President Wilson suffers a devastating attack in public.

>Riding along a country road near Washington one day, accompanied by a Secret Service man, [President Wilson](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/President_Wilson_1919.jpg) passed a small boy by the roadside. >”Did you see what that boy did?” Wilson asked his companion. >”No sir,” said the Secret Service man; “what did he do?” >”He made a face at me,” said the President gravely. The Secret Service man was shocked. But the President smiled and said, “Did you see what I did?” >”No sir.” >”Well,” said the President with a mischievous look, “I made a face right back at him!” _______________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F. “Woodrow Wilson.” *Presidential Anecdotes*. New York: Oxford UP, 1981. 226. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Faye Copeland and Lewis Copeland, eds., *1000 Jokes, Toasts, and Stories* (Garden City, N.Y., 1940), 540. __________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Thomas Woodrow Wilson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson)