UNCLE SAM'S BREEKS.

Free Lance, Volume XIX, Issue 1029, 17 March 1920, Page 6

UNCLE SAM'S BREEKS.

Petticoat Government in United States.

¥F the cable mantis to bo relied on, Mrs President ' Wilson has been wearing Uncle Sam's: breeks with considerable 'success. -..Further particulars show that the lady : was quite content to- tuck them under the> tea-table instead of parading them along Broadway, New York, for she apparently was able to conduct affairs of state over the tearcups while her academic hubby languished on his sickbed. How the Americans* will relish the_ idea of -petticoat government remains to be seen. Perhaps that is why Mr Lansing, Secretary qf State, resigned, with other Ministers. You never know, for the official reason is oft-times far from - the real reason.

THe wife of President Wilson is an extremely clever woman, and it is on record in history that clever women all through the ages have taken a hand in the political game, and more often' than not cost monarchs their heads in conseqnence. The question is: Could such a thing, he possible in these -days of political advancement and highspeed civilisation ? Why not ? Some day we shall have . Mrs Aajuith writing a book about' how she twisted the British Prime Minister round her little finger, and caused certain minor politicians much mortification of spirit. We know that if it hadn't been for the late Mrs Romanoff,the late Mr Romanoff might have lived to..tell ''the tale. If it hadn't been for Cleopatra, Mark Antony might have : —- But what*s the use? In all these -historic cases it was " The woman in the case" who " spilled the beans," as they say in America. The world is now waiting" to see what happens to President Wilson. •