Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-04
Family Life Of New Secretary
of the Treasury.
WIFE TELLS OF HEB SOCIAL VIEWS
Not opposed to Deeol'ste D'.' n.
"'' n.,,.v.. Women should Dc
prctty-says She Is "Not MUG" ~ y
u.,a For Jewels Can "~
D,os. II Necessary

prctty-Says She -
HIND For Jewels Ian
Drcss II Necessary.
"Oh, you newspaper people "e,. ,so -
.,.nov said Mrs. Shaw, the wire "
.ha new secretary Of the treasury "
fine correspondent of the New i''
World at Des Moines' la. .,,s
ar 10 the funniest thing about 'n''
whole business And you wan' "
Lnox MI about our home life anu my
taste for gowns etc. DO you think the
nunlic is really interested in that!
rven as she complained she sat DOWN
nd nrenored for talk that she mani
Testify intimated would be p'e's"io
J.. hor though she hal been interrupt.
al IN her toilet in preparing to a'teiu
IN informal reception. Though "o
n,omher of the Shaw family iliaAe'
my claim to beauty, their dispositions
ore charming. This Is particularly
true of Mrs Shaw, whose fralihiie''
md ruilelessness make her exception
ally interesting. s,o
..To begin with. then, there are I'VE
of us. AS you see, I'm the "is'''
u,ember oil the family. we love hoilio
oboye all else. and our greatest Joy IA
life is durin. vacation time SUCH do
tbo present. when we can nave our
children With MS and spend long ever
incs togetlie" at the tireslde.
mir. Shaw, as you KNOW - u' az
tive Sunday school worker, ana we an
trv to 90 to church on Sunday. MI
Shaw was superintendent or the N""
day school at Denison even Dclorc !
married him, and he has been an OH
Ger pretty much ever since. IN AeS
Moines he was superintendent OF the
Sunday school at the First NJ ~.
church for A gear. but had to give IL
up for lack OF time.
"At Dcnison, nearly always taught
a class. but !, haven't done much IN
that line since came to pes Molhes'
We are trying to raise our children as
active Christians, and | feel we nave
succeeded. but do not think that our
love of home life interferes with an en-
joyment Of society.
I'm fond of' receptions and soclals
and such things. and have always done
nv share of entertaining. | expect
when | go 10 Washington to do what
over the other cabinet members wives
do in hat way.
"Uo | know what that will be? In
deed do not. ! expect to take part
in the receptions given by the president
and members of the cabinet, and if the
ladies' of the cabinet havs at homes
ever so often | shall too. As IA matter
of fact, | have been in Washington
but twice and haven't much Of an idea
what they do along that line there.
Each time we have been there we did
not go to, visit any one in particular
and stopped at hotels.
I'VE took our children with us when
we went to President McKinley's inau-
guration. Then | was there about two
years before. But. really, that ! come
to think of it, did go out some. While
there | attended reception given by
Mrs. John A, Logan and another given
by Mrs. DalZell | accompanied Mrs.
Dolliver. Seems to me went some
where else too.
Something about my gowns TOO?
Really, now, haven't had a dress
made for Washington yet and haven't
any idea just what | shall wear. I've
got enough clothes left to- do in an
emergency as it is, and suppose can
get everything made need when get
there.
No, indeed, I'm not opposed to fecol-
lete dresses. Pm one of those women
who think pretty things are made TO
wear and that women should look as
pretty as possible.
but as for jewels, while have
some, I'm not much of Il hand for
them. AS a matter Of fact, | haven't
as many as most women, but perhaps
the public isn't interested in knowing
that. While we have never been great
hands to travel. I've been in the east
a number of times. In 1894, think it
was, Mr. Shaw and were at New
York for month. l dearly love to &C
and am sure Will greatly enjoy life
in Washington.
But as for knowing what to expect
I'm entirely at sea. This has come nm
on us So suddenly and unexpectedly
that haven't had time to collect NV
thoughts. Mr.. Shaw talked over with
Senator Allison how mach we woua he
expected to expend on society, and we
decided we could get along very nicely
on $4,000 more than MIR. Shaw's sal.
airy. f1atter myself that | can mako.
a very nice gown if necessary, and NV
girls can too"
Miss Enid, the eldest of the Shaw
children. is twenty years old, Earl is
eighteen and Miss Emma is a miss Of
fourteen. Earl attends Culver Mi,itarv
academy. in Indiana, and Emma is n
Junior at Cornell college. Mount yor