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Show Mrs. Champ Clark f photo Copyrfght by Harris & Ewinf. ' PARTS PLAYED BY THEIR WIVES i IN THE POLITICAL !,t LIVES OF MEN I: WHO WOULD 0C- J:i CUPY THE WHITE . HOUSE - 9 ? " ' (Copyright, 1911. Ir tlic York IIcraM Co. Ail J ,1 rights rcicncdj ' b fi VEK smce the lhne o Dol,y Mafl" S ison and Anrou Burr American i ; B women have been active iu pol-J pol-J f - itics. They arc the silent part- ' ners of the men who seek political J ;f preferment from their fellows. I Mauv a woman has brought her husband I ' the votes which placed hiru in Congress, I! ' and the record of their methods and cn- & i deavors would form a far more interesting i story than the sometimes sordid work of J the men who hold the office;. f Women, as a rule, play the game with J i much more skill and vastly more fairness iLlbv"' Bf , T'-Nlrs A. B Cummins , , ' " Photo t K W W.eltr 1 while he is a "dark horse" in the rcpub- lican warming up race she will gain an immediate reputntion by doing iL Not only arc the women helpful after marriage, but they arc not infrequently an inspiration and an aid before. "When Senator GJaude A. Swanson, of Virginia, weut to ask Mies Lyons, of Richmond, to he his wife, it is said that she answered him ; "Come hack when you have been elected to Cougress." Mr. Swanson returned re-turned and later brought Miss Lyons to Washington as Mre. Swanson. President Taft not long ago introduced Mrs.' Taft to a Washington andience before be-fore wliich they both appeared as "the thing in their power to put their own husbands to the front. These arc the dark horses, and it is in the quieter pntba of politics the more subtle reasoning (hat the women excel. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey, did uol begin to "do things" until un-til after he was maided. Ilis rise in life to social and political prominence seems to have begun with the year in which he forsook bachclordom, and he often asserts as-serts to frieuds that his wife is responsible respon-sible for what micccfs he has enjpyed, not only as an inspiration but-as a helpmeet help-meet in the work and play .of his po- i Of no less ".alue was her inherent knack of making and holding friends. Mrs. Wilson is unostentatious in all that she does and abhors cverj thing llashy and loud. Consequently, the friends she makes are held by her own personality. In the executive house at Sea Girt, N. J., her entertainments arc frequent, but of, a quiet nature, and her receptions arc at- tended by some of the most influential men of the Stut'1, who go there because they like to, and noY because they feel it u duly or because thqy are politically tTe-p.ndout tTe-p.ndout upon the Governor. It is the friends' which the Governor has made with his wife who will be largely large-ly responsible if Mrt Wilson bpcouics a Presidential nominee in the campaign of 101-2. ' Any one of several men may become the nominee of the democratic party and jump from State or Congressional politics into the national arena. They are Itepre-sentnthe Itepre-sentnthe Oscar W. "Underwood, of Alabama, Ala-bama, who is married a second lime, having hav-ing been widowed: Speaker Champ Clark, of Missouri, whose wife L able and resourceful re-sourceful ; Governor Foss, of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, whose wife years ago tried to keep him from politics; Mr. Bryan, whose wife has Jind more experience than 'any of the rest: Governor Marshall, whose wife is much ypnngcr than he, and Governor Gov-ernor Folk, whose wife probnblj cares less for politics than do nn of the others. It was her de'sire totkeep her home life j T, hems forced into Washington life as some of the others and she will bo almost al-most as well ?utisfied to remain with her unmarried children in their beautiful home at Jamaica Plain, Muss. It is characteristic of Mrs. Foss that their summer honui lb not on the fashionable North Shore, where President Taft spends his summer