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BT MATME OBER PEAK.
WITH the entrance of women
Into full enfranchisement, the
wives of tfie president, the
vice-president and cabinet officers are
no longer restricted to the social con
fines of the administration, but are
entitled, and expected, to take an ac
tive part in public affairs. They will
wield a big: Influence in the cabinet,
not only over their husbands which
of course Is nothing: new but over
the woman thought and action of the
country.
Therefore the personnel of the cab
inet takes on new Importance. People
are as interested in knowing what the
wives of the cabinet officers are like
and how they will measure up to their
responsibilities as they are to know
about the men themselves.
Beginning with Mrs. Charles Evans
Hughes, who, as wife of the secretary
of state, outranks the other cabinet
women and stands second in line from
the president's wife at the White
House receptions (and who, by the
by, came pretty near heading that
line four years ago), we have a strik
ing example of the woman who has
discharged her full duty as wife,
mother and citizen. While never tak
ing an active part In public affairs,
Mrs. Hughes has always voted since
New Tork gave women the franchise.
Sirs. Hughes Retiring.
When Mr. Hughes was running for
president she accompanied him on his
tour to the Pacific Coast and accepted
gracefully the attentions shown her,
but ehe made no political speeches,
nor would ehe permit herself to be
interviewed. Of a retiring nature, she
has been careful to keep In the back
ground in official matters. But Eh
and Mr. Hughes always have worked
together that Is, he has made It a
practice to discuss everything with
her and to share In all her interests.
And how much the poise and vigor of
his mind Is due to her unfailing sym
pathy and advice no one outside the
family circle will ever know.
With a low, musical voice, a, charm
ing smile and a cordiality that springs
from instinctive friendliness, Mrs.
Hughes gives one the impression of
courtesy, refinement and good breed
ing that was characteristic of the
best in society of the last generation
and la still a distinguishing mark that
cannot be counterfeited.
Figure Slender and Graceful.
She is slender and graceful of fig
ure, which Is probably accounted for
by the fact that her chief holiday
eport Is mountain climbing, an alti
tude of 'eleven thousand feet being
her best record.
As a child Antoinette Carter was
known as a regular tomboy, vaulting
fences, climbing trees and Joining in
all the boys' pranks. She was the
daughter of Judge Walter Carter of
New England, but was born In Mil
waukee. Her mother-a death occur
ring when ehe was three years old,
she went to Baltimore to live with an
aunt and remained with her until sne
was nine. She then Joined her father,
who had moved to Brooklyn and was
practicing law In New York city.
Judge Carter gave help to a number
of struggling young law students
among them Charles Evans Hughes,
who, while working in her father's
office, fell In, love with Antoniette
Carter. They were married in 1888,
shortly after her graduation from
Wells college.
Judge Admires Suitor.
At the time. Judge Carter said in
his inimitable way: "Nettie, I don't
know whether I love Charles Hughes
more for his attributes of the heart
mr for his attributes of mind. But I
love him, and you will' be safe with
him. Some day Charlie Hughes will
be an acknowledged leader in the
New Tork bar."
Like her father,. Mrs. Hughes has
the greatest admiration for the intel
lectual ability of her husband, and
the most complete faith in him. Their
home life has been ideal, and nothing
could be further from the truth than
the reputation for coldness and nar
row austerity which has been fastened
upon Mr. Hughes. His children have
made a playmate of him, the family
pet dog, "Peter," occupied a chair at
breakfast by his side, and the whole
household revolved around him.
A skilful housekeeper, with gener
ations of New England ancestry be
hind her, Mrs. Hughes varied the
household routine so as to give her
husband time to do the enormous
amount of work that he has always
done since he was old enough to work
at all. When he was governor of
New Tork, and they were living in
the executive mansion at Albany, she
was up at 7 o'clock every morning,
getting the children ready for school
and personally supervising the serv
ing of breakfast so that there might
be no clog in the domestic machinery
which would mar Mr. Hughes' official
routine.
Children Source of Pride.
Next to her husband Mrs. Hughes'
greatest pride and pleasure are in her
children. Charles Evans Jr., now
married with children of his own, is
the only son. Like his father, he
went through Brown university, and
was graduated from the Harvard law
school. He is a member of the New
Tork law firm from which Secretary
Hugheg recently resigned.
