The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-12

ton for it was made with determined
coOlness.
MIS-. Bryan afterwards told me no"
they mad worked over 10, how sentence
after sentence had been polished ana Tee
uolisned ana cut until each was "a gem
OF Its kind They had already elacoF-
cred Arlington, the famous cemetery 10.
the soldiers. There they went twice. ana
among the graves OF the great Moih. u
over paragraphs that proved especl'l!
enettive when delivered. MIS-. hl9 '''
knew almost every word by heaIt'
4 week before the big speeeh "'1
nade Bryan had delivered euioH' va
"a ocaa colioapuc. Mrs. Bryan them nn-
r,ou-n even to her husbands colleagues
sat IN the gallery and carefully hoted
,ne volume Of tone required by Bryan
to mn the hdll Anything more deilnciale
could hardly be conceived. joy means oil
e,,na,s the husband on the floor ana
vie in the gallery communicated ana
no increased or lowered bis voice az nei
snogestton until she had satisfied heiseI
,nst he mad struck The most elective
tone.
yvben the critical moment arrived MIS-.
rr,sr was ina the gallery. She has told
mo how anxious She was, yet sure thal
ha, husband would wake up the t0u>e
a.. - hadn't been stirred for months Al
ergt Rrvan held a low NOite Mie.
prran nodded for fuller tones her eyes
never left his face except 10 stuiy lhe
effect some sentence might ave "n 'it
House From time TO time Bryan -laicel
for encouragement az the pale face or
the woman I'm the gallery, ana Wnen l
All was over there was one quick ti''c
~ infolligence. both knew that their Worh
had been we'll done. and the woman sank
back in her seat almost overcome 10y the
intensity of her satisfaction ana IeHei.
II was few days later hat Ar.
Rrvan took me into the House galley
ia meet his wife. WHO came over nearly
every afternoon TO meet him and walk
home with him at the close of the sCs-
sion.
Mrs. BRYAN told me how she ana her
husband had known each other as young
osople back in Illinois. where they Dee
io,eed when her name was Mary Baird.
when they were married and went 30
Ncbraska 10 live and Bryan i,4iifo law
she took up the same study with him.
thef BRYAN found himself -ctDH~ ITO
po'ftics. but Mrs. Bryan cpt 300 with
bar nv studies. took her eNdmin1'onA
and was admitted 10 practice. All this
vas done that she might work with and
help her husband.
In This connection Mrs. Bryan said.
"It amused me after ! was graduated 90
sec tho women IN our town. or course
a. was then "A little unusual for woman
TO bo admitted 10 practice. My friends
called in numbers on me. and 80 was
queer TO see how they manoeuvred 20 APP
proach the subject. About half OF them
nnally god 20 II. but one and all seemed
to think that | was a bigger curiosity
than a mummy
Mrs. BRYAN can he very sarcastic when
sufficiently reused. and az any time viii
say droll witty things with only @ gleam
OF a smile i'm her dark eyes.
Sh,- is the mother Of three children
and is very domestic I'm her incli l-tiOls
When ii was discovered that she was
lawyer. a Congressman who meant 20
he very agreeable inquired OF ner with
what line Of law she was most familiar
Mrs Bryans quick answer was:
Domestic relations. sir"
If the Bryans should come into the
White House many people wo ul recall
and contrast the night Of their first sp-
pearance there. with Mrs. Brgal's rrus-
pect Of standing at the head Of the re-
Ception line.
/. was Just after Bryans speech whom
everybody wanted 10 see him and his
Nawver wife. Mrs. Bryan appeared I'm a
hieh-necked, long-sleoved black cash.
mere dress. not even fashlonaby cut or
made. Bryan were his usual Prince Al
bert broadcloath. coat and possibly "a
white lawn tia The pair stood about
and looked lost while people told each
other VINO the unosteniatious. rather
old fashioned locking couple We're yet
neither were at all embarrassed. Both
eH moro than little amusement out