months if Cougress lets liim, but on the South Shore, where llicre is less fashion and more family life. They have a summer place called "Green Gobies" at Cohasset, on the celebrated cele-brated Jerusalem Koad, Mrs. Underwood likes politics lo an extent ex-tent which lends her to read the Congressional Congres-sional Record What stronger could be said of her participation in her husband's life? Any woman who rends the Congressional Congres-sional Record, whn the tendency of ibe social surroundings in which she i placed is lo discuss the latest novel, has her political po-litical diploma in her hands, "It is her husband's speeches to which Mxs. Underwood firt turns,' hut she fol lows tho debates of the House with a closeness wliich enables hpr to discuss tbem intelligently and critically. It's a !bad thing for some not over well informed woman to criticise the democrnticparly In the presence of Mra. Underwood. Two hoys by a former marriage keep both Representative and Mrs. Underwood fairly busy. She i a Southern woman of unusual social gifts and is very popular in Washington, A, n -' VJ 'Si?'., rr than the men. in Wastungton, where . ' . jm igaE&A ' WVr-- 4&'X --ra. 'l politics centres, their facility is known, 'fyt. ' ' W - V0 I i appreciated, yes, even dodged, by men ' . ' $&tt$fr'Jsi!l J?'?"'- ' $D J$f&V "' t ''dOf I I who make a business of playing Uic po- . ' - ' ' . fc".v' , (Kf 'tfiM S1V Ik lilleal game. A meeting of the Daughters ' ,-.. W V-S ffy)Z I f( of the American Revolution is aa full of ' ' ' rsSwa, fL..., ?& ?S wvS4'i JlVM" 0 """W 'rfT politics as a county convention in Ver- ( 1 ' JSipSSMTSSSm kS Y V m 6 ? ! mont But it is not among themselves or A ?&rams l.k4'M V Jg. i I ' for themselves that women win the most i &: f, ', daring political victories- They accom- 1 p ' y , plish most -when working for eomc one'1 5 '. whom they love or want to win. j1 , ' Silent partners of the Presidential can-1 li- ' didatcs are already ns busy as the candi-d: candi-d: i dales themselves. It is an even chauce that they have looked further ahead and '. seen more clearly the contest for the notn- 6 jnation in the democratic party and the f. if battle for the election which followc than i most of the men who have been regarded fbs ;l ' either as candidates or the "dark hoises" zm, of the nalionnl election ?f 1012. Each of l&v the candidates for the republican nom-ig1 nom-ig1 i inalion has a wife whpse political fore 1 l sight and devotion have already aided J5 materially toward political success. h Mrs. Taft, whose husband will probably W I be reuomlnaled by the republicans, ia an iil I a bio politician and a farsighted critic. rf f She knowa politicians and their ways, aud jg 4 elie knows the ways of thqir -wives, which fj ' is Rometimes almost as important. ffl Mrs. Taft always has been at her hus-m hus-m B. band's fddc in Washington when he wa l m Secretary of War, in the Philippine?, N-.K in Cuba; and whether he hastened across 'jpi the continent or the ocean in hjs, m'lBsion IS t-' of pacification ehe has usually accom- gSwt : . .. M ' i j panicd him. tf ' ' ' rfj ';. ' Mrs. Robert M. La Follettc, whose huh- ijj ' band is attempting to defeat the nomipa' St tion of President Taft by running on c jjl radical platform, Is a lawyer. And wha (jjjj lawyer, man or wom&n, is not a politician' it They used to say in Town -when Senatoi j A, R. Cummins was running for the Gov crnorshlp or election to ihc Senate tha Mrs. (?ummins was his biggest ppliljca f asset. What she was then bhe Is to-dtj 1 4 ,nud if any candidate's wife "puts any ifl l thing over" on Mrs. Cuninilni' husban '2- BHS9H i real President." That may have been iodic license, but the remark was elo-lucnt elo-lucnt in expressing the President's indebt-ednCfcd indebt-ednCfcd to his wife and the power which women hold over political life. ' OC the members of Presideut Taft's Cabinet Cab-inet only one, Frank Ii. Hitchcock, the . Poshnobter General, is a bachelor. Lie