The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

III tHe Ldnu is OlS-
cussed-Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
While the members of the Taft house
hold are not as numerous as the RooSe-
welt clan, nor quite as spectacular or
picturesque, nevertheless the family is
an interesting one, and before the re-
'gime of the Tafts will have expired
they, too, will have a debutante daugh-
ter to present to Washington society.
Helen, their daughter, has three more
years at Bryn Mawr, and upon gradua-
ton will be formally presented to So
ciety. Robert, the oldest son, is now
at Yale, while Charlie, "The Kid is at N
a preparatory school getting what his M
rotund father characterizes as his
bumps Charlie is quite a character,
as unique and interesting in a way as
the little Roosevelts, although so far
his escapades have not been given the
prominence in the daily newspapers as
those of Quentin, Archie and Kermit III
Roosevelt. But, then, it must be re- III
membered, Charlie heretofore has been lM
but the son of a cabinet officer, and PM
when his father becomes president it is INA
safe to assert that the many busy cor MA
respondents at Washington will find ~
ample scope for their imaginations in N
making The Kid the hero of their %,
narratives. = az
The Taft family is an interesting one IA
from its head to the youngest boy, and
with a woman of SO many accomplish
ments to preside over the White House
it is safe to assert that the Taft regime wi
in nowise suffer by comparison, for Mrs. Ia
was born to rule, and rule she will. Many {
the little problems that have proved so perple,
ing to her predecessors will be quickly an
happily solved by her, for no one woman, frol
her youngest g%irlhood, has been better traine
for the exalted position she is about to a
sumo than Mrs. Taft, for years one of Cincil
MATHS reigning bellies.
The White House has had two mistresse
since the Clevelands took their departure fc
the more secluded and exclusive life of Prime
ton, leaving behind them memories of a r
gime where Mrs. Cleveland was concerned a
tender and hallowed as those surrounding th
peerless Dolly Madison.
Mrs. William Mckinley was Mrs. Cleveland
immediate successor, but the delicate state {
her health compelled her to keep well in til
background, and the more arduous duties col
fronting the nations hostess fell to the lot
others, the wives of cabinet ministers or othe
women of the official family delegated by MI
Mckinley to represent her at the hundred an
one public functions that are annual Whit
House fixtures. Then came Mrs. Theodol
Roosevelt, and whereas she is known far an
near as a charming hostess, yet it is a wei
known fact that Mrs. Roosevelt is far happie
when surrounded only by members of her in
mediate family than when presiding at stat
functions, where officialdom is her, guest.
Mrs. Roosevelt has tact-abundance, in fa'
and she is a keen observer, too. This we
clearly demonstrated by the wholesale swee
she made when she entered the White Hous
as its mistress. Mrs. Roosevelt has as lit
regard for precedent as her husband, and tn
is proved by the rafting of dry bones an
swapping of red tape that followed the gener
house cleaning when she became the nation
first lady" New York may thank Mrs. Roos
welt for its present police commissioner, *
Mai. Bingham had ruled the White House wit
unbroken sway for many years prior to TT
advent of the Roosevelts. His word was lay
even to the choosing of the floral decoration
to grace the table at luncheon and Dime
when the official family were to entertain.
Mrs. Roosevelt's first act was to select as he
social aid-decamp Miss Belle Hagner. a youn
woman of rare charm of manner, tact, beaut