The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10

tight waist, cut low ana Aiteu =, 49,.
soft tulle. Her throat was encircled by
q ia - scraynt fastened with an amethyst
min. the earrings belonging to which she
afterwards gave to my mother and
nother Of Mrs. fWilliams's recoliec-
lions was a child's fancy ball which she
attended at the White House during ",
ler,s administration. when the Preslde 81,
lifted her up and stood her on q ,ai-''
80 { l,e might get better view OF her.
A. sha 6disclaimed everything like praise.
on vinr OF her bellehood, My dear, the
ms were gallant and disinterested N
those days, and all the girls were peltes,Sa
SandNof her tact which was such O. 1hc-
tor in the success OF the dinners and
receptions given by Mr.. Douglas 70 az
ola sses: ut was not tact was young
and happy. Everybody was KIND 70 me-
and ~ was delighted with everybody
= During the Worlds Fair Mrs. Williams
made what was perhaps her lest pubic
appearance, being placed by Mrs. Potter
Palmer on tho platform beside IFS.
Eclevelnnd. Az one after another pressed
forward to shake hands with the wife
Of Il the President Mrs. Williams said:
,..Isn'tSit delightful to receive so much
attention?
land replied, ut is my position"
"Don't think 1t, the other said. BE,
5lieye that 1t is genuine. You are young
and lovely, why shouldn't It beT'
Mrs. Williams married Mr., Douglas,
when she was 10 years old, accompany
Ing him on his tour through the States
when canvassing the country for the
Presidency with Lincoln as tho Repub-
lican candidate. Douglas died In 1861,
and In 1866 she married Captain Robert
Williams, Of Culpeper county. Va. said
to have heen the handsomest man OF
his day in the army. There are many
persons in Washington who remember
her as a beautiful girl and not less beau
tifnl widow. among them Mr.. William
smith, superintendent OF the National,
botanical Gardens, who describes her as
regnl and dazzling In appearance.
What those who. knew her latterly
saw was tall rather slender, perfectly
erect woman in the neighborhood OF
sixty. with abundant iron gray hair.
parted In the middle and brushed back
from the face Mt either side, large dark
eyes and regular features. What they
felt was an Understandable charm Of man
ner. making sort OF delightful mental
atmosphere about all Who came within
her snhere. To the last she was an ar
dent Democrat, and none followed moro
sympathetically Bryans career than did
her aged mother ana herself. lie re-
minded them OF Mr. Douglas, they said,
and no pubic man 6lIlCe Aii's uuS 1lou oo
excited their interest and admiration.
Her mother. by the way. whom she
survived only a few years lived with her
until her death; and the visitor, had
sometimes the privilege of seeing her,
her handsome young granddaughter
going to meet her as they saw her mak-
ing her way towards the drawing room.
and bringing her In between them. This
lady spent her honeymoon at Montpelier,
making the journey there in stage
coach and Mr.. Madison, then confined
to his room by age and Ill health, tots
tered forth to welcome her leaning on
the arm of his body servant, Paul At
dinner, too, he stood in the dining-room
door and Joined the company In drink
ing the youg couples health. Mrs Cults
was intimate friend of Mrs. Decatur,
and with Dolly Madison and others was
dining with her on the day Of her hus-
bands's fatal duel with Barron at Bladens-
burg, Unaware of what was taking place,
Mrs. Decatur waited dinner for him,
wondering all the while what detained
him AT length it was served. and they
we're seated at the table when he was
horne wounded into the house when his
Wife fell fainting upon the floor. After
his death she removed to Georgetown,
occupying cottage within tho grounds
Of the Jusuit College. and never again