The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Study of the Great Republi-
can Leaders Wife.
HER PLEASING PERSONALITY.
Influences She Has Exerted Cpon Her
Husband-Her Varied Abilities
Lovahle and Charitable.
New York World

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sion 10 stump oratoiy would rot INVOKE
repeated public Appearances throughout
tina country OF ais slse.
Mrs Mckinley IS not ada pte1 10 days
o. handshaktng nor 10 bows from car
platforms. She IS not only an invalid. but
. woman OF stronsif domestic prefer
enees. and now. as at all times. hose ~ 10
VISA 10 see her must seek her olt.
This fast rather strsns hens she ropu-
lar interest IN Mrs. Mckinieys person
alisy. That haze Of vaguaness and unce--
isintF that always comes 20 surround
woman living in retirement serves only
TO stimulate healthy curiosity in regard
% her person and cGa-,c-er.ssics. AMI .s
IS from persons who have Known Mrs Nc
kiniey long and intimately tina: The facts
now Sc. forth have teen obtained.
IN her youth li2 Saxton vas ire belle
OF Canton. O.. and the mature &. aces OF
Ida Mckinley amply bear o.. this earlier
reputation. Hers, however. - a face that
excites liking rather than a6mira lion. She
Is more winning than beautiful In spite q
the traces OF Illness and sorr1w. her ao-
peaFance - still beautiful. She IS above
ms3ium height. with a graceful and well
formed figure which Is never otherwise
than trim. and waica is made 10 carry
gowns OF quiet elegance and simplicity.
In choosing gowns. blue is Ms - Mn
ley's favorite color. Ear heal is well SCI.
rather small IN itsaat, but made 20 APPEAR
larger by the masses OF shortcut curing
chestnut hair that have constituted Mrs.
Mehlnley's couture during the last few
years.
Her face 10 pale AMI he- eyes <a-k
brown. with long iashes. Her nose 10
delicaiely formed and slightly aquillne. the
mouth broad and thin-lippea. expressing
an amiable constituencies.
Mrs. McKiniey's Brow.
SO much FOR gens-l outline OF this IN
teresting face. Ii mas. however. DIST ntt-
i've features whicn deserve further con-
SH1eration. In the first place IL Is inter
estiHg TO note Mrs. Mckinley's forehead.
which IS best exhibited in her earlier pic
lures. when she wore her hair parted ana
erimped. IN the old-fashioned style.
Il IS not as remarkable in some re-
spects. particularly IL heigh'. as Mrs
Bryan's brow. Moreover 1. betoksns an
entirely different typ. OF woman. Mrs
Bryan's unusual forehead indicates in
teilectuality, hrmness. :deality, and per-
aaps just The least biz OF aggress-
iyeness. Mrs. Mckinley S. on the c n
trary. denotes that she is more gifted
teTnperanen,ally than mentally. more
social and sympathetic than Intellectual
II is a broad. smooth fogeheau, Indicating
caimness and seif-coatroI.
The ears could nos pass unsettled. They
are unusually large for woman ac. ~
clined 10 be heavy and dropping. AS they
are not beautiful cara Il is rather aston
ishing that Mrs. Mckinley chooses TO cell
attention 10 them by Wearing earrings,
which she almost Invariably does. T2is
& also an indication Of ~ love OF jewels.
wherein Mrs. Mckinley essentially dif-
fers from Mrs. Bryan. But apart from the
standpoint or beauty these ears have good
features. Their size and shape Indicate
generosity and an absea,e Of the petty
feminine vices. They are rot shreTJ ana
selfish ears.
III T. Likeness 10 Mckinley.
