Show TWO I NOBLE WOMEN WIVES OF MAJOR MCKINLCY AND QAIIIIET A HOUAHT I life I roe rirt IedlsMee Mrklnlrjl 31lnlOotnl Sand Iosottl Tnlr So Set end Inl Konrtlng Intuit Una ah Itsews rnllll a HE eyes of Iho rnllllI country today are I upon two women f and two very lord lor-d v able winning women v > wom-en they are the t selves of Major Mc Klnley I and Oarrel A Hobart Mrs Me Klnley whose health has long been broken Is I stronger today than she ha been for many years but Iho doctors despair of n coinpkto recovery re-covery oath If the republicans elect their ticket much of the social burden In YtaihltiRton must fall upon Mrs Ho ban Da the first woman In the land will be unequal the strain of any but the quietest sort of entertaining Iloth are remarkable women Vashlngton already known and has been won by I Mrs Mcklnley If Mr Hobart Is I elected Washington will bo won by Sirs Hobart Ho-bart t and will be at her feet for her character Is I an admirable one and her unpretentious dignity her affable manner man-ner and her keen Intellect fit her tor Ibo highest place In the society of limo nation na-tion Mrs I McKlnley In spllo ot her 111 health Is the keenest of politicians and the mall ardent of protectionists her husband not cxcepled lIe Is I her hen Afro McKlnley wall horn In Canton and In thai quaint Dutch commercial com-mercial ton she was n noted bails Her father was the late James Saxlon n piiblUher of note Her Invnlldlrm pro vonlixl her aches tinrllrllmllnn In Washlnrton society events during lien husbands fourteen years In the llouw of Ucprmcntatlvco As wife of Ohio governor she gore several Slate anti husbands fourteen years In the louse On Iheno occasions like Mine Item tnler aha rrcclve1 1 her giiesta while re dining on n divan In her boudol there lion all painting of her hiiibam hung nu that It will be the first tuba she sees on nwakcnlng She mauled tho oung solllerlawjcr for love and In their mutual affection which years has Increased they have been very happy I Mrs Robert P Porter writing for thin New York Herald lln 1891 J spoke of Mrs McKlnlcyi flowerlike head and added I salt llowcrllko head advlsedl for In Its graceful spring from a slcn dcr neck Us clear delicate outline Its arch uplifted air In moments ot pleas lire and Its slight pathetic droop In I weariness Sirs McKlnlcyi head cet talnly suggests the fair blossom of como sensitive plant It Is nlso n good medallion head small admirably proportioned 1 and so correct that a Clytlo knot n Greek fillet or a shining braid na coronet could l be worn triumphantly though nOlhlng could better display Us shapellncca than tho close cut crisp locks ot brown soft and pure In color that grow from the low white brow over tho dainty sells to end on the nape of the neck In a thousand bewitching little linen nor could there be a moro harmonious bf frame for ron face easier pictured In I water colors than words There Is that I soft transparency of coloring which with the stamp of much suffering Imparts I II parts an almost Intensity I of refinement I i Ito I-to the features The straight and delicate deli-cate note with Us fine noitrlls rises well beyond 1 limo deep blue eyes overarched over-arched by brawl dark and distinctly I drawn and underscored by thoie dark shadows calamal I the Italian call I Hum that I enhance I their size and Impart Im-part n touch of languor Tho mouth 181 small and like tho chin wholly feminine femi-nine and charming That Is a womans pen portrait pf a woman Sire Porter saw Mrs McKln Icy In her homo 1 She was half reclining on n low sofa como big plllowa piled behind her which denned her BlrllsU figure clothed In a way to delight an artist that Is I It left ono conscious only of color and simplicity The ion was a rich blue n shade deeper than tho bluo of tho old masters but with that samo peculiar warmth and power of Illumination It brought out with marvelous effect the tint of tho hair upon which tho sun shone brightly through the lace curtains above cave warmth to tho diaphanous skin substance sub-stance to the frail figure and formed a background for two little hands of Ivory whiteness that wero clasped with n patience pathetic Mrs McKlnley devotes de-votes n great deal of her time to making mak-ing pretty things tor the comfort and amusement of children and her little slippers are famous In many a hospital and asylum Never were prettier utrongcr daintier or warmer llttlo foot coverless fetim and they give such i pleasure tkst I Know of one wee girl by the rims tf folly who tumbled downstairs down-stairs waft admiring the eoqiiMtlih bow on br flay tw I In the early spring 1011 ould find Mm MeKlnley pretty PWor perfumed with those splendid Alto 1IM that Ilermuda sends to help us celebrate our Busier They stun in ut iin fresh ttiy and breathing their silent BMon nf beGllty SM lore for In this nanr < > hey Soles u K greeting from friends on thai wn of a coral reef There Is I that e eijf lln the Major devotion lo his wife lbsl t Is cooler felt than described de-scribed Mrs u the element that IlIenr the tolll at marriage that make ono Ihini teller Of ones kind and al the same time carries with It n tinge of romaiw thai leiinhi nil young couples IVrhsps beeauso tho Major pays a ttatsnd little courtesies and al entlenalthls wife not with tho air of n man sling his duly but what Is his delight list he sees In his wife still 110 lovely glrllth bride the mother of tho Iwo fslrttlMren who cnmc only to bo taken away uc roniiwnlon of his curly trugtleund miccfimm is evident that ho gods DOW In his proud maturlt In her genus mpathy her Intense nppre elation at his work her Irnnk delight u the boners paui him her ever reedy response his beautiful devotion all ho spur and stimulus ho needs there 101 no lortt Mrs Ciriet A llobarl wlfo of the ItcpuMlHa nominee for the Vleo 1rnl dency u magnetic Al forty five she has the cordage of a sprightly woman of thirl and the figure loo Her color I Is a girls It comes and goes as she talks Her face a firm well chl ell done d-one Is I oat expressive Her feelings sweep oter It It ins bo very nod Then smile lightens It and the eel which ire very bright seem to danco with twrlmcnt Her Kir pomsftlon anti polio arc admirable I ad-mirable She Is sincere and unaffected to a degree What she says she says wittily and rashly The wont seine from tin well filled 1 storehouse of the I mind She Is eminently a woman 01 culture at once dignified and tender Ilea I I U a lovely home and she graces It PMmcn I New Jersey Indird I Is I In love wllh her and It Is no wlI1lllr She like Mrs MeKlnley knows poll ties Her father was a politician ama am-a IItlIIWII1In l She devote much of her lima to charily and church work They are PrMbyterlins Her son hornet AugnstM llolmrl Jr and her hiiiban are her tAO Idol Ileforo tho nomlna lion the boy was wearing n McKlnlo Hobart button Yon may have lo put that away tomorrow to-morrow she said to him laiighliiti to bide her on anxiety Ills eyes nlllll with tears Why you wouldn care woul out Ibo oakl fondly Oilwouldnt IT he cried And but for cxami las sake I think I I oy000e y JA tie e M 1 ti lp i tof Sr + t I e o lay d e Jton p WIVES OF THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES Mrs Hobarti eye must have filled with tear too for site Is I all tenderness tender-ness and her husband battle was lion battle ELLEN 01I10UN |