Show 1 k Vr VrY Y t t tr r r r x t i ix x my Y C Ck L r k fJ st 1 y r J r rr r e k km kI Iv S I m F j tj i iI I w 4 I k S y y Liy C u li liI i I L a r OG P EN the mime of or William Howard HowardI I WItE Taft was tras first seriously considered red ns II a n White House HOWIe possibility speculation lation became rife as 19 to what manner of oC woman was his Wi wife and whether or not pho rho would world ns as gracefully preside nt lit tho White House flouro functions ns did the ono one woman whoso hoo will III ever efer bo be a n by byword byord word cord ord when Tho First Lady In the Land LandIs I la Is ed Mra nI Grover Grofer Cleveland The Tho White House has bas b l had two mistresses since tho took tool their departure for tor thu moro morn secluded and exclusive life Ufa at nt Princeton eton leaving behind them memories of or a regime r where Mra Mm Cleveland was concerned as tender and hallowed as ns those surrounding the peerless perless Dolly Doll Madison Mrs William McKInley was Mrs IN Clove Cleve lands immediate successor but the dell cato of or her health compelled her to toL keep L tep well In thu tho background and ond the themore themore more arduous duties confronting tho the na on nations hostess fell tu t the lot of or others other the wives wIres of Cabinet or other r women of the family delegated sled by h Mrs to represent her bar nt ft the hundred nod ono one public functions function that are arc annual While loURI fixtures Then came Mrs Theodore Roosevelt nail ami whereas mho nho Ii is known for und and ns as n charming hostess yet ret It Is n a known net fact that lint t Mrs MM Roosevelt Is far nr happier when sur surrounded rounded only by hI members of or her eta ate family than when lIln presiding at i functions where wh re officialdom Is III her guar su r Mrs Roosevelt noo has hIlS tact abundance In fact sumo she Is a been keea observer tour too to This was clearly demonstrated by the wholesale e sweep IOP she when she cn ell the White House as no its mistress Mrs Jin fn Roosevelt nOO tins hns as 18 regard for tor precedent oa os has bill her Jer husband hu and this la Is proven by bT the rattling of oC and aDIl andu u Cj of or red rod tape tapo that t followed tho the general when she became the nations first lady New Ne o York may thank Mrs Mra lrI Roosevelt for Its H present po police Jo lice lIeo commissioner for tor Major had bad ruled the tho White house with un unbroken unbroken broken sway for tor many maDY years prior to the tho advent adent of ot the ills His word wan law 11 even to the choosing of oC the floral decorations d to graco grace the tho table tn le at nt lunch luncheon luncheon eon con and dinner when lIen the official family were to lo entertain Mrs Ira first act was WIlS to select as os her ber social Miss 1189 folio Belle Unto Ung ncr ner a n young youn woman of oC rare charm of oC manner tact beauty and birth all nil of oC which admirably fitted her for the no po noto post t tto to which she was As n result of ot a n clash between Miss and nOlI j jMajor r Major the latter received ills his III conge conga COD e and orders issued from the War I Department deposed him us III demo domo i of o the WhiteHouse nail and ho bo more re rl resumed his duties afield n i I First Blood for far Dim Ir I IA m A change quite ns as II null nil u UK s lie rl the McKInley Mel Tuley and me huc I Is looked forward tu to 0 when Mm Mrs Tail Gull usurps Mrs Ira place wf of C the past few weeks have clearly United that Mrs Irs Taft lIlt I Is out only a n 1 i I woman of ot grace and oud aliI charm hut hilt lie of or I brains as nt well Long Identified with Washington ton she has hud opportunity to study conditions there cx ox I feting and what woman who has ever eer been beets an nn Integral port part of ot official Washing Washington tOil ton bUN Lunn not Indulged In that dream If U UI I were tho first lady In the land 1 This Mrs Mr Taft will bo ho o In every essential Sho She Shohn lion has hn made mado a n splendid start by b allying tier her herself be self Belt with that great groat organization the Na Nn National n Civic Federation mid and taking a n Commanding lead lend in lu that body holy she bho has endeared herself to that class of r women who arc are sometimes slightingly ly referred reten cd to tons tofi toas ns as fi rho Tho mother of oC two f r i 1 a the 2 s sr r rr y e C f f fa d a t n s ss I p s 51 k I NA R i lp WA x rs L 4 ya I iY 3 Y S d dw w 9 A i t a i kt ti R H G F sr Yv s I 1 t 7 d 7 h