Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-19
The Iowa Senator's Wives

ter of the new idea in politics, she
is in touch with the great questions Of
the day as well as the personnel Of
those who support or oppose her hus-
bands views.
Mrs. Cummins does not believe in
going into more things than she can
do WE'LL so aside from her duties as
chatelaine of the governors mansion,
chum to her daughter and grandchil-
dren, president of the woman's club,
Mrs. Cunmins has contented herself
with serving as president of the Home
for Friendless Children. When she left
Des Moines last December to come to
Washington, she thought her resigna-
ton in order The other members of
the board thought otherwise, and Mrs
Cummins does the presidential act
nowadays by telegraph when critical
moments arrive. Although in her first
season in Washington Mrs. Cummins
has established herself as hostess of
experience and woman capable of
holding forward place in the city's
social roster.
Mrs. Dolliver is Wellesley woman
and an enthusiastic advocate of the
college woman and her possibilities as
a co-worker with the right man."
Senator and Mrs. Dolliver are due at
Wellesley on June 20, when Mrs. Dol
livers class is to hold it's twentieth
reunion and incidentally the senator
will unvell window placed in the col
lege as memorial to Phillips Brooks.
In appearance Mrs. Dolliver is stun
ming big woman who, even at the side
of her giant spouse does not look in
significant in stature. She is jolly and
full of fun, keen witted and skilled in
the arts which go to making her the
ideal wife Of man in public life.
Mrs. Dolliver has made the senator
ial home rendezvous for the pro
gressives" of the congressional set in
general and the Iowans of all classes
in particular. Every Christmas even
ing the Dolliver home, great big,
wide-open sort of place with wood
fires cracking merrily in huge fire.
places and crisp curtains swinging at
broad windows overlooking a terraced
garden, is en- fete for a Christmas
party to which every man. woman and
child hailing from Iowa is hidden.
Christmas goodies are, provided for
every last member of the party, begin
ming at Iowa's cabinet representative,
Secretary Wilson, and ending with the
six months infant whose arrival glad.
dened the home of some inconspicuous
member of the resident Iowa colony.
In one corner of the great living
room there is a great Christmas tree,
nun r,-1 nfe - rxif hf,c no1I
yer, who in point of residence is the
dean of the Iowa contingent, Is the
good angel of the Iowans. Hailing
from long line of patriotic forbears
Mrs. Dolliver, who was born at Hart
ford, VT. is collaterally descendant
of that Israel Putnam who made
things lively for the British In the
days of 'T6. She has represented Iowa
at many sessions of the national con
gress. d. A. r.: she has held high Of
fee in the national society, and in ad
dition has found time to look out fol
the National Wellesley association, tc
take part in the local college alumnae
associations projects and to forward
with all her might the proposed Ma
tional Methodist university of which
Senator Dolliver is a trustee. Mrs. Dol
liver, who was honor girl in her class
before her marriage demonstrated hel
practical bent by holding the chair OF
mathematics at the Northwestern uni
versity, Evanston, III.
Senator and Mrs. Dolliver have the
most adorable little group of "kiddies'
official Washington can put forward
The eldest daughter, 9-year-old Marga
ret Eliza, silky-haired, bright-eyed
little person, can speak French and
behave like a real grown up on occas
ions of social moment. So can her Z
year-old sister, Frances Pearson, while
George Prentiss Dolliver, rollickins
chap of 5, as the only boy of the fam
| lily, has things pretty much his. owr
way.