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Show PRESIDE! WILSON T PffiSOBSnMI Trip to Postoffice Arouses the Citizens of the Quaint Seaside Village. NATIVES COME FORTH Postmistress Flustrated and Forgets the Change Due the Nation's Chief. PASS CHRISTIAN', Miss.. Doc 25. President. Wilson, by a mid-afternoon visit to the town postofflcL-, lnado Chrlst-m;is Chrlst-m;is day a memorable one iu thc history of tills fitaint sqasidc city. Only a few natives had caught a glimpse of the president mid his family when they motored mo-tored to a cottage n mile away from the tiny railroad station. The peaceful quiet of the holiday afternoon was broken suddenly sud-denly when word spread everywhere that the president was out walking. Observing holiday hours, tho postoffice was closed, but scmeone Fot off Immediately Imme-diately to the home of Mrs. Annette Simpson, tho postmistress, to inform her that the president was waiting. She came quickly, followed by two little lit-tle daughters, one of them attired for the occasion In a mortar board hat of thc collegiate type. "Merry Christmas; 1 did not expoct you," said Mrs. Simpson. "Oh, 1 didn't think there would be anyone any-one over here, but I thought I'd try," said the president. "It's very kind of you to come over." Postmistress Confused. The president bought two 2."-cent books and. In hor confusion, the postmistress post-mistress forgot to give him o0 cents change. This, however, will bo dispatched dis-patched to him tomorrow. "I wish he had said something about letting mo have threo years more," Mrs. Simpson, who is a candidate for reappointment, re-appointment, later told her friends. "They're fighting mo hard for tho place." As the president slood at the door of tho postoflfice. several Utile children walked shyly up to lilm and grasped hla baud. The president 'stopped, playfully asked their names, and wished them a merry Christmas. Mail Carrier Arrives. His attention soon was arrested by the arrival of the town mall carrier, who drow up proudly with his sacks of mall, climbing out of a small canvas -covered cart, attached to which was a peculiar looking animal of shaggy limbs, In color a reddish brown. "It's part dog." volunteered somebody m the crowd, and the president smiled at thc dlmlnullvis horse Originally, tho villager said, It was a well groomed Shetland pony, but slnco carrying Uncle Sam's, muil he has grown a thick, unkempt un-kempt U7.r. and bousts a hesitating gait In keeping with thc frequent stops or his dally route. The president continued his walking. It was about thc coldest day In the memory mem-ory of the oldest inhabitant.". The mercury mer-cury touched 40 degrees early In thc forenoon fore-noon and hovered there about all day. To those of the presidential party who expected warm and balmy temperature the "winter capital" didn't come up to expectations, though Mayor Saucier and other prominent weather forecasters in the vicinity maintained that the cold 'spell was but temporary. Scorned an Uvercoai. The president set tho seal of. approval on the climate, however, by scorning an overcoat, as did Dr. Cary T Grayson, his phvsiclan. though a, half-dozen correspondents cor-respondents found overcoats a comfortable comfort-able necessity. The president was warm-lv warm-lv clothed underneath his salt and pepper pep-per suit with a heavy woolen sweater vest. He walked "homo ' in apparent en-Vn-u'icnt of his stroll. ' Karlier in the day Mr. Wilson had taken a short walk with Mrs. Wilson on the beach road that runs for several nUes along the gulf coast. They also took a motor ride to Gulfport later, he nearest city, but spout most of the day in tho square-shaped cottage which Is tho "winter White bouse" for the next three weeks. They exchanged presents read scores of holiday greetings that ifime by telegraph and mall, and sat down tonight to a Christmas dinner, a happy family party. Taking Complete Rest. For a complete chungo from tho city nr Washington, where he Iub been over-whehne over-whehne with official tasks, the president presi-dent could not have chosen a more out-oMhe-wnv setting. The natives aro hpcdln- the president's deslro for rest I rwi isolat on by keeping loiterers and W K rs from "he vicinity of his house. The cottage Is only one of the number num-ber that dot the shore of tho Ml"?!?- a?ni sound, tho entrance to which, named K T Christian, after 1U Spanish clhVcoverer, Christians IIch a few miles life south from the president's houeo. anTho3prcfweiit'B home Is n raised cot-taire cot-taire with colonial columns and two bfauBtiidcs that. reach to the upper story from a well-kept lawn. Picturesque Setting. The houso le a humble contrast to the mai v handsome homes which border tho Sulf coast, but is picturesquely ?t ovor-fooklnc ovor-fooklnc tho atlll waters of tho Mississippi sou lid and somewhat hidden by n cluster of live oaks, ferns, palms and plnos. The president's plana for his vacation n re much the same as on his trips to rornls N. H.. tho summer capltol-?if capltol-?if n the Tmornnig, a motor rldo In tho f ornoon and a quiet evening at homo, with absolutely no aoctal diversions or P The golTcoSrso la thirteen miles away, i distonco In keeping with the preal-Sent's preal-Sent's fondness for tho number thirteen. A Presbyterian church Is not quite u ,,,l&enlWffi' expects to have, a rest- dKffit SSff 'nW8 ffS SS gSss IP Ji i,i tioL verv well control, but tho Kfsl iont M cffiud0V1ShnilUweBthQ youngsters woro proud of thenweiven. |