Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-09
MRS. LEVI p. MORTON.
The Wife Of the vfce-President.E Elect
Is Interviewed.

From the New York World.
How does being the wife Of candidate at.
feet you?"
Il don't notice that II makes any difference
Everything goes on Just the same, except that
Mr. Morton has more to do. Mr.. Morton has
great number Of newspaper people to sec
| him, but you are the first who has thought me
worth while to visit" she said, with q laugh
that disclosed thd brettiest little dimples M
close to the corners Of her beautifully-shaped
mouth.
Mrs. Morton is handsome-undeniably hand.
| some She is about feet 6 inches in height
She would be q little too heavy for q giri~al-
though there are many girls as heavy-but she
has q tapering waist and beautifully-moulded
neck and arms. Her eyes are large. blush
gray, and very expressive. Her complexion is
healthy white. She can boast of her nose
| and her mouth Is exquisitely aristocratic. Her
lips are curved and full, and every smile
awakens the most babyish and bewitching dim
pies have almost ever seen. Although Mrs
Morton's face has not one wrinkle. and her
Years scarcely seem to warrant it. her hair
looked quite gray in the diInly-lighted room.
Gray hair Is always an attraction, even when
combined with youthful face. It was dressed
very neatly, twisted to the crown of the head
and there rested in heavy smooth coils met by
a wayy fringe on the forehead
VI course every women 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
work embroidery. A straight gold bar fastened
the collar, and there was no other jewelry ex-
cept large solitaire and large emerald on
the third finger Of the left hand gray cot
ton gown, the material of which couldn't have
cost more than IS? Think Of it, and woman.
too, whose husband is quoted at some go, :
OO0. 900.
Morton?'
Yes, but that Is not new. Ireceived Just as
many before Mr.. Morton was nominated as
more or less"
Il was born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y" said
Mrs. Morton. when urged her to tell me Of
herself. My name was Anna Livingstone
street. My father was lawyer in practice
there, and so there we lived and / received my
education. After while We remove to New
York. and was in society quite while before
ing to tell"
Il love America and everything American"
said Mrs. Morton warmly, 80 much SO that my
friends tease me about it. 1 have very many
friends abroad. and like to go across OCCASION
ally. because really the only way to get man
cut off from his business is to take him abroad
where he can't get to work. think a trip al
ways does Mr.. Morton good. but am always
SAou W SSs DoSh W uedi Oiu just
think 1t is so perfect that We cannot introduce
anything foreign that will excel or even equal
what We have. My household is strictly Amer
lean.
How many children have you?"
Now, you will laugh when tell you that
have done nothing but raise family and keep
house since I married. but it constitutes my
whole happiness" she added hastily, as il fear
ing would infer otherwise Edith. nv eldest
is a tall. handsome girl Of fourteen; Lena is
thirteen. Helen is twelve. Lewis Parson. my
eldest boy, died while we were in London.
Alice is next, and is nine, and Mary. the baby.
is seven. They have a French governess and
they keep up their music and drawing during
the summer; all other lessons are put by until
winter. They are very happy children. too.
They have their tennis grounds. their pony
and dog-cart. in which they take long daily
drives about the country: they ride and they do
fancy work. and then each has her little duty to
perform. One looks after the poultry and
brings in the eggs; another sees to feeding the
dogs another to the flowers, and SO on. They
are busy children. They have formed sewing
class OF the farmers children, many Of them
from among our farmers and others from the
outside. Every Saturday morning they meet
here, and Edith. Lena. and Helen teach them
sewing. Then they get up picnics and invite
us to attend. They have ONE for tomorrow
think. Mr.. Morton has had tables put in the
ground. and it is now o very pleasant place for
picnic parties. They come from all quarters
with their baskets and spend whole DAYS down
there. 1t makes Us happy that We can give a
little pleasure to others"