The Washington herald., 1908-08-02
sccretnry Hay. Family.


Mrs. John Hay and her son Clarence
are at their beautiful home. The Fells 20
which Is situated among the lakes and
mountains OF New Hampshire. near lovely
Lake Sunapee. and far away from she
buzz and hustle Of city life This was the
late Secretary Hays fav0rIJe retreat
Here he laid aside all the cares oI state
and became for the time a woodsman.
wandering az VIII through the virgin for
ests and dreaming idle hours away upon
the lake Since his death his family
make an annual pilgrimage there. Mrs.
Hay and her son remain for the greater
part Of the summer. and her two dauEh-
tiers. Ms Payne Whitney and Mrs Wads-
worth, go for visits of a few weeks at a
time. EIrs. Hay has had much sorrow in
her life The accidental death % her
brother. AdeIbert Mather. when he was
attending a class reunion at Yale. Is q
grief from she VIII never recover, -but
she has great recompense in the dsvO-
ton, success. and happiness Of her chill
dren. all OF whom are remarkably tai
ented.
Even before her marriage. Helen. Mrs
Hays eldest daughter. had made name
for herself as a poetess. and since becouI-
ing a matroa. she has not failed 20 urge
her Pegasus onward. with the result that
there is quite a shelf OF books with heI
name on the title page Mrs Payne Whit
uey. whose husband Is the youngest sOr
Of the late William .. Whitney. and Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney. who Is a daughter
Of The late Cornelius Vanderbilt. and
whose husband Is the eldest Of Nj Whit
ney's family. are constantly being con
fused by those who have not a personal
acquaintance with these two charmins
women. the confusion. doubtless. arising
from the fact that they are both ex-
tremely cultivated and that their hus-
bands both bear the name Of Payne
which was the maiden name or theil
mother. who was born Flora Payne. and
was the daughter Of the late Senator
Payne. OF Ohio. and a sister OF Col Oliver
Hazard Payne
Mrs Harry Payne Whitney IS A scuIp-
tress OF note. whose work would be much
exalted n she was forced TO exhibit and
find a market for 81 II is not the work
of a rich dilettanti. taken Up 70 save
herself from enlui and 20 astOnish and
amuse her friends but that Of an earnest
and serious minded woman. who felt and
responded 70 the call Of AT II Is toe
AAAt- EEe--Ser RtEat-ASs 10 say AlAaL 6lit i
a genius. but there are. certainly. occa-
sional flashes Of genirs IN her work. and
II that hard mistress. Necessity. had
forced her hands she would have forged
ahead 10 the foremost rank OF the scuIp-
tors Of the day
Helen Hays husband, Payne Whitney
was q classmate at Yale Of her brother
and It was at some OF the festivities al
this university that they first met. Up e
this time Il was thought that Miss Hay
would marry one Of the foreign diplomats
who paid her assidu0us attention. FOL
her father was then Secretary Of State
and his house the social center Of the
diplomatic corps Count Adolph Tsrnow-
ski. the secretary Of the Austrian Lega-
tiOn-it had not yet become an embassy
made no secret OF his devotion. and there
were half dozen others who would have
liked TO share their title with the tai
ented daughter Of the American premier
but Payne Whitney put them all to rout
and his marriage to Miss Hay was thC
chief fashionable event at the Capital II
the season Of 1902. Mrs. Whitney's lates-
book Is a collection OF poems called Bed.
time Stories which adds a new leaf L
her laurels-