has been too busy to get mnrried. They , say in Washington that Mr. Hitchcock needs a wife, and he has often shown that he felt the same way about it himself. . They have as exciting elections at the Congressional Club, made up of women of the Congressional set, as they have in tbe ' Insurgent Stntc of Wiscoudn. When Mrs. Ernest W. Roberts, wife of the Representative Repre-sentative from Massachusetts, was elected Ia3t winter the excitement almost reduced the House of Representatives to the expedient ex-pedient of ndjourniug because of the lack of a quorum. In the list of eight receptive candidates for the democratic nomination for President Presi-dent there Is not a man who does uol owe much of his success to an able wife. It lakes a man with a helpful -wife to win in politics under ordinary conditions. So i great is the weight of woman's nid that those without it arc not, as a general nile, found at the top. Jr.st run over the names of your political friends and . nolo how few of them are bachelors. , Surprising, isn't it'i i Mrs. Harmon and Mrs, Wilson, the t first the wife of the Governor of Ohio ? and the second the wife of the Gov-r Gov-r crupr of Now Jersej, are both politicians - of merit. Their husbands now lead in t the race for the democratic nomin: lion 1 Behind them, and not very far away in ", some caaes, nre oilier women from as fur - North as Massachusetts' and aa fur (IrSoutU as Alabama -who are doing every- Mrs. Judson Harmon itic.il life. When Mr. Wilson married Miss Ellen Louise Axson irj Savannah, Ga.. in iSSu. j he w.is a lawyer with a none too thriving' lrn dice in Atlanta. Willi his marriage he began to become heller acquainted nmoug persons who couuted, and in lhe same year he was appointed ijrofesaor of history and political cco-iomy at Bryu Mawr College. The posilipu carried with il a salary which was an advance on his enrning na a" lawyer nnd ulso n deal of social prestige. With Mrs. Wilton he made scores of new friends whom he would hare reached with gieat dimculty r.s .t single man. Ilis wife is famous for the case with which she wins acquaintances nndj makes them friend. Mrs. Wilson was not one who would ingratiate herself with others at tho expense of n moiel of her belf-rcBpcct, but her tact and pciaoual magnetism won friends who were inlluentiiil. Three ycais later Mr. Wilson wns called lo Weslcyan University, and in two years he went to Princeton lo occupy the chair of jurisprudence and politics. Roth theso advances, he has repeatedly said, were more than half due to his wife, who not only helped him with his work but planned courses of study with him and helped to carry them out. , When the present Now Jersey Governor entered nctivo politics Mra. Wilson took hold with him, and, being of n practical turn of mind, was of 'great assistance in ii ruing hor husband's, wealth of theo-r rcticul politics to use in the real game. J) f - i JL Robert M i3lfeKr x' liW T" ?8& Ln Follettc B W , Photo Gy R. Cuniss . v y&Mfor, . . ' inviolate and have her husband near her Bto&ffi&ft 1 thai inlliienceil Mrs. Foss to oppose his I -J!zS&sst j ' - political ciicorr She is not any too well J&&j0i$&i& "r pleased that he has followed it, but she -,vi'-SaS'' ' allies his success and is proud thut he v '2;. m'. V ' 'I has been a second timo able to dric Sen- 'J9 L!'V. ' a tor Lodge and the Old Guaid iu Mna- jt-' .ASs S5 : ''" suchuselta lo cover. Mrs. Foss does not ,t ' V', Zf ". -. AV1' travel with her ideal candidate. -She pie- , ; . .WjJj&V J&U. - W'j fers to remain at home, and Is essentially T '' ''rrr::- J domestic in her tastes. She is rather MrS. W. J- Bryan"- small and pretty, of a blond type, al- Photo by Towncnd ways cheerful and dearly loved by those mound her. Governor and Mm. Foss , inviolate and have her husband near her thai influenced Mrs. Foss to oppose his political oncer."" She is not any too well pleased that he has followed it, but she allies his success and is proud thut he has been a