The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14
Has Been Twice Married

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 Has Been Twice Married
 ! MT. Underwood returned to Virginia q l short time after his coming to Birning | ham and there married his boyhood sweetheart. Miss Eugenia Massie. The l couple returned to Birmingham and Mrs. Underwood became. a potent factor in the l success of her husband. Two sons were | born to this union. John Lewis Under wood, now 25 years of age, and connected | with the Woodward Iron company, and Oscar W. Underwood, Jr,. 21 years of | age last July and a student In his sec 1 ond year at the law college of the Uni versity of Virginia, his fathers alma mater. e.5a s T Mrs. Underwood passed away. in the year 1900 and her death brought the greatest sorrow into Oscar Underwood s life. Ever since MT. Underwood had been in Birmingham and from her very Childhood. he had known Miss Bertha Woodward, daughter of Joseph H. Wood ward of the Woodward Iron company, pne of Birmingham's millionaires. In 1904 Miss Woodward became the wife of MT. Underwood She is a talented and highly educated lady whose personal 1 Charm and social graces have won her Iharked distinction. It is said that she has a particular faculty for wearing >tIidIll k1HuS bl eNentIl& anu d11lHtf Gowns which always make her one of the best dressed women and the center or attraction at social gatherings. She is Officially in charge of the social side of Mk. Underwoods life and has been ac- Quitting herself in a way worthy of envy. Mrs. Underwood was born in Wheeling; W. v., and received the lars- CT part of her education at St. Albans school in Cincinnati, O.
 Mrs. Underwood has an electric lim- cuisine which she drives about the city, and fuses in making her social calls. MT Cnd erwood is very fond of horseback ridiitg, but since his appointment as ohairman of the House ways and means committee and official floor leader of the lffouse democrats he has had no time foi'I horseback riding and takes his daily 'exe1rcise at walking and golf His habits are regular He goes to bed before 12 O'Clock when possible and arises about ' 10 clock in the morning. His breakfast ufualy is slice of bacon. a cup of scdffee and a good old southern hot bis e uit This Is finished about S.30 o'clock and after q walk or a little exercise of some kind Mir. Underwood is ready for work, and goes to work.
 How He Receives Visitors
 He usually wears a dark suit or a white linen summer suit. His favonte IssVtidti iS a ihcuiulii nclSnt lay uOWn col Ear, one of the kind which meet close xgether in front. and his hair is always 1an atly--syery, very neatly-combed down III parted. When a caller presents nn ..n. nn.lself at the Underwood home 1t is etaliy MT. Underwood himself, neat avu trim as a new dollar bill. who
 ts him with the door open and a "vS.tome smile. Then it is tbat a pe- itsaifr characteristic of the man presents
  ,,o'i. is oscar Underwoods remarkable pon'e'less.
 most bashful and timid stranger .%. entered the house and watched ,hile more than five minutes until dor,,, as though he had known Un- all his life. A newspaper man in and demand an engage .un. Hen the Alabama congressman is ,,, 1"ainp.uA in work up to his shoulders. him. Und,erwood bimsele foIIous to inc ,i uoor 'o Say goodbye and repeatedly heeps apohpgizing for the trouble he has nlaue the Reporter and the time he has M taheh up swhen all the time the news paper inailA is tickled 10 pieces because ne ne got 10 ssee Underwood at all and is .ninhing or the hit his story will make with the citv editor.
 Then afteri it scent t7ndervood is an old boyhood friend. Aef ouesfion he asAeu eohcei ming the Iticies of the dem oora.lc pa,Jy or MT F1derwood's opin- ion on I've issue of \hc day and the