The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-08

E1ms of old friends and have merely to take up
the social threads where they dropped them be-
fore at the expiration of their official residence
in the capital
No senatorial election, it seems, could give
greater measure of satisfaction to such large
circle of people in Washington that which re-
turned to congress the former governor Of Colo
RADIO, John Franklin Shafroth who has held every
office within the gift of the people of his state.
During his congressional service years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Shafroth made host of warm
personal friends, who will hail their return with
delight. Mrs Shafroth is described by her friends
model mother, and, to bear out this asser-
ton, they point to the three sturdy grownup
sons, all of whom idOlize their parents.
Mrs. Shafroth is genuine home lover and
domestic genius, delighting in her home and all
it's details. especially in cookery, for she loves to
try her hand at ell sorts of new recipes and ex-
periments. She is an artist in the culinary line.
but rhe is also woman of varied accomplish
Nents and wide interests.
She belongs to number of clubs in Denver,
of which the Round Table has perhaps held her
membership the longest since she has been
rolled active member for more than nine
teen years. This club meets every Friday
ing and it's members actually study. History,
literature the classics philosophy and all of the
current topics of the day embraced in their
research No drones inactive members
encouraged to remain.
3.
Howard county, Mo, and. after completing her
high school course became a student OF and aft
erward a graduate OF the Howard Payne college
of Fayette, Mo For several years prior to her
marriage she taught in the high school of her
home town. Mr. rShafroth is also a native of
Fayette. Mo-. and their marriage occurred there.
She is eligible to D. A. R. membership, through
Virginia and Tennessee ancestry.
Like Mrs Shafroth Mrs Ollie James is no
stranger to Washington society, for she has spent
several years at the capital during her husbands
congressional service Mrs James was Miss
Ruth Thomas OF Marion. KY the home town of
Senator James, and born at Franklin KY.
She is the daughter of a Methodist minister.
Her earlier education was obtained in private
schools after which she attended the Kentucky
college, a cc-educational institution, of
existence
Her marriage to Senator James occurred about
ten years ago. IN December at her home in Mar
ion, KY Mrs. James is in every sense of the
word thorough home lover. She belongs to
clubs societies of any description and de-
votes practically all of her time to domestic life
Mrs James is greatly interested in charitable
projects particularly those which deal with the
sick and afflicted, and she hopes to engage in
phianthropic work amGng the institutions of the
capital Size is a woman whose life IS well round
ed out, for she does many things well an3 knows
whereof she speaks with regard to diversity Oh
accomplishments of practical as well as an or
namental nature She has made study of scien
tifc housekeeping could make her dresses, if
she chose and, in fact. has the science of house
keeping reduced to an art
When asked about club work she exclaimed:
'Not onei Why, don't even play bridge
suppose am the only woman in Washington who
has not learned to do so. but you really would
not expect minister's daughter to be expert in
that line, would you?'
Mrs. James is also devoted to children and
close student of various movements in progress
FOR their welfare She is advocate of higher