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Show WILSON AT LAFAYETTE'S TOMB. President Insists on Taking Own Wreath, Contrary to Custom. Paris. When President Wilson went to the tomb of Lafayette he insisted on taking his own wreath, contrary to the custom here by which the florist delivers de-livers the wreath and the donor makes the visit and leaves his card. The president sent Admiral Grayson to buy the wreath and after some difficulty in explaining to the florist, who could not understand why the traditional custom was being broken,, obtained it and drove to the tomb. On his personal card. President Wilson Wil-son wrote this inscription : "In Memory Mem-ory of the Great Lafayette From a Fellow Fel-low Servant of Liberty." |