Show DF D F 0 F 0 0 ma A when the cleveland regime in Nl march arch next turns its back bach upon the white house tor for the last time whose will be the new faces at the door whom will the new president and his if ife bring in their train to share their residence in the mansion that has harbored harbord so many executive families who will figure as ladies of the administration for the tour four years to come in the reception of foreign princes and potentates tates and in other white house functions to a great part of the american people these questions are paramount with the making of president elect mckinless McKin leys cabinet they are questions which hypothetically po put began to harass some po people ople as soon az the nomination of mior mckinley was heralded there Is one feature of the life of the which the chroniclers of the campaign seem to have passed over a chapter which however is an old though always a touching story to dwellers in canton the devotion of major mckinley and his wife to each other Is well known in the cemetery on the outskirts of the town there is a small burial plot wherein are three little litile graves it flitters differs in no particular respect from others about it the casual passerby would pay no especial heed to it but there many years ago before tame fame came knocking at his door william mckinley and his wife turied burled hope the three little headstones mark the graves of their children and every day all the long years through mrs mckinley has gone to the lonely graveyard and laid fresh flowers upon the mounds when major mckinley Is in canton they make the daily pilgrimage together since those graves were made there has dwelt in mrs mckinless McKin leys heart and ana been manifest in her life a great womanly kindliness toward all the world and a sweetness that can only come of sorrow A notable figure in the group of white house women too will be the venerable mother from whom the declare the president elect has inherited his strongest traits of face and character char acte r though now nearly ninety years of age grandma mckinley as all canton knows her rejoices in the hope that she may live to make the journey to washington and see her son take the oath of his distinguished office grandma mckinley is tor for her years a most striking personality and the picture she will make with her silver hair and time lime furrowed face sitting in the seat of honor in the white house will be worth going miles to see there is no more devoted daughter in the land than miss helen mckinley sister of the president elect she devotes decote her life to the care of her mother aad the old lady can enter upon no undertaking der taking without her attendance and aid miss mckinley who was tor for several eral years a teacher is a woman of great refinement and of learning withal but is to a singular degree retiring and averse to publicity to her the newspaper tame fame which haal come to the faintly a tame fame which is too minute to consist with her ideas of what is co comfortable for table has been the disagreeable feature of her brothers elevation to the presidency her personal appearance is in keeping with her nature she is petite precise quiet and retiring to a degree but to those who know her a most admirable and lovable woman in addition to the care and devotion which she lavishes lavished lavis hes upon her mother miss mckinley has had charge of the education of her niece miss grace mckinley the orphaned daughter of major mckinless McKin leys brother james this young lady who is now in college at mt holyoke is destined to be one of the brightest and most particular stars among the white house women nature cast her in a liberal mould she Is tall of magnificent figure though she is only a girl of eighteen and with a disposition and mind of the same fine order she has superb carriage and such a complexion as one reads about in her face and in her mental makeup make up as well are plainly discernible the strong features with which grandmother mckinley has endows all her children and grandchildren they say in canton that she looks like the major though instead of his dark complexion and hair she has brown hair and blue eyes and is fair and rosy her chum in mt it holyoke Is her cousin miss mary barber who will be another of the group of young people at the white house in appearance miss misa barber Is almost the exact opposite of 1 her cousin she is slight dark and very pretty withal and in manner as winsome a maid as y you au would meet in a days journey the chums at mt holyoke were also chums at farmington conn where they previously atte attended school and the common sense education that Is dealt out at mt holy holyoke oke is only a c continuation m of the wise training that both girls enjoyed enjo ed under the training of miss helen mck mckinley McKin inlet lei who by the way was herself a mt holyoke graduate miss barber is the oldest daughter of mrs marshall P barber mrs mckinless McKin leys sister who lives in the old saxon homestead there are two other girls in the family and the wise people say the oldest of these will also be seen at th the white eWhite house before the administration Is over A third bud of the mckinley branches who wi will 11 blossom prominently in the VV white hite ho house use social garden gardea Is miss mabel mc mckinley ainley daughter of abner mckinley the majors brother she is living with her parents at the windsor hotel in this city they have recently returned from their summer home a beautiful place in tho the mountains of somerset co county anty pennsylvania miss mabel is a comely girl of engaging manners maners and though barely eighteen 11 catl has given evidence of musical 9 ability rare in amateurs so youthful her mother mrs abner mckinley was before her marriage very and very well known in educational circles in 1 ohio A sister of mra mo kinley mrs duncan of cleveland has h a charming daughter of eighteen who will be among the bright young women of the white IV Tilte house mrs P A schell mrs abner mo kinle sister Is also to be numbered m n the circle of white house ladles there are in canton several ladies school girl friends of mrs mckinley her intimacy with whom time has not in the least degree impaired and aln arno may be expected to appear often in the list of white house guests among these are mrs W H day mrs george B frease and mrs H 0 S Heig heistand tand another charming woman undoubtedly to be added to the white louse house I set is IB mrs jamesw jeanes W boyle her husband who has hag been with major mckinley through his two terms as governor of ohio will unless all present signs and predictions go tar far stray astray a be the lamont lament of the mckinley adain admin administration istra tiou in that case mrs boyle Is quite apt to figure largely in the affairs of the white house where all who know her aver her graciousness coupled with wath phenomenal tact and discretion will make her presence a valuable boon to the mistress mrs mckinley has close personal friends in mrs M A hanna and mrs M T Herr herrick lck of cleveland who as miss parmalee of dayton was one of the reigning belles of the buckeye buckey e state during major mckinless McKin leys nr r vice as governor these ladies were weirs prominent in all social affairs of the tae executive there is one person of tle the male persuasion too who is destined to hare much to do with the social arrab ments of the white house that Is 1 mrs mckinless McKin leys cousin sam saxon whom every everybody jody in cantin knows and aad likes he be has the dignity of webster the grace of chest ches arfield er field and the affability of almost all the good fellow anybody knows all through rugh th the BW laign he was an indispensable attendant upon major 11 mckinley Mr Kinley and it to Is doubtful it if any of all the people aba helped m me make e the campaign receptions low pass off smoothly and with a minimum minima of wear and tear was of more service than this same young man the dent elect has vast regard for young saxtons santons Sax tons social astuteness and it is in long odds that he will be seen much of before the tour four years are over |