Show interesting B t B R B B JL y B H R j ir g T i avy A T WT EVEH before have there been so many new names on the roster of the senate nor BO many new faces in congress as this session damoc racy in all the strength of her re juvena ted energy has swept through the halls of congress and mowed down the ranks to make room for her loyal sons the new arrivals in the senate as sume the proportion of a small dele gallon for fully brand new solons were in line for the oath on the ath of march of this number five merely stepped over from the house of representatives while three others have in recent years also served in that body and are thereby remembered accordingly society greets new faces in the wives of these men like their husbands a num her of them are coming back to the welcoming aarti or old friends and have merely to take up the social threads where they dropped them be ore at the expiration of their official residence n the capital no senatorial election it seems could give a greater measure of satisfaction to such a largo circle of people in washington as that which returned to congress the former governor of colo rado john franklin Sh atroth who has held every office within tho gift of the people of his state during his congressional service some years ago mr and mrs made a host of warm personal friends who will hall their return with delight mrs Is described by her friends is a model mother and to bear out this asser alon they point to the three sturdy grown up sons all of whom idolize their parents airs la a genuine home lover and a domestic genius delighting in her home and all its details especially in cookery tor she loves to try her hand at all sorts of new recipes and experiments peri ments she Is an artist in the culinary line but she Is also a woman of varied accomplish ments and wide interests she belongs to a number of clubs in denver of which the round table has perhaps held her membership the longest since she has been en rolled as an active member for more than cine teen years this club meets every friday morn ing and its bembera actually study history literature tbt classics philosophy and all of the current topics of the day are embraced in their research no drones or inactive members are encouraged to remain airs was born and reared in fayette howard county no and after completing her high school course became a student 0 and aft erward a graduate of the howard payne college of fayette mo for several years prior to her marriage she taught in the high school of her home town mr Sh atroth Is also a native of faiette mo and their marriage occurred there she Is eligible to D A R membership through virginia and tennessee ancestry like mrs mrs james Is no stranger to washington society for she has spent several years at the capital during her husband s congressional service mrs james was miss aluth thomas of marion ky the home town of senator james and was born at franklin ky she la tho daughter of a methodist minister her earlier education was in private schools after which she attended the kentucky college a educational coeducational co institution now out of existence her marriage to senator james occurred about ten years ego in december at her home in mar lon ky mrs james la in every sense of the word a thorough home lover she belongs to no clubs nor societies of any description ind de votes practically all of her time to domestic life mrs tames is greatly interested la charitable projects particularly those which deal with the sick and afflicted and she hopes to engage in philanthropic work among the institutions of tho capital she la a woman whose life is well round pd out for she doca well and knows whereof she speaks with regard to a diversity of accomplishments 0 a practical as well as in ornamental na nature she has made a study of eclen line could make her own dresses it ehe chose and in fact has the science of housekeeping reduced to an art hen asked about club work she exclaimed isol a one why I 1 dont even play bridge I 1 suppose I 1 an the only woman in washington who has not learned to do so but you realey would not expect a ministers daughter to be expert in that ano would loll 1011 mra james ts also devoted to chik and a loee student of various movements in progress cr welfare she is an advocate of aw v t h education for girls but says that if she were planning the education of a girl she would assuredly advise a technical course in addition to tha academic it the girl had sufficient mental endowment to take it thus supplying the ledga to meet any emergency which iffe might untold the more varied the knowledge and training the better fitted the girl Is for domestic life as well as for the social and business world airs harry lane wife ot the new senator from oregon has the distinction of being one of the few women of washington who are registered voters she Is an enthusiastic suffragist though in an unobtrusive way and Is particularly bubl lant over the fact that her home state has joined the bind which allows women the privilege of the l allot mrs lane came to washington as an absolute stranger and la becoming more and more delight ed with the city and its people as she gets better acquainted with them she Is a typical american homemaker home maker buti while the details of housekeeping and the care of her family have absorbed the greater part of her life she has always been deeply interested in