Foreign News: Women

Mrs. Mabel Wellington White Stimson, patrician wife of the Chief U. S. Delegate (he told English reporters on landing that two of her ancestors were Mayflowers) last week diffidently approached a lantern-jawed U. S. Marine, who was guarding her husband's door.

"Let me just peek at him," said Mrs. Stimson.

"You want to peek at your husband, m'am?" said the startled Marine.

"I want to see how he is looking," smiled Mrs. Stimson as she peeked. "I haven't seen him for 15 hours, he is working so hard."

Mrs. Egerton Parsons, Smith College graduate, Vice Chairman of...

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