Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-14
SATU RDAY SALAD.

One Of the most charming family groups
in Washington is formed by Mrs. Stephen
B. Elkns and her five handsome chill
dren. Mrs. Ekins herself is tall,
graceful woman, with perfect complex
ion and abundance of dark hair, clear
Irish gray eyes and the prettiest dimples
in the world. Her only daughter and
youngest child, little year-old Katherine,
is perfect reproduction in miniature
of her mother-eyes, dimples, bright in
genous manner and all She has the
most complicated and amazing lisp, and
can tell wild tales Of adventures on her
pony which, for exciting romance and
jaw breaking patois, fairly ontdO the much
prevailing Canadian dialect story. A
charming little hoyden-as beiits the only
sister of four big, stalwalt, rolIicking
brothers-she is already fearless horse
woman, and just such stuff as beauties
and all around bellies are made off.
Indeed, she is beginning to turn her at
tention to society, and deciding the other
day, during one of her mothers recep
tlons. that she had fingered quite enough
in the background, che concluded to 90
down stairs, and, as she put it, "atthitht."
Mrs. Elkins was unware of the valuable
aIG she WAS receiving till some one in-
formed her that Miss Elkins was in the
dining room "tkeeing that verybody got,
therved," 8ad there she staid until the
affair was over; but her governess is now
cautioned 70 keep a rather sharper eye
upon her Of reception days
FLA YING "INJUNs."
The fous cSogs are fine, straight limbed,
deer chssS nobelI developed fellows, fond
Of athleties.sfid boyish fun, full Of health
and vitality. Last year when the family
were at their beautiful place, "IIallie-
hurst" in West Virginia-Mrs. Eikins is
the daughter of Ex-Governor Davis, OF
West Virginia, and cIlngs to her native
state-Mrs. Russell Harrison sent the
boys some complete Indian war cos.
tunes, and they had great larks playing
at prairie warfare. Richard and Stephen
have cameras, and they took some fine
pictures of these exceedingly youthful
braves, spearing, tomahawking, shooting
from behind their ponies and generally
doing up each other in the most ap-
proved "Lo" fashion.
The eldest son, who bears his mothers
maiden name, Davis, is 16, and s in
school at Lawrenceville, N. J. The 9TH
ers have tutors and masters at home.
who has his fathers name, but
not in full thus avoiding the use OF the
''Jr." after it--las recently passed
through severe illness, and, though
perfectly recovered, his brother Richard,
next younger, has outgrown him, and is
taller and heavier. The
son, Blame, 10 years old, is
thorough Republican and staunCh ad
mirer OF his great sponsor.
Mrs. Elkins is lovely mother. Cor
poral punishment is unknown in her
|amily. She says, smllingly, that solitary
for brief period is the
sternest measure she ever resorts to. But
she asserts that the greatest factor in
her success is the good and amenable ,
disposition " Which all her children possess,
and which makes them require very little
discipline.
W.
Word comes that Mr.. Jay Gould and |
Ms companionable family are daily gain
ng strength under the influence of New
Mexico's sunshine and pure air, as these
cheerful elements of life come to them
through their private car windows on the
side.tra Of the A., T. & s. +. Mr.. Gould .
nas lately been joined by his second son,
Edwin, and the party now consists of .
Mr.. Gould and son, the Misses Helen and .
Anna Gould, DR.. Mum, the family physi- !
ian and a cotoire of attendants includ.
ng big hurley individual who serves as
. kind of general body guard. Mr..
iould and family breakfast at O'Clock q.
H., dine at p. M, and slight supper is
ierved at 7 O'Clock. A drive is taken