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Show I 1 WIFE OF CANADA'S PREMIER Charming and Gifted Helpmeet of the Dominion's Distinguished Prime Minister. Ottawa, Can. In Mrs. Robert Laird Borden, wife of Canada's prime min- I 1 . i K - . rs Mrs. Borden. ister. the Dominion Domin-ion has a society leader who is famed not only for her tact and charming disposition, disposi-tion, but for her intellectual qualities. quali-ties. Her knowledge knowl-edge of public affairs af-fairs would do credit to a statesman states-man and it is said that her distinguished distin-guished husband places the utmost confidence in her judgment. She is an exceptionally well-read woman, being especially interested in books which deal with the lives of men who have made the world's his tory. But it is not to be presumed becHuse Mrs. Borden's tastes lie along serious lines that she Is in any way lacking in the grace of manner and interest in purely feminine matters which distinguish the true woman. On the contrary she takes the keenest delight in society affairs, having for years been the central figure in t3 winter festivities for which Ottawa is noted. She has gathered about her a coterie of distinguished and clever friends and her entertainments are considered the most brilliant as well as the most informal given in the capital of the Dominion. Sympathetic, gracious and thoughtful for the comfort com-fort of her guests, no woman in Canada's Can-ada's public life is more deserving of appreciation than the wife of the prime minister. Before her marriage, Mrs. Borden was Miss Laura Bond of Halifax. She was married in 1889, seven years before be-fore her husband first entered parliament. parlia-ment. She takes a deep interest in women's work and for years was president pres-ident f the Halifax Women's council. She has also been president of the Aberdeen association, vice-president of the Canadian Women's Work exchange ex-change and corresponding secretary of the Associated Charities of the United States. |