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behalf of the President the President himself, _— Continued From First Page.) the President shall do each his subordinates, is a big task and an immense Senator spoke of a cerebral lesion a Dl ea } r © expression of that kind has been Weekly consultation. Mre. Wilson P |trolw series of speeches have been! go over until another day. \ made all tending to cast diseredit. It is not pleasant for a woman in| upon those who Were speaking on|ber position to read the bitter attack as well as that is being heaped upon “some one in the White House,” but Mrs. Wil First eame a doubt as to whether Sn is probably hopeful that the age ing jer Mr. Wilson's signature wos his own Of chivalry bas not passed and that | «r« lon a public document, the inference the American people will not approve | being that it was forged by some of of the campaign that is being carried Then came the On fo force the President into activ: |* publication of a letter in which one| ities that may cost him his life. In the mean time the Cabinet is sident himself, all doubts ex-| lintroduced in the House or Senate! felt it was not wise to add. to the! pressed by his opponents to the con- | by the Republicans who are in con-| strain of that day if the matter could | trary notwithstanding. PERSHING STARTS TOUR. Inspects Camp Lee at Petersbarg, va te To-Day. | Deo. 4.—Gen, Persh=| such a burden. She is con-|that the President would be in tly relying, however, on the ad- capacitated for the remainder of his of the physicians who are at- term. Following closely upon this) ing tho President. ere stories of how the President's ey have told her he will re- ofice could be declared vacant, and) —his life will be saved if he| should be. rest and care. ‘As between a The newspapers hostile to the! c6 to save a life and answer the | President in this vicinity have lately | rous statements and attacks Tenewed this form of attack. On top| ‘are being made upon the Presi- of it all has come a series of state- , Mrs. Wilson bas chosen the /Ments from’ Senators, published e of stolcal: silence. broadcast, saying they didn’t believe ISICIANS HAVE GIVEN AS- | the President wrote his recent mas- ISURANCE OF PROGRESS. —_— sage to Congress, ’ y doesn’t some one say what| Officials at the White House point, e matter with the President?|to the fact that the Président’s op- of the most noted physicians |ponents are not fighting fair, and country have issued state- that they forget how quickly Mr. ts, Intimate details have from Wilson cancelled bis speaking en- to time been revealed even to|gagements in the 1912 campaign extent of describing troubles | when Theodore Roosevelt was shot, the prostate gland and diges-|liow quick he was to offer bis sym-/| weaknesses. Dr. Dercum, the | pathy when Mr. Roosevelt was {l]— logist, has issued a statement |and yet there have been no two men Ing the President was so much | more bitterly opposed to each other wed that he didn’t believe he|in politics in this generation than Jd have to come back to the Woodrow Wilson and Theodore | ite House for regular visits any Roosevelt. | sv Other statements of reassur-| PRESIDENT’S WIFE BEARS THE) bave been given. Yet the out- t | WHOLE BURDEN. | for more details—for more in-| But it is Mrs. Wilson who is com- formation continues. |pelled to bear the whole burden. The| it the White House, officials place | President could take up more t. the} blame for this intensified curi-| could see more people if she wanted in the country at large to the to take the risks involved in a sud-| jed campaign of doubt which the/den resumption of intense activi 1] opponents of the President J; w Mrs. Wilson who took t been casting upon his acts responsibility in declining last Sat- since he took sick. rday when Senator Hitchcock } CRITICISM A-PLENTY. | dent. Instead of adopting @ resolution| He had just been through a long Of sympathy for the President--not examination by plysicians-—-their ew ss sta we tt, L MADISON AVENUE «FIFTH irty-fourth Street ' Several H undred ‘Woolen Frock Len, ths all of them handsomely embroidered in silk, braid or metai will be placed on sale to-morrow _ at greatly reduced prices in the Wool Dress Fabrics Department on the First Floor. The Novelties Department ig easily one of the most interesting sections of the First Floor—particularly at this sea- son, when everyone is searching for the unique gift, the gift of individual appeal. -In.this Department one may find the very newest ideas in Desk Sets, including some wonderfully decorative effects in cloisonne, Japanese silver, sterling silver and bronze; Book Ends in many artistic designs, suitable for library, den or boudoir; Writing Port- _ folios, Address Books, Engagement: and mt. Telephone Lists, lLine-a-day Books and yg Diaries; Cigarette Boxes and Ash Trays; Card, Chess and Checker Sets; Dinner Chimes; Library Shears and Paper Cutters; and many other attractions, each: with a ‘harm peculiarly its own. 5 sibility, and it is doubtful if of which he heard rumors and on functioning and important decisions |» & woman in American history which he based his own judgment |f Policy are being made by the | RB. Altman & Ou. ’ offers in its regular stock a number of especially re he lett Wash: | expected to be| DIRECT ATTENTION TO AN UNUSUALLY INTERESTING DISPLAY OF ARTISTIC Christmas Gifts ‘6 ROM the snow-capped Himalayas they come, from the pagodaed hills of far away Cathay, from the banks of the golden rivers that roll toward the Rising Sun, from the pine-clad islands of Dai Nippon where peerless Fuji crowns the lesser heights,” and here in all their splendor they are shown in profusion —these distinctive and individual Oriental objects of art and utility—imported by Vantine’s, especially for the Holiday season. 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