The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-25
THE NEW FIRST LADY"
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upon a course at Bryn Mawr. One of
her particular pendants is unique gew-
elry. and one piece which she wears
almost constantly and of which she is
particularly proud is a bamboo brace
| let. The trinket is in the shape of n
slender circlet, bound in trimmings of
! filigree silver, and is especially notice.
able for its light weight. 1t was bot
| to Miss Taft from the Philippines by
her father as souvenir of mis- famous
| trip.
Have you noticed that enticing dimple
in Secretary Taft's chin? Well. it is
accumulated in the very decided chin of
| his daughter. Miss Helen Taft. Miss
Taft looks like her father. Very L:uch
| like him, in fact, with uluch of the
quiet reserve of her mother. She IS not
at all handsome, but is good to LOOK
upon. because she has q good, healthy
coloring, quantities of fair hair. and
clear fine. gray eyes. She is not at all
vain, for she cares not a whit about her
photographs. None of them are as
good looking as she is, but she calmly
says to all the photographers who ASK
sitting, that she is very well salts
\ fed with what she has, and the papers
can use those. Miss Taft dresses well,
| but makes no attempt to be ultra. She
| is self-centered and somewhat cold TO
strangers, butts devoted to her father,
and he to her. She is often his riding
companion. clad in handsome black
cloth for Winter and khaki for Summer
She rides splendidly. has a magnificent
seat and is afraid of nothing. In the
Philippines, where she and her mother
rode great deal, both rode astride, but
in Washington they use the side saddle.
Miss Taft adOres outdoor life. The Taft
home, up on the st. Lawrence, affords
all kinds of outdoor pleasures, and there
is Crouch on among the young people
of the family because the campaign will
| spoil their prospects for the Summer
| trip. Miss Taft has much of mothers
mental stamp, and is an excellent. lin
guist. She could converse with post
| any of the foreign diplomats in their
own tongue. it is said. though that is
probably slight exaggeration. She is.
| however, very well equipped mentally
and physically. She will not figure in
| official life for a couple of years to come
| anyhow, because il is her intention to
| enter Bryn Mawr and earn that scholar
| ship, or rather enjoy 1t, for she has al
ready earned it.
The Taft boys are two, Robert AL
| phonso, aged Is, who is in his Sophie
| more year at Yale, the alma mater of
| his father, and young Charles, aged 10.
Charles is named for his uncle, and he
| is a regular Quentin Roosevelt only
more so. They are great chums. too
| Charles went on the trip round the
world with his father and mother, and
what he did not see and ask questions
about was no manner of use in seeing
and questioning. He has fine head on
| his shoulders, and plenty of brains in
that head, let me tell you. He is all
boy. and no mollycoddle about him. He
| rides like a cowboy. rows like a pro-
fessional, skates, plays baseball, tennis.
and golf. He is also a book worm. His
| mother says of him:
Il think Charlie eats and sleeps with
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reading better thar anything else. He
has actually read the whole section in
the Congressional Library devoted to
boys books.
| He brings them home by the armful,
sleeps with one under his pillow at
| night. dresses with an open book in
front of him, brings them to the table
with him and is never long separated
from them.
HE is only 10, and of course the
books he reads are chiefly boys stories,
but he viii always love books. OF that
| am sure"
= And Bob" who chose to go to the
school his father attended, how Mrs.
Tafts pride in her. children does shine
out as she talks of them. They, indeed,
are her jewels, and they are all honor
students, If you please, but Bob is
very near to his mothers heart because
he is the first born of the Taft family.
Bob. who is Is and a Sophomore at
ale, Is not prominent in athletics tho
, he has persisted in trying for good
physical development. He has gone in
for rowing, and L believe is on the sec
with a little ring of pride in her tone.
that in scholarship he leads his class.
as his father did before him.
Bob went in with honors from the
preparatory school and took various
prizes in his freshman year. There are
I n mr. in tha
his standing not only is the best for
this year, but sets new record for the
Sophomore class. Bob intends to be a
lawyer, you know. like his father He
chose his fathers fraternity, Psi L. and
seems to be following him in every
way he can"
Mrs. James Schoolcfaft Sherman i;
one of the most charming women and
devoted mothers in Washington or the
! Union for that matter. She has three
sons-three lovers, in fact. These sons
were small when Mr. Sherman was
first elected to Congress and Mrs.
Sherman elected to devote herself to
them rather than to society, tho She
took the part in official society that
her position and that of Mr. Sherman
demanded.
Before marriage Mrs. Sherman was
Miss Carrie Babcock, the daughter of
one of the leading lawyers in Utica,
n. Y, and was a popular girl She is
granddaughter of the late Col Sher-
rill. who was killed at o'clock in the
evening of the third day of the battle
of Gettysburg, just before the victory
came. 1t is in his honor that the
eldest son of the Congressman is named
Sheriff. Sherman.
Sheriff. Sherman, who is now 25 years
of age, is the noted golf champion, and
is note teller in the Utica Trust Com
pany. The second son, Richard u
Sherman, also is married, and is a
close friend of the sons of Secretary
of. State and Mrs. Root. He was a
graduate of and is now professor of
mathematics in Hamilton College
which is also his fathers alma mater.
He is the youngest professor in the
college, being now only % years old.
The third son of the family. is in BUSH
ness, but if luck carries Representative
Thomas NJ. Sherman-or Tom Sher-
man. as they call him-will spend
much of his time in Washington
Mrs Sherman and her husband are
very proud of their children, and of
their grandchildren also. The last
grand baby came just at the time of
the Chicago Convention, and kept Mrs
Sherman from joining her husband at
Chicago.
Mrs. Sherman, during the years that
she has been in Washington has con-
fined her social circle to the Congress
sional set, and has never sought to
measure lanceS with noted entertainers
but there is no doubt that she can give
good account of herself when the
time comes.