Would I not go off and rest and come back ?--I preferred to do my minor errands with the Department, but I should hold myself at his convenience and at his command.
Two weeks passed.

Another invitation to lunch.

Sharp, the Ambassador to France, had arrived.

He, too, was invited.

Present: the President, Mrs.
Wilson, Mrs.Wallace, the Misses Smith of New Orleans, Miss Bones, Sharp, and I.Not one word about foreign affairs.
After luncheon, the whole party drove to the Capitol, where the President addressed Congress on the strike, proposing legislation to prevent it and to forestall similar strikes.