Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-30
FIRST LADY OF AMERICA
C0NQUERs ALL EUROPE
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Passes Test
OF Society i'm Overseas
Tour
ANVIL CHORUS" slLENCED
Critics on Continent Unable to Pick
Flaw In Bearing OF Wife Of l'rcsi-
dent-Samc Treat for Rich, Poor
and Nobility.
HI JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.

NEW YORK. March 2n.-Shc came,
shc saw and she conquered.
Caesars famous message. improved
so as 10 provide the touch OF fcmlninity
applies 10 Mrs, Woodrow Wilson, the
first lady" Of tho land. Lady" is II
term that usually is barred in news
paper rarlancc, save when it denotes
the title, &C; il is the only fitting
tern, TO describe the impression made
on Europe by the Wife OF the Prcsi-
Everywhere Mrs. wilson visited
naris. London. home and scores OF
the same. = true lady. 1t made no
difference whether she faced :, Queen
or A peasant woman. 1t mattered not
army. automobile with her husband. or
was lodged in buckingham Palace, she
Vas aiwaEs tne samoan easy, srac..
ions and happy REORGANIZATION OF
American womanhcod.
WIFE OF PRESIDENT
PASSES TEST EASILY
Mrs. Wilson has run the enun,c, of
millions OF eyes. tho eyes OF nobility.
the eyes of ars;Ocracy, the eyes OF
the bourseoise and those OF the iowly
ndica,ed upon POM her Pass psssn f!e noH Hani
their range OF vision. that she has also
passed the test.
many an aspiring society matron could
testify IN some test. II was douhly
so IN me case OF Mrs. Wilson. for
across the Atlantic, ana mover before
s nmT an A;!nerican woman. holding the
the Vic OF an American President.
sTaeed Euronc with her presence,
SOCIETY "iSYII. CHORUS" :
IN EUROPE Is STUNNED
Europe was literally on the "oui vivc"
10 see Mrs. Wilson ana perhaps Euro
pean society. which is similar to
H chorus S"esS no IN sms dim an
was likewise on the "oui vivc'' to
seize seize upon all arnarent flaws. in the
:. such flaws would provide tdbits of
Z GOSSIP 20 null over in idle hours
3 yd BTt that ,, portion Of society which
{; hand and u,ters honeyed words only
aao s Ghanse the tune Of yitrioi when the
,.neyer got IA chance. Mrs. Wilson was
,alust what she was-nn American wo-
!. , ns.nd u an1 gracious always inter;
:: American women back homo.
....u pnGIe va w9s not sinslc touch Of
ithere was, that delightful touch Of
"homefolks,". about her which every
!. American likes TO associate with his
:. REFUSED TO SATISFY
! NEW STYLE SEEKERS
trd II Europe looked 70 Mrs. Wilson
IRON the stanhDoint of modiste or
a. militneT, Europe was disappointed
2 The Presidents wife concentrated
& s:,rMs might b.a saS. on purple hiatt was
,.Net coat on practically every trim she
!n.nadc with her husband She made
l..no attempt to bedeclt herself in a dit
3.Tcrent costume on each new occasion.
- And .!f Europe, having memory OF
--!ne wives OF some American million
,.+.:iircs. expected Mrs. Wilson to nouucc
unto Paris with n retnuc OF score
y;taries. maids and servants. Europe was
N gam disappointed. Mrs. Wilson's en-
"iirc encourage consisted Of one soc
-Tetary and colorcd .'mammy." And
the "manl'ny." It may he recalled was
mot one bit illustrated" hy taking 10
"a. - downy couch in buckingham Palace
when the President and his wife were
-Ihe nonored guests Of the King and
Queen OF England