Evening star., 1924-07-27

ratification of the suffrage amend
| ment she campaigned two successive
campaigns in Wisconsin,, and has ac-
/ companied the senator on all of his
campaigns. When Gov. Blaine was
| candidate Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. La
Toilette campaigned for him to-
gether They sometimes spoke four
and five times day-on lawns,
| porches and in public halls both to
purpose was to reach the women in
| the rural districts.
Have Rented Home.
During all her public activities
| Mrs. La Toilette has kept her femi-
nine charm. To meet her is to meet
gracious a woman-wife and mother
| whose home and family are the dear
est things in life. Her personal ap-
pearance is most pleasing and at
tractive. There is still more gold
| wears glasses they do not hide the
blue of her eyes or the eternal youth
that turks there.
Her clothes are not "smart" as the
| term is accepted, but always In per-
feet taste and peculiarly suitable to
her type.
The La Follette> home. which for
years was on Sixteenth street, is now
in large rented house at wyoming
and Connecticut avenues. 1t is Just
block from the Million Dollar
Bridge and has a beautifully kept
lawn with fine maple tree under
which the senator spends his hours
of ease during his present connne-
| ment to the Capitol.
Fond Of Persian Rugs.
Inside, the house is the usual home
Of the public official who must divide
his lares and penates between two
homes-the one he has left at his vot-
ling address and the other he must es-
tabiish as his temporary abiding place
at Washington. Besides the several fine
pieces of colonial furniture. the only in
dication of plutocracy to which the So
cialists might object is in the very Vaiu-
able Persian rugs which cover the pol
iShed floors.
Otherwise, the house has an air of
simplicity and practicability. There are
no soft-shaded lamps and deep-tufted
sofas. Even the books one might eX-
pect to find in this intellectual home are
missing from the living rooms. the
senator's fine library is mostly at Maple
Bluff farms, where he spends as much
time as his official duties will permit
and gets as much joy out of farming as
he does out of politics. In the Washing
ton home the senator has a rather
and Mrs. La Toilette also has her pri-
vate corner"
Home Found HoSpitable.
The La FolIettes have never gone in
for society much, but their home has
been an active center of hospitality, and
interesting groups are always found
there Their four children have grown
friendly terms with Washington. Robert.
jr., is the only unmarried member of
the family who is at home. He has be-
come identified with his fathers politi-
cal interests, and is his secretary and
manager" In the coming campaign he
will "a
to the old-time politicians.
Philip La Toilette is the lawyer OF
the family. He was married last
year to Miss Isabelle Bacon of Salt
fathers law practice at Madison and
living at Maple Bluff.
Fola La Toilette. the eldest child,
whom Washington has known from
lily block. After a brilliant scho-
lastic career at the alma mater of
her parents she returned to W ash
ington and. instead of enjoying
belleship, as she might have. entered
with her mother into suffrage work.
She had naturalborn gift for
speaking and often spoke in public.
She also had marked dramatic talent
and adopted the stage as her pro-
fession. For two years she played
ingenue parts with Ada Rehan, on
her last tour, and was also with
Deidrickstein.
Fond OF Horse Riding.
Just as she was beginning to get
hold on public attention she met
and married George Middleton. play
wright. The Middietons now live in
New York. where they are affiliated
with the world of letters and lit
erary side of the stage.
Mary La Toilette, the youngest.
found her self-expresslon IN art.
Instead of going to college. she
studied art. She recently married
Ralph Sucher, who is the head of a
newspaper syndicate at Washington.
and lives within a short distance OF
her parents.
All of the family are outdoor en-
thusiasts-swim, play tennis and
hike. Mrs. La Toilette hikes and
rides horseback, sitting her saddle
like a veteran. The senator is like
wise wonderful horseman, but
with their multitudinous duties at
Washington most of the keeping mt
physically has to be done at Maple
Bluff farms. With a presidential cam
paign coming on. Maple Bluff is at pres
ent fond memory-and hope.