The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22
PEN Sketch OF De DeweyS.
SHE WHO AsPlREs TO BE THE FIRST LADY IN THE LAND

together and change the current of your
lives 1t may be well TO forget for mo-
ment the things around and look upward.
We are in the presence of God, our Fa-
ther, who, although unseen, takes part
In this ceremony, which He has estab-
hshed, blessed and consecrated, making
It one of the holieSt institutions or our
religion. We have a right to call upon
Him in JOY and in sorrow, and need Him
in both extremes. We ask Him 10 Wit
ness and bless this ceremony. You must
remember that while only moment Is
required to pronounce these solemn vows,
a lifetime is required to fulfill them. We,
in our weakness, need the help which
comes from above.
No matter how generous and devoted
you may be now, to you the time OF trial
will come when you will need the help
which only He can give, and that help
will be given in its fullness in return for
the fulfillment of these promises, and the
higher the position in the world the more
incumbent On you is their faithful fulfill
ment and the more rigorous the actions
that will be required. The neglect of this
duty will cast its shadow upon eternity.
of a career which will make you wiser,
better and more useful to your fellow
creatures, both for this life and the life
which lies beyond it; and when death at
last shall break the link that binds you
as death alone can break it-may that
day find the two hands as fondly clasped
and the two hearts as closely Joined as
they are today and the joys of this life
be foretaste of the joys to come"
The days of trials and tribulations cer-
tainly have come to the admiral, for a
mixture of social and political ambition
is thing more dangerous than the fleets
of Spain.
Mrs. Dewey is rich. Her principal in
come is derived from the house at the
northwest corner of X and Sixth streets.
That house used to let for $1,000 year,
but has been enlarged and improved, SO
that probably it brings in Sl0, GOO a year.
Secretary Alger Is said to have paid $4,000
a year for it. Then Mrs. Dewey has the
house at WOedley, near Washington, and
some. trihing odds and ends from the
large part of the estate of her mother,
which was left partly in trust for her
by Washington Mclean. At guess the
income of Mrs. Dewey must be about $l5,-
0OO a year. Fhe income of the admiral
is easy. to figure. Taking the two in
comes together, there is no need of call
couple certainly ought to be in Easy
street on $25Oo6 a year Fifty thousand
is the salary of the president.
Mrs. Dewey has large, gray eyes and is
of stout build. Her age is between for
ty and fifty. A woman is only as old as
she looks. Recently Mrs. Dewey created
a social uproar by taking precedence of
other women of higher rank at the pres
ldents reception. She had a reception on
hand herself, and, seeing an opportunity,
paid her respects to the president out
of order, taking the pas" of several of
her social rivals Then she went to her
house and received her own guests The
German ambassador was a trif1e late
just minute beyond the time which
was announced on her cards. The result
was that when he applied for admittance
he was not admitted. There was an IN
formal consultation of the diplomatic
corps over the matter; but nothing came
Of it. The ambassadors could not press
the case. after Maj. Mckinley had ex-
planned the matter. Mrs. Dewey is the
best.knoWn woman in Washington, ana
her family connection can supply many of
the details of politics where the admiral
will have to learn. Mrs. Dewey was a
convert to the Catholic faith, and now
1t Is announced that she has been re-
converted to the faith of the Episcopal
church.