New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-28

| rar. ,aces and few towels and one would single
her out in a crowd person of consequence
Mrs Sherman was the only daughter OF Judge
Stewart OF Ohio Her mother who was Miss
Loughbridge. died while she was stun young ana
her glrlhood and young womanhood were spent
with q relative a Miss Ioughtrdge of Mansfield,
Ohio Old friends who remember her az FAR pack
as before her marriage to Senator SHERMAN say
that her face has changed little in the four Gee
odes she has been known In Washington, ana IN
deed her life here has been singularly free rom
care ana worry Of all sort She has known nothing
of the vicissitudes many women in pubic ne
Mug, suffer Her husbands career has been one OF
bonor and constant success: he has met with less
abuse than most men in public life, and her envI-
ronment has been agreeable one senator ana
Mrs sherman have no children OF their own pu.
an adopted daughter. who Is happily married ana
living In Washington, Is as dear to them as thoush
she their own.
In her tastes and ideas Mrs Sherman Is conserVa-
tive and she has not made herself prominent ny
-. ot,orce with any OF the movements of the dag
q, neculiar interest to women. The duties or h"r
official position have been many. various ana Gear
" defined and 1t has required I'll Of her strength
properly to fulfil them. and no one III o'h'hi III"
has done so more thoroughly or accepahIy' mo
atmosphere Of the Sherman house Is not political
rotber does IT attract the popular crowd as do the
homes Of women younger I'm official me- ana more
ambitious to enjoy a certain kind or pop"HuI''. \
drgn,tv peryadcs 4 and fine reserve marks MrS.
Sherman's manner OF receiving
For quite thirty years Senator Sherman mas IveH
:, Kst opposi,e Franklin square beauti'ul
,,or,or y, town but not affected by IN" ultra
Tsh,onabes The first house he occupied was an
,,,,re,en,ious structure of red brick. when Is
.,uI standing only a few doors from MS present
handsome home. This he gave mp some ni'ee'
wears ago to move into larger ana hher h"u9'
,hot he built adjoining It. The white marble man
II
,,,o hack and he did not begin TO build II uht''
=. was nearly seventy years old 1t Is hneE
MANNED an. well built; a spacious ana h"n"'o'',
so,,,re particularly adapted for entertaining ana
odr,,rabIv arranged for the demands 'h"' VIII W
ID unon f. during the next four years.
Mrs sherman Is fortunate In having NUM-
y, Young and charming women IN her nome 'i'|'''
- aho has been wise IN availing herself OF the
,oos ~ her kinswomen to help ner III eh'ett"'n-
ING They will In her new positloh-"s ivy law
done-add brilliancy to her "r""lls-'''
caueron the young ana Deauu'" "''' " ~
ter senator from Pennsylvania ana her S'S''',
NJ Miles wife OF the Commandins -"'"''"' "
-, ara both nleces OF Senator Shermah the
- bts brother Charles. \ frequent Nislt"r
org her relatives In Washington Is MISS N"0'''
c,'"r,rar one Of General Sherman's daughters.
ON. cmoron Il an extremely charming ana at
,ractive woman and her position IN society az
49, n,,al IS second to none. She Is slender
VIZ o,ousltelv graceful In carriage and manner
o'o. a., conversation. quick witted and ready
Nth q knowledge OF current affarS' ponu'a' "'er-
ery and social She has gay, ols, anu '''''ny
49,, and Is what the Italians call syihpalic"' ana
""' ,.,,, and loyable She Ia II fine foil TO her
'N.0. Mrs Miles whose hair is dark and beginning
90 he sprinked with gray. They are both women
y, unusual attainments. and have a large share OF
~. intellectually for which the Sherman family Is
noted -, . =,
Their cousin. Miss Rachel sherman suggests IN
many ways her ilusirious father. She Is bright,
,ac,ous ouick al repar.ee, a keen adversary In
argument and q magnanlmous victor. She Ii tai