Show h Friends Conceded W Wilson lson Was Was' Reserved Critics Said He Was Cold Coldo o One Enduring Fri Friendship Was With Personal Physician Dr Grayson Grayson- c O 4 4 Had No Use for Local Aristocracy When He Moved From Princeton W WASHINGTON Feb eb 4 By A. A I IP P Woodrow P. Woodrow Wilsons Wilson's personality Va was In many respects the most unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual that Inhabited the White House It commanded from millions millions mil mil- lions an admiration approaching worship it aroused In others aversIons aversions aver aver- stone am amounting to hatred I Mr Wilson himself acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged that he ho had a single track mind Friends acknowledged ha ho I Iwas was reserved critics said ho he was cold Ills HIs few Intimates declared I he ha was neither and Joined In ac acclaiming acclaiming acclaiming ac- ac claiming him ono one of the most de delightful do- do of associates j Mr Wilsons Wilson's seclusion and scarcity scarcity scarcity scar- scar i city of Intimates were among his I outstanding characteristics It was j I Isaid said Bald of him by those who ho ought to know that he c called only two I men of his his' wide acquaintance by their first names They were Cleveland II H. Dodge and Cyrus II H. McCormIck I ONE ENDURING FRIENDSHIP The The Theono ono one enduring friendship f I which Mr Wilson made In the i White House was with his personal personal per per- I physician Rear Admiral Cary Gary T. T Gra Grayson Son who restored him r to health when he came Into the presidency a sick man watched I over him as he would a a. new new- porn new orn babe and finally snatched him from a death-bed death at the time of his breakdown and prolonged his I life several years after atter he left the tho White Whito House They never quarreled quarreled quarreled although their friendship I was a most Intimate one I Woodrow Wilson had a way of t thinking things out for himself t and making his own decisions When ho he was working through a crucial moment he ho Invariably shut hImself himself himself him him- self up In his study and worked the thing out on his own typewriter type type- writer Ho He called for Information when he was working toward vard a a. de decision de- de olsIon but he lie preferred to have It ItIn itin In written form torm He lIe want wanted d the facts cold and un tinged by toy the personality of the purveyor WROTE HISTORIC NOTE When ho he got mad mad and and he did didget didget didget get mad once onoe In a while Just as any other man man man-It It was his favorite trick to Jam on his hat and walk around the block to cool off He did that when he heard the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans had had- torpedoed the Lusita- Lusita ala Then he came back to his study full master of his emotions and penne penned pennel the historic historia note to Germany which forecast war He read road It to the cabinet and the secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of state after atter It was wellon well wellon on Its Its' way over the cables toward Berlin It was typical of ot Wilsons Wilson's way Having decided on a a. course courso of action he wanted no advice Cabinet meetings during the Wilson Wilson Wil WU- son Ron administration were described by those who chafed under the re restraints restraints restraints re- re as a morning In the school room with the school master master mas mae ter ter at the head of table FOND OF SECLUSION It was said of Mr Wilson that Ills his seclusion In the White House resulted partially at least from some misinformation he got about Washington and Its Its' atmos atmosphere here before ho he took office Somebody so the story went Journeyed to Princeton and told him there was wasa a a. local ring of social celebrities bankers and others who profited most from tho Pl prestige of association asso asso- at nt the White House Mr l Wilson It was said made up lip his mind to havo none of ot their company company com com- om I pany he further determined not notto notto notto to have his visiting list committees I of ot bankers railroad owners owners' and i manufacturers when he was consIderIng considering considering con con- public questions In which they were Interested The result was that when Mr Wilson moved his family his family his wife wIte and three daughters to to the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House he shunned the formal format state parlors on the lower floor l leaving them to the tourists and Installed himself with his own family family- ef effects ef- ef Including iding th the the- sewing machine machine ma ma- chine on the second floor where the Wilsons recreated j-recreated their old home at Princeton ton Family life Ufe on that s scale scalo ale continued until the death of the first Mrs Wilson Wilson- and tho the tho marriage of ot two of or her daughters daugh daugh- TURNED DOWN CLUB 7 Mr Wilson paid his his his' first re respects respects respects re- re to th tho lo Io local l aristocracy cy by declining an en Invitation to Join the Chevy Chase club the most exclusive golf dinner and dancing organization in the tho city ty and went across the tho Potomac to golf at an obscure poor poor man mans man's s club On one of or his first rounds over the links he be failed tailed to hear Fore of or a a. local merchant who paid his re respect ro- ro in languages not usually addressed to a president of the united States Mr Wilson threw thre down his hia clubs and walked off the links He Ho did not return until a a. committee of the club called with an apology With all his seclusion and lack of ot seeking advice he was not slow In making decisions and having made them attempts to reverse them ly were futile LIKED LIGHT READING There was ns ns 1 a great deal of public pub pub- tic lic exaggeration about Mr Ir Wilson's Wilsons VII Wil sons son's for reading detective detective detec detec- tive tire stories although he did do some light reading He lIe took to golf golt as a health measure at his doctors doctor's order oher and learned to like It 11 he liked light music and the theatre when the entertainment was diverting He Ho confessed he had no digestion for grand opera and the heavier drama Many of or his associates called him ruthless and others called him ungrateful while while o others recalled marks maiks of the warmest personal consideration One thing he re regarded regarded regarded re- re as sacred and not to be trespassed UDon under any consideration con con- that that was vas his family life Nothing aroused him more than public discussions or printed references to the women folk of his household He Insisted upon a most rigid observance of conventionalities conventionalities conven conven- |