ze Y h CC PY C l J 3 F 2 9 Pl 1 R d 5 T i Y tJ I sturdy sons nan on nail n daughter tho latter now n a freshman nt at Mawr College she lie mast insist appeal strongly to the mother type Ope for Tor tOI those who know her host hest will willu u fr frH flint she h Is tit the HIP host bet IH chum her l 0 inn maul 1111 her hor girl rl ever Ci lind OIl mid hula Will lf tO fo he ll I It In III spite Of ot Le nl upon tier her thus In III the i if or lu r reI u nt nl HIP ilie I hI House Irr In II o i 1 ii III In New ew York ork nt il II tI I I Iti 11 m ting i MH I Taft plainly pIli II I 0 d ht ulu Ill Ins has brains and ih nl III lu i i in III u P II I A nt at tier her herI was I I rn tu Ti win 10 to 1 ter III IP MIP Ile b hsin m m Ird of r who wh 11 1 d that moot met In Ine whim Ill h ili h ii of nr Nt lug III ng their era 1 of r f L to the tho th minutest ds ll i Mini hull ap tip a nu 1111 to tier ber side even evert before slip h took tok thu t l u floor 1100 to 10 make muke her speech In Im pu lie Mrs Irl la talks Us well i ml Inoc well when she IH Is talking slur Her milL has the charm of or Intelligence Hint hilt Quirk quick flash of or recognition distinct t from rom the stereotyped to 0 women In lm life on ou whom social duties many m IU demands demand oven even n to lo that t of or contiguously pleasant She Sho has a n generous mouth and handsome teeth n straight nose well ell proportioned to her other features feature n a broad forehead above which her ber brown hair lit III h arranged In n soft pompadour lr Mrs rs Taft Is a n book lover loter and has 1 a student nil all her life lire sImply because In the home In la which she was reared the tile books bools came down from Crom their shelves nail nn rondo made the worlds they contained part of ot the domes domestic tic tie environment Music perhaps Is Ig hur her favorite art and amid while she does dots not re rc regard gard gartl herself as os sufficiently In to practice to perform for or n a critical audience silo sha tins has hasby liy hy no no menus means lost her skill shill and frequently plays for her children and dur during during ing III their evenings nt at home and amid these th l are me far more moro frequent than onu one might nt at first COlt suppose Mrs Taft was one ono of ot the original founders nail patronesses un of or Us famous musical organization the thu Sym SIn Symphony phony Orchestra Other avenues through which her hor artistic directed are arc archer areher areher her love of oC pictures and her ber appreciation of ot wood tood carving Charles I 1 Tafts world renowned art collection has no more ap 01 admirer than his 1118 the wife of ot the and tind hero lire are many mony canvases hanging banging on the time walls of ot this gallery caller of ot her selection Mrs rs Taft Tnt has one advantage over Ofer her hermany hermany many predecessors pre her knowledge of ot lan Inu languages gun and what accomplishment Is la more most essential to n a woman occupying so ex a n position as nil that to which Mrs Taft will succeed in a n city where as 19 many tongues are arc spoken as were Iere at nt tho the Tower Toner TO oer of or Babel nahel Mrs Mra Taft TaCt Is IN perhaps one Otto of ot the J Informed women in AmerIan Amer America Ian ica and when naked asked how it Is possible for Cor oust one with ms many demands upon her ber lime time to keep up eo so thoroughly with tho the events of or the world she ahe unhesitatingly replied r rs piled By Uy reading rending the dally news newspapers patters papers This Tills she does docs assiduously ly and Intelli gently nod and when the papers that are brought to her boudoir each morning are aro east cast aside n lIle Mrs rl Taft has r absorbed nil that thatIs Is 18 Interesting Instructive and healthy contained in their pages CS A All As n man mon Is s Judged by tho the company ho he keeps so 80 may gray ones estimate of oC n a woman be formed by b tho ho style stylo of or woman omm she he selects as her closest friend Mrs Irs Tufts Taft friends In Washington arc nrc reckoned reck reckoned by the hundreds but her Intimates are arc few tew Of at these th e Miss Iss Cannon the daughter t the Speaker of ot the House of ot I tt r I c J ft t 4 t n one j I Representatives may be bo mentioned first Both oth aro oro devotees of ot and each takes toke the gnome game seriously having tans mas mastered nil all of or Its many intricacies Mrs Ur Taft and ond Miss Cannon are arc frequently seen scon in public together They drive fro fre