The age-herald., 1900-03-11
MRS, ROOSEVELT CARES
 NOTHING FOR POLITICS
From the New York Tribune.

Mrs Roosevelt, wife of the governor of
 the state of New York, or, as the governor
 himself calls her, "Teddy's ehum," is
 quiet unassuming, modest, housewifely lit-
 tie body, who has absolutely no distinguish
 ing characteristics from thousands of good
 true American wives and mothers, although
 the governor will tell you that she is the
 dearest woman in the world, which is prob-
 ably to him an indisputable fact. She cares
 absolutely nothing for politics. The worry
 and bother of the affairs of state are to her
 only part of the days work that her hus- band does and when he comes to dinner at night the governor Is assured of one place
 where he is not going to be asked for
 office, or how he is going to act in this or that matter.
 After he had been discovered" as police commissioner of New York city, and the cartooniSts found new and excellent sub jeet for their pencils, Mrs. Roosevelts sim pie heart was filled with anguish. As the succession of teeth" pictures appeared from day to day rebellious feeling surged up in her, and for once in her peaceful life she wanted to do something to somebody. She became used to it after while, how ever, and began keeping a scrapbook. She placed in it all the pictures of the future governor that appeared from time to time She filled several books and then turned the job over to the boys.
 When the governor was preparing to go to Cuba during the war her women friends went to her and asked 'Why do you let him go?" and she replied, with the modesty | that characterlzes her, "He knows best" | and "I wouldn't stop him from what he | believes is his duty if I knew he was com 1 ing back dead tomorrow"
 In appearance Mrs. Roosevelt Is the sort | of woman one feels it would be good ito | know. Modest quiet in dress, little un- der the governor in stature, and teeHing at | all times with the genial graciousness of | a woman who finds life good to live. Her life at the executive mansion is simplicity itself, and the welcome there for visitors | who have occasion to call is of the sont that leaves a pleasant warmth in the mem- ory.
 In the kitchen of Mrs. Roosevelt's home, wherever it may be, she can be found when the fruit season is on, putting up her own preserves and jams and jefIes. The larder of the executive mansion is stocked with fthe result of her handiwork when the wives of the men who run the rural political ma chinery visit the wife of the states chief executive
 Mrs. Woodruff, the wife of the lieutenant governor, is exactly the opposite of the
 wife of the governor so far as her daily
 life is concerned Mrs. Woodruff is the
 kind of woman who delights in the func-
 tions of the position she is placed in by
 reason of her husbands elevated position.
 She is his partner in all of his plans to get
 ahead politically, and it is a pleasure to
 Hei lo Worh early ana late on her plans to
 further the interests of her husband, of
 whom she is so proud.
 The WoodruffS are known far and near
 as delightful entertainers. Rarely O day
 passes that there Is not luncheon, or din-
 her, or perhaps supper on the cards at the
 Woodruff residence whether it be in All
 bany, Brooklyn, or the Waldorf-Astoria in
 New York, where they sometimes live. Mrs.
 Woodruff spends not less than $20000 year
 1n her various establishments, and every
 dollar of this money is spent with a view
 to adding in some way to the power her
 husband is gaining day by day.
 She is an officer in many charitable and
 church societies; she belongs to several
 women's cluios and her life is one long
 day of calls and social duties. She is an
 interchangeable worker and seems to thrive
 on it. Mrs. Woodruff is very pretty wom-l
 an She has dark hair and eyes and q
 graceful figure. She is about five feet tall
 and is neither stout nor slender, and is all i
 ways superbly but modestly dressed She
 can order dinner that would win the ad-
 mration of Lucullus, but has little or no
 taste for the duties of the housewife.
 Back from the road that leads out of
 Princeton, N J.. to the Pennsylvania tlfrn- pike on the grounds surrounding the big white house, where ex-President Cleveland lives, a graceful, trimly-clad woman can be seen any fair day moving about among a great flock of chickens with all the wrapt attention of some one who Is deeply con cerned in task. It is Mrs. Cleveland, who possesses the finest lot of poultry in the country whereabouts.
 The daily life of Mrs. Cleveland is one | that few women would care to lead after | having had a taste of the life as mistress | of the White HorHe but she seems very | content and very happy. The care and so- 1 licitude of the children, the lftt1e social | duties made necessary by her husbands | position, and the chickens, fill her life com | pletely. It is a big house she lives in but | the life in it is very simple, and the run | ming of it Is left largely to an old holise- keeper that has been in her family for years. Her main ambition is to see the l girls made happy. Their education under | her supervision, is one of tthe most idyillic
 that one can imagine There is a govern eSs and a teacher of languages, and the education of the girls is a ma tier of every moment of their waking life. Not arduous | class or lesson hours, but the simple, nat | ural intercourse of refinement of speech | and intelligent conversation added ito the | best of all education for young girls mind the continued exposition of fine ex- | ample.
 l During the winter days the big east room of the south side of the house, which is | filled with dainty, pretty objects of art and household adornment, is the scene of hours | of instruction that to the forming mind of | girls is naught but pleasure. There are | readings and music, new illustrations to crfticise, besides the general summing up | of the wonderful new things that unfold | day by day. In all these hours the mother | is there helping and aiding in the work her | heart is so set upon. When the time for 1 the children's afternoon drive comes she | takes herself to the chicken yard, where | the flock is inspected and care given where needed
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