Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-18

| prcssiyo ceremony usually employed BIZ
ministers OF the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches At the conclu-
sion Of the ceremony the crowd waited
respectfully until the newly nude hus-
band ana wife and their companions
had passed out Then tongues were
looscd and the dumb spake ana gos-
sips became supreme, ana all agreed
that nothing could have been moro
gracefully performed than the first
act In the life drama upon which the
gallant major and his young ana beau
tful wife have Just entered.
After the marriage ceremony lhe
personal friends Of the families par-
took Of refreshmen,s. which had been
laid at the residence OF Mr. SaXtun.
Major and Mrs Mckinley took the
10 o'clock train Tor the East and VIII
make a bridal tour of the Eastern c'-
ties, not being expected TO return for
three or four weeks,
That was the first honeymoon. but not
the last There have been journeys
through all the long years Of their mar
ricd life that were as much enjoyed
as the first aud the present journey
has some of the honeymoon element
even In the midst Of is many outside
demands Mrs Mckinley has never
been really well enough TO keep up
with the urgent life of a greatly am
bilious man. but she has done It at the
cost her own strength
Before McKinleys FIRST election she
had a two weeks taste of the respon-
dbiltes OF the lady Of the White
House Mrs Hayes her persona
friend was obliged to be absent from
her post and she begged Mrs, Mchin-
lev 10 take her place 1T was no
easy matter she said afterward, ana
When sho entered upon the task for
four years II was with no little doubt
of her ability 10 complete IL. But her
health has improved on the whole, ana
sick or well her personality has been
one OF such grip that she has been nfSt
lady In the land IN more than name
Her love for children has always been
her marked characteristic, and Il has
increased with the years. Her Two NJ
tie girls, who lived barely through
their babyhuod. made this love OF lit-
tie people stronger In her heart IN
her Canton home she had as many
small callers as large ones, and she
was Aunt Ida or "Auntie Tinney'
or "Auntie Kinney" to them all. The
many have had TO take the place Of the
two,
"Mr Mckinley cannot walk across
the room without looking at his wife;
viii not leave the room without speak
ing to her; never leaves the house
without saying good by It Is Ike the
love between two children" said
a member Of the family in speaking OF
them.
1t must take a wonderful personality
I'm a woman to hold the affection of
man with as great affairs on his hands
as a statesman has,
Hers at the present time Is thus de-
scrlbed by a recent visitor:
"Mrs. Mckinley is a tall, well
rounded. strong faced, clear-eyed wo-
man She looks vital or about medium
height, with a full, straight figure The
face has strong cheekbones, wide
brow not very high from which her
soft hair divides, broad parting
waves back to the collar, reminding
one Of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Her
eyes are her telling point They are
magnetic In them one sees the hertz
age Of suffering, the discipline Of COM
mon sense, the tenderness of wife who
loves wisely and we'll
'She possesses cool-headed judiclous-
ness regarding the world but this
knowledge does not tend to harden her
face