Evening star., 1936-12-18

GIlelr eyes IleI when Sne parted IEOiH
him, even for few minutes.
Rudyard Kipling, himself un-
crowned poet laureate because he
wrote THE Widow of Windsor"
would have rejoiced in these two. The
whole essence of their attitude seems
to be beautifully epitomized in q
paraphrase of one of his verses:
But there is neither east nor west,
Border or breed or birth,
When two strong hearts stand side
by side,
Though they come from the ends
of the earth"
But the physical picture, charm
ing and interesting though it may be,
is not the essential part Of this por-
trait. Wallis Simpsons charm-I
have heard many who know her term
it fascination-lies in her character
probably even more than her physical
vividness. And except that her per-
sonality shows in the frankness and
generosity of her smile, in the SYM
pathy and keemess of her eyes and
In the proud carriage Of her small
patrician head, the rest Is not Of vital
significance.
Revealing Parts Of Her Personality.
The five chief characteristics which,
I think, predominate in Mrs. Simp-
sons personality, are companion
ability. loyalty, simplicity, vitality and
naturalness.
She is the perfect companion. and
this accounts, perhaps. more strongly
than all else for her attraction for
Edward. She has the supreme con-
versational capacity Of being q good
listener as well as a good talker. She
not only gives the impression-but it
is actually true-that she Is deeply
interested in the person Wis Wis. In
his viewpoints. in his interests, in
what he has to say.
She laughs at the right places, and
her laughter is genuine. Her wit,
proverbial in London and on the con-
tinent, is but q refinement Of the
slightly more boisterous humor Of her
girlhood days.
One of her close woman friends
said recently:
THE truth about Wallis is that If
I had to be a castaway on q desert
island with only one woman compan-
ion, Of all the women in the world
that have known, my choice would
be Wallis"
Wallis Simpson is loyal. She in
spires loyalty In her friends. She has
never forgotten and never lost o
friend. In adversely or fortune, IN
deepest woe, or with the world at
her feet, she is stanch and steadfast
and completely unaffected in her
friendships. The two men who were
her husbands speak Of her today as
"the finest woman they have ever
known"
The Simplicity of Good Taste.
Simplicity shows in her every taste
and habit. Her home, which will later
be described in these articles, is taste
fully, but plainly furnished. Her
clothes, her jewelry-which has been
so absurdly exaggerated-the food she
serves on her table, the way she pre-
sides at unostentatious tea at her
own fireside, or mixes her own cock
tails for q group Of friends before
dinner-all these speak eloquently
of this strong trait.
Her clothes, most Of which come
from Paris, are classic In their lines.
Her hats are small and close-fitting.
(She hates fioppy ones). Her entire
appearance denotes the simplicity that
only women Of invincible chic can
maintain.
Fussiness, ultramodernity, ostenta-
ton, slovenliness, "swank"-these she
finds hard to understand or abide.
Directness, candor, sincerity-these
she practices, admires and inspires In
all aspects and contacts of her daily
life.
She is intensely vital. Vitality shows
in her conversation, in the energy
with which she faces each day and
hour, in the viewpoint from which
she looks at world affairs and the de-
cisiveness with which she handles her
own problems.
1t shows, too, In the crispness Of
her speech, which, retaining part Of
her earlier Baltimore accent, has in
evitably taken on slightly British
flavor. 1t Is there, too. In the way
she walks and dances and In her
quick, brilliant smile.
Some Of Her Likes and DisIikes.
Her naturalness is deep-rooted and
entirely genuine. There Is no pose In
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