The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Special To Tho Tribune.

Special 10 Tho Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ll,-Iu Eng
land the dcbutantc goes TO London ant
is presented al court. In America sh
spends her first season at The naliona
capital and figures at the Whiic hous
receptions. There is one loyal Noun;
American, however, aged Is, II real wild
rose of girl, with Il dImplc in he
chin, who is not concerning her sans
soul with thoughts of social triumph
this IS Miss Helen Taft, Bryu Mawr
1912. true blue. Yale Boola, foot
ballloviug girl-atfectionatcly dubbc,
''tho college girl IN the White house
Her fiat has gone forth. There will b'
no debut party ut the executive man
sion this season, nor perhaps next sea
son. nor the year after that, perhaps
For ] must finish my coIlcg,
course said the president s daughter
last summer. when the subject was
broachcd by fascinating Washington
belle. who had felt the pulse of tho
younger SET quicken 10 the possibility
ot another season IS mad whirl 10 follow
thc presentation of another president is
daughter TO society,
But think of the glorious tine you
Will have il you make your debut in
the first year of YOUR father Is admins
tration,'f argued tho astutc counsel for
p metcnric social career
81 should love TO, said Miss Helen,
"but | cannot interrupt my college
course for several years, > and puzzled
expression came over the pleasant face,
Tho Taft smile faded, and the Taft dim
pie deepened
Suppose you manage it this way,
Miss Helen suggested another inter
ested friend. realizing that Miss Helen
Taft may enjoy more years than four
as the girl in the White house, but
thinking that she should not put of 70.
too long a time the precious experience
Of coming out party IN this historic
home Of presidents. "Supposc you plan
10 take Il few mouths out of Your Sc
nior year, stop school at the Christmas
holidays. enjoy tho sociul round until
Lent, then 90 back TO Bryn Mawr and
make up for lost timc. .
''Why, that is Il splendid idea, cN-
claimed Miss Helen, for the suggestion
commended itself 10 the keen inteili-
geGce of tho college girl, who does not
wish 10 lose any Of the lovely things
Of life, "but | cannot interrupt my
college course.
Is a Handsome Girl,
Tall and Junocsque. with fair hair
simply, arranged, without puils or curls
or other disfgurements, with her
fathers fine color aud her father S smile
Helen Taft is an abso-
lutely uuspoilad, natural American girl.
wherein lies her chicfest charm. She
has been sheltered hv Il wise mother
from the hmelighI of publicity, in
which her family has stood for he past
eight wears Even when her small
brother Charlie WAS making history for
himself in the Orient. receiving Jap
uncsc dolls and other junk with I'M
egCauimity foreign 10 his boyish soul
Miss Helen Taft was in England with
her mother, studying and working in
happy, schoolgirl fashion. She is al
splendid student aud won Il scholar
ship AZ Bryn Mawr by high standing i'm
preparatory school.
During her first tcrm at college the
other girls were inclined Ia stand aloof
from the president : daughter. and she
was like TO learn the loneliness OF a
high position. 1.-The truth is. we arr
afraid of being called tnadies,' said a
breezy specimen of college femininitv,
home for the holidays. Rul Miss Hell
ru s unaffected manner and winning per
caused a speedy thaw in the
and according TO the same
loval college chum. eve soon forgot
about her fathers being president -
which was a fine and subtle compliment
TO Miss Helen Taft.
College lingo? Well. rhc president s !
daughter did not use any of il for my
bcnc6t. but she is said TO have Il COM. !