second timo able to dric Senator Sen-ator Lodge and the Old Guaid iu Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts lo cover. Mrs. Foss does not travel with her ideal candidate. "She pie-fers pie-fers to remain at home, and Is essentially domestic in her tastes. She is rather small and pretty, of a blond type, always al-ways cheerful and dearly loved by those mound her. Governor and Mm. Foss have twin dnughters, Helen nnd Esther, and two sons, to whom the mother Is devoted. de-voted. Vell," said n friend lo Mrs. Foss when slu? went to Washington to see hei husband lake the oath of olhee as a member mem-ber Of tiie Uftnsc, "I suppose you are now getting reconciled to having your husband in politics?" , "" "Well, I am glad he lias won hfi once," wns as near to nn indorsement ol tho situation ns the Wif0 0f ihe Massachusetts Massachu-setts Governor would go. Mrs. Underwood Likes Politics. Mrs. Foss-is not in as grave danger ol ' ' ' 7 " ii "ri m i ifjji - iaMftflf"f-" i 'ffyM'iri m TiSSii Governor and Mrs. Mnrshall are still on their honeymoon. Whore Governor Marshall Mar-shall goes in a campaign there Mrs. Mar- shall goos also., Tbey met when the Gov-. Gov-. eruor was in thft l'"cl,ce of lnw' Mrb-. Mrb-. Marsbnll, although much younger than 1 hor husband, 'mothers lnni' and makes him take care -of. 1 "" ' . ri' went , lo WashingtuiHogctber lost iLter Some e of Governor' Marshall's political friends : proposed that fa way be made for urn to go upon tl.efloorfof the House that he might meet tStoe who could contnhnte to his political-advancement. : "I do-niWto so wliurc my wife W",. -VV; ' ' Mrs. William M & W" -7 HrdTalt - Jl? ' Photo Copyright H 3vCvL by J Knwl" Buhop I H .- H --r Iraits alo wliich appeal to the home lor- M " ' "?- n Prominence of Governor Harmon in H . ys-".'a- vK Mrs Eugenr. politics has made Mrs. Harmon a grcnt' H i ""yijSjfe FosS reader of newspapers, and she often di- q M Irs. Woodrov Wilson 'hoto by Davis & Eickemeyer t. cannot go," was the Governor's rather curl reply to the proposal. Then he rejoined re-joined her iu the House gallery. In addition to beingvi politician of ability abil-ity Mrs. Clark, wife V tho democratic Speaker of the House, is a writer and story teller. Sho was MisS Genevieve Rennctt, of Missouri, a.nd was educated t the university of her own State. She has written interesting eharaeter sketches of her native .count of Calloway, and is hlrong in thedomcstic arts. They have a son, who wafc sent to his mother's old college, and 'a daughter, Genevieve, named for her mother, attended the Friends' School in Washington. Mrs. Clark believes that ham should bo cooked by boiling it in pure water and then after allowing lo Cool baking it in vinegar and brown sugar as a sort of sauce. This is the way the Speaker of the House likes it The recipe came out as the tesult of a ham cooking contest, in which Representative and Mrs. Ollic James, of Kentucky, argued for the Kentucky Ken-tucky way, and Senator and Mrs. Boh Taylor for the Tennessee method. Before Be-fore thf argument was settled they all had to be convinced at a birthday dinner for lhe Speaker. When Representative ( Clark became Speaker Mrs. Clark aitl that their home at it Washington apartment house was not sufllcient and promptly moved her husband to a handsome house in Sixteenth Six-teenth slrcet suitable for entertaining She is a Presbyterian. Mra Harmon has Ihp advantage of some of the other silent partners of can-didates can-didates in having become familiar with Washington society and methods when her husband was Attorney General under President Cleveland. She is a Daughter of the American Revolution and knows of Its politics as well as those which have higher olllcea at stake. Mrs. Harmon is a gracefur'hosleis, a Inutful. "d to her husband.