Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-02
beautiful brow. sweet, almost girlish
smoothness-the incarnation of womanly

beautiful brow, sweet, almost girlish
face-not line or wrinkle marring its
smoothness-the incarnation of womanly
sweetness.
One who is sensitive and observant,
need never to have heard one word of Mr..
Mckinley's family life to understand the
relation Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley occupy
toward one another, and while the pleas
ant morning conversation proceeds, we
seem to feel through the atmosphere of
ated, which Browning expressed and
painted in his by the Fireside."
We are looking at and discussing pic
lures of MIR. and Mrs. Mckinley, when
one on Of the tamily, taking, up one of Mr..
face shows the deep thought line extend
ing the length of the forehead, remarks:
Mrs. Mckinley does not like these-she
thinks that line looks like scowl." We
all smile and quite agree with her, that
that picture does not do him JUSTICE"
and we think what picture could por-
tray him as he is. the charming person
clear. perfectly modulated voice, the
bright blue eye, and clear complexion,
and the fine smooth skin that wom-
an might envy? While his pictures can
not portray this. they do show with tidel-
paired by eXcesses. the erect form, the
brown hair, that shows but few traces
of silver; the broad, full forehead, deep
set eye. clearly cut features and square,
massive jaw, the features and bearing
one might look for in the hero of the
battle of Fishers Hill and Cedar Greek,
where he was breveted major by Presi-
dent Lincoln.
Mr.. McKinley's passionate love of
flowers is recognized by his friends.
Are not those roses lovely?" says
Mrs. Mckinley. calling our attention to
n;.ntel and brackets; ''but love these"
slancing at a bouquet of sweet peas on
the pretty table beside her. 1.-THE roses
came in such q beautiful wooden box.
The name of the giver is not here. Will
liam." addressing Mr.. Mckinley. and,
and AZ! Mrs. M.IcK,iinley. from your devoted
from the South.' As Mr.. Mckinley
rises. our eyes follow him. and we catch
Il glimpse. through an open door, of a
daainty a1ln couch in white and g9ld, and
there is a baby asleep in there
SO gentle is the step on the thick car-
pets that it could not awaken the
lightest sleeper, and holding the. great
snowy, waxen blossoms for our inspec-
Ha ss saSSs SSs the the eSnS @
sleeper: sleeper in, in the adjoining room. I'VE
this house over twenty-five years ago.
Here our little ones were born and
passed away, the old homes endeared to
us. by many pleasant, hallowed mem-
orics."
The silken flag that adorned the
chairman's desk at the Republican con-
vention Mt st. Louis is draped on one
corner of the piano. The gavel used
by the chairman on that occasion, q
beautiful piece of carved workmanship.
was shown us. 'It is said to have been
made from a piece of one of the logs
from the log cabin in which Abraham
Lincoln lived. 1t is n pleasant thought
to lover of relics and to the PATRIOTIC -
says Mr.. Mckinley.
There were also some beautiful bad
ges. used during different presidential
campaigns. one white satin badge used
during President Tyler's campaign,
bearing. his motto. the design Of which
would have done credit to the finest of
today. with all our modern accessories
of art.
Mr.. Mckinley is, us 1t has been said,
''tlle deliverer of new gospel to
women and children in making protec-
tion and the tariff plain to them" and
we may add, that is his blameless politi-
cal, professional, religious, domestic cnd
social life. he has also revealed a new
gospel to the young men of our country.
Mary Stuart Coffin.
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