the uplift and social welfare of girls and women indeed it was the great advantages which woman suffrage hopes to con fer upon the working classes that first drew her attention to that movement while never an active club member mrs lane has been much absorbed in club work as well as charitable chiri table work and will in all probability take up some of it in the capital she Is a woman whose life has been devoted to worthwhile projects in her home city every movement that has had the betterment of women and children for its primal object has enjoyed her endorsement indorsement Indor and support and no little of the success which attended dr lane s occupancy of bla pub lie offices U due to his cifes interest and co operation As proof of her success as wife and mother her family are her stan diest admirers mrs lane was miss lola bailey and was born in milwaukee ore about six miles from portland she and dr lane were childhood sweet hearts and were married in portland about thirty years ago they have two grown daughters one 0 whom mrs N macbryde resides in new orleans while miss harriet Is with her parents she bids fair to become very popular particularly among the collego girls of eo clety a trl delta she Is already finding hosts of congenial fraternal spirits in washington and baltimore dr I 1 ane la classed as one of the baby sen naori in addition to belonging to the came family aa the secretary of the interior he Is a grandson of con joseph lane who ran on the presidential ticket with breckenridge and who also wore a senatorial toga besides being herrl tordal governor of oregon and the delegate to congress dr lane has filled the office of mayor of port land and also that of superintendent of abo state insane asylum he succeeds jonathan bourne and shares the honors of the medical profession with senator gallanger who for lears has been the only doctor with a seat tn the upper house the wife of the successor to joseph W bailey of texas has the distinction of being the youngest of all of the wives in the senatorial circle though the very dignified and sedate mother of a lively little daughter of two years mrs morris sheppard la but two years old she Is the daughter of mr and mrs N P ban derson of texarkana Tex arkana the home town of her hus hand where she was born texarkana Tex arkana as every one knows Is a dual township as Is expressed in its name sheppard was born on tue arkan sag aid alle side had always knows her bug band sanco he waa a friend of her father thir romance had its beginning tn washington wallo JW 0 bhe was completing her studies la a seminary here her earlier education was obtained in the local schools at home for the higher branches she en the randolph macon comans college of lynchburg val where she spent two years after which sha came to the washington seminary despite her extreme youth mrs sheppard possesses a lengthy list ot accomplishments she 18 expert in alne needlework and hand embroidery as her babi a little garments boar positive betl mony she Is a pianist of no email ability and also a vocalist planning to continue the study ot voice culture in the future she Is also a con stant reader and a profound student ot politics which she declares she finds most fascinating her interest in political matters was naturally much enlarged in the senators recent campaign during a goodly part of which she accompanied him besides being sufficiently interested to gate the new methods advocated tor improvement in pure food and home management airs sheppard has recently become a mem ber of the D A R she la a member of the con gressional gress tonal club and also of the democratic league another senatorial hostess who Is no stranger to washington Is sirs joseph C ransdell of louisiana whose husband has been in congress for the past fourteen years mrs ransdell cornea of a distinguished southern family and was alsi olive irene powell before her marriage which occurred november 15 at her birthplace laka providence li she la a member of the D A R through the records of her great great grand gen evan shelby and his son capt moses shelby her grandfather M de lafayette shelby fought in the battle of new orleans in 1814 and five of his sons served through the civil war M do lafay atte shelby was named for the famous french general by his intimate friend and companion capt moses shelby one of the heroes of kings mountain she is an ardent advocate of sal peace and a member of the D A R internal peace arbitration committee of hor native state mrs william howard thompson of kansas brings to washington a personality which rad latas the wholesome energy and animation of the west she Is virtually a stranger though she has visited the capital before in her travels though protesting that she has never been much of a joiner mrs thompson has a rather generous collection of club organization member ships mrs thompson was miss dertha felt daughter of the lieutenant governor of kansas she wai born in a iowa and was married almost out of high school for she was graduated in june and married in august since then mr and mrs thompson have resided in topeka and garden city kan they have three children thel roa hertha aged eighteen wilbert felt aged fourteen both of whom are at school in topeka and a baby boy of two years william howard jr who ja with faia parents aad abo with the little daughter of senator shappard is the ecung at of taft ehll dreu |