Lady Vilified

John F. Hylan was Mayor of New York until 1926. At present he is on a vacation in Florida. After a time he plans to resume the practice of law. Meanwhile the New York Evening Graphic, Macfadden sheetlet, is publishing some of his memoirs. In an installment last week he described the visit of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians to Manhattan in 1919:

"In connection with this visit, the most absurd stories, which had not a grain of truth in them, were circulated by certain people out of malice. Even my good wife, one of the gentlest and most modest of women, did not escape these false reports. It was falsely whispered, and I believe even maliciously printed, that when the Queen had expressed her wonder at New York, pronouncing it one of the most

impressive sights in the world, some jealous person falsely circulated that Mrs. Hylan remarked: 'Queen, you said a mouthful.'

"Mrs. Hylan never made a remark of that kind in her life. She is able and thoroughly capable of deporting herself in any place as the occasion demands. . . . With all her duties as a good wife and mother, as well as her special interest in her grandchildren, little John Hylan Sinnott and Marie Louise, she was always mindful of her duties as the wife of the Mayor, and few women probably read more than she does or are better posted regarding politics and public affairs or the proper conduct of men and women on all occasions."