Eureka Reporter | 1905-05-12 | Page 7 | Charm of Dolly Madison

CHARM OF DOLLY MADISON gave mistress of white house her empire over hearts to define the charm of a charming woman Is always difficult dolly mad ison Is features were mere not regular nor was her figure perfect she was not witty nor was she wise and she par little it if at all in her bus bands intellectual life nevertheless she stands out as the greatest of all mistresses of the white house and her popularity was unbounded she ruled over her world in washington Washing tol with genial good nature and instinct ive tact her nature was mas warm warn I 1 at af and impressionable she loved life and people and her world loved her her brilliant coloring a an u imater face and well rounded figure went with a cordial manner and sym pathy for those about her amounting to genius and she was always ready to bubble into laughter who could resist such a woman the cifa of a president she was the center of observation at the inaugural ball but she would have been the center of observation at any ball even it if she had not been the presidents president a wife she had in tact fact ruled as in disputably over the little boarding house in philadelphia kept by her mother when she was the widow todd as she did over the white house as mrs madison century magazine