The sun., 1919-01-05

tied now---all got our bedrooms picked
out. GATHERINGS got that white and
eold doll furniture OF hers all arranged
in the place she's found for 1t. What,
YOU didn't know about that white ana
gold furniture? Well. It's quite COM
plete, sideboard and everything. And
she hasn't broken a piece Of 1. since
she had II. She's never broken a doll
either. and she has Ave or six"
The Governors bent for conserva-
ton and economy showed in the smile
Of pride with which he said this of
his younger girl. 1t came out
stronger. that bent, minute later
when he was asked IL It was true that
Miss Catherine Reilly OF Albany was
TO be Mrs. Smiths social secretary. as
was rumored.
Nothing in IT," he said positively.
Mrs. Smith isn't going to have a Sec
retary." Nothing so undemocratic as
a social secretary Is going to be al
lowed In Mrs. AL Smiths regime as
arst lady Of the State as long Us she
herself can attend to her letters and
invitations. And II anybody can Joy
ously ride over social distinctions and
questions Of precedence and social red
tape and so on IL Is the Smiths Of
Oliver street. Mrs. AL Is intent on
being hosDitable in her own kindly
way TO everybody who comes to sec
the family or any ono Of them, but
she is not. 1t Is plain to see, O bit
worried as TO whom she ought to give
what kind Of a handshake.
Nor is she going into club activities.
So much she assured the reporter
positively, "a woman with five chill
drn, she said smilingly, hasn't
much time for clubs.
MY children are good children" she
went on. They've never given much
trouble. And they've never been sick,
except for little ailments such as chill
dren always have. Oliver street is q
healthy place" Mrs. Al Is as strong
for the family birthplace as the Gov
ernor Is. and while she admits that it
has changed some since her hus-
hands mother used to go for the water
for breakfast to the pump Mt tho cor
ner near where their home is, she
considers 1t as good place TO bring
up family In as one could find.
4 Dream of 1904.
We've had no sickness down there"
she said. The influenza didn't touch
U.s. and when the intantile paralysis
was so bad in the city there was mono
Of It in Oliver street. or course it's
been built up, but It's healthy
MACE"
However, when fifteen years ago
as young Assemblyman AL Smith
announced to his family his intention
% becoming Governor some dag Mrs.
Al resigned herself tn the prospect Of
sooner or later moving into the gu
bernatorial mansion. She doesn't say
that; as before remarked she Is not
an expansive person. and all she would
say when asked il she believed her
husband would make good his promise
Of getting the Governorship was:
Well" with a laugh, Il knew he'd
land somewhere"
Then she told how pleasant every
tody In Albany had tried TO make 1t
.cr her Everybody in Albany has
been lovely to me. just lovely" she
said And indeed the State capital
does seem to radiate good will and
friendly interest toward the Smiths.
!. you went into a shop or tele-
Ihone station the sales girls or opera
tors were sure to ask with interest
4 you'd seen the inauguration and to
speculate with a friendly air on what
Mrs. Smith would do about this or
that. To be sure there's the Repub-
Lean Legislature. but what do Mrs.
Smith and the little Smiths ana Cesar
care about that? They know in their
own minds that the new Governor will