Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-07-28
CANDIDATES WIFE AMBITIOUS
TO FILL EVERY DEMAND.
BUT IS NOT STRONG
May Go to st. Louis as Mrs,
Mannins's Guest-Mrs. Hall and
Her Little Boy and the Dogs
Are Features of Life at Rose
mont.

ESOpuS, n. y, july 25.-MrS. Alton
B. Parker is feeling the strain which
is put upon the wife OF presidential
candidate. Never robust, the vivid
excitement of the past weeks and her
upon her have told upon Mrs. Parker's
strength. While not absolutely i'll, she
is all but tired out.
The sweet and gentle character of
his wife is an admirable background
for the judges vigorous personality.
She is the softening influence and fits
herself to his every need. A woman
who cares little for society in general
though she is devoted as a friend
Mrs. Parker has risen to the manifold
calls upon her with an enthusiasm to
be her husbands second in all that
appertains to his candidacy as in HIS
private life.
\ close friend of Mrs. Parker who
is now visiting at Rosemont said that
her ambitions for the Judge outranked
every individual feeling or prejudice
of her own. His wife is so sensible OF
the honor done him by his country
that she desires above all things to
play her part in manner that shall
show her full appreciation of her share
in it.
Mrs, Parker withdrew from
Albany" said this woman friend, "be,
cause she preferred the quieter life
here, where her social duties are
naturally much lighter But since
the nomination of the Judge she has
met all his friends and well-wishers
who come here, with the hospitality
which is so distinctive of her She
has moreover read his letters ana
kilograms of congratulation with the
keenest interest and delight. OF
course, she has a heap of her own
every day, but they never seem TO
give her any less pleasure than at
first"
Mrs. Parker also gives a good deal
of time to the newspapers, which
touch upon the subject uppermost in
her mind. She is in fact the ideal
candidates wife, fighting his battles
beforehand in her loving mind, and
feeling the stir of his victories.
1t was because of Mrs. Parker's ex-
IRENE fatigue and her dissemination to
own it that every care has been taken
to keep as much as possible of the
business of the campaign just opening
away from her. The pretty lodge at
the gates, instead of being turned
over to Mrs. c. M. Hall, the judges
daughter, as she had herself suggest
ed, lest there be too much confusion
in her parents home, has been turned
into a virtual office building. where
the judges private wire has been
placed and all the official work is
carried on.
This leaves Mrs. Parker free from
the knowledge of much detail and al.
lows her more leisure to give to the
small boy who is her idol.
ut is a curious fact that Parker is
so like the son Mrs. Parker lost" said
her friend softly as Mrs. Halls little
boy, Alton Parker Hall, trotted into
sight. looking for his grandfather. He
s7dAlICISu lIS hOSS llIO HIS IIdlu anu
the trio disappeared again, the youth
full leaders gold-red hair glinting in
the sun and his linen blouse fiutterne
as he ran.
Parker, as they call him, is called n
the village such likely boy" 1t was
his vivid four-year-old Imagination
that christened the black-faced orphan
lamb which his grandmother at this
instance took into her affections,
Mary Jane. Mary Jane partakes of
the bottle with the same appreciation
as any well-conducted infant, ana,
while nothing of beauty, is the chill
dren's constant comrade
Loves Her Horse.
Mrs. Parker's recreations are her
walks. her drives and her rides. She
is an excellent horsewoman, and
Caesar, her bay saddle horse, Ia
great favorite with her. Often she is
the judges companion on center
through the picturesque roads that
surround their home Her muscar
gift is not generally known, for Mrs.
Parker's contraIto voice is of charm
ing quality. Mrs. Hall inherited her
musical temperament from her mother
and together they have given delight
full proof of it to their friends-the
daughter at the piano the mother
singing.
The strong bond Of union between
the parents and the daughter is one OF
the most beautiful things in the Par.
ker home Rosemont has had no
prettier sight than that the Judge pre-.
sented yesterday. his staIwart arm
thrown around the slim waist OF Mrs.
Hall as the two strolled in the grounds
together. She gayly posed with him
for photograph, making a laughing
insistence upon arranging him in the
way she liked best.
And the big man OF the firm meekly
sumbitted to be led Mrs. Hall in her
gown Of flmy white net with her
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