Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-03-22
Wives of GarfieIdS Advisors.

ington society. There is certain a.
mount of social duty devolving upon the
wives of the Presidents advisers which
brings them before the world and from
the seclusion which they may have eu-
.ioyed previous to the elevation of their
husbands. 1t is Just as incumbent upon
the wife to be everything to everybody as
it is for the husband. Seldom has it
been that in the selection of 4 Cabinet
the wives Of the members enjoyed such
distinction apart from the reputation of
their husbands as do some of those of the
present Administration.
Mrs. Blaine is a flne-ookng lady, tall,
with good features, and hair well sprink-
led with gray. She is pleasant in her
manners, a ready converSationalist, and
shrewd. Her long experience in public
life has made her valuable acquisition
to the Administration, or at least, to that
part of it represented by her husband
She can keep a secret and ward off the in
q1isitive. One day, about a month ago,
a fellow with curious mind thought to
ascertain from Mrs. Blaine whether the
then Senator would become Prime Min
lister under Garfield. ~ suppose YOU
will be delighted when the Senator goes
into the Cabinet" said Couriosty cir
deed" replied Mrs. Blaine in apparent
able comment in the newspapers on the
subject. Pray, tell me what you know
about it," The gentleman could have
been bought for penny about that time
On the 4th of March Mrs. Blaine, before
taking her seat upon the stand at the in
auguration ceremonies, walked to the
front with the air of a queen and gazed
upon the vast crowd below. She was
recognized, and shout went up that
showed that she was as popular as her
husband. Mrs. Blaine possesses those
peculiar qualifications which make a wife
great comfort and aid TO public man.
Mrs. Window is q fine matronly lady,
who has never shown any disposition for
society and its fay Orites. While she al
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black silk or satin, or some solid color,
there is nothing daShing to distinguish
her in crowded reception room. She
appears to best advantage in the home
circle.
Use oldest fish in the cabinet basket is
Samuel j. Kirkwood, the Secretary of the
Interior. He is plain man, and has an
agricultural appearance. but the one who
picks him up as fat will be mistaken
Little is known of his wife beyond the
fact that she is an eStimable lady, who
partakeS in a measure the quiet manner
of her husband and has limited circle of
acquaintances.
Secretary Lincoln's wife was Mary
Harlan, daughter of ex-senator Harlan.
woman Of exquisite loveliness. In her
younger days the suitors for her hand
were numbered by the scores Her pres
ence i'll the charmed circle of the Cabinet
will add to its brilliancy
The fact that Mrs. MacVeach is Simon
Cameron's daughter has given her a rep
utation which has preceded her here. She
IS tall, graceful ofIfgure, and hay ing spent
years in society with her father when he
was i'll the zenith Of his political glory
and power, comes well prepared for the
new honors which both her husband and
herself will receive. Those who know
her intimately say that she possesses in
marked degree many of the characteris
tics which distinguish her father, and
that these traits are more largely devel-
Oped than in any Of her relatives Hov-