Considering the features OF Mrs. Nc
Kinleys face thus. one By one the OBJ
server arrives at al astonishing concur
sion. Comparing the photographs OF Mr..
and Mrs, Mckinley taken a. he time OF
their marriage with .hose :akcn more re-
Gently the conclusion Is strengthened that
Mrs Mckinley mas grova 10 look like
her husband
Compare the p:oilas o. the two ana
the likeness Ia 50 obvious THAI YOU VIII
wonder why you never saw Il before. In
the two faces Their. y approximately Tho
same le7gth OF forehead, nose AMI chm.
Mrs. McKinley's nose has almost IRE
cisaly the same squiline curve that char
acterizss her hush mis- In 10th cases
there is the same firm closing o. the mouth
ana square set of the law. In word.
draw a Napoleonic nat over Mrs Nc
hinley's brown cuc's and she would make
a very fair feminine counterpart OF the
little CorElcan.
But after all, this phenomenon IS not
'nexDltca bic. II s. easily accounted for
when ore remembers -he l'f. Of complies
sympathy and understanding which the
two have led. Slnce ;hsir marriage n 1871
they have scarcAly ever been separated
Their "a w romano, which began wien
yong Maj. Mckiniev returned from the
army and found pretty Ida Saxion n
cashier IN her wealthy fathers bank. 1as
never for an instant paled.
The deaths OF their little girls. Katie
and Ida, who lived hu. a few wears
brought them stlll closer together. and 20
day Ma aad Mrs Mckinley are not on
" devoted lovers. bur the mos. helpful
or friends
During her long years ~ ;nvall1srn
Mrs Mckinley has had her husbands
constant sympathy and devotion Will.
On the 81 Ter hand hc has no more trusted
political adviser. no n~mer support 20 his
ambition. than she. what wonder. there
FORE that their lives being cast IN the
same mold their features should par:ake
OF chs same character
Influences Her Husband.
A.. NcKsnl~y's influence over her
husband and hts career - unq1es'icnei-
Sh- - conspicuous in TIE group 81 ohio
women who have qDiegly directed tas
lives Of such men as Brice. Foraker,
Rgahreu and Campbell. Always she has
kept in vital touch with public quesIoas
A. horne and abroad Every prominent
party doctrine -he has Thoroughly as
ss-,4lats3. and today there "a 10 more an
sxervlng protec;lonlst n The land
Il we're mid phgassolegy % say that
she agrees with her husband she always
considers him absolutely IN TIE rtrht--an
4ttstt4as which has coub1elss done much
n promote thsir coniug@l happiness.
Og course wien Ma. Mckinley received
the Republican nomination for president.
Nrs Mckinley wept. That "a not remark
ahla. FOR any woman would - 80 same.
Bai & IS further r>latea tAac whe1 the
ao-Ter; OF .elegrArls ~as az rs height.
g4ri wlsscc- n the Nttls Canton home beg
god ~ % me frst % 5r.ng the CAD rews
% Mrs. Mex inIey as sseon * EIsigI.
arrive
The r~-,lv was charas~-s~3stlc - ~.
woman and her o,n.aSrts relations.
ssHaau't you he-tar vslt ua-i uF bus
band tells me- she ssksi. very geafly.
al waen ne husbs01 dld tel her her
only remark vas. 7 s.oagr-talatS rot2-
Her Varied Abilities.
We're sire TO. hs-7psre1 ~ Illness. Mrs.
Mckinley would doubtless re = very sf-
Scent WarGzn Fy % sisre stle ls ir-s@-tt..2i
ara ~se4~-s-sde4 Her e8U~attan w-7s
-,a~s@-s Av several yeas " boarding
school training asS & - {rte~e%tsnx 70
not@ :hat Mss Ess.raan- principal "a -
school % Media. p. Salcn IDA Ssxt,>a
asten I'D. refers .ve2 rfew 9Th p~s6s a71
z>---rto1 10 ,he par. SIZE bore - tsis par
sfrf1Enr ~uFt~S ~3Gcass3z-
Or leaving school, - CIR ,-ave,ed =
Eursr~ Returning szs cc1artlA - ESfsA nsr
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