The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-26

Washington is looking forward to
the administration of President-elect
Wilson as one Of the most important
polttico-Social regimes in the history
of the capital.
The social will have intimate rela-
ton to the political. and the women
folk will play a very important role,
In much subtitle significant fashion.
Women in officialdom more and more
are realizing that in their social life
something more potential than their
own passing amusement is involved.
They r learning that the duties
imposed upon an official hostess have
definite value in shaping the larger
affairs Of the nation. Men in public
life may meet constantly day after day
and in q measure work together IN
derstandingly, but they never really
at the same board and eaten, one or
the other. his dread and salt. and
drunk his water and wine." Each
thus learns the reasons inspiring the
others policies and practices, each
broadens. gains a better viewpoint.
learns tolerance and the value Of COM
promise. But these intimate acquaint.
ances between the men are not possi-
BILE without intimate acquaintance be.
tween women. Representative Brown
cannot be a dinner guest in the home
Of Senator White If Mrs. White has
not properly recognized Mrs. Brown
and Mrs. Brown properly acknowledge
ed that recognition.
So. 1t happens. that the new admin
istration, supported by the ready and
intelligent aid Of an unusual group Of
women, will be in Il position to work
with more solidarity and harmony
than any administration these past
twenty years.
Marshall Will be Close.
From all indications Vice President
Marshall will be much closer to the
white house than has been any vice
president for many years. Governor
Marshall was a presidential possibility
before the Baltimore convention, and
Professor Wilson not only recognizes
his strength. but there is q cordially
and harmony of policy between them
which that the vice president
will be constantly in intimate touch
with the chief executive. 1t follows.
therefore, that there will be close as
ISOLATION between the mistress Of the
white house and Mrs. Marshall.
Washington is going to be very fond
Of Mrs. Marshall-she has the person
atty and experience to assure her
great popularity. In the first place,
she is beautifully free from snobbish-
ness, n has remained unspoiled in
her advancement from the wife of a
country lawyer to the first lady in In
diana. and now to the second place
among American women.
When the vice president-elect met
her she was Miss Lois Kinsey. deputy
clerk of Steuben county, Indiana. un-
del her father. Young Marshall was
n hopeful young lawyer at the time.
with more college degrees after his
name than clients on his books. He
had gone to the Office of Steuben coun-
tvs clerk relative to a suit he was
prosecuting. and met the attractive
young deputy without the formality OF
an introduction. Some months later
they were married, and among the
things Governor Marshall delights to
tell on his wife is that she wrote her
W marriage license and made him
pay for 1t.
Has Wide Experience.
The wide experience Mrs. Marshall
had as deputy county clerk, and the
increasing honors through her hus-
bands advancement are sufficient as
surance that she is utterly lacking in
afectation and ~undemocratic misval-
uation of people and conditions. She
Is n Woman of keen literary apprecia-
ton and the executive mansion ut In
dianapolis Is a house full Of books,
but devoid Of bookishness. Somebody
said Of her. her home is tho kind to
make o "just want to sit down and
stav to supper"
Being tho wife OF the governor Of
Indiana is in Itself a responsible po-
sition. and Mrs. Marshall during these
four years has evidenced a social gen.
eralship and gracious tact which as
! sure her great aIlcCoaQ In hor nOro
important position.
But closer to the president than the
vice president will he Speaker Clark.
The speaker. as everybody knows.
seemed assured of nomination mt Bal
timore. M for days held the v
ton deadlocked. Yet when. by a chain
Of unprecedented circumstances, nc
lost h nomination.. he bowed to the
decision Of his party ana has most
' loyalty and earnestly supported the
ticket.