The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-11-22

size photograph of Mr.. Levi P. Nor
ton, and many pretty things which go
to make house home like. That is it
Mrs. Harrison's house is homelike
all over.
THE WIFE OF MR.. MORTON.
The same correspondent went on a
similar mission to Rhinebeck, N. Y,
the summer home of the Hon. Levi P.
Morton, the candidate of the Republi.
cans for Vice President. The result
OF the visit is thus given:
Mrs. Morton is handsome-undeni-
ably handsome. She is about five
feet six inches in height. She would
be little too heavy for a girl-al-
though there are many girls as
heavy-but she has tapering waist
and beautifully moulded neck and
arms. Her eyes are large, blush gray
and very expressive. Her complex.
ion is healthy white. She can boast
of her nose, and her mouth is exqui-
sitely aristocratic. Her lips are curv.
ed and full, and every smile awakens
the most babyish and bewitching
dimples have almost ever seen. AL
though Mrs. Morton's face has not one
wrinkle, and her years scarcely seem
to warrant it, her hair looked quite
gray in the dimly-lighted room. Gray
hair is always an attraction, even
when combined with a youthful face.
1t was dressed very neatly, twisted to
the crown of the head, and there res
ted in heavy, smooth coils, met by a
wavy fringe on the forehead.
OF course every woman will want to
know how Mrs. Morton was dressed.
Well, she wore gray cotton gown,
with waist which fitted to perfection,
the skirt trimmed in white, open-wofk
embroidery. A straight gold bar fast
ened the collar, and there was no 9TH
er jewelry except large solitaire and
large emerald on the third finger of
the left hand. A gray cetton gown,
the material of which couldn't have
cost more than $5! Think of it! and
woman, too whose husband is quot
ed at some $20,000,000.
81 was born in Poughkeepsie, N.
"" said Mrs. Morton when urged
her to tell me of herself. "My name
was Anna Livingston Street. My
father was lawyer in practice there,
and SO there we lived and I received
my education. After a while we re.
moved to New York, and was in So
ciety quite while before [ met Mr..
Morton. So, you see, there's nothing
to tell"
"What did you do as girl?''
"I can't recall much Of anything. I
never rode or danced and I never
painted, but 1 was something of a mu-
sician. l used to and do YET" point
ing to a work-basket filled with
yarn, Crochet for missions. Other
fancy work do not like"
What DO you like best in dress ?"
Something plain, always plain" /"
she answered, hurriedly. ~ never
cared for dress but you know when
one Is in society one must obey GER
tain rules or be conspicuous for eccen-
tricity. l wear nothing but cotton or
flannel gowns during the summer, or
for very extra affairs fouLards. My
preference in jewels is for pearls, and
| have some fine ones, but I am not
fond OF much -jewelry of any kind"
81 love America and everything
| American" said Mrs. Morton warmly
$50 much so that my friends tease me
about it. [ have very many friends
abroad, and like to 60 across occa
sionally, because really the way to gel
a man cut off from his business is tc
take him abroad where he can't gel
to work. [ think trip always does
Mr.. Morton good, but 1 am always
glad to get back to my dear old land
just think it is so perfect that we
cannot introduce anything foreign
that will excel or even equal what We
have. My household is strictly Amer
ican."
"How many children have you ?"
"Now you will laugh when I tel
you that [ have done nothing bu
raise d fsmily and keep house since
married, but it constitutes my who'll
happiness" she added hastily, as
tearing would infer otherwise. "Editl
my eldest, is a tall, handsome girl o
IA /; Lena is 13. Helen is IL. Levi
Parsons, my eldest boy, died while W
were in London. Alice is next and j
8, and Mary, the baby, is 7. The
have a French governess, and the
keep up their music and drawing dur
ing the summer all other lessons ar
put by until winter. They are yer
happy children too. They have thei
tennis grounds, their pony and do
} car, in which they take long dali
drives about the country they rid
and they do fancy work, and the
each has her little duty to perform
One looks after the poultry and bring
! in the eggs another sees to feedin
the dogs, another to the flowers, an
so on. They are busy children. The
J have formed sewing class of the fal
; mers' children, many of them fro
7 among our farmers and others fro
the outside. Every Saturday morl
, ing they meet here, and Edith, Ler
2 and Helen teach them sewing. Tht
< they get up picnics and invite US
? attend. They have one for to- MORO
' I think. Mr.. Morton has had tabl
: put in the ground, and it is now
!. very pleasant place for picnic partit
They come from all quarters wi
: their baskets and spend whole da
8 down there. It makes us happy th
l we can give little pleasure
n Others"
It do not talk politics." she SO
d with a laugh, s'and do not want a
# more rights than I have, but / am
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