Helen, the oldest daughter, a grad
uate of Vassar and a girl of brilliant
promise, died two years ago. Whi
her brother was in the army in France
she devoted herself to Red Cross
work at home. Overtaxing her
strength, she contracted tuberculosis,
from which she died 'after months of
illness. She was nursed with the
tenderest devotion by Mrs. Hughes,
who moved to Glen Falls, where her
grandfather was preaching when her
father was born, and where the
climate was deemed more favorable
to her recovery.
Katharine, the second daughter,
was graduated from Wellesley last
June, and will take her place among
the ' accomplished and well-poised
daughters of the cabinet Elizabeth,
the youngest daughter, who was born
in the executive mansion at Albany,
is still In her teens and will devote
all her time to her studies.
Washington Friends Many.
During their sojourn in Washing
ton, when Mr. Hughes was on the su
preme court b-nch. the Hughes made
many warm friends, who are delight
ed to welcome them back. They have
leased the house at 1529 Eighteenth
street, formerly occupied by the
Cuban legation, one of the handsom
est residences in Washington, with
SO rooms, two libraries-and a ball
room. Going down the line in the matter
of precedence which, to offic'al
Washington, is the holy of holies
the wife 'of the secretary of the
treasury should come next. But as
Mr. Mellon Is a widowei- or, rather,
is divorced from hs wife, who was
Miss Nora McMullen of Dublin, said
to be one of the most beautiful col
leens of the Irish capital there will
be a gap in the cabinet hostesses un
less Miss Ailsa Mellon, his 19-year-old
daughter, fills the breach. M'ss
Mellon Is a debutante of last season
and an accomplished horsewoman
and golfer. There is also a son, Paul
Mellon, aged 15, who is a student at
Choate school, Wellingford, Conn.
Mr. Mellon, wnose nams is the
greatest in the financ'al annals of
Pittsburg and whose father and
grandfather were among the strong
men who made Plttsbuhg the great
city it is today, is the Rockefeller of
the cabinet, being many times a mil
lionaire. airs. Weeks Kaown la Capital.
Mrs. Weeks, wife of the secretary
of war, is no stranger to Washing
ton. With her husband serving four
successive terms in the lower house
and one in the upper, ehe has spent
the greater portion of the past It
years at the capital, where she has
made many warm attachments. Her
Intimates speak of her enthusiastic
ally as the "most loyal and truest of
friends," and express delight at see
ing her take her place in the cabinet.
The Weeks in their official posi
tion have done much entertaining,
end Mrs. Weeks has made a charm
ing, gracious hostess. She is a regal
looking woman, always stunningly
gowned and. unless I miss my bet,
will be considered- the handsomest
woman in the cabinet. She has had
the greatest aversion to the lime
light. Until Mr. Weeks was appointed
secretary of war, she had not only
refused to grant as interview but to
have her picture published.
A striking instance of the woman
power in the home, and yet as highly
developed alon intellectual lines as
domestic Mrs. Weeks is said by those
who know her to have had talent for
writing or any other public career
she might, have selected. She is a
woman of brains and unusual judg
ment, with a keen grasp on public
questions. Mr. Weeks has always d'a
cussed his affairs with her, and ad
mits that while he hasn't always ta
ken her advice, he would have been
much better off if hs had.
Before her marriage, Mrs. Weeks
was Martha Sinclair, daughter .. of
John G. Sinclair, of New Hampshire,
who was prominent in its public life
and three times ran for governor of
that state a the candidate of h's
party. Her broiner was also active In
political life, so that she has grown
up in a political atmosphere.
She was wintering at the Sinclair
home in Florida when Bhe met Mr.
Weeks. They were married in 1885,
four years after his graduation from
the Naval academy, and have made
their home at West Newton, Mass.,
where Mr. Weeks was engaged in the
banking business till he -entered pol'
tics. Secretary and Mrs. Weeks have two
children botlj, married a daughter,
Mrs. John W. Davidge, who, with her
two little girls, lives in Washington
just across the Million-Dollar bridge,
and a son, Charles Sinclair Weeks,
assistant cashier of the First National
bank of Boston. He Is also married
and has two children, is a graduate
of Harvard and during the war
served as captain of artillery in
France.
