Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

to ask advice about. said Miss Wilson
She believes i'm a restricted suffrage for
women, but does not see now any ma
terial benefit will be derived liz the suf-
frage movement is successful In obtaining
the ballot, unless the women organize
themselves into union for their own
protection.
1t really seems as though each cab
met must include bachelor in its
personnel, and Mr.. Hitchcock's sue
cessor in this respect is James Il
McReynolds. the new Attorney Gen
eral who is a Kentuckian by birth, a
Nirginian by university education.
Tennessean by long residence and
New Yorker by business af1iliation.
He is not stranger to the capital.
and if for no other reason than that
he is a prepossessing eitgioie bachelor
who has scarcely reached his prime.
Secretary McReynolds will be an In
teresting factor in the social life Of
the administration.
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Likewise il seems that each new
cabinet also has one or two young
lady daughters who preside over the
households of their fathers. Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo. being "A
widower must depend upon his sec
ond daughter. Miss Mona McAdoo. TO
he the chetaiaine of his establishment.
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assistance of her sister, Mrs. Martin of
Arizona.
Miss Mona is Just girl. having made
her debut only brief time before her
mothers death, about year ago. This
is one of the large family circles OF
the cabinet, there being three sons
and three daughters The other daughter,
Sallie, is but eight years old, while
af f11a enl
boarding school age Mr.. McAdoo is
preparing to transfer his family from
their New York apartment to q resi-
dence at the capital at an early date
Perhaps of ali of the new Official ram
lily with which President Wilson has SUI.
rounded himself, that OF oecrst
Agriculture and Mrs. Houston Is the least
known to their associates
Mrs. Houston is Texan. having been
born at Austin. She is great-erana-
daughter of w. p. DuVal, who was the
territorial Governor of Florida during the
regime of Andrew Jackson. Like his
wife, the Secretary is also soutneinef.
having migrated from North Carolina.
Mrs. Houston is a talented col ese
woman OF wide cultivation. and. through
her husbands association with the Wash
ington University Of st. Louis. as It's
chancellor. she has been Identified very
extensively with college life and INTERESTS
and is deeply attached to sociological re-
search.
Secretary and Mrs. Houston have three
children; the eldest and youngest ale
boys, aged thirteen years and TWO
months. respectively, with a little daugh-
ter of two years. The youngest member
OF the family being such very recent
arrival Mrs. Houston was Obliged TO re-
turn to her home imm ediately after the
ceremonies of Inauguration. day. as the
infant had been left in the care of friends
She Will return to establish home In the
autumn.
Equally new to Washington social cir
Giles are the new War Secretary and his
wife Mrs. Lindley Garrison is the daugh-
ter of Capt. Samuel Hildeburn. u s. A..
and Mrs Hildeburn. She grew up IN
Philadelphia though she was born In the
west. Being the daughter OF an army
officer establishes her more firmly and
gives her stronger aff1liation among the
army circles over which branch or the
governmental service her husband is to
preside. Secretary and Mrs Garrison
have been married thirteen years, the
shortest period of any of the cabinet
families. and they are the only one that
has no children.