Show i NEXT MISTRESS Of THE WHITE HOUSE li IS WELL NEil r fOR F TASK BEfORE HEE HE 1 I i iI J. J L I HAS Goon SOCIAL 1 L I AND SENSE i Ii j t For Many Years She Has Been Distinguished in Official t t Set AN EXPERIENCE OF VALUE VI 1 Comely and Accomplished J She f Is an au Ideal Wife for a n P Political Leader i I t I J- J Washington D D. C C. Nov No S. S N wo- wo 0 I f man mail ever called upon to nil fill th tho i r cult and aUd exacting position oC or mistress of ur the White Whito House e saM vaa better prepared pre pre- I JI pared d and equipped for rOl Or th task taik than thania 1 r ia Iri Helen II H Taft TaIt the wife or of of I r President elect Jd nl Taft Slit is a wom woman n i 1 of or culture and nd refinement and md of j of r r many accomplishments pO possesses unusual un- un t t. t usual tact social finish and md e i t rill nIl a larce larre m measure of sound round common ene For a number of or ears s-ears ea s h I 4 bat hae lived in Washington a ar 31 one of Hi th thi distinguished women of or the of- of r circles and 2nd the training training- which I 1 t she he d during that time Ume will prove of of great value to r. r her hea a as mistress of ot the White Whito House Home I oIls Mrs Taft is quite as at attractive at at- Ir f as bhe he is from Crom an Intellectual p point of or view sIew She he is fair I and rid girlish looking lo and no ono one would I from h her r that hE his lias 3 a ou fon OU enough to be in Jn c c i J k E Sho Ehe 1 Is 18 frank and vivacious tous toti and yet po possessed es ed of marled marked f 4 dignity of f b bearing aling and th the self eE I Io o l n 4 cear to a woman oman h in her exalt exalted I I 0 position She is always alwa's cor cordial lal a rare Im accomplishment among unon society women en anti and pos possesses c ses an ex excellent cl memory for II p persons and nam names un an Invaluable gift gUt for ol the thc wife of a political J leader i r The ne now ot oi th hUe House wag v Miss iss Helen daugh- daugh hl h- h I l iet l of the law partner of the late President Ha Hayes Hae es she marriel H H. Taft in Cincinnati In 1856 Sh She was a bright and talented girl I with a perfect pas passion pasion ion for music Ii 11 I Y addition to f-a a n good education she alie hc 1 received re ye- cd an excellent training in hi music antI and ajit through all her future life lire musk muk has laB ever been her hor favorite recreation creation I She She i is not only an au accomplished j I pianist but possesses a thorough of the th theory ory of If music muLe and nn on n extensive c acquaintance with t tho the J licit works work of musical literature But notwithstanding her great Jove love of muc mu- mu c f Ic le cn and her ardent devotion to It 1 he i tG has never allowed ed it to become an 1 5 1 iiiI passion or oven ovena a fadi lad fad adi i i lo toO tho of with her 1 F duties to l Ifer er husband and hor ram fain N- N i Ib t t. t i i. i q Although h probably t better equipped t. t v high social social position o than most I n Important p positions in l 1 American Mrs Taft t Is D by nd tad ti f means meane a 3 typical society woman Noman For that sh she j i is too Intelligent sensible an and w well JJ balanced Ever since her hel j husband entered official life in Vash 1111 futon iuston and nd even y n that when h he I was sun Ull Homing Hominga a ju in iii unit unto Mrs Taft has made It her study and andain ain U to fill lilt to the best of ot her ability Ibe position in society to which sh shwas she shea was a entitled by vii virtue tuo of her husbands husband's I official rank Her natural talent an anthe and the thc Intellectual training of ot her girl girl- daYS l made days ado the task easier for tor I her lier and her inborn tact helped h her r to avoid the pitfalls so o disastrous to In Inexperienced Inexperienced In In- experienced and but indifferently equipped women in A 3 Homo home l e Ic is the new of tho the House seen to greater a advantage van t tage gc than In her home ome circle the su supreme su- su preme test for tho tIm sterling qualities I of any woman woman no matter what her position In society She is devoted to her husband and aut her children tale takes rn interest in everything thin pertaining pertaining- to he her domestic establishment and Is considered con con- ider d a a. model Sho docs hot not consider it below her dignity to attend to her het hou household duties and antI 1 devotes devotee great personal care to the proper conduct of ot her bel domestic es est es- es t Xo No woman oman in Washington I ton society over o knew w w better than Ulan Mrs Taft Tart to lo add d a wholesome and refreshing domestic domestic do do- domestic charm to her social entertain entertain- mente Xo No o matter how formal th the function may be Mrs r Taft as the lie I hostess makes all aU her guests feel that I they aro received at ut her home not in Iii ina a a. hotel botel parlor pailor or a public hall hail Sh h knows know better than most women tho thu secret of or making her guests feel teet at ease nse without vulgarizing the ton ton- domIn dominant of her hospital board An n cco Woman oman Mrs IlIJ Taft TaCt Is an accomplished mur mu- mu r and h has s great cat love c for her art but she never nc obtrudes tho the f subject of or T music nor do doca doci she ever er bore hare her he with insane accounts of th the petty tribulations to which every cry WIman woman woman wo- wo man at the head o of a large domestic establishment Is more 1 or less exposed Y Of or her family an her own affairs f 1 sho speaks peals with VILh well bred brett discretion arid and sparingly while tc sho w r re- re skill eldH and tact in itt drawing draving out her visitors 8 by manifesting manifesting- I cUe Interest la In their affairs affair 4 Ue home hom wherever cr she ma may be Le Is e 1 alwa D filled with wHit that thaL intangible r- r t harm wl widen ch from ho tho inA In- In A- A and r- r taste of ot th tin tin- hostess Mrs rs Taft TaCt Ilko her her- daughter Helen now nov study study- In at Byrn Is an au Episcopalian hut but she tho hi i Is minded broad 11 enough not i It to allow religious differences HH ii a R. se serious e rious nature t to ariso h between her and her husband who 1 belongs to the Unitarian Uni Uni- Uni- Uni tartan church nil although hough ho frequently tends attends InI services CB at al tho the s' s ch church with hi lib hili l I I 14 T I Ij II j I I I LI MRS WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Next Mistress of White House and First Lady of the Nation |