Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-03-18
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pertinently still, how does it measure with the
record of the Roosevelt regime?
These are to-day queries of absorbing inter
eS', and nowhere has this phase of a new adj
Mihsfatlon quite the significance that it has
al Washington. Diplomats, and back of them
the governments for which they stand, are as
huch interested in the personality of the ris-
ing American powers as their own country
men.
MRS. Iaft is neither the soft green of the
soul OF Burke's ideal feminine, nor is she Ma
poieons adherence, intellect in petticoats She
is that rarer thing, a well-balanced woman
The Tories, said Wellington when Victoria
aScended the English throne, could hope for
httle Roadway under a female sovereign be-
cause he had small talk and Pitt had no
manners, Mrs. Taft is woman whom one
might We'll imagine making allowances for
both shortages, provided there were such COM
|pensations along other lines as Wellington and
Pitt possessed
Given such a foundation in character with
youth, good health and ambition and the pc
Icuilaf advantages her life has already given
lheT few women have gone into the White
House so well equipped to meet the exactions
To- the position OF first lady of the land" Her
Hfeglme, moreover, has not that negative quality
twhich circumstances have infused into the So
scla atmosphere of some previous administra-
LIZ
zwiIl give character to the social life at Wash
Pngton, of which the White House is the centef
! or the next four years.
Music, which has f1ourished at Washington
K'hder White House patronage during the seven
pears OF Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt's residence
mere, has even more emphatic encouragement
Rmder the social sway of a woman who was
Rhe Of the founders of Cincinnati's famous
musical organization, the Symphony orchestra.
4 Not only is she patroness of music but is
musician. She kept up her hours of daily
practice regularly until within recent years.
l"hen the frequent changes in her life and its
many added duties made the continuance i'm
possible
though she does not regard herself as sufi-
flently in practice to perform for critical
fudlence, she has by no means lost her skill
and frequently plays for her husband and
fmldren during their evenings at home. These
/ are more than might be supposed for Mrs
ait is one of the women who stays usually
Et home unless her husband can go out with
Pier
other avenues through which her artistic
taste finds an outlet are her love of pictures
and her appreciation of wood carving Charles
Ialts art collection has no more appreciative
|uend than his siser-in-law She is enthusiasts
NC about every treasure he adds to it, and en-
JOYS few things more than pointing out it's
beauties to others. Faces and figures appeal
more to her than landscapes and recently
Acquired Rembrandt has given her keen pleas
lWe- She has made study of wood carving
Iahd has the nucleus of a collection containing
4 ONE excellent specimens. She is a connois-
EeW of the craft. and knows the fine points
r. the work of various schools and masters.
She is book lover and has been a student
~ her life, first because she grew up in.
ONE where books came down from the shelves
3hd made the worlds they contain part of the
Domestic environment Elizabeth Bennett and
3er sisters, with their heart affairs and all the
cidental character delineations stepped from
Worn copy of Pride and Prejudice" bringing
70 the Heron home in Cincinnati, with its