Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25


fhs sns really unfortunate marriage
* rhs presi1sngi4l llsE 49, that of La
con. acd as proved sgEcEy en0l4gh -
re superior - a. domestic l1lsllelElas.
Bosn Garfield aaa Hayes 0~re1 much -
Ihsls ~lyes. Mrs. GaTilsid > IS zn4 = a
svoEasa u stroag character. aAd her ln-
a1eucs over hsT husband Is tz0ughs y
some t. have bs~n ths u4kir. * him
President Harrison hss repeatedly testi-
hed 70 the ineslinaole value 10 hin u
his wlfss counsel and coAp snionshlp.
One # tbs foremost women of tAs DAY
= cara among her ether trophies tie B.-sk-
lng u one u the foremost men ol hls
time. iI IS 10 rejection GA Gea. LOzan
- cay that ols f9F his no1lr and ilre.lee-
sual wife De could never have attaiued
the great fame which was kis She NOT
11Iy gave him love ami comfcrt. bui
aided her brains 10 his. was ia AZ llils,
His equal and a. MAny his superior Gen.
Logan himself used 70 say. Mary,
kao~ why yoa are - easily satisfied
aiSh al thai / DO. You made me. The
late samuel = Cox owed nearly Is much
to bis wife a. Washington dii 70 tAe
widow Custis She brought him much
of the property which added 70 his com
fort and usefulness, and her care IN
doabiedly prolonged his life for q mum
Der of years
4 pialn. old fashioned woman Is Mrs.
Thurman. Of Columbus, O. No woman
more unobrrusiye, mere gentle. Yet
once heard the old Roman pay this trib
ute 70 his Roman wife. without her
would have been pretty small pot-tocs
and few 10 the hill." Ex-Sen4.o. Ne
Donald, Of Indiana, is another public
man who has wife that is 10 him a
tower OF strength. and ex-Speager Car
isle Is still another. Mrs Carlisle Is a
tall. intellectual Kentucky woman, 10
whom all the arts and graces of society
come easily and with such perfect mas
terry that one thinks: " lis pity her
energies have 10 be expended in pretty
frivolities." 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 10 vote and hold
Office, and one can almost wish she had
had her way about it. From Abigail
herself down 10 Mrs. Logan and Mrs.
Carlisle, every decade has produced
/ scores Of women whose inability 10 serve
their country was the countrys loss.
Herself debarred from the field of poll
| tics. Mrs. Carlisle's ambition is of course
centered in her husband. IL was bit
ter disappointment to her when the
| chief iusticeship went 10 another. but
she still entertains hopes that Mr.. Car
isle will be president some day.
Secretary Noble has wife to be proud
/ Of. Her share in the elevation OF her
husband to his high place cannot. of
/ course, be accurately measured, but OF
her good sense and modesty no doubt
exists. On being asked recently for her
1 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 wife, though, of
course, wives do help their husbands inn
mensely. l have never pretended to
make my husband. l have simply de-
sired to keep up with him. | have
deemed il my duty to relieve him Of all
/ domestic cares. l am just as much
chief in the house as Mr.. Noble is in
his Office. He leaves everything to my
taste and judgment, and he has not a
single care beyond furnishing the where
withal TO do it, He has nothing to do
but enjoy his home when he comes into
It."
Mrs. Morton, wife of the vice presi-
dent, who is very likely to be the social
leader of the administration, as Mrs.
/ Whitney was Of the Cleveland regime,
is a woman who has exertcd marked in
fiuence upon her husbands career. IS
for Mrs. Whitney, she is 4 genuine
American woman. full of ambition for
her husband and indefatigable in her
efforts to advance him and make him
popular. She has brains. too. and knows
@ good deal Of the game Of politics. Mrs.
Whitney has much TO make her happy,
and is q happy woman. but she will
never no thoroughly happy till her hus-
band is in the White Honse.
Mrs Whitney's mother was just such
a woman. Her dover. a tract OF land in
the city Of Cleveland. o.. was the foun-
dation Of her husbands now great for
tune. and that which gave him oppor-
tunity 70 find rest from professional cares
IN the political chase.
But 1t is Idle to attempt further illus
trations Of the principle. Wherever one
turns in this city Of successful pubhc
ren. one frds wives who are more than
vines clinginS e. tall oaks. wives who
have m one way or another, through fare
Or purpose. Intellectual force or moral
stamina. served TO bring out ihe hes. that
= in their husbands and make them the
famous pcrsonsges they arc.
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