The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-10
NAY LEAD SOCIETY.
'sSS. HEISTlND MAY DOMINATE WHITE
HOUSE FUNCTIONS.

Against hVr-An Interesting situation.
These who know are prophosying tina
the White House menagc for the mex
four years viii he a curious one.
Mrs Mckinley is not only the victim
Of i'll health, but is totally unacoustomeC
TO having demands made upon her Re
| sponsihilities are things she has nevel
shouldored in Canton. She will no
shoulder them in Washington.
Upon whom, then, Will the burden
of the social situation fall? This is tn,
question which agitates Washington al
present and there is growing belief
that those who answer Mrs Heistind'
come near TO guessing the conundrum.
Mrs. Heistind is not relative of Mrs.
Mckinley, and since "we choose ouI
friends, though we don't choose our re-
lations, the ultimate verdict upon the
wife of Captain Heistind will pronounce
also upon the judgment of the wife of
the president. There are some who say,
however, that hrs. Mckinley was not
an active factor in the Mckinley Heis.
tind friendship; that she merely submit
ted more or less passively to an intimate
intercourse forced upon her by the ener-
getic, bustling little wife of an army Off
Ger whom she first met at a hotel in Co.
lumbus, o. Be this as it may, the init
macy is an established one, and many
well KNOWN Canton women who have
been close friends of the Mckinley house
hold for years have eaten the bread of
bitterness lately, finding themselves
quite pushed aside and overlooked in ia
vor of woman from goodness knows
where.
As matter of fact, Mrs. Heistind
was born and brought up in a small
town and since her marriage has passed
most of her life at frontier army posts.
Her husband will be an attache of the
White House, bat has had nothing at
all TO do with hiswife's present posi-
ton, due entirely 10 her own clever.
pushing methods and partly no doubt
TO the utter callousness with which she
uses her sharp little elbows. Mrs. HE'S
tind is described as short, plump wom-
an, with keen black eyes, smoothly
brushed black hair, drawn back from a
square forehead, and abrupt, almost
awkward, manners. She is the possessor
Of remarkable gift, being able abso-
lutely to hold her tongue, and her
sphinXlike impenetrability has probably
much TO do with her success. For some
months Mrs. Heistind has been entirely
lt home i'll the Mckinley household.
III and out at all hours with a
complete absence of ceremony and fire.
luently stopping all night when Mrs.
happened 10 be suffering more
than usual. She has indeed made her
self quite Indispensable to the invalid
lady, running errands, packing trunks,
receiving newspaper Representatives
who, by the way, never got ANYTHING !
out of her--and experimenting the re.
moval TO Washington. In scarlet cape
and far from smart black hat she was
i'll evidence during the Nc
hlnleys' last few days at Canton and
was one of the most conspicuous figures
IN the presidential party while the in
luguration ceremonies were in progress
and at the ball. Her gown for the lat
Ter function was of gorgeous brocade.
The Mcktnleys became acquainted
With Captain and Mrs. Heistind when
he president was governor of Ohio. The
wo families lived at the same hotel in
Columbus. Mrs. Mckinley was i'll and
onely. Her casual acquaintance, Mrs.
deistind, soon began to play the part of
devoted friend. The intimacy was helped
N by the facts that Mrs. Mckinley is
lmost extravagantly fond of children
md that Mrs. Heistind has a charming
little niece, wonderfully bright and pre-
ocious. This child, who was stopping
With her aunt at the hotel during the |
Mckinley sojourn there, has great |
aft of mimicry and recites long and |
ambitious poems in manner quite |
Little Mary Kolhe's accom- |
'lishments were utilized by her aunt |,
or the entertainment of the invalid J
wife OF the governor, and the tiny per- |
ormer became great favorite with |
lrs. Mckinley, who afterward invited !
Ter to Canton. Mary Kobe was one of |
he guests Oh the train which bore the
resident to Washington.
III is apparent that Mrs. Heistind is a |
lever woman During last summer and |
utumn she had sole charge of all func. (
ions which took place at the Mckinley |
nansion in Canton, and il is considered !
ighly probable that she will run" |
he White House dinners, perhaps even
ecide-on the guests and say what style
4 dress they shall wear This prospect |
5 understood TO be far from agreeable
o the great ladies of the new admins.
ration, and interesting developments
re looked for There may be organized |
pposition to the little, unknown west.
rn woman, who doesn't know how to
ress and habitually wears too many
ings, and it is altogether likely that
lrs Heistind's experiences in Indian
will stand her In good stead
u Washington st Louis Globe Demo.
rat.