Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

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-loN..,i. down the ranks Ia make room Tor
hcrsi loyal sons
Tire new arrivals il the Senate assume
the proportion Of a small delegation. Tor
fulIx fifteen brand-pew soions We're IN line
FOR the oath on the 18th OF March. or this
ntnrler. five merely stepped over from
The House of Representatives, while three
others have in recent years also served IN
that BODY and are thereby remembered.
Accord ngly, society greets new races
n tho wives OF these men, Like their
husbands a number OF them are coming
Rack - tie welcomin2 arms OF old friends
and have merely u take up the social
threads where they dropped them before
IT the * plraticn OF their official residence
II che "a 2ital. at#"
The new arrivals must. perforce. travel
IRE rock! road which official etiquette ana
precedence has paved With the stepping
stones of endless calls and like obilga-
lions. whose religious observance means
social success. before they are really
known to their own immediate circle.
These who have already arrived are
source Of congratulation to the powers
thaf.be and bid fair TO Quickly Ill all gaps
left hy the exodus OF the other party.
The variety of professions and Vocauohs
from which the new senators are recruit
cd corners more than usual interest upon
their families.
No senatorial election, II seems could
give a greater measure of satisfaction to
such a large circle of people In Wash
inrton as that which returned to Con-
sress the former Governor of Colorado.
John Franklin Shafroth, who has held
every office within the gift OF the people
az his state.
During his congressional service some
Years ago Mr.. and Mrs Shafroth made
. host at warm personal friends. who will
hail. their return with deiight- mrs
Shafroth Is described by her friends as a
model mother. and to bear out this as
sertion. they point to the three sturdy
gfown-up sons. all of whom idolize their
parents.
When asked her system Of training.
Mrs Shafroth sIniiingIy replied that she
never had any, but just merely held up
their father as an''eXeMpie. and let them
have all. of the company and fun they
wanted at home. a ccording to the verdict
uf one of her closest friends. Mrs.
Shafroth never was afflicted with the sort
OF nerves which boyish play upsets. To
begin with, she always loved boys, I'M
derstood them. and never minded them
swarming over the house nor the ac-
companying racket.
In speaking OF her fondness for boys
she once said that IL she had dozen
children she would like them all to be
boys, and that her foHr had never been
any worry or trouble. From their earliest
bahyhood they always understood their
education was the first consideration in
the family and therefore they never
thought of anything else than being COL
lege men like their father They have
all been graduated from Ann Arbor ex-
cept the Youngest, who has not yet COM
rleted his course, and the eldest, an An
napolis graduate. and is now with his
shin at Guantanamo.
Mrs. Shafroth is a genuine home lover
aud-G, dpnIestic grnius felfghtitg IN. her
homo and all its details, especially in
cookery. for she loves TO try her hand at
She Is an artist in the, culinary line. but
shesi Is also woman of varied accom-
plishments and wide interests.
She belongs to a number OF clubs in
Denver, of which the Round Table has
perhaps he'd her membership the long
est. since she has been enrolled as an
active member for more than nineteen
Years This club meets every Friday
morning and it's members actually study.
History, literature, the classics. phioso-
ply and all OF the current topics OF the
day are embraced in their research. No
drones inactive members are en-
Couraged to remain.
Every woman of the thirty who COM
prise the present roster attends with a
serious purpose and must do her share
~ study and acquit herself with credit
whea,-s hs Is called upon for papers. So
cosalNzIas this ei5h-b6U6d IT'S meRahers
together that a large proportion of the
oIigsz4aI twerty five still retain their mem
bership and have-resaily grown up to-
gethsf u
Besides the Pound Table, Airs. Shafroth
hclu.lgs 10 various other study clubs, as
well ss literary and musical cubs. two
~ which are the Monday Club and the
Wonapis club OF Denver. Language
study Clubs have always absorbed her in
ferest, and through them she has added
n reading knowledge of Spanish TO her
thorough familiarity WITH German and