frequently this being one of oC Mrs Irs Tafts chief diversions and then too they are Invariably seen scon together nt at the many concerts given in lu Washington throughout the tho o season Another of ot Mrs rs Tafts Intimates Is Erminie Hires Elves Wheeler wife of ot the Secretary of ot the American Embassy at nt Mr r and Mrs rs Wheeler recently spent several months in this thin country a n part port of ot which timo time they were fere the guests of oC tho Tafta Their friendship goes back to long days of ot travel in the tho Far East gast when beo they saw for tor the first timo many strange things together there thereby thereby thereby by discovering a n sympathy B in tho point of or view Ie General anti Mrs Mrss Corbin and General nod and Mrs aIrs Edwards will bo be prominent nent neat figures in the tile White social set during the Taft regime There too will be found the The Tho lat Int latter latter ter will conserve time the relations between the past nod and present White occupants occupants pants and this may ho bo strengthened should Ethel tho the debutante daughter of oC the time be taken under the wing win of oC Mrs Mrss I Taft and chaperoned in WashIngton Washington Wash Washington ington should Mrs Roosevelt decide to reside at her Now York homo home In the course coarse of or her husbands Invasion of ot thu African Jungles The are quite as nB firmly in most moat exclusive sire sive circles ns as n the Tufts therefore it la Is labut but natural to suppose that the tho present Presidents and his 1118 wife will trill continuo to bo be figures In la Washington society The Army rIDY set will have Its In Ini ings with the advent of ot the Tafts Tats for tor aside from the tho Corbins and s previously mentioned General Bell Jell chief of oC staff of ot the Army and Mrs rs Bell as well foll ns fiS General Garlington ton and Mrs Mra arc ure among the closest of oC the friends When Mrs Taft democratically walked forth from her home in Lafayette TAn ette Square the morning of ot that bright I 9 day on which her husband was anted for tor the tho office once ho be Is about to as flume Dume it was to tho War Department that she sho directed her steps and entering the of ot the ho secretary of ot war her little son eon Charlie at nt her ber side elde she oho was there thoro greeted by b Mrs rs Garlington and end tier her attractive daughter who had bad been invited to share tho good news with the wife While tho ho members of ot the tho Taft hold are not as numerous num rocs ns as tho ho Roose Roosevelt velt volt clan dan nor quito 03 as I spectacular or picturesque nevertheless tho the family Is la laan isan an nn Interesting ono one nod and before tho the of ot tho the Tafts will wUl havo expired they too will have havo a debutante daughter to present to Washington society Holen Helen their daughter has three moro more years at nt Bryn Mawr and upon u On graduation will bo ho formally presented to society Robert Hobert the eldest son is 1 now at Palo Yalo while whUa Charlie Tho Kid Klel Is at a preparatory getting what his rotund lather father characterizes as liS his hempe Charlie Is ii quito a 1 character as and Inter Interesting interesting esting in a n way woy ns nil tho the little although so eo far tor his escapades havo have not been bean given glen tho the prominence la in the tho dally daily newspapers as ns those of ot Quentin and Kermit Roosevelt But Bu then It must be bo remembered Charlie heretofore has been but the son con of ot n a Cabinet officer and nud when hen his bis father becomes President it Is Ie safe to assert that tho the many busy correspondents at et Washington will fled find ample amplo for tor their Imaginations la fa making The Kid the tho hero of ot their nar nor narratives The Tho Taft family is an nn interesting ono front from its head bend to the tho youngest boy and ami with a woman of ot eo so many accomplish accomplishments accomplishments ments to preside over tho the White House Bouso it is safe safo to assert that tho Taft regime regimo 1 will In no suffer by comparison for tor Mrs Taft was born to rule and rule rolo J she will Many of ot the tho little problems that have proved so perplexing to her herr predecessors will be bo quickly kl and happily solved by her for tor no ono one woman roman from her lIer youngest girlhood tins has been better botter trained for tor tho the exalted position p nho Rho la Is about to assume than Mrs hitS Taft TaCt for tor I years ono of ot reigning belles belless |