Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-13

eral she was one of the popular can
met hostesses, and this was attesteo
during her recent visit to Washington
She was submerged with attention, and
she could have expended the energy of
month in one day receiving callers. ohe
resided. in the Cleveland days, In a pretty
home on X street near 18th, where she
was a neighbor and close friend of the
late Mrs. John Sherman and her daush-
ter, Mrs. McCallum. Gov. and Mrs Har-
mon have three daughters. all happily
married OF these the eldest, Mrs. Ed
ward l.. Wright, was married before
her parents came to Washington, and
she made but brief visits during their
residence. OF the Others Elizabeth Harmon,
now Mrs. George Lemon Cassatt, ana
Marjorie Harmon, Mrs. Alfred Cassatt,
were bellies during that era of famous
bellies, in which the youthful mistress OF
the White House was the central Inquire
-Four small grandchildren now add to the
family circle of the governor, and are
among the happiest incidents OF Mrs.
Harmon's life.
To her own personal charm Mrs. Har-
mon just now adds the spice of being
destined for higher honors by those who
follow the tenets of Thomas Jefferson.
She takes this suggestion with the PM
Iosophy which is characteristic, but with
out any danger of having the possibility
take any pleasure from the present. She
has filled many high positions in her own
state and at the capital, and she is well
posed and well equipped for any position,
even the one now held by another dis
tinguished woman from Cincinnati.
IT take life day by day." said Mrs.
Harmon, ''enjoying the present and not
permitting future hopes or aspirations to
a,,lxv ND 1
less. OF late years / have become a
confirmed newspaper reader. No novel
proves as fascinating to me as the rec
ord of the worlds news and the chron-
icles of things in which / am vitality
concerned | have never lost zest for
reading about what goes on In Washing
ton and about men who are forging TO
the front in the public estimation and
the reasons for which they are becoming
famous and all those things which the
observing and careful readers of good
journals can discern in the briefest dis
patches or comments Outside Of this
absorbing interest in politics. can own
to no fads. ! practice the old-fashioned
virtue of keeping house and looking after
the ways of my own roof-tree. In Co
lumbus our special duties keep the time
pleasantly filled, and then when there are
four little grandchildren to think about
at odd times l never have dull mo-
ment.
X
II have never sympathiZed i'll the least
with the growing inclination toward god
Illness and the fashion of not going to
church. l always feel uneasy about the
future and solicitous about my own
dear ones when | read these alarming
accounts of the American nation drift
ing more and more toward the new isms
and avowed lack of fixed beliefs. l be-
lieve strictly in being orthodox, accord
ing to some organized plan. / go to
the Methodist church and so does Mr.
Harmon. Church going is the most ex-
cellent habit which | think a person can
cultivate. Even if there comes no great
spiritual eXaltation any great interest
in the proceedings, the bare fact of obey
ing the divine law is reward enough for
any hardship endured. | should be glad
to see more women engaged in religious
revivals-that is, IN bending their ener-
ges toward arpusing interest in church
affairs. / know that women in the main
do their part here, they do in civic
improvement. in educational matters
in aiding charitable projects. but they
seem not TO give the stimulation to