Show F I THE FIRST LADY CHICAGO GO Nov Xo 19 W.- W. The Th first st Iud lady I of tb the laud aud What hat manner of woman is she This all 3 absorbing question in tho feminine mind nn and in tho the masculine too for that matter is is readily an an- Mrs Ir Helen Herron Taft raft wife ife of the president elect and next mistress of the tho I white bite house hi has 1 been for years cars a well I II I known fi figure ligore in ip Washington ton society where her graciousness ct and Ind womanly wn ways wars s 's have 11 won her a n warm place in the heart 6 of those who have ha met her The rho characteristic of the Taft raft homo home lies in iu its atmosphere of hospitality hospital it ity to friends and aDd to strangers alike She Sho Has no Fads Mrs Taft i is of the n type typo of American woman She has tas as no fans fads shaI she sha hll has not a trace of affectation She Sho possesses possesses pos pos- I tS a n refreshing sense of humor she has hUS a wealth of information on subjects running till the gamut amur from politics to to art Her manner manier cr is frank and direct Sho She radiates I In these qualities or temperament I the tho next mistress of the white house is like liko her husband Dd whoso hoso genial nial smile has been pictured from one cn end of the land to tho the other othor during tho the campaign e Both tho the next president and his wife like to welcome visitors at the their l' l lhome home friends arr ar malle to feel that the thc Taft hearthstone i is their own business cullers receive recco o the tho utmost cour- cour no one Ont ever leaves cS tho Taft raft home feeling that he be has been an nn intruder Iu taking up the reins of tho the highest social position in the tho country Mrs Taft will ill not do fo so with an entire sense of strau strangeness to tho the white whito house home life Tier Her father nHi cas as the law lav partner of President Hayes and und the chief executive c held bold the daughter of his hig partner close to his heart Although only a toddler during the tue Hayes s administration Irs Taft spent the greater part rt of each year at atthe atthe the white house home bc he practically all grew up in iu its atmosphere In aPle r Mrs Irs Taft Toft is is tall lull and youthfully slender Her Tier hair is dark brown fown and her ber eyes arc are blue gray rny Serenity tv l lies cs in her ber expression and she ho hohas has a way of smiling n when she is nInus amused snakes makes her face inco a n charming charming charm charm- ing picture It has hn often otten been said sai that Mrs r Taft raft has as fig keen a sense of humor as ag her husband an and that her flashes of wit often set ct h her hor r husband off into explosions of laughter Speaks Several Languages Beading anI and music aro uro Mrs fl daft aft s 's d diversions She devotes dc some part purt of each ach day dil to the study of languages French and Spanish bring being her ber favor favor- ites Few mistresses of tho the white house hom have been familiar with tho the continental to tn tal languages which has prevented them from absorbing n a familiar knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- c edge e of Ot f that fascinating part of nf Wa Washington sh 0 n so society cic ty t tho Ii o d diplomatic atie o ma tic corps corp Mrs h Taft raft speaks several so languages lan Jan ung's g-ung's fluently Sho She reads musical reviews re- re views jews from every country where music is a n or and ana in in addition sIlo shin peruses peruse magazines devoted d to polities und anti the tho best literature of the day a The children n of the thc Taft family are area a pride and iov ov oV to both Mrs f Taft ft and Iud tho the president There are arc three I I children in the Taft family Robert who i is 1 ID 10 and a sophomore at It Vale I Miss Helen who has as just t turned 17 Ii I I ant and antho who ho has elected to spend four I years more at school hoo if her bel parents consent and anil Charles P. P Taft II It 10 years old awl and named unmeet after his uncle I the tho millionaire ro editor of Cincinnati tho the thoI I presidents president s 's Brother Charley I Charley Chancy In Kermits Kermit's Place Charley ho boy as the youngster of or orI I the tho family is called callea at homo borne kept a faithful diary of his tour around tho the world orId and a br brighter cht r. r more unaffected I bo boy bov it would ouM be hard to find The career of Miss Miss- fis- fis lIchen Holon who is isI bent on spending speeding four years ears more moro at I school is giving Mrs Irs Taft the most concern The fhe next lady Indy of tho white house believes cs to a n certain degree in ina in ina I a higher education but she says that a ai i I woman who has ns studied earn H makes a more use useful ul mcm member r of tv sock I than one ono wh whose se accomplishments are arc varied but mostly artificial The midI middIe mid mid- die dle conr course e of a good gOOl academic school I and special studies afterward sue she bei be- be e i Moves lieres meets all the requirements for th thI the tho I vast major majority tr of tho the future wives wins and andi i mothers I |