Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-29

THE HOBARTS.


The history Of the family life of the
Fobarts is but the annals of quiet fam
lily. 1t is always a high compliment to
a household when there is little to write
of it-a proof that the manner of its life
is equal, that harmony prevails, that the
days come and go in that pleasant peace
and quietness which should be the aim
of all family relationship. To go among
the neighbors of family that crcum-
stance has placed in prominent position
i'll the public mind. and to hear nothing
but good things of them; commentator
of the frank generosity of the husband.
admiration of the multiplied charities of
the wife, commiscration in the one grief
the family has sustained, and the joyful
participation in the success that has come
to them, is a pleasant sort of investiga-
'tion to be called upon to make. If you go
to Paterson, y. j.. where most of the
single and all of the married life of the
Hobarts has been passed, you will find
just this kind OF feeling expressed by the
many persons in all stations of life who
look on them as near and dear friends.
The home life of the Hobarts. in all the
years of happy continuity, has had but
one shadow. That was last summer
when the angel of death claimed their
only daughter, girl of most attractive
personality, who had won the love of the
friends. both old and young. While their
hearts bled at the thought of the bright
young life 80 early closed, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hobart are persons of strength of will
and purpose and they do not let their
private grief darken their daily life. They
believe in the duty to the living as well
as the remembrance that belongs to the
dead. They want the life of their boy,
n lad of l.. 10 be full of all that is whole
some and joyous, and that will form him
to be the kind of Il man his father is.
Mr.. Hobart is a self-made man, and suf-
fciently we'll made to be able to surround
his family with those re6pements of life
that sre dear TO the progressive man.
The home of the Hobarts is a model one
in it's appointments. Mr.. Hobart made
il. and Mrs Hobart keeps ii, in com
pletely satisfactory manner. There is
nothing so helpful toward fitting a man
for outside duties as pleasant home en-
vironment, and this Mr.. Hobart has TO an
even unusual degree. His household Is
filled with good fellowship. No man liv-
ing is less egotistical than Mr.. Hobart.
He Is siBgularly modest-he does not
like to acknowledge any good qualities
in himsclf-but he Is not reticent in Civ
ing expression to his appreciation of what
his wife has accomplished in her private
and public life. He likes to dwell on
those characteristics that have made her
Just the proper helpmcet for man Of his
temperament. He says "my wife is the
better man of the two" l think what
he really means is "my wife is the best
woman in the world for me-" Theirs is
a well-rounded partnership-each supply
ing any lack in the other. While Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobart live in comparative de-
gree of elegance, the tastes of both are
simple. Each shrinks from display Of
any sort. Each enjoys the most modest
pleasures, each strives for the comfort
of others rather than their own. There is
something genial In the atmosphere of
their home that wraps one in its folds the
the threshold is crossed.
No one who knows Mr.. and Mrs. Hp-
bart will doubt that ii will be trial. and
a great trial to them, to leave the home
that Is so much to them. and take up the
burden Of official life, should fate will il
So as we all so fondly hope; but all who
know them will rest satisfied that no man
and woman better equipped for public life |
ever entered it. The Senate will be pre-
sided over in n manner TO rebound TO the |
credit of the nation, and in the social |
functions in which Mrs. Hobart will have |
SO large a share, men and women alike |
will be proud to be presented TO her, and |
TO be represented by her. The congenial |
of the Paterson home will |
be carried into the Washington life. and |
the same loving kindness will be there.
There are men who are strong enough |
in mentality and executive ability to keep |
a town prosperous and countless organi- |
cations going, and women forceful enough |
TO lead in society and understand the |
Of the whole world, from art |
10 politics. Gnrret A. Hobart Is the one
md Mrs. Hobart the other.
With husband of such marked ability. |
Ind with taste for association with able
md cultured people. with n desire to see
md share all that is best in our nation, it |
s not remarkable that Mrs. Hobart
should be ambitious for Washington hon
)rs She would not be her fathers own
largh.er, Dor yet n typical American
woman. hac she not this'honcst ambition,