Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-01-31
The Next Mistress of the White House.

The Next Mistress of the White House.
With the outgoing Of Mrs. William
Howard Taft. whom the country has
loved and honored, there will go into
the White House four most attractive
women. the presidents wife and his
three charming daughters.
1t has been said that no more refined.
unassuming and considcrate leaders OF
the social set have entered Washington
in many days than will he these four.
Mrs. Wilson has never eSsayed to so
t.ial leadership. she has been much IN
social life. both as the wife Of uni
yersitv president and mistress Of Il gu
bernatorial mansion. but her home is
her life The social glamour OF the
White House has no appeal for Mrs.
Wilson and her daughters. although
they are admirably fitted for the high
social position. Mrs. Wilson is demo-
cratic In manner and life as well rs in
politics. Her daughters, it has been
said, are not only like their mother, But
also resemble their distinguished fa-
Their.
Simple tastes, simple demands. SIM
ple living without fri!ls or pretenses,
will be their part Mrs. Wilson was
the daughter Of Presbyterian minis
fer, and she has never departed from
her raising" Her ideals of life are
high and religious. She is wide read
er and an entertaining talker and an
artist Of considerable ability. The
charms of the three daughters will
readily make for them place in the
hearts of Washington society and Of
the nation.
Margaret Wilson, the eldest, is TWEEN
ty-six. She is probably the plainest OF
the three sisters. She is Il short. ssen-
der. blond girl, wiry and vivacous.
She loves goIfing. fishing or dashins
game Of tennis or baseball She
dances gracefully, rides horseback.
swims, plays basketball and tells $40
ries and convcrseS rs delightfully."- as
her father. Miss Margaret IS the mu-
sIcian OF the family. with ambitions 10
make her career on the concert staSe
The White House will probably not al
ter her plans. rs she is devoted to her
art.
Miss Jessie, the second sister. is the
beauty of the trio and also the more
serious. She IS Il social settlement
fbn
the nation board Of the Young Won
ems Christian association.
Eleanor, the "haby." is the only one
who beurs nickname. To her family
and to her intimates she IS Nell
Tall, dark and attractive. she is often
taken for the oldest of the Wilson SIS
ters For the last two years she mas
been studying art at tile Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts Miss Eleanor
is Us lively as her eldest sister anu
brimful of fun.
The next second lady of the land,
Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall, wife OF
the vice president elect. IS not SUI
fragette, but she is probably one OF the
cleverest women politicians in the
country. She and her husband nave
never been separated a night through
their fifteen years Of married life. MIS-:
Marshall also enjoys the distinction OK
being the only woman to accompaf!
her husband rs q gubernatorial candl-
date from one end Of Indiana to the
other on a speechmaking tour. she Is
q woman Of keen literary appreciation
and the executive mansion atiPhlia-
delphia is full Of books. but devoid OF
bookishness. Somebody has said OF
her home that it is the kind to make
you lust want to sit down and stay
to suaper"