Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-28

VI Neu NHiisAu ttONafd 1aft was q mere boy his father once said of him. 'Nediocrity will rot do for William. '' writes George Griswold Hin in the Ladies Home Journal It Is said that the remark was caught up by his brothers and used by them to plague | the future president for many moons. That the father forecasted the future better than he knew has been demon strated by his sons whole life. and In nothing more. perhaps than iD his selection of a wffe. It is not given to many to know the ren Mrs. Taft. On meeting her for the first time one Is impressed with her dignity, her eabability and her reserve. A person of keen perceptions aud of more than average intelligence, she surveys the man or woman presented to her with look so calm and deliberate that strangers sometifes are won't 10 de scribe her as cold Her manner is pleasant and there is a steadiness about the clear blue-gray eyes that look straight into yours which at once bespeaks her genuineness. Her frank ness and hatred Of insincerfty consti. tute one of her chief attractions. She is a woman who thinks and thinks well, who draws upon an unusually wide experience for her comparisons, and expresses her views with an orig inality that at once charms and amuses.
 Under the cam exterior and the perfect savior faire is the real Mrs. Taft-emotional, of keen sensibilitias in fact, as sensitive as a girl But so perfect in her self-controI and so com pietely does she wrap herself around with the cloak of composure that few discover these characteristics.
 
 In the everyday affairs of life Mrs Taft is most practical. Thoroutaly do- nestle in her tastes, she is the close conndante and companion of her bus band and children. Widely read and keen observer, she enters, in large part, into the life of William Fl. Taft the statesman, and she is ever animat- cd with an intense ambition for her husband and children. She wants them to accomplish large things. Had fl not been for his wife, Mr. Taft would never have entered the presidentiaI race, but would have contented him seiI with q seat on the supreme court bench
 As she enters into her husbands public life, so Is she his constant com panions on his travels and in his rec reations She was at his side all through the years he spent in the Philippines, and by her tact and hos pitality contributed materially to the accomplishment of that understapdIne between the Flipinos and Americans, which Is one of her husbands most notable achievements. On his long voyages across the Pacific she has al ways been his constant companion. When he plays golf, Mrs. Taft fol lows round" responsive to his every mood. and always the sensible good fellow"
 The companionship which exists be tween Mir. and Mrs. Taft is like that of two men who are intimate chums. Mrs. Taft defends her own opinions and wishes with almost masculine yigor. while her husband assumes his most judicial attitude-whenever he regards the subject of sufficient i'm portance-and has been known, even after he was wholly convinced of the correctness of her judgment to draw her on just for the pleasure of hearing her defend her position
 With her three children-the daugh- ter Helen and the sons Robert and Charley-Mrs. Taft is as a mother as she Is as a wife; a sympathetic com panion and coufidante. She spurs her children on to their fullest capacities; she is the absolute antithesis to the mother who believes in good enough" ] for her children. and is always earnest In her desire that they should excel in whatever they undertake. Nothing short of the highest honors has satis- fed the mother for her daughter and 1 her son at college.
 As she exacts the highest standards of excellence fin others, so is she sat isfied with nothing but the best for hersili. As a pianist she excels. and the artistic side of her temperament finds satisfaction in her love of and devotion to music and .n the enjoyment of fine haintings, meritorious sculp- ture and artistic carvings, all of ! which she is a remarkably good judge. But music Is her first love and to ! the cultivation of this talent she has devoted many hours. patron of music she is generous and enthusias- tic. Her work of seven years as . 1 director of the Cincinnati Orchestra Association showed the same peTse- verance and thoroughness that char scterize her every undertaking; and a