' Hughes House Purchased.
The Weeks home in Washington is
at 2100 Sixteenth street, a few doors
from the famous Boundary castle. It
was formerly owned by the secretary
of state, Mr. Hughes, from whom Mr.
Weeks bought It after his defeat for
the presidency. It is a handsome
house, spacious and well-appointed,
and perfectly adapted to entertain
ing on a large scale. When the
Hughes lived in it It was one of the
popular homes in the official set and
will be no less so now with Mrs.
Weeks, wife of the new secretary of
war, as Its chatelaine.
Mrs. Daugherty, wife of the attorney-general
and close friend of the
Hardlngs, will not come to Washing
ton for the present. She is an inva
lid, confined to a wheel chair and will
remain at their Columbus home until
permanent arrangements have been
made for her comfort. While, of
course, her restricted environment
means that Mrs. Daugherty will be
unabla to take an active part in the
official life at the capital, it does not
mean that she will takj no part at
all. She is a woman of strong char
acter and intellect, radiating, in spite
of her physical handicap, a cheerful
ness and sunny charm that will draw
to her that which she is unable to
seek herself.
Mrs. Daugherty Foud of Music.
Mrs. Daugherty Is especially fond
of music and at one time was a noted
singer. She was Lucie Walker of
Wellston, Jackson county, Oh'o. Both
she and Mr. Daugherty grew up to
gether and were boy and. girl sweet
hearts. They were married in 1883,
shortly after bis graduation in law
from the University of Michigan, and
settled down in Fayette eounty, where
he served as a member of the general
assembly and practiced his profession,
later opening up law offices in Col
umbus. There are. two children a daugh
ter, Emily, who married Ralph Rarey,
her father's law partner, and Draper
M. Daugherty, formerly an army cap
tain, who married the daughter of
Representative Bowers of West Vir
ginia. Mrs. Hays, wife of the postmaster
general, comes to Washington as a
complete stranger. No man has been
better known or liked than k.ndly,
genial "Will" Hays, ex-chairman of
the republican national committee,
but very few of his admirers knew
anything about "Mrs. Will." Chiefly
concerned with the up-bringing of a
small son, ehe stayed pretty closely
at home out in Sullivan, Ind., while
her husband, with his fingers on the
political pulse, kept the trail hot be
tween New York, Washington anf the
coast.
Courtship Is Romantic
Mrs. Ha,ys was Helen Louise Thomas
of Crawfordsville, Ind. She attended
Miss Ely's school In New Tork, where
she specialized In vocal music, and
also devoted considerable time to the
study of art drawing and painting.
Mr. Hays was a student at Wabash
college, Crawfordsville, when the ac
complished Miss Thomas returned
from New Tork, just a year before
his graduation. A romantic college
courtship followed, and two years
later they were married. They moved
to Sullivan, where Mr. Hays became a
member of his father's law firm, and
with the exception of- the summers,
have spent all their married life
there.
Mra. Hays Is tall, of athletic build,
and presents a handsome, well
groomed appearance. Her gowns are
of that distinctive style "chic," and
will no doubt set her apart as one of
the best-dressed women in the of
ficial set. While Mrs. Hays has been
an Inveterate reader, and from dis
cussing politics with her husband is
better informed on public questions
than the average woman, even in of
ficial life, her democratic simplicity
Is her,distlngul8hing charm.
Handshake la Cordial.
She gives you a cordial handshake
that has back of it genuine sincerity
and pleasure at meeting people, and
she frankly says that she expects to
enjoy thoroughly the recreation and
advantages afforded by the capital.
As she puts It:
"I anticipate much that will be un
tried, and, I hope and believe, much
that will be delightful and stimulat
ing." Secretary and Mrs. Hays have one
child Will H. Hays Jr., who is five
years old.
Mrs. Edwin Denby, wife of the sec
retary of the navy, was a school girl
In Washington during ths Cleveland
administration. She was Marlon
Bartlett Thurber of Detroit and was
educated at the Liggett school there.
Her father was secretary to Presi
dent Cleveland and, during the (our
years' sojourn of the Thurber family ,
law
In Washington, she attended Friends'
select school.
