Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-16

Mrs IhOmAS Hh1Oh S'JhE.
and especially information such as he
has displayed in the debate on the
tariff.
One bit of gossip in Washington was
that Mrs. Gore deserved some of the
credit which had been accorded the
senator. To certain extent. yes. but
not in the way which some suppose
The talk brought out Mrs. Gore quite
prominently. She, like her husband.
was found to be strong personality.
UnaccuStomed to the whirl of Wash
ington life. she quickly adapted herself
to official customs and has grown
daily in the estimation of the set that
has been through many political and
social campaigns. That she is clever
is shown in what she said when it
had beeu intimated that she was cred
tied with the senator's success. Il do
not admire the disposition" she said,
Ito give me credit for Mr.. Cores sue
cess in public life. resent the impu-
tatiOn Of his being q wife made man.
On the contrary, l must give him
credit for cultivating in me the quail
ties which the wife of public man
must possess to be of genuine useful
ness to him in his career. 1t is the
other way around in every sense"
Mrs. Gore has been interested in poll
tics all her life. There is not day in
Washington when she does not find
something in her studies of political
questions to read or talk to her sight
less husband. Books and papers on
political economy, the tariff. trade and
kindred topics arc to her liking. and she
is so interested in the success of her
husband that she prefers being his as
sistant to any place she is capable CT
filling in the life of social require
ments. Her work for her husband has
become a labor Of love. and she de-
clines to see anything heroic in it or
anything out of the ordinary.
A pleasant picture of the life of this
couple is given by herself. although
she did not know that she was making
q picture when she talked. She said
For more than twenty-five years Mr..
Gore has relied on his memory. and it
serves him as well as the eyes of other
men. He rarely asks to have the same
thing read TO him twice unless for the
pleasure IF hearing it again. If it fits
into his mental stock it is Immediately
ticketed and put away and he never
forgets not only the substance. but
the very wording We are both very
fond Of poetry. and of Byron and
Shakespeare in particular. and | read
some of their poems over and over
We are fond of 'Childe Harold and
while | do not think that Byron al
ways wrote of the best things. what
things he wrote of are put in most
human and satisfying way. We like
Scott and Burns also and read then.
frequently. In his early life Mr. Cor,
learned many Of the poems Of Long
fellow, and he often quotes long pas
sages''
Mrs. Gore before her marriage wa,
Miss Nina Kay of Texas. Her father
Thomas Kay. was from South Caro-
lima; her mother was Miss Marcella
Mclaughlin of Mississippi She re-
ceived most of her education at home
rom her mother and brother. She and
Mr.. Gore were married nine years ago
She had known him five years. Oh
two children born. girl. six years old
survives. She is punctilious in bel
social obligations. member of this
Congressional club and attends the
Christian church with her husband
Both are members of that denominJ
ton. DOROTHY GARDNER.