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Show I SOME THINGS PRESIDENTS MUST ENDURE ; Fiercer than the proverbial "fierc light that beats upon a throne" ii ' that which glares upon the office intc which Wodorow Wilson will be inducted in-ducted March 4. , No crowned ruler upon earth is so much the victim of the inquisitive mob as is the president of the United States, who cannot issue a mandate turning down the limelight that shines upon him, as did the German kaiser some time ago, when he curtailed cur-tailed the court bulletin. . Wilson will be the greatest show feature, the biggest drawing card in the land, for the next four years. Thousands of men, women and children, chil-dren, in a snakelike line two squares long,' will wait outside his door to shake his hand when he gives a public pub-lic reception. Everywhere he goes people will stare at him as though he were the Siamese twins or the sacred white elephant. Only when shut in behind guarded doors will he escape the gaping multitudes, whose staring eyes will haunt hts very dreams. Long before the end of his stay in the White House he will fully realize the utter futility of his announced plans to maintain the "open door in the White House, and make himself accessible to all citizens who wish to consult him. . i |