The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-21
FIRST LADY IN THE LAND.
Mrs. Mckinley at Her Post when
Social Duty Demands II

Social Duty Demands 1t.
Mrs Mckinley Is no exception TO those
VIM nave gone before her saws Teslio,e
weekly. OF retiring disposition. do
nestlc In her tastes, not oyer-strone
etse mas never yet shrunk from the duties
oi lel positlon' out upon all public oc-
caslohs, as in private life is to he founa
at the side of her husband. Justly ,,ro,,6
OF the honors done him. in which Che
A!dles. Inc New Years reception OF
| Which all public functionaries assist tho
diplomatic corps in court regalta and
me onlcers OF the army and the navu
an tuH-dress uniforms, is, without doubt
~. inose important and imposing affair
thdC taxes place ait the White house.
AT this junction Mrs Mckinley in.
var1ably stands at her husbands right
mana, partly leaning against a cbain
paced behind her, that she NAV have
some support, and at none of the ro,,r
new Years since she took up her resi-
oehce at the White house has she bee,
Ht from her post. The presidents
VINE is pleasant figure on these oc
cas1ons Her gowns are in eyo,,,sIta
taste, her lovely face wears a radian+
snllle and her greetings to the hundreds
VINO pass her are cordial and heartfa1+
NOW and then child, brought by Some
PROUD parent that he may tell In after
years OF having grasped the presidents
M
singled out by Mrs Mckinley for snecia1
notlce, pat on the head, the gift Of a
mower, or some playful greeting. which
Is long remembered and recounted fo.
the edification of less fortunate NAV
fellows P-~'
Mrs McKinley's fondness for children
mas often been commented upon, and
the stories told in this connection are |
not exaggerated. Having lost her own
little ones in the early days of their
babyhood, the love she felt for them
seems to have expanded unit! it en- |
braces all children, between whom and |
Mrs. Mckinley there exists the warmest
sympathy; for children, above all others. |
are quick to recognize their friends. The
president and his wife often sit on the |
south portico Of the White house at the
Saturday afternoon concerts Of the
Marine band, (which are held during the |
summer, and about the steps the little
ones gather for the greeting that is sure
TIC be accorded them. Occasionally one
OF the children Will be beckoned to come
up on the veranda. and is granted on
interview with the first lady of the land
who sends her little admirer awav hold
ing bouquet in Its chubby hands, or
some little gift of which she seems to
have an inexhaustible supply.
Mrs. Mckinley invariably presides at
the evening receptions, those for the
public as we'll as those by card and is |
assisted by the women of the cabinet |
who range themselves in line to The
right of her according to the official
order OF precedence At the state din
ners she also presides. but, contrary to
custom, sits on the right hand of her
husband, with the guest of honor at her
right, this new order being introduced
that the president might have her con-
stantly at his side, and so see to it that
nn Fo+{
while able to endure as much as the /
average woman, her good nature ana
amiability sometimes prompt her to test
her strength too far
BEDROOM Set of Ivory.