The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-07
1.-THE FIRST LADY,
ALWAYS PRETTY
History Shows That All Ma
irons of White House Have
Been Lovely Women.

Whether our Presidents have been men
OF opportunity or men of determination
they have certainly had chosen. or thrust
upon them. very pretty wives. Ane in
looking into a gallery Of White House
DANES, side by side with one OIL Eng
liSh Queens one is struck by the loveli-
ness OF the former in comparison with the
ugincsS OF the latter.
Martha Wash ngton was one OF the most
attractive Of all women, Tor not only ga
her first husband. Colonel Eusts, ieaNe
her g large properly, bur nature hau gwen
her a certain bewltchinS rustic beauty
she had nut-brown eyes and hair, Wei
shaped tiny figure and the most engaging
manners.
He., successor in the White House was
scarcely less gifted. for Ao.gail Adams
was OF the fral, ethereal type OF lace
that gains the name Of "beauntu! at
sight She was not unlike Mrs Mckinley,
who has always been called q very pretty
woman. one writer, giving a pen-picture
OF her four years ago. says: Il must al
ude again to Mrs Mckinley's fowerEke
face"
Washington irving described Dolly &afli-
son and her SISTERS, Mrs. Cults and Mrs
of Windsor" Mrs. Madison he says
was a fine, pretty, buxom dame with
smile and a pleasant word for every
| body" Though born in North Carolina,
| Dolly Madison was one OF the faEheS OF
| Virginia, q family famous for ats Deautllui
| women. She was married to James Madi-
| son when she was twenty-three years od
| She was at that time young widow with
| q chil! Al the time of her death she was
| a very gray old lady with much rouge
on her cheeks but lovely of character
| Less is known of Ell zabeth X. Monroe
than Of any other White House lady. The
records say of ner that she was diSnhed.
stately, and the possessor OF q face upon
which, beauty was undenably stamped.
OF Louisa Katherine Adams it was SAID
that she established the ERA OF good
feeling" in London. While her husband was
Minister to England she set q hospitable
table to which all were invited and ut
which she discoursed music. painting
and sculpture, tho gifts coming and go
ing in her intellectual face
Both OF President Tylers wives were
well-favored women. The first, Letitia
Christian, was OF the bellies of East
ern Virginia. The second, married near
the close of the pres dental term, was
! Miss Gardner, well known to the present
| generation of Westinghouse. She was
| educated abroad and the loveliest wo-
| man of her duy, 1914, when she married
! President Tyler.
A VERY RICH FIRST LADY"
| spoon in her mouth. She was the richest
| and most accomplished woman that ever
| entered the White House. An English
| novelist made her his heroine, thus de-
| scrbing her: Her hair is very black.
| and her dark eyes ard complexion remind
| me of the Spanish, donnas.' And q grace
! fu! writer of the day said:
| Modest, yet all a queen Should be.
| love TO keep thee in my mind.
| Abigail Fillmore followed her, and OF
| he,' an enthusiastic write. said: She is
/, commanding in person. for she is nearly
six feet tail and of exceed rlg fairness OF
| complexion and d licacy Of features. Her
! light. !uXuriant har tails in ,l5wins curls
! around her head
| Mrs. Franklin Pierce was the Only White
! House lady wnose personality had little
| chance to assert itself. On tn way to
/ Wa! n ton j tarripr rau=Gad co si0n
1 occurred. in which, Mrs. Pierce lost her
J only SON II s head was crushed under
| a losanl, and from This tragic death sil :
| never recovered.
| But such gloom as there was in the
! White House was speedily disp lied by
| the errjva. Of Harriet Lana, tho ,liere Of
| James Buchanan, a: young woman with
! whom the young Prince of Wales fol
| violently IN love. After his return home.
| from his visit to America he had victoria
| write q letter to the President. n which
! she says: 1.-THE Prince Consort ana 1
/ particularly wish TO he remembered to
/ Miss Lane.'
Nary Todd Lincoln lived in trying
| TIM But her enemies We're compelled
| 10 say OF her that she dressed nsaglif-
| certify and was a handsome woman. Her
| face used TO cheer the President VIII II
| her tongue did rot.
! Julia Dent Grant. Lucy Webb Hayes,
/ Lucretia Rudolph Garfield Mrs CT We
| land, Mrs Harrison and Mrs. Mckinley
| are roo well Known 10 need description.
| The first Of this list declared h rself ''tha
| HON Test woman thar ever entered the
F.; Whit Hau e. " hl!t the fon~+h ac"-p+-d
! 2e--befletam with grace. All were good
! looking women. and absolute heauti :
/ compared TO TIE l1'ell-cheeksd GucIphs
| and stupid FIohsnzo' leTns.