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Show WILSON SICK TU- " K MULTY; BETTER, -' GRAYSON u -' tiiH Washington is frankly puzzled by' ' 'l iffH tho conflicting statements, concern- Hl Ing tho physical condition of Prcsl-l '" VH dent Wiliionl which havo 'been mado "''fft ' isB recently. Joseph P. Tumulty, his ' ,J MHr tiocretary, spoaklngat Bethcsda, Md.V t ' " lPT' a Washington suburb prior to' clec- '"' IS'I ' t,lan day safd;' ;:! : i ri.? Vf , "In a (hair Bits a man your'preV ' . IH Jdont broken. In ! health,'but stllf altl,HJ :jfl '. trt.In. mind.' 'ills' hair fa while, his ' , ' 9 shouldors bowed, his fg'uro cnt. Ho '! jHA 1h 63 years old, but ho looks older. ' - jUl i It Is Woodrow Wilson." D . Tho deputation of fifteen 'pro-.' HE ' league Independents whom tho Prcs- . ' 'HJ ' ldcnt ndressed October 27 said thoy & '" "felt this might bo the Presidents jH ,; final appeal to tho conscience of his ' Bn CMintrymcn." These v persona said Bl. '' his volco scorned weak and thick. W JH ' In their formal statement they do- liHM ' .scribed his plight as tragic. iH ' But Dr. Grayson, tho president's; tB ' physician, following the Issuance of ; HJ tho deputation's statement, sntd: j 'M ' "Tho President went through the H cxporlcnco of greeting tho delegation 'wK In excellent shapo. Ho showed no ' ffli signs of fatlguo from tho conference vHb nnd scorned In bettor health than at ' flD any other tlrao.alnce his Illness." It was nbtcd that tho pessimistic ' 9r statements about tho president aro ' '. jlj coming from Democratic polltlclant, Uf while tho optimistic statement came IBn from a physician and personal fflcnd ' flt who has watched tho President's' S condition from day to day for moro .jH than a year. S) |
