Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1901 — IOWA’S "FIRST LADY." [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IOWA’S "FIRST LADY."

Mrs. A. B. Cummins, Who Becomes Mistress of the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Albert B. Cummins, who succeeds Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw as the “first lady in lowa,” is, according to a Des

Moines correspondcn t, eminently fitted for the social duties developing upon her as mistress of the executive mansion. She is one of the leading society ladies of the capital city and one of the handsomest matrons in town. Mrs. Cummins was for-

merly Miss Ida L. Gallery of Michigan, and she was married to Governor-elect Cummins in that State in 1874. Mrs. Cummins is a leader in the intellectual and philanthropic circles of the city. She has served as president of the Des Moines Woman’s Club, and is now president of the board of managers of the Home for F~iendless Children. She la considered one of the most tactful and brilliant entertainers In Des Moines.

MRS. A. B. CUMMINS.