The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-10
THE SHAWS At HOME.
Family Life Of New Secretary
Of the Treasury.
WIFE TELLS OF HEB SOCIAL VIEWS
Not Opposed TO Decoiiete Dresses
and Believes Women should BE
Pretty-says She IL "Not Mach of n
Hand For Jewels" Can Make n
Dress ~ Necessary.

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"oh. you newspaper people never let
me alone" said Mrs. Shaw. the wife Of
the new secretary OF the treasury, 10
the correspondent Of the New York
wcGld at pes Nolnes. la.
at IL the funniest thing about this
whole business. and you want TO
know all about our home life and my
taste for gowns. etc. Do you think the
public is really interested in thatr'
Even as she complained she sat down
and prepared for talk that she mani.
festly intimated would be a pleasure
70 her, though she had been Interrupt
ed in her toilet in preparing TO attend
an Informal reception. Though no
member OF the Shaw family makes
any claim TO beauty. their dispositions
are charming. This is particularly
true Of Mrs. Shaw. whose frankness
and guilelessness make her exception.
ally interesting.
ITO begin with. then. there are five
OF us. As you see, Tm the largest
member OF the family. We love home
above all else, and our greatest Joy In
life is during vacation time. such as
the present. when we can have our
children with us and spend long even
ings together at the freslde.
"Mr. Shaw. as you know. is an ac-
tive Sunday school worker. and we all
try TO 90 to church on Sunday. Mr.
Shaw was superintendent OF the Sun
h.fnrn n
married him. and he has been an OFF,
Ger pretty much ever since. In Des
Moines he was superintendent OF the
Sunday school at the First NJ. II.
church for n year. but had to give It
up for lack Of time.
at Denlson | nearly always taught
n class, but | haven't done much In
that line since ! came to Des Moines.
We are trying TO raise our children as
nctive Christians. and feel we have
succeeded. but do not thiuk that our
love OF home life lnterferes with an en-
joyment OF society.
"I'm fcnd of receptions and socials
and such things and have always done
my share OF entertaining. ! expect
when | go TO Washington TO do what
ever the other cabinet members wives
do In that way.
DO I know what that VIII bef In.
deed do not. | expect 20 take part
IN the receptions given by the president
and members of the cabinet, and II the
ladies OF the cabinet have at homes
ever so often ! shall too. AS n 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 20 to visit any one In particular
and stopped at hotels.
1--WE took our children with us when
we went to President McKinley's inau-
guratlon. Then was there about two
years before. But. really. that come
TO think OF II. did go out some. While
there | attended a reception given by
Mrs John A. Logan and another given
by Mrs. Dalzell. accompanied Mrs.
Dolllyer Seems to me | went some
where else too.
Something about my gowns toof
Really. now, | haven't had 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 l can
get everything made | need when | get
there.
"No, indeed, I'm not opposed TO decol-
lete dresses. I'm 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 hand for
them. As 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
number of times. In 1894. think IL
was, Mr. Shaw and | were at New
York for n month. | dearly love TO go
and am sure | will greatly enjoy life
I'm Washington.
"But as for knowing what 10 expect,
I'm entirely at sea. This has come up
on us so suddenly and unexpectedly
that | haven't had time to collect my
thoughts. Mr.. Shaw talked over with
Senator Allison how much we would be
expected TO expend on society, and we
decided we could get along very nicely
on $1,000 more than Mr.. Shaw's sal
airy. fiatter myself that | can make
n very nice gown IL necessary. and my
girls can too"
Miss Enid, the eldest OF the Shaw
children. is twenty years old. Earl is
eighteen and Miss Emma Is miss OF
fourteen. Earl attends Culver Military
academy. In Indiana, and Emma is a
junior at Cornell college. Mount Yer
non. Ia