Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-03-04

cussed-Mrs. Grover Cleveland
While the members of the Taft house-
hoid are not as numerous as the Rocse- \
YeIt clan, nor quite as spectacuIar or
picturesque nevertheless the family is &
an interesting one and before the re- &
sihie OF the Tafts will have expired
I4eE, 100, Will have debutante daugh- \
Ter TO present 10 Washington society
lIeien, Their daughter has three more I
years at Bryn Mawr and upon gradua-
uon VIII be formally presented to So /
cletN. Robert, the Oldest son, is now I
at Yale, while Charlie, THE Kid" is at m
a preparatory school getting what his VII
rotund father characterizes as "his III
bumps Charlie is quite character II
as unique and interesting in a wav as II
the little Roosevelts, although so far
his escapades have not been given the II
prominence in the daily newspapers as II
those of Quentin, Archie and Kermit M
Roosevelt But then, it must be re- iM
mehbered, Charlie heretofore has been fHH
out the son of a cabinet officer and HW
when his father becomes president it is lin
safe to assert that the many busy cor. NH
respondents a: Washington will find ~
ample scope fer their imaginations in ~
making The Kid" the hero of their "A
narratives. XM
The Taft fam:ly is an interesting one N
from its head 20 the youngest bow and
with woman of SO many ACCOMPLISH
mehts TO preside over the White House
IL is safe to assert that the Taft regime will
III noWise suffer by comparison, for Mrs Taft
was born to rule, and rule she will MANY of
the little problems that have proved 50 nernley
ing TO her predecessors will be quickly and
happliy solved by her, for no one woman, from
her youngest girlhood has been better trained
cho
sumo than Mrs. Taft, for years one of Cincin-
natis reigning bellies.
The White House has had two mistresses
since the Clevelands took their departure for
the more secluded and exclusive life of Prince
ton, leaving behind them memories of q re-
gime where Mrs Cleveland was concerned as
tender and hallowed as those surrounding the
peerless Dolly Madison.
Mrs. William Mckinley was Mrs. Cleveland's S
immediate successor, but the delicate state of
her health compelled her to keep well in the
background, and the more arduous duties CON
fronting the nations hostess fell to the lot of
others, the wives. of cabinet ministers or other
women of the official family delegated by Mrs
Mckinley to represent her at the hundred and
one public functions that are annual White
House fixtures. Then came Mrs Theodore
Roosevelt, and whereas she is known far and
near as charming hostess, yet it is a we'll
hlOWH ldCl IHdI hTS. roosevelt is far happier
when surrounded only by members of her i'm
mediate family than when presiding at state
functions, where of1icaldom is her guest
Mrs. Roosevelt has tact-abundance, in fact
and she is a keen observer too. This was
clearly demonstrated by the wholesale sweep
she made when she entered the White House
as its mistress. Mrs. Roosevelt has as little
regard for precedent her husband, and this
is proved by the rafting of dry bones and
swapping of red tape that followed the general
house cleaning when she became the nations
first lady New York may thank Mrs. Roose-
welt for its present police commissioner, for
Maj Bingham had ruled the White House with
unbroken sway for many years prior to the
advent of the Rooseyets His word was law
even to the choosing of the floral decorations
to grace the table at luncheon and dinner
when the Official family were to entertain
Mrs Rcoseyelt's first act was to select as her
social aid-decamp Miss Belle HagneY q young
woman of rare charm of manner. tact. beauty