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WOODROW WILSON 243 and grace, and it has, as well, been characterized by marked religious influences and the ideals of her own and her husband s forefathers. Mrs. Wilson is in earnest sympathy with legislative reform that shall secure improved conditions for working women. She has taken active interest in the effort to rid Washington of its alley evils. From her earliest girlhood in Georgia she has been a devotee of art, and studied at the Art League in New York and at Lyme, Conn. Two of her best known works are "The Lane" and "The River," both done from scenes at Lyme. Her pic tures are noticeable for their sense of restfulness. Three daughters were born in the Wilson home. Miss Margaret Wilson is gifted with a beautiful voice and inherits her father s love of music. Miss Jessie Wilson possesses a deep human sympathy, which found a practical outlet when she became a worker in the Lighthouse Mission in the Kensing ton, Philadelphia, mill district. Her engagement to Mr. Francis Bowes Sayre was announced soon after the President and his family came to Wash ington. Her marriage in the White House on November 25, 1913, was the thirteenth wedding to take place in the Executive Mansion. Miss Eleanor Wilson, the youngest daughter, like her mother, is devoted to art, in which she has marked talent, and has fitted herself to be an illustrator.