Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-16

months Mr.. Wilmerding died. leaving daugh-
ter. Alice Tracy Wilmerding who is now twelve
years OF age. She has inherited the beauty
and mental gifts of her mother, and is being
educated with great care. Mrs Wilmerding is
a blonde. Her face and figure are of a
classic mould and her manners are of extreme
grace. She was great belle in the whole
region about her town and in the fashionable
life OF New York and Brooklyn. During the
visit OF the Grand Duke Alexis she danced with
the royal Russian at the ball given at BROOKLYN
in his honor
The second daughter of the Secretary of the
Navy. Miss Mary Harrington Tracy. is a gifted
artist She studied three years at Paris under
plain.
The youngest member of the family. Mr.
Frank Broadhead Tracy. is graduate of Yale
and the Columbia law school. He is very hand
some. Although a practicing lawyer, and
making hls residence at ''Marshland ;" the fam
lily seat hear Owego. he will visit Washington
during the season, and will undoubtedly be
very popular in society circles
Mrs. Tracy and her eldest daughter will d-
vide the tine in Washington with the secretary
until fall. In the interval they will secure a
residence. Mrs Wilmerdng. besides relieving
her mother OF her active social duties is Of
great assistance to her father, having charge OF
his private correspondence She will not only
be leader IN society but will be one of the
most brilliant speaking several ianguagesl. and
administration
SECRETARY MOBILES FAMILY CIRCLE.
In point of nativity Ohio leads the way in the
present cabinet, having Window. Noble and
Rusk as her representatives; PENNSYLVANIA and
New York are tie, the former claiming Blaine
and Wanamaker, and the latter Tracy and
Miller. while Vermont stands alone with Proc
tor. Samuel ID. Noble. the Secretary of the
interior. began as student of law in the Office
OF Henry Stanbury. of Cincinnati. President
Johnsons counsel during the trial for impeach-
ment and his Attorney General. In 1855 he
settled in st. Louis but soon after returned to
keokuk, Iowa. where he became a leading
member of the bar. In his profession he was
associated with Henry Strong. 1t was while
VISITING her sister. the wife of Mr.. Strong. that
Mr.. Noble met Miss Elizabeth Halstead, who
became his wife i'll 1864. They were married
III Northampton. Mass, the residence of the
brides father, DR.. Hatfield Halstead. The
paternal family were originally Quakers, and
lived for generations III Duchess county. y. Y
Mrs. Mobiles mother, who was Mercy Com
stock. belonged to family of the same county
In 1861 Mr.. Noble entered the third Iowa
cavalry as private, and rising to colonel, was
made brigadIer-general after the war He
married while still III the army, and took his
bride to Memphis, where he was stationed. At
the close OF the war he returned to KeOkuk.
but IN 1867 again established himself in st.
Louis.
TWO SISTERS.
The Secretary and Mrs. Noble have no chill
dren, but their family interest is enhanced by
the presence of Mrs. Mobiles two sisters. Miss
Lulu Margaret and Miss LeOnora Buell. Hal
stead. who have made their home with them
since the death of their mother. Both young
ladies are III society. Both have studied abroad,
the elder finishing at Nassar. and both are ac-
cOmplIshed, the younger being a fine musician.
MRS. NOBLE
is a lady of literary tastes. The Noble home at
st. Louis was one of the most attractive in the
city, valuable library and numerous works of
art attesting their refinement and cultivation
Mrs. Noble and her sisters will be a valuable
acquisition to the new element in the social
HE OF the capital introduced by the change Of
administration.
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.
In the expiring hours of the late administra-
ton Congress having added new executive de-
partment to the cabinent list a Secretary of
Agriculture took his place at the cabinet board
and his wife appeared at the last reception of
the retiring President among the assisting
ladies.
The new Secretary. jeremiah McLane Rusk
will have the organization of the new execu-
tive establishment and Mrs. Rusk the honor eff
inaugurating the social relations of its chief
Secretary Rusk is another of the prolific
growth Of Ohio born statesmen. In 1858 he
went to Wisconsin, and embarked in farming,
but the war in defense of the Union found him
dropping the pruning hook for the sword, rising
from major to colonel and brigadier general by
brevet for bravery in battle. From the CORY
fields Of war he entered public life, beginning
that portion OF his national career in Congress
in 1870, which he voluntarily surrendered after
six years. and declined both a diplomatic and
bureau appointment. Having been elected to
al nfrr1fcl had
was the promptness and effectiveness of the
quelllng of the anarchist movement in the me
tropOlis of his state.
MRS. RUSR.
In 1856. having made some advance in the
concerns of life in his new home. Mr.. Rusk
married Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of John
Oleson Bergum Johnson. This important event in
his took place at Veroqua about 80 miles ON
Lacross. The bride of the young farmer was born