Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-05-02

EST SENATOR'S WIFE
NJ. R-.@.-f cstAris WINK.
Ferna Msxics Girl l~ntersis~cd
~ 81 Lsais Writer
MAKES SPLENDID IMPRESSION.
Nexioo GifL nsuEkter Il ledge J. A
cufhrie Expccts % Lke ofhdal
life In washinxtan
BY Bsalah Brown Fletcher
in ST Louis Repuhlie

while xenophon p wilney. the
newly appointed United States Sena-
tor from Missouri. wAs in jefferson
City Tuesday night comforting with
Gov. Gardner. there was a tan woman.
girlish in her grace and womanly IN
her pOise. who stayed At home, sat On
= small stool m front Of a desk tele-
phone and answered cOngratulatory
messages that came 10 her and her
husband over the wires from al rarts
Of the city and State.
This woman was Mrs. Rosamond
Guthrie Whitley, who will soon be pre-
scented in Washington as the wife Of
Missouri's Junior Senator. | was
ushered into her home at bO5s ver-
non : a Tuesday night and waited
for her to finish her conversation over
the wire with someone upstate.
The living room was redclent from
clusters Of Killarney roses, eOngrat-
ulatOry gifts, that expressed the de-
light Of friends at the young attor-
ney's political rise.
With a q~uietness that showed that
no state Of excitement existed in the
Whitley household, a tall woman APP
peared between the tan brocaded cur
tains that shut out the reception hall
from the living room. She was as
simply gowned as a schoolgirl, in mid
night blue serge and silk with white
batiste collar and cuffs, and her only
ornaments were a string of pearls and
two rings, diamonds and pearls.
Has No Fads or Hobbies
Washington will not meet a woman
of the nimbus type. Neither can she
ever be said to be superficial. She is
not a faddist, does not have hobbies
and is not wild" over any new the
ory nor an EXTREMIST. She is of that
splendid type of American woman
hood known throughout the world as
dependable. She has built her life
slowly, surely and substantially.
There have been no superficialities in
her work or character construction,
and, with it all, she has that refresh
ing manner of a keen sense of humor,
that makes her delightful and most
interesting.
When Rosamond Guthrie Whitley
goes to Washington, Missouri may
count on being proud of her. She will
be able to talk deeply on men, from
Generals to poets, on art from Greece
to the futurists in the attics Of Paris;
on science from astronomy to cleo
tricity and on history and current
events.
There is another thing upon which
she will be able to talk. It is chill
dren. She is the mother Of a man
child, John Franklin, aged 8, and a
daughter, Mary Ellen, aged 5, and
through her interest in individual
training and development, she is
lending her knowledge to the country
in furthering the movement that the
United States Government is adopt
ing for the betterment of all children.
She will probably be the youngest of
the wives of the United States Sena-
tors. She is just 80.
Expects to Like Washington
Mrs. Whitley is not a woman of vast
acquaintance. There have been toe
many things to do and to much to
read and there was a great fondness
for those whom she has known since
childhood. But shall so enjoy be-
ing in Washington with all of this Sc
robustness and the great problems.
My husband looks upon it as a service.
! do also, but | shall enjoy to know
that he is a part of this national SER
vice." she said, as she seated herself
in the center of a large davenport and
knitted on an army sweater.
She was born in Missouri. Hel
mother, Ellen Guthrie, late wife Of
Judge ]. A. Guthrie, banker, of Mex.
leo, was a member Of the first class
that graduated from Hardin College
Mexico, Mo-, and Rosamond Guthrie
Whitley was the first daughter of the
school.
Her grandfather was W. o. Forrist,
4 well-known Ohio attorney, who
came to this State ard won the honor
Of being one Of the best criminal law.
yers Of the Southwest.
A brother, Charles H. Guthrie, is in
the navy on the battleship Missouri,
and another brother, ]. A. Guthrie.
Jr., is Assistant Bank Examiner OF
Wyoming, while her only sister is
Mrs. jean Pierre Cauhape, who re-
sides in Roswell, N. M.
The new United States Senator
came from the same county where his
wife was reared, but they never met
during their schooldays. 1t wal later
when he came to st. Louis and then
went back on a visit that they met and
the romance started.
21ss Subscribers to Loan
There have been 21s8 subscribers to
the Third Liberty Bond issue in Au-
drain county SO far, and $685. $50
worth of the bonds sold. Mexico is
still $4,000 short of its quota.