MRS, WOOmOW WILSON 105
When Christmas came, just a week later, we found in the dining room of our suite that morning a great tree with glowing lights and tinsel, and the assurances of the thought and good wishes of the guests in the hotel, Also an invitation from the management to a moving picture to be given in the lounge that afternoon, We decided to go, and so notified them, and at their request we had a little informal reception first where all the guests were presented, among them Lord and Lady Aberdeen, of Scotland, The latter was the only person who insisted upon being received in our own suite,
We had hoped to stay away three weeks; but, alas, on January 3,1916, came news which made an immediate return to Washington necessary; and we reluctantly turned our faces homeward, At the White House we found a family party still gathered for the holidays: the Sayres, Mrs, Howe, her daughter and granddaughter Josephine besides Margaret and Helen, They gave us the most royal welcome, andhad everything in festive array.