Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
FAMILY OF GOVERNOR HUGHES
\ 0nhy n Year old One Of h Most
Important Members of the
Household.

Considering the degree " prominence
that has come to Charles y. Hughes in
recent years as governor Of New York.
and a public man Of presidential callber.
comparatively little has been printed re-
garding his family. This family consists
" his wife, three daughters and ono son.
The son, Charles r. Hughes, IT,. ~ years
old, is q senior at Brown university. hut
after the fashion Of young men In coll
lege he spends SO little time at home that
visitors to the Hughes abode-be 1t the
J executive mansion at Albany or the brown
stone house in this city-are wont tn. think
Of the governors household as exclusively
feminine.
Miss Helen Hughes, the second child and
eldest daughter, is an attractive girl Of Il,
who hears a striking resemblance to her
mother. not only in appearance. but also
in tastes and temperament. She ia a pupil
at the Albany academy for girls, and this
same school is attended by her younger
sister, Miss Katherine, 10 years old. Last,
but by no means least, in the estimation
Of the family, is Miss Elizabeth, who has
recently celebrated her first birthday ami
versary.
That the general public should manifest
considerable interest In the Hughes baby
does not appear strange when one remem-
bers that babies are rare In the families
Of national political leaders. In this coun-
try few men attain to the higher plane OF
.ominenCe IN statecraft until they are well
beyond middle age, and as a rule baby
hood In the family finds its representa-
ton in some %grandchild. Governor Hughes,
however, Is In only his forty-siNth year.
and was, with the exception OF Secretary
Cortelyou, the youngest man prominently
mentioned for a place on the republican
national ticket prior to the last Chicago
convention.
Mrs. Hughes might be cited as the pos
SCISSOR of all the essential qualifications
Of the ideal wife for a public man. De-
voted to her home and family, she is a
gracious and tactful hostess and able to
take an intelligent and helpful interest in
her husbands career. She is fond of out
door life, and canoeing Is, perhaps, her
especial hobby. 1t weuld be difficult to
imagine a more attractive picture than that
formed by Mrs. Hughes and her daughters,
Helen and Katherine, in their graceful
green craft. 1t may be noted, incidentally.
that the younger daughter, Katherine, has
a nautical instinct that finds ex-
In her enthusiasm for a miniature
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string.
1t is said that young Hughes, when he
began his legal career by joining the office
staff Of Walter S. Carter, a man famous
for his discernment in picking coming
men, was too proud to pay formal atten-
ton to the daughter of the man whose
salaried employe he was, and so the court
ship was, in effect, suspended until young
had won a place in the firm.
He was not obliged to wait many years
for CHS dignity, and such was his mani
of ability that ere long intricate
portions of the legal work of the firm
were transferred TO him.. From the outset
Mrs. Hughes, who was educated at Wells
and Wellesley colleges, was of real as
sstance to her husband in his career.
Mrs. Hughes was a elassmate of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland at Wells oollege,-New
York Tribune.