Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Law Runs in the Family. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Law Runs in the Family.

In June next, Ruth, the second daughter of Senator Mason, will graduate from the Washington College of Law at Washington, D. C., as a full-fledged attorney and counselor. She is not decided whether she will hang out a shingle and wait for a practice or content herself With the satisfaction that if she wanted to practice she could. It has been suggested that she might enter the offices of her father and brother, but it is thought more than likely that she will give herself up to musical studies connected with the piano and violin. Miss Mason is a graduate of a Chicago high school. In her four years’ course there she held 90 per cent average, which en-

titled her to be a teacher without examination. The young lady is interested in athletics. a player in tennis tournaments

and the best horsewoman among the younger Washington girls. She has traveled much in America and in Europe.