Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-16
MRS. HANssRoUGH POPULAR.
Wife of the Senior Senator a Popular
Figure in Washington Society.

SatlSned With being pretty and I'M
usually attractive woman She is a
musician and an artist of marked abili-
ty, and had she chosen a career, in
stead of marrying the somewhat elder
ly senator from one of the most promis-
ing western states, she would doubt
less have won fame and many shek-
els. But Washington society, and GER
tainly Senator Hansbrough and the
people of North Dakota, are decidedly
the gamers by her decision. Mrs.
Hansbrough is Washingtonian of
whom every one is proud. She was
Miss Mai Berri Chapman until seven
years ago, when she captured the heart
of Senator Hansbrough, at that time a
widower. The wooing was brief but
fervent and people were just beginning
to predict romance when the end
came in the shape OF wedding cards.
The marriage took place at Mrs. Chap
mans home in Mount Pleasant.
From personal standpoint, Mrs.
Hansbrough is one of the most attrac-
tive personalities in official life. Were
her beauty alone considered, she would
be pre-eminent. She is tall and blonde
with graceful carriage and charming
manner. One could tell she is an art
ist from her gowns, from the way she
coils her hair, and from the thousand
small touches which proclaim devo-
ton to the divinest of all art, aesthe-
ticism. In evening gown, Mrs. Hans
brough might pose as a model for
Psyche, or Daphne, or any of those
charming classic maidens to whom
heavenly loneliness is attributed. Her
gowns show strong predisposition
to the classic raiment of the Greeks,
and she frequently coils her hair and
binds it with golden fillets. Mrs. Hans
brough is fine water color artist, and
her home is decorated with some flow
er pieces which would readily get a
place in the Paris salon. She likewise
possesses a clear soprano voice, which
was highly cultivated by masters here
and abroad. Mrs. HansbrQugh gathers
around her all that is best in Washing
ton life, the artists, the literati and
the musicians, and an invitation to one
Of her small At-Homes is invariably a
treat. She is an active promoter of all
charities which have the advancement
of art and music or the welfare of any
votaries of the twin gods, in view
She belongs to the Choral and to
Symphony societies and to dozens Of
others of purely philanthropic type.
Senator and Mrs. Hansbrough reside
in cosy home on Florida Avenue and
Twentieth street, and while this resi-
dence might not look different from
its neighbors, every stick and stone is
dear to it's occupants. Mrs. Hans
brough designed the house in it's en-
tirety and superintendent its erection
herself. All of the interior decoration,
even the wall papers are made from
the design Of the talented mistress
and the furniture was all planned to
order, according to the fancy of the
artist. The result shows a home
which money could not purchase.
Here the Hansbroughs dispense a
gracious but unobtrusive hospitality.
Mrs. Hansbrough's sister, Miss Eta
Sperry Chapman, and her brother,
Robert HOLSTER Chapman, reside with
her and are valuable assistants during
the winter. The Thursday evenings
which mark the early part of the sea-
son before the white house entertain
ments begin, are among the successful
and most coveted invitations of the
year.
Mrs. Hansbrough has always dis
dained the alleged smart society of the
city and never sought to be identified
with it. She has been content with peo-
pie who occupy a certain unofficial
status or who have attained promi-
hence through art or science. To in
herit millions is no card Of admittance
to the republic of brains, and Mrs.
Hansbrough holds lofty position in
that delightful realm. Senator and
Mrs. Hansbrough have no children, but
their small friends would fill several
nurseries. Mrs. Hansbrough has paint
ed several exquisite child heads, which
display a talent that a professional
might envy. The Hansbroughs always
spend the summers at the Senator's
ranch, near Devils Lake. They fire.
quently invite a company of Washing
ton friends and succeed in making this
holiday ideal for themselves and their
guests.
Home Visitors Excursions.