The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-19

She was perhaps twenty or twcnty-one
years old when she entered her fathers
bank as "a paid assistant. She had rare
beauty. both physical and mental, and, as
everybody knows. her suitOrs We're both
numerous and persistent, bus she SEEM
"a TO care for none of them, instead she
attended closely 10 the duties which her
father placed in her hands. She had been
i'm the bank but comparatively short
time when a young man, handsome Of face
and figure. came % Canton from the adj
jaccut town of Niles. This young man.
il soon became known, had just returned
from the war where at the age OF seven
teen years no had enlisted as private
and had emerged after AppomattoX as
Majority -Breyet.
When Ida ted her father that young
Mckinley had asked her hand IN marrl-
age. he rcplied. Il don't want you -
marry yet awhile. my dear, but Wien
YOU DO L know of no man 20 whom /
would so' willingly give You up as 20 Ma
ior Mckinley" And SO IL was that in
1871 they were married and they went
To Housekeeping at once i'm that same
square wooden house where they now
live Tho vicissitudes OF fortune and OF
financial difficulties compelled them
some Zine later TO give up this charming
home: but fortune is good sometimes ar
ter all. and so IT, is that at this moment,
I'm the GROWING triumph Of their lives
they find themselves in the same cid
house where they spent tho first joyous
hours of their honeymoon.
SIZE BREADS PUBLIC LINE.
Two children were born to Major and
Mrs. Mckinley in the twenty-five wars
of their married life. but Gcd IN his wis
dom took one away Ia infancy and the
other Joined her baby sister W zen she
was barely four years old. IL WAS .Fun
the death of The latter that Ms. Nc-
kiulcys health was shattered, and
while her neighbors will tell YOU that sho
has been stronger in the past year than
for any Of the twelve or fourteen years
which precede this. Vet they admit sor-
rowfully thac she is very different from
the strong. vigorous. healthy Ida SAXON
whom they knew d quarter OF a century
ago.
1t was plain 10 me that Mrs. Mckinley
was essentially domestic woman. sur
rounded As she has been by an environ
ment of politics and turmoil. IL was Yet
evident from her words and manners
that she longed with an irresistible long
ing for tho peace CT home life.
one little sentence spoken 10 me proves
this. for she said with "A trace ~ moist
ter what the outcome OF this campaign
NAV be for my own part | would rather
live here in my little home M Canton
than IN the White House where 1 know
he must sacrifice me 10 his duty. But"
she added smiling wistfully. Il Will pur
10 obstacle tn his way. / will do tho lit
To which may lay In my power TO en-
courage and strengthen him In the battle
which now lies before him.
To many a woman such statement
might seem like cant. Few women |
dare say but who would give mp all rest
fitness aud quiet to become the hrst
lady IN the land. but what Mrs. Mchin-
lev uttered was uttered with sincerity
that admitted Of no doubt as 20 her
perfect tru.hfulness. Perhaps II you CT
I had been an invalid with only one
thing on earth 10 live for, and that hus-
bands love. we might more fully and en-
tirelv appreciate the sentiments Of the
sad faced litte woman. No doubt she
fcals ambition, but net as a younger or /
more vigorous woman feels IL. ! think ]
I can say WITH perfect truth that there
is no solf ambition In her heart. The
only ambition that lies there Is an amhi- /
ton for the man whom she almost idol |
ICES.
A WOMAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF I
POLITICS.
And then she went on In thar. quiet. !
wistful way which sometimes made me /
turn my head aside and gaze ont upon /
the trees ana the flowers and the green =
lawn when she spoke: you may not un- 1
derstaud how woman would feel ahou- /
these things she sympathizcs with her /
husband and she realizes In a measure 1
what II all is and yet she cannot come TO /
complete understanding OF what poll /
ties really are: nor can she see In her /
woman's way why when man runs for
some great political office no must neces-