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Show MRS. WOODROW WILSON If ; . v Mrs Woodrow Wilson, first lady of the land, is dead after brave struggle of months against disease. lover, she nevertheless immediately assumed the arduous duties of the wife of a president. She took an a-t-ive interest iu public affairs and frequently fre-quently received delegations cal!:ng cn the president when he was too busy with other matters. Even during her last illness she frequently asked to be informed of the events of the United Unit-ed States and of the world. Mrs. Wilson had been ill since last February, when she fell in the White House and strained her spine. She practically recovered from that injury, but in the meantime kidney trouble set in i.nd gradually she grew weaker. Mrs. Wilson was a woman of simple ways, rcssessed cf a naive, magnetic, ma;.ne.'. She had a faculty of putting her guests promptly at ease and was a charming hostess |