The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-18
Fren ceulteP 10 Mansion.

No m ore will Mrs. Ida Weed call
cash from behind the counter Of a.
Kansas City, Mo-, cloak house. for she
is now the first lady" of Kansas, hav-
ing married Governor Willis J. Bailey
the first week in June.
It is not at all surprising to see q
little stenographer leave her typewrit-
Ing to preside over the palatial home
Of a multimillionaire. A little amaze
ment is expressed at her good luck,
some surmise as to how she will assert
herself in her new position, and thf
in a little while the situation and the
woman are accepted by the charmed
circle into which Dame Fortune has
thrust the girl, and, in time she is one
Of them.
But it is a long leap from womAn's
furnishing store to the drawing room
Of governors mansion. The space
between these extremes Is piled high
with gowns and skirts and coats, but
it has been successfully taken by| the
Kansas City woman, who left a cou inter-
behind her and Is now the first lady
in Kansas"
Mrs. Bailey, who was before her first
marriage Miss Ida Albert, was educ ated
in, Atchteon, Kan. at the boar ding
school Of Mrs. Harriet Monroe. =
After her graduation from that
school she moved to Riverton, Neb.,
where she met and married Mr.. Weed,
who was then a wealthy and Hnflu-
entail man of Yuma, Colo.
Mr.. Weed, with typical American
energy, sought to boom" his town. and
in the effort met with the reward that
most promoters meet with. He sank
all his money in the ground, the ground
did not pay out and the end was soon
reached. Mr.. Weed took his wife and
went to Fairbury, Neb.. where he OBJ
tanned position as conductor OH the
Rock Island road. which place he held
until the time of his death, five years
ago, when one day while engaged in
his duties he dropped dead Of heart
disease
His sudden and distressing end left
his widow absolutely at the mer| Icy Of
the world, with two little sons looking
to her as their breadwinner.
The brave woman arose to thu ext
gencfes Of. the demand, put her slender
shoulders to the wheel and leaving the
home over which death had ca st it's
cruel shadow she took herself to
Seneca, Kan, where she opened Ia mil
linery store. It was while living there
that she met and was wooed by Mr..
Bailey.
A year ago she went to Kansas City,
since when, until a few months back,
she filled the position which she left
to become the first lady of Kansas
Mrs. Bailey is possessed of an i'm
mense amount of good sense which she
Will find ample opportunity to bring
into play as the social and domestic
head of the gubernatorial mansion.
1t is certain Mrs. Bailey will drop
into her exalted sphere gracefully.
She has all the adaptability that is
needed to grasp firmly the demands
of her changed circumstances and as
she stands by the governors side and
Is presented by him to long lin. Of
constituents Of every kind, color and
race the tact and pretty manners which
and tern lesson has taught her
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many aStrying ordeal IL zs&S&s . 5 .5 .5s5
1t. rests with her to strengthen her
husbands position. to add to his 4list
OF friends, to reflect his honors and tn
make such name and reputation for
herself that her States people will
arise and call her blessed