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rjlO A NUMBER1 of charming and
' . M gracious women throughout ifce
" land the coming o f this new year
means much more than; the "dawning of
any other year of their lives. To them
1909 appears radiant with' promise. .
Soon one will take her place as first
'lady of the United States; another will
be but a step below her in prominence.
Through the agency of the ballot-box
or votes accorded their husbands by legis
lators, still others will assume official so
cial leadership in their states or graduate
into ' that favored group at Washington
that enjoys national prestige and basks
continually in the glory of the limelight.
Whether the wife of a president, a
senator ! or - a governor, the woman step
ping to higher and broader social planes
will remain for some time in the public
eye, and find her new position as interest
ing to herself as she will be to those about
her. V
MIOSE who know Mrs. William Howard
Taft are firm m their belief that she will
prove one of the most charming, tactful
, and - popular mistresses of the White
( louse that historic building has ever known.
Happily have nature and training united
their efforts in fitting this gracious and ac
complished woman for the . delicate and re-
'sponsible duties devolving noon the first lady of
.the land.: Then, too, Mrs. Taft is no stranger
to those duties; her long association with Wash
ington's official set has familiarized her with all
the niceties and distinctions of court life in a
republic, if it may be called such.
In her girlhood days, Mrs. Taft, then Helen
Eerron, became acquainted with the White
House and its ways. Her father was the law
partner, of President R. B. Hayes, and the
young girl made several visits to the Hayes
family in Washington,,
She was ao young that she was only per
reitted to catch bird's-eye glimpses, from hid
den viewpoints, of the state functions, and im
pressively attired diplomats, of those days, but
such occasions were always times of keen de
light to her. '
Mrs. Taft was the virtual leader of the
cabinet ladies during the time her husband was
la member of President Roosevelt's official fam
ily, and was of great assistance to Mrs. Roose-
velt Consequent, she is well qualified by
training for the duties of White House mis
tress and social leader.
J. ASSISTANCE FOR MRS. TAFT
Considerable assistance will probably be
Riven Mrs. Taft in engineering White House
functions by Mrs. Charles P. Taft, of Cincin
nati, wife of her husband's half brother. Grati
fication of Charles P. Taft's ambition to enter
the United States Senate would give his wife an
official connection with Washington social life
that would doubtless be pleasing to all the
family.
Mrs. Charles P. Taft's father, David Sintoa,
was one of the wealthiest men in Ohio when he
died,, a few years ago. The only daughter, she
inherited an estate valued at $30,000,000 or so
She has long been prominent and popular in
, Cincinnati society, and is accustomed to enter
taining on a lavish scale.
' i A Sf version,of Mrs- James S. Sherman
, , who will become the second lady of the land
-, when her husband is sworn in as vice president
Sn March, is sitting for a photograph. There
' are few photographs of her in existence.
' Mrs. Sherman's social affairs have been
marked by elegance and xclusiveness. Seldom
have reports of them been made public.
. 'Anongcher "e"tes the congressional
jet ;Mrs. Sherman ? enjoys considerable popu
larity. She is small of stature and her hair is
. gray, although it wreathes a face that is still
fairly youthful in appearance. Her delight '
outside the successful public career of her hus
band and the, steady businesstadvances of her
three sons, is in the companionship of a little
grandchild, who rules the family with a stronger
, sway than a vice president exerts over the un-
, pet house of Congress. v
a ' The Shermans are fairly well provided with
this; world's goods, and. will be able to enter-
' !?m a.. manner befitting: their position, al
though it is not considered probable that their
function "Brill ho nnnn V, 1 . i ,
Dome innMt scale as
It said that the entertainments ofthe Fiiri
canKs, tiare cost something l.lr innnn
salary of the vice residential ofRimh
This winter is an important one in the Kf .
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calf, December '1 her;career as one of the cab- "
inet matrons has been so short that the charm
of "novelty still remains. ' -. ; . ; , . r'
' - t Secretary and Mrs. Newberry are well," able,
' financially, to 'make their Washington " career
notable, Mr.t'Newberry's wealth being estimated
at $20,000,000. VjsW , i ; ;
Mrs. jfewberry was, regarded as one of the
most beautiful yourig' women of the country
when . she ; entered, society as Miss, Barnes,
' daughter " of Demas Barnes,' of Brooklyn, JN. Y.
. Since her marriage she has been one of th
."most charming and popular of the young so
ciety matrons of Detroit. ; ' ' - '
' - When Qovernqr Albert BJ Cummins re
1 signed the highest office in . Iowa to enter- th
i United States, Senate, a greatly loved: and ad
mrred woman, in the person of his wife, trans
, ferred her talents and charm to the' wider field,
An admirer wrote of her recently: ' '. 1 f
"Of . Mrs. y Cummins, Des Moiiies women
cannot say too much in praise. Still a little on
, the' sunny side "of 50, handsome , in person, of
- the trunette type, with exquisite taste ltr dressing,-
knowing how to order her household in
times of stringency ai well as of plenteousness,
with, a low, sweet voice, , a quiet cordiality of
manner, choosing her friends by worth of soMl
V rather than of dollars, she. finds these' friends
? tried and true. As president of the Dos Moines
y Women's Club, a 4 very potent .institution, ' she
has been a great-success. She is also president
of the board of the Children's Home, and is
V dev'oted to the' work." i ' ?'
LOOKING TOWARD WHITE HOUSE
.' Mrs. judson Harmcgn as the wife of Ohio's
next Governor will be no stranger to state func
tions and the social leadership that goes with
high 'position.?- For nearly two 'years her hus
l band was attorney general of the United States,
" I under President Cleveland's second administra-
j tion. -It, is. generally believed that the Harmon
j ambition looks toward the. White' House, so tha
, ; ' Mrs." . Harmon ' may - regard this new year Us
opening to her a vista of great promise. V
The re-election,' in November, of Governor
i M. B. Patterson, of Tennessee, greatly delighted
his ambitious bride) who, ;it, is, said,, looks for
ward tQa gratifying social career as the wife
of the state's executive. The couple met during
one of Mr. Patterson's campaigning tours, and
.thereby hangs a pretty romance ' "
" Wheh the seeker after gubernatorial honors
reached Union 1 City on a trip, the citizens had ,
prepared an elaborate welcome. Miss Mary
Ku9sellliardner was delegated, to, present ,JUf.
")'' few words in behalf of the women of the town.
V I "They met on the stage of the town hall,
', says a newspaper report. "It ' was a case of
, i . love at first : sight. Miss Gardner forgot her
V; lines, and the, nominee was' overcome with con
1 fusion. The end was inevitable." . '
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