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Show CONFIDENCE OF A j PRESIDENT j ! JYohaMv -.'.-rv Avvvva . ! iati1-n ha- v. !:' V- V. !.at it ! i j .-. to i ., i i -. a a . . Wkii tk- .h:i.':!; : t'r.. aha-.-! ! at " fri-o i'-iiily ia..;r t - V ,a j i at '';i!:o-, 1 ! at i:-oii ha i i 1 1 v ' . T m , . i. i tin- public on this j,,,!:it. j 1 n a -pi-i-eh a- p!-a-:iv f"!' j i - h iUiLur and ia'"h'-ty a- f"r j it - caadur, ho ay that he ;i! f'-id- ju-t as much outMilo t'ny ol'fii',, a- he did when he a-ch-cted to it. "I can hardly , refrain every now and tlu-n i'roia tipping the public the wink, as much as to say, 'It is only mo that is inide this thing. I know perfectly well that 1 .-hall have to get oat presently; pre-sently; L know that then I shall look just my own proper size." lie deplores the tedious ceremonial cere-monial that attends him. "Tin." minute I turn up anywhere, I am 'personally conducted to hi at the band." Some persons may he distressed dis-tressed by the readiness with which the President adopts vernacular forms of speech; others will like it. As the democratic de-mocratic head of a great university, uni-versity, he assimilated college slang; he has learned both the language of the forum and that of the playground. Those of us who will never know from actual experience how it feels to be President are gratified by Mr. "Wilson's description. "When a man is transformed from a mere person into a personage, we are likely to be a good deal concerned about him until we have satisfied ourselves that the process does not result in. any undue amount of transformation. transfor-mation. If he shows us that he is still natural and human, we find him more engaging than ever. |
