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Rh looking deep into every problem, its consciousness full of God, its lofty ideal of freedom and its final espousal of every noble cause, and you and I shall never blame the stalwart heart, well-nigh crushed because mother is gone." Her household name was "Saint Courageous."

The wife of this most distinguished mining engineer of the world was born Natalie Harris, the daughter of a Mississippi judge. Miss Harris was married to "the highest salaried man in the world" in 1881, and her early married experiences were sometimes of a very trying sort. To quote her own words: "We have suffered many hardships in common and during my early life at mines I have known what it was to be underfed and cold. I have slept with a baby on my breast, under a cart in the dust of the roads. We have traveled together in every known sort of vehicle—bullock wagon, Cape cart and private pullman—for days at a time my saddle has been my pillow." Mrs. Hammond has always been her distinguished husband's comrade, greatest admirer and best friend. She is the mother of four sons and one daughter. Mrs. Hammond is a brilliant woman and amply fulfils the demands made upon her, whether these take the form of philanthropic effort, as in serving as president of the woman's branch of the National Civic Federation, or high social position as wife of the special ambassador to the coronation of Britain's king. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond make their winter home at the nation's Capital and summer in their magnificent yacht "The Alcodo" or at their seashore residence at Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Genevieve Davis Bennett, wife of Champ Clark, speaker of the House of Representatives, and daughter of Joel Davis Bennett and Mary McClung McAlfee, his wife, was born in Callaway County, Missouri; educated in the public schools and at the Missouri State University, and is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church and the Congressional Club. On both sides of the house, Mrs. Clark is descended from colonial ancestors. Her parents were both from Kentucky, her mother being born in Mercer County and her father in Madison County. Both sides of her family took part in the French and Indian War, the American Revolution and the War of 1812. In the Civil War, which divided the states, Mrs. Clark had first cousins on both sides. In one instance, she had two cousins, brothers, who served on different sides of the great struggle.

On her mother's side, Mrs. Clark comes of Scotch-Irish stock. Two of her ancestors, father and son, were at the battle of the Boyne; on her father's side she is descended from the first Colonial Governor of Virginia ; collaterally she is descended from George Rodgers Clark and Joseph Hamilton Daviess. Her grandfather, George McAlfee, served in the War of 1812 and was at the Battle of the Thames, fighting in Colonel Dick Johnson's regiment. Her great grandfather, George McAlfee, Sr., was with General George Rodgers Clark in his expedition