The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-24
Lovely Woman.

Lovely Woman.
Amid all the hurrying, perspiring
mob Of uncomfortable and tired
masculine humanity, lovely woman
floats and glides as sweet and cool
as "a breeze in May across the mead
ows. She is everywhere, in soft
white gowns and dainty hats, her
face as calm and placid as though
she were going out to borrow some
thing. Occasionally she is accom-
panied BY her husband or her sweet
heart, but oftener she is alone. She
penetrates the innermOSt recesses of
the Headquarters at the hotels, and
is in evidence as far into the haunts
given over to the uses of men as the
barrooms. She stands at the door,
looks at the thirsty throngs, shud-
ders and turns away. She asks If
Sewall is Democrat, and almost
unanimously announces that she is
for Bryan because "he has such a
nice, kind face She wears all
sorts of badges without any concep-
sion OF what they mean-when she
can get anybody to give them to her
and takes great interest in any sort
of music she hears. In the streets
she is under the feet of the multi
tude. She stops and gazes at every
little thing and every big thing.
She scares gripmen on cable cars
out of their wits by calmly crossing
the street as though she owned it,
and she makes drivers of wagons
and cabs wish she had balloon TO
travel in. But, withal, she is well
coined with joy. The men like to
see her. The hotter the weather,
the cooler she looks. She adds a
tinge of brightness and innocent
payetv to what would otherwise rep
resent nightmare of whiskers and
store clothes.
W.
The Next Mistress Of the white House.
Everything that is published con-
corning Mrs. William J. Bryan con-
firms the good opinion formed Of her
bv all Americans, regardless of party
affiliations. The descriptions given
of her as a wife, mother and woman,
are gratifying and reassuring; graft
fvinp that the wife of the man chosen
tn lead the democratic hosts to vic
tory is fit and congenial compan-
ion for one of the greatest of Ameri-
cans. and reassuring in that the
next mistress of the White House
will be not only "A loyal and loving
wife and mother, but also an intel
lectual, brilliant, progressive woman
of to-day. As has been frequently
stated, Mrs. Bryan is a regularly
graduated lawyer. She studied law
in order TO assist Ter husband in his
legal practice and to render herself
a more helpful wife to him in all his
ambitions and aspirations. She also
became student of politics and OF
men. and she has cultivated a taste
for the best literature, not only be-
cause her talent lay in these direc-
lions hut because she was anxious
to keep pace with the remarkable
man she bad married and to con
tribute her part towards his ultimate
success. Mrs. Bryan has always
had profund faith in her husbands
capacity, and n prophetic belief IL
the rewards the future held for him
With a woman's intuition, she an
ticipated the glory and elevation
that are his to-day, and like the
earnest, brainy woman that she is
she prepared herself for the full
fiIlment. Mrs. Bryan Is only few
wears Younger than her husband
and they graduated at the high
schools of their Dative towns thC
same year. both as valedictorians o
their classes. She is said to be very
ouiet, modest, and transformations
not especially magnetic, but true
and straightforward. She Is self
Doised and self-reliant, and hel
trends and neighbors pronounce hel
am ideal stateman's wife. Sh'
cares nothing for fashion and society
ostLe term IS now used, and liveC
very modestly in Washington City
while Mr.. Bryan was making
name for himself in Congress. Dur
inc the wild and tumultuous scene:
atthe convention ut Chicago, sht
did not once lose her self control
ana when the presidential nomina
tion was made, she was perfectly
calm and undisturbed and received
tbe congratulations of enthusiastic
friends with little visible emotion
She is a western woman, a native o
Illinois, and her manner and accen
Indicate this fact. She has a Ger
tain amount of humor and is capable
of saving bright things and making