-and-.a woman of .those-domesiic reels the attention of her husband to I M things which would otherwise have es- M enped even"" so close an observer of po- H litical changes. She says that she has no H fads except keeping bouse and her four yM grandchildren. Mrs. Harmon holds that l next to their home duties women can M find best results for their endeavors in M caring for ill and indigent children. If H she interfered in any of the conditions M at her own State of Ohio Mr3." Harmon J , H would be most likely to 'jsk hcnhushiind H that women be put iu chnrgc of these r H institutions. H Mrs. Folk, wife of the Governor of Mis- , H f-ouri, while not likely to become mistreat f ( M of .the White House, is a possibility who M would pieside over it -with graceful ease j J M of manner. She Ls a Southern woman, j M fond of good society and, it Is said, ap. j M pronched the social duties of the Gov- M ernor's mnusion with some misgivings, be- cause of the varied characteristics of those jH whom she would be called upon to make H feel at home. IH Mrs. Bryan's Experience. i H .Mrs. Rrynn is better known than any M of the others because of Mr. Rryan's pnr- tlcipatioa in many prjor campaigns. Her H father said that she -studied law because H she did not want her husband to know anything she did not, but he was probably , ' M that once iu error. She says that it was I M to make her a better comrade and help- I H meet. Mrs. Bryan loves to read Victor H Hugo, and holds that the best asset of a f H boy or a girl is common seusc. Her pn' ' cuts. Colonel and Mra. Darius Dexter, M lived at Jamestown, X. Y., and were i j H Knglbh stock. ' H The romance of Senator and Mrs. La , M Follettc began when both were in the ' H University of Wisconsin. "Mrs. La. Fol- H lette is not only a lawyer hut was once H . a member of the linn of La Follettc & H La Follettc. She is more in the public H eye pcinaps man any omer woman cun- i m jiectoil with thopossiblc nomination ns i H a Presidential candidate except Mrs. I H Taft. She writes a daily contribution for H a syndicate of newspapers on such topics I H ns health, womanhood and the best, H foods. I , H lu addition to this work Mrs. La Fol- H lette edits a page in her husband's mag- , H azine aud advises him freely as to Ids J i H political moves. She is the critic of his IH speeches nnd spends long hour in con- I IH sullntion with him to determine whether jH he t,hall put his influence behind certain ' IH issues or remain aloof. When Senator ' La Follettc is going to speak Mra. La ' jH Follettc, and genemlly some of her chil- JH drcn, nre in the first row of the Senate H gallery. This. is one way of telling whether the Wisconsin man contqm- , M plntes going into action that, is not lost IH sight of by the press gallery. H Mr-s. La Follette cures us' little for H dies.s aud society as they aro generally M understood us does her husband. She , H dresses couifortnbb, but plainly, and is IH a partisan of the simple dress for women. M Her daughter, Miss Fola La Follette, was recently mnrried to Georgo Middle jH ton. a Now ork playwright. H Both Senator and Mrs. La Follettc are i H fond of Shakespeare, and in those days ( M when she worked long Into the night nd- M ilressing envelopes containing copies ot H his speeches fur tho voters "back heme" jH and lie studied public queslions for more H speeches their one extravagnuce Was a H trip to Baltimore together to hear Edwin jl Booth. This .was necessary, boauso . M Bouth never went to Washington after jH hb brother's crime j H An Iowa man. when asked what Mrs. jl Cummins' hobby was, replied that if he M was not much mistuken It was her grand- J IH children, the two children of Mr. and jH Mra. Hollis It.nvson, of Dbs Moines. To i H this should be added polities, for Mrs. IH Cummins is not only a keen observer jH but a ready aud successful worker. Sho H is president of the Children of the Amuri- jH can Revolution, a graceful entcrtaiupr j H Iniid a student of affairs. Her receptions ' 1 at tho Towu capital while Senator Cum , H mins was Governor were the social ) H evcuts of the State. H - ?"-. y 1H H ? -P6 ESP-R BSili BB- ' -SBHllBrl&r x ,l |