Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-08

q good ana loyal wife ana devoted
mother could be. she does not believe
that in order to be these things .
woman must necessarily bury herself
In her home and pay no attention to
the outside world. Although not what
might be termed . society woman.
Mrs. Wilson II q delightful hostess
and ono in every way lifted to become
the mistress of the White House.
In the Wilson home there Il nothing
to call forth the admiration OF visitors
more spontaneously than . number Of
beautiful paintings adjoining the walls.
These are from the Studio Of Mrs. Will
son. who IL an artist Of rare ability
and one who could have readily
earned q handsome living by her art.
Even after coming to Princeton TO
live Mrs. Wilson had expected to make
painting her life work and devoted q
great deal of time to the study Of art,
but a. the children came she soon
realized that in their training her real
mission in life lay and this she dili-
gently pursued.
When Woodrow Wilson became a
member Of the Princeton faculty
| twenty-one years ago. politics was his
| theme. That subject he took up a.
his LIES work and he has never
deviated from the course he flrst laid
out for himself. Mrs. Wilson can
stantly works at her husbands side
and she believes that her greatest aid
| to him lies In her power to keep alive
his interest in the beautiful things of
life, and making 1t impossible for him
to become too exclusively the student,
the statesman. or the politician. Her
tastes have ever run to art. poetry
and nature. Milton, Shakespeare,
Wordsworth and Browning are her
favorites, and in the old days she and
| Mr.. Wilson read together constantly.
She had grown up among books as her
father was a Presbyterian minister,
cultured. liberal and one who believed
in instilling in the minds Of his chill
dren all that was good and beautiful
in literature. While she met Mr. Will
son at her fathers home It was not
until she came to New York to study
art at tho Art Students League, that
their friendship ripened into love and
1t was while in New York that he per-
suaded her to become his wife.
It was on June "a. 1885. that the
marriage Of Woodrow Wilson ana Ell
len Louise Arson was solemnixed at
the beautiful old home Of the bride
at Rome. Ga. Very soon thereafter
Mr.. Wilson became a member Of the
faculty Of Bryn Mawr College and
from there was called to Princeton.
his alma mater.
His nature IL as truly dual ~ II 10
striking. While he 10 . sturdy pio.
neer-eagsr. enterprising, with q love
for being in the midst Of action and
not in the least dismayed by the
prospect Of good stiff fight. yet on
the other side he Is shy. loving quiet
Days and reflection and the refine
ments Of poetry and chaste prose.
And in his wife he found one ever
adaptable to any mood that might be-
set him. for she had schooled herself
to attune her mood to his in al
things, and that more than anything
else accounts for the truly ideal and
beautiful existence their marriage
made possible.
The three daughters Of the Wood
row Wilson's each embody the best
traits and talents to be found in their !
parents. Margaret Woodrow Wilson. |
the eldest. IL . singer Of rare ability;
she il exceedingly fond Of the classics |
and her favorits composers are Schu-
mann. Schubert and Wagner. At