Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-01-09
THE SHANIS AT HOME.
Family Life Of New Secretary
Of the Treasury.

OF the Treasury.
WIFE TELLS OF HER SOCIAL VIEWS
Not Opposed to DecoIlete Dresses
and Relieves Women Should Be
Pretty-Says She Is .sNot Much of n
Hand For Jes-cls''-Can Make
Dress If Necessary.
"Oh, you newspaper people never lei
me alone said Mrs. Shaw. the wife OF
the new secretary Of the treasury, to
the correspondent of the New York
World at Des Moines, Ia
at is 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 that?'
Even as she complained she sat down
and prepared for talk that she mani
testify intimated would be a pleasure
to 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, I'm 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 fireside.
''Mr. Shaw, as you know, is an &C
tive Sunday school worker, and we all
try to go to church on Sunday. Mr..
Shaw was superintendent of the Sun
day school at Denison even before
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. q.
church for year, but had to give it
up for lack Of time.
Eat Denison nearly always taught
q class, but / haven't done much in
that line since l came to Des Moines.
We are trying to raise our children as
active Christians, and I feel we have
succeeded, but do not think that our
love of home life interferes with an en-
Joyment of society.
I'm fond 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 NUMBERS wives
do in that way.
do know what that will be? In
deed l 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 have at homes
ever so often shall too. AS matter
of fact. have been in Washington
but twice ard haven't much of an idea
what they 10 along that line there.
Each time We have been there we did
not go to visit any one in particular
and stopped at hotels.
eve 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, l did go out some. While
there attended a reception given by
Mrs. John A. Logan and another given
by Mrs Dalzell l accompanied Mrs.
Dolliver. Seems to me went some
where else too.
Something about my gowns too?
Really, now, l 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 can
get everything made need when get
there.
''No. indeed, I'm not opposed to decol-
1ete 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 a hand for
LuGu. AS d 9Illt!tt6i VI 1dCl. utScu
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. dearly love to go
and am sure will greatly enjoy life
in Washington.
"But as for knowing what to 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 $4,000 more than Mr.. Shaw's sal
airy. / fatter myself that can make
a very nice gown if necessary, and my
girls can too
Miss Enid, the eldest Of the Shaw
children, is twenty years old, Earl is