The Washington times., 1919-03-30
SHE'S LADY" WILSON
Her Tour One Long Triumph
To All Europe Now
By JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.

By JAY JEROME WILLIAMS.
RIVersaI Service StaR COrrespORden
Who has just returned from Paris.
NEW YORK. March 3O.-S She
came. she saw. and she con-
quered. .-. 49,.
Caesars famous Rfessa ger I'm
proved so as 10 provide Ghe touch
OF femIninity. applies 10 MrSf
Woodrow Wilson, the first lady"
Of the land.
Lady" is Il term usually barred
in Newspaper parlance. save when
IL denotes the title. yet IL is the
only fitting term TO describe the
impression made on Europe by
the wife OF the President.
Everywhere Mrs. Wilson visited
Paris. London. Rome. and
scores or other towns and cities
the verdict was the same: A true
lady II made no dinerence
whether she faced a queen or a
peasant woman. il msttered not
whether she was "rOughins il" IN
an army automobile with her
husband or lodged in Bucking-
ham Palace. she was always the
same-an easy. gracious and
happy personificarion or Ameri-
"an womaMhood.
Runs GRUatIet Of Eyes.
Mrs Wilson has run the gaunt-
let or millions or eyes. the eyes
OF nobility the eyes or aristOc-
racy the eyes Of the bourg eoiSie.
and those of the loWly proIe-
tariat. and all these eyes have
Indicated upon her passing be
yOnd their range Or vision that
she has also passed the test
And the test OF Europe. a. no
doubt MANY an assuring society
mHITon could testIi,. - some test.
u was dOubIy 50 "a the case of
Mrs. Wilson fOr never before had
an American PresidEnt during
mis- term OF Ofu"e. Ventured across
the Atlantic. and never before
had an American woman. holding
the social position that - the
property or the wife OF an Amer
i"an President. gTaced Europe
with her nrcSruc..
EurOP" was literally Oh the ~qui
vIvr" 70 see Mrs Wilson. and per
maps European society. which is
similar 30 American society ia
possessing an anvil chorus" or no
small dimensions. vas likewise on
the "QuI vive" 10 seize upon ali
apparent flaws IN the Mistress OF
the White House" i0r all such
flaws would provide little rid
BITS or gossip to null over IN idle
hours
INnOckers Never GOt Chance.
But that portion Of society
which puts forth Il cold and rIam-
INV hand and uIJers hOneyed
words only TO change the tune TO
TitrioI when the unsuspectIng v.c-
TINS back - turned. never got
a chance. Mrs Wilson vas just
what she was-an American
" oman. always gracious. always
interested. and always aS modest
~ and pleasantly gowned as mil
lions OF other American women
back home. There was not
single touch Of "uppishness" in
her demeanOr. but there was thai
deiightfui tOuCh OF "homefolks"
about her which every American
likes 10 ASSOCIATE with his con
CepuOn Of an American woman.
II Europe locked A. Mrs Wilson
from the standpoint OF modiste
or mi!l!ner. Europe was dis
appointed TIE Presidents wife
concentrated, one might say. on
= purple hiatt was most be-
Corr ing, toO-aud a dark velvet
coat OF practically every trip
she made with her husband Snr
made no attempt 10 bedeck her
self in different COSTUME TO
each new occasion.
Had No EntOuraEe.
And if Europe. having memory
OF the wives of some American
m!llionsires, expected Mrs. VIII
son to- hOnnee-into Paris with a