Evening star., 1913-08-10

katharine Shelmerdine, daughter OF
George c. Shelmerdipe of Philadelphia.
After concluding her educational career
in the private schools Of. the Quaker
Europe for two years for the purpase of
continuing her studies in music and paint
Mrs jackson is essentially q home
woman. a most efficient houskeeper and
q careful mother, though the fulf1llment
of those duties does not express her limit
ations. She is deeply interested in the
charitable work of her home city of
Salisbury, Md. particularly the hospital
there, which owes its existence to her
husbands efforts. She has not yet identi-
fed herself with any OF the phtlanthrop.c
,work Of Washington.
Mrs. Jackson is an enthusiastic lover OF
outdoor life, and during the summers
spent at her mountain camp, Loon Lake
house, on Loon lake, in the Adirondacks,
amusements this delightful spot affords.
This year the family had planned to
make all Of the trip by automobile, but
at the last minute abandoned that plan.
Mrs. Jackson devoted much thought ana
study to the bungalow which she design
ed every detail Of its furnishing and
decoration were according to her plans.
She runs her own motor boat, swims.
fishes. rides horseback and gets as much
real sport out of mountain life as the
aged eleven and nine, respectively.
Senator Jackson also has married
daughter and a son, now college man,
and their presence, with that OF Mrs.
Jackson's youngest sister, Miss Sheimer-
dine, gives Loon Lake house a merry
party, even when the family have no
guests, which Is but seldom.
Capability Is writ large upon the wife
of the new democratic representative
from Texarkana, Bowie county. Texas.
er~ he observer
Horace Worth Vaughan IL woman Of
high attainment
There Is not single thing interest
ing about me-" she declared. Il have
never done anything worth while. Moth
ing that anybody outside my family
could possibly be interested in"
She has grown up over again with her
children, and gone through their studies
with all three Of them as thoroughly as
though she had actually taken the grades
with them. Every bit Of family busi-
ness affairs, home management, disct-
pline and training OF her two daughters
and son has been practically left to her.
Or, rather, she has simply lifted every
home burden and all duties relative
thereto from her husbands shoulders,
leaving him unhampered TO pursue MS
political ambitions and fulfill his official
obligations.
Like many Of her sisters Of the pres
ent administration, Mrs. Vaughan be-
lieves that the best way to help q man. .
political career is to assure him plenty
of substantial home comforts. which In
clude rest as we'll as good meals ana
tidy rooms Mrs. Vaughan's youthful
ness is so manifestly real that the ex-
istence OF a married daughter and grown
son comes as distinct shock.
She is proud of her son, who will be
one of next years graduates from the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. Her
youngest daughter already has COM
pleted two years of her course at the
University Of Texas, where she probably
will return in the fall.
University education for both boys and
girls is one of the chief hobbies OF this
new lady from Texas. and another vefv
decided idea of hers is that both girls and
boys should specialize and prepare them
selves profciently to follow some par