friction he was having with the em bassy at London. It is a fact,! however, that Mr. Wilson did for a' time consider accepting the resigns- . tion and offering the ambassador- , ship to Great Britain to Cleveland' H. Dodge, his classmate at Prince- j ton, who, however, did not care tOi undertake the mission. Shortly after this incident Mr. I Wilson called ic his private secre- 1 tarv and told him that he could an-i nounce the engagement of the Pres-J ident to Mrs. Norman Oak. Secre-, tary Tumulty, still mindful of the; political dangers of an early mar-! riage. hoped the President might postpone the announcement believ-i ing that it should be deferred until' after the 1916 campaign. But Mr,' Wilson would not listen to it. and| Secretary Tumulty like a faithful friend promptly accepted the situa tion and loyally sought to set the, stage for a favorable response by| the press to the news he was about; to disclose. For hours he labored, over the form of the announcement! and the necessary data which would give to the newspapers the best im-i pression possible of the romance i and would completely sweep aside the criticisms by those who might be! disappointed over the remarriage of ! the President fifteen months after) the death of his first wife. ' Mr. Tuittulty talked with the newspaper men about the rise in | the President's spirits and his gen-! eral improvement in health together1, with the fact that all the members of the Wilson household, including! the daughters, were fond of Mrs.! Gait, all this had its effeot and made I the wedding pass without incident ' and without political Ill-effect. Mr. Wilson's disinclination to! postpone his engagement ? he; never considered it seriously ? was' convincing evidence of the strength of his affection for the fascinating widow. He eared nothing about t the political phases of it ? he was in love. Those who knew him best ! realized that it meant a prolonga tion of his life and an inspiration to i do greater things. For he was the type of man who lives on feminine inspiration. (Tomorrow's chapter tells whyj Mr. Wilson broke with Joseph P. Tumulty.) RETURN FROM FUNERAL Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burfoot, Mr. and Mrs. ! S. W. Twiford. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Cox. E. D. Midgett, C. R. Fulcherj! T. A. Tillett, George Tillett, Tommie. Mann. Willie Wright. Alonzo Mid-! gett, Samuel Twiford, William Mid- j gett, William Williams, Mrs. A. O. Mann. Mrs. Henry Doxey, Miss Net-j tie Midgett. and Rev. Daniel Lane.! pastor of City Road Methodist j Church. returned home Sunday night after attending the funeral of! J. D. Midgett of Manns Harbor. | ALONG THE WATERFRONT The motor vessel Peggy H. ol ' San Francisco is docked at Flora's 1 wharf. The schooner Eugene H. Brown is docked at Woodley's wharf loading general merchandise for Little Alli gator. The stern of the schooner Georgia i A. Gasklns was lifted by Bailey's j ways Wednesday for work on her ? propeller. I The barge Charles E. McNally wa3 j towed out Wednesday with a cargo i of lumber for Philadelphia, loaded j at the Foreman-Blades Lumber Co. j Two light barges are anchored on the flats waiting for cargoes of logs or mine props for Seligman, Wil liams and Ball. Veaaela In Port. Schooner Annghen waiting. Barge John H. McNally discharg ing acid phosphate at Albemarle Fertilizer Company. Steamer Texas, at Elisabeth City Iron Works, waiting for charter. Steam tug Vlente y Tres, at Eliz abeth City Iron Works, tifed up. Schooner Jesse Irving on Eliza beth City Iron Works ways. Schooner Georgia A. Gasklns at Bailey's ways. Motor vessel Peggy H. at Flora's! wharf. Schooner Eucene A. Brown at ! Woodley's wharf. We 23,000 Men Present you the utmost in fine cars THERE are 23,000 of us build ing Studebaker cars. Most of us are partners in the busi ness. Thousands of u:> are stockhold ers. All of us, after a certain time, get dividends on wages. All of us, after two years, get vaca tions with pay. All of us, after one year, get dividends on wages. After five years, that annual dividend adds 10% to our earnings. The company spends vast sums on co-operative work witn us. wnen we re tire, we get pensions. So Studebaker cars ? represent the best that we, in combination, know how to offer you. ? ?? * Some of us belong to management. If we do better than expected, wc get 10% of the excess. So every man among us does his best to make Studebaker cars supreme. Our fine backing Behind us is an hon ored name. For 72 years Studebaker has been the leader in quality and class. We have $90,000,000 of 000 in model plants. We have 12,500 up-to-date machines. So Studebaker cars are built by modern and efficient methods. We have an engineering depart ment which costs $500,000 yearly. That to maintain and develop Stude baker standards. We subject Studebaker cars to 30 000 inspections. That requires 1,200 men. All told over 70,000 ma chine and hand operations are per formed in manufacture of a Stude baker car. In so many operations, though each one is small, there is a L 1 G H T - S I X 5- Past. 112-in. W. B. 40 II. P. 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