Just on the eve of his retirement
from congress, where he had served
three terms, Miss Thurber captured
the most eligible and sought-after
bachelor in the congressional set
Edwin Denby. They spent their six
months' honeymoon in Europe and. on
their return, settled in Detroit, where
Mr. Denby resumed his law practice
and also became actively engaged in
the automobile industry, serving as
vice-president of the Denby Motor
Truck company, and making a for
tune which places him in the million
aire rank today.
Wife True Comrade.
Mrs. Dmby has been a true homa
mte In every sense of the word and
has stood beck of her husband and
upheld him In all his decisions. He
speaks of her as his "good scout" and
"spunky comrade," which probably
accounts for the perpetual boyhood
that has distinguished his strenuous
life even to the age of 61. Her
"spunk" and camaraderie came to the
front noticeably three years ago.
when, at the outbreak of the war, Mr.
Denby enlisted as a buck private in
the Marine corps.
His friends tried to dissuade him,
by telling him that he was too old
and. too fat and too married and too
rich and too everything. But Mrs.
Denby, who understood too well why
her husband felt the old thrill and
the old call, when as a gob he
swabbed the decks of the U. S. &
Tosemlte during the Spanish-American
war, said: "Of course, you must
go." And with the hand of little
Edwin Jr. clutched tight in hers, she
stood in the crowd, waing him off,
pride and happiness and understand
ing outshining the tears in her eyes.
Until her husband returned, she
kept the home fires burning, which
has, in truth, been her main job ever
since they were married. Although
popular in the old residential set in
Detroit, ard deveting a certain
amount of time to entertaining and
being entertained, Mrs. Denby's world
has revolved around her home her
husband and her two children Ed
win Jr., aged eight, and Marion, five.
Mrs. Denby Attractive.
Ehe is a very attractive looking
woman clear-eyed, slim and tall
knows how to put her clothes on and
has much personal magnetism. While
she claims to be "exceedingly shy of
ths limelight," there is little evidence
of shyness in her easy manner and
conversation, Her husband, It has
been predicted, will be one of the most
popular and approachable members of
the cabinet, and there Is little doubt
but what Mrs. Denby will shine in his
reflected glory.
Mrs. Fall, wife of the secretary of
the interior, newly resigned senator
from New Mexico, Is a distinctive type
in the cabinet. Her experience has
been varied and unique, harking back
to pioneer days In tne West. She was
Emma Garland Morgan, daughter of
Josiah Morgan, member of ths Con
federate congress from the Clarks
vllle, Texas, district. Her mother
was a member of the Garland family
of Arkansas and first cousin of Attorney-General
Garland.
Mrs. Fall Left Orphaa.
Left an orphan when a baby, Mrs.
Fall divided her time between her fa
ther's sister In Tennessee, who was
the mother of W. C. Houston, for
many years a member of congress
from that stats, and her uncle and
guardian. Dr. J. H. Morgan, at Clarks
vllle, Texas. It was while at Clark s
ville that she met Mr. Fall, then a
young lawyer specializing In Mexican
law. Within a year they were mar
ried and removed to Las Cruces, N.
where began the usual pioneer strug
gle, in which Mrs. Fall bore half the
brunt and, by self-sacrlflcinj;, hard
work, helped her husband make a suc
cess both In business and in his pro
fession. All the time Mr. Fall was engaged
In farming and cattle raising be con
tinued to practice law, and when he
later served as a member of the legis
lature as associate justice of the su
preme court and attorney-general of
the territory it was Mrs. Fall who
stayed at home and kept things going
so that his business interests would
not be sacrificed. She did the same
thing when he came to Washington
as senator from the new state. Which
accounts for the reason the Falls have
never established a home In Washing
ton and why their ranch, "Three Riv
ers," has claimed the greater portion
of her time.
Business Ability Unusual.
She is regarded as a woman of un
usual business ability and during the
senator's absence not only has gen
eral management of the farms and
employes, but has attended to all their
other varied interests, involving lum
ber lands, railroads and mining In
Mexico. The Fall ranch, which Is lo
cated at Three Rivers, N. M., adjacent
to the Mexican border, has an exten-
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