The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-22

wears among her Other trophies tnc max
ing Of one Of the foremost men of his
time. II Is no reflection on Gen. Logan
TO say that but for his noble and intellec-
tual wife lie could never have attained
the great fame which was his. She not
only gave him love and comfort, but
added her brains TO his. was In all things
his equal and in many his superior. Gen.
Logan himself used TO say: MARY, |
know why YOU are so easily satisfied
with all that do. You made me-" The
late Samuel S. Cox owed nearly as much
to his wife as Washington did to the
widow Gusts. She brought him much
Of the property which added to his com
fort and usefulness, and her care I'M
doubtcdly prolonged his life for a num-
Der of years.
4 plain, old fashioned woman is Mrs.
Thurman, of Columbus. o. No woman
more unobtrusive. more gentle. Yet |
once heard the old Roman pay this trib-
ute 10 his Romsn wife: without her
would have been pretty small potatoes
and few to the hill" Ex-senator Nc
Donald, Of Indiana, is another public
man who has wife that is TO him
tower Of strength, and cx-Speaker Car
Isle is still another. Mrs. Carlisle is a
tall, intellectual Kentucky woman, TO
whom all the arts and graccs Of society
come easily and with such perfect mas
terry that one thinks: It's o pity her
energies have to be expended in pretty
frivolitics." As a man she would take
high place in law, politics or war.
Like Mrs. Logan. she is woman who
would lead had the nation adopted the
suffrage system Of which gifted Abigail
Adams was the FIRST champion. Mrs.
Adams wanted women TO vote and hold
Office, and one can almost wish she had
had her way about il. From Abigail
herself down TO Mrs. Logan and Mrs.
Carlisle, every decade has produced
scores of women whose inability to serve
their country was the country's loss.
Herself debarred from the field OF poll
tics, Mrs. Carlislc's ambition is of course
centored in her husband. It was bit
ter disappointment to her when the
chief iusticeship went to another but
she still entertains hopes that Mr.. Car
Isle will be president some day.
Secretary Noble has a wife % be proud
Of Her share in tie elevation of her
husband TO his high place cannot, Of
course. be accurately inca urcd but Of
her good sense and modcsty 10 doubt
exists. On being asked recently for her
opinion as to wives helping husbands in
their career, she replied: Il have always
felt that a genuine man who had the
stuff in him TO achieve great things
would do it, wife or no vito. though. of
course. wives do hclpthcir husbands i'm
mcnscly. / have never pretended TO
make my husband. ] have simply de-
sired to keep nap with him. have
deemed it my duty 60 relieve him Of an
domestic cares. ! am just as much
chief in thc house as Mr. Noble is in
his Office. lie leaves everything 90 my
taste and Judgment. and ho has not
single care beyond furnishing the where
withai to do it. Tie has nothing to ito
bat enjoy his home when he comes into
it,
Mrs. Morton, wife Of the vice pre-i-
dent, who is very likely o. De the social
leader Of the admin tlaliOn, as Nrs
Whitney was Of The Cleveland regime.
is a woman who has cxeriel marked in-
Aucnce upon her husbands career. As
for Mrs Whitney, she is a genuine
American woman. full of ambition for
her husband and inleiati-ablo in her
efforts to advance him and make him
popular. She has brains, too. and knows
a good deal Of The gamcof politics. Mrs
Whitney has much 90 make her happy,
and is q happy woman. but she Will
never be thoroughly happy Til her nus
band is in the White llOnsc.
Mrs Whncy's mother was just such
woman. Her dover. tract Of land in
the city of Cleveland, D., was the foun-
dation Of her husband now great for |
tune. and that which gave him oppor
tunity toind rest from professional cares
in the political chase.
But it is idle to attempt further illus
trations OF the principle. Wherever one |
turns in this city OF successful public |
aen, one finds wives who are more than !
vines clinging 10 tall oaks, wives who
have in one way or another, through fate
or purpose, intellectual force or moral !
stamina, served to bring out the best that |
is in their husbands and make them the |
famous personages they are.
WALTER WHITMAN.