Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-27 | Page 7 | Tells of Interview with the President

TELLS OF INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT Mrs. R. E. L. Collier Reports Re-ports Gracious Reception at White House. Mrs. R. E. L,. Collier, . chairman of the woman's state Democratic committee, who had the lionor of a personal interview with President Wilson while attending' the inauguration ceremonies in Washington, has just arrived home. Of her interview with the president, Mrs. Collier paid: The president was especially gracious gra-cious and said that he fel t deeply grateful for the part Utah had in his reelection, re-election, and particularly appreciated the work of the women of Ulah in his. behalf, of which he had been in-in in-in formed. While outwardly calm and kindly courteous, President Wilson shows the stress he has heen under, and his mind seems to be preoccupied with the problems which the war situation have brought him. Mrs. Collier was presented to the president presi-dent by Secretary Tumulty, to whom she carried a letter from T. F. Thomas of this city. Mrs. Collier said that Secretary Secre-tary Tumulty showed her every courtesy and seemed surprised that she had no fa-vurs fa-vurs to ask of the administration. Mrs. Collier was sent to Washington by the Woman's Democratic club of Salt Lake to represent the club in the national suffrage convention. She carried a banner ban-ner in the inaugural parade and marched second in line. Mrs. Collier's partner in the parade was a young Tennessee woman, wo-man, as representatives of tiie west and the south. The banner bore the Inscription, Inscrip-tion, "We Did It." Much social attention was extended to Mrs. Collier while in Washington. She was entertained at luncheon at the Wil-lard Wil-lard by Mrs. Wesley tftoner, chairman of the woman's division of the inauguration parade, and Mrs. L. Friedman, formerly of Ogden, gave a tea in her honor, when she met twenty Utah women now rest-dents rest-dents of Washington. After leaving Washington Mrs. Collier visited New York and Boston. In New York she was entertained hy Mr. and Mrs. F. Dewey Richards, formerly of this city, and Mr. Richards's mother, Mrs. Fra n k M n S. R i c ha rd s of Salt i ,ak e, w h o is spending some time with her son. Mr. and Mrs. N- A. Ransohnff, formerly of Salt I.ake, also entertained Mrs. Collier. Mrs. Ransohoff is a sister of Mrs. Simon Bamberger. Mrs. Jacoh Bamberger, who is spending the winter in New York, also extended many courtesies to Mrs. Collier. Col-lier. Mrs. Collier will make an offirial report of her trip to the Woman's Democratic club at the next meeting of the club early in April.