Daily globe., 1878-03-21
MRS. HAYES IN OHIO.

MRS. HAYES IN OHIO.
She Has a Talk With a Ne,rspaper.
Chillicothe Special (l6th) Cincinnati Emo quirer.
Mrs. r. B. Hayes, the wife of the Presi-
dent of the United States, accompanied by
her son, several Of her cousins, and Miss
Plat, the Presidents niece, arrived here at
2 o'clock this morning, per Baltimore & Ohio
railway, from Washington. The party came
in special Pullman car, and enjoyed the
trip very much.
Mrs. Hayes, at the residence of her aunt,
Mrs. William McKell, at the corner of High
and Water streets, where she is stop
ping for the present. The house
Is plain, unpretentious two-story
brick, with wooden portico in front,
but is as cozy and neat inside as the most
fastidious could desire. found the dis
tlnguished lady looking remarkably well, and
was received by her with that cordiality and
gentleness that are so characteristic of her
nature, and that have SO enGeared her to all
who have the good fortune to know her.
She was much amused, and not at all dis
pleased, at The idea of the Enquirer having
sent representative to learn from her own
ups Just where she intended to visit, and
whom, during her present trip West, and she
gave me the desired information without the
slightest hesitation.
Have you KNOWN said she, ssthat when
was out here in Ohio with the President,
last fall, I had no chance to visit Chiliicothe,
| which is my birthplace, and where have SO
many relatives and friends? So I embraced
the first opportunity to come and see them,
and especially my uncle, Scott Cook, who
lives couple of miles from here. He is
quite sick at present, and I found him much
worse when visited him this afternoon
than had expected. Well, 1 shall remain
here-how long, Burch (turning to hr son.
did l promise to stay? think I promised
to be back home in Washington about the
5th of April?'
1 Burchard, being thus appealed to, said:
swell, you left Washington Yesterday
that was the th,-and, if you get home by
the 9th or 9th of April it will give YOU about
three weeks to visit here in Ohio
Mrs. Hayes thus continued: II have so
many dear friends to call on that / shall find
the time too short, fear. / see one of the
Columbus papers say that I have come out
to attend the Parsons Heron wedding.
Well, that occurs on the Sd of April, l
think, and shall endeavor to be present.
'Will you not visit Cincinnati?' said l.
go dear, yes," she replied; 81 shall 90
down to Cincinnati for two or three days
but it will be at the close of my visit West. u
"How do you like Washington as place
of residence" was my next question
20, it is delightful" J" was thereby. "The
White House is such an elegant home. The
rooms are SO large and SO splendid that am
perfectly in love with it. just now,
too, the conservatory is filed with such a
profusion of magnificent flowers! brought
some cut-fowers with me just for the espe-
cial benefit of my friends"
, "But had thought I remarked, ..thai
perhaps, having so many people to enter
tain, they might have wearied you some
, what
"No, indeed replied Mrs. Hayes; ane
then she continued: .'You wouldn't want te
live in that great big house without having
some one to call and see you, would you?''
"Certainly not" was my response; anc
then observed, 81 believe the White House
! is refitted and refurnished with the advent Of
each Presidential occupant, is it not?''
"No, I don't think such is the rule,'' was
the answer. CAT least it was not refitted OF
refurnished for US; but it is in excellent con
dition now," she continued; ''and it is sc
much superior to any place that we ever had
as home before that l was perfectly salts
fed with its
Mrs. Hayes then went on to say that she
thought that detailed account of the diff
ferent rooms in the Presidential mansion
would be the most entertaining reading an6
she described one Of them to me, the Rec
bedroom, near the library, which, she says, il
fitted with the finest carved furniture tha
she ever saw, ''and do 30 love old carved
furniture" she said.
81 was much amused" said ], 'sthe Other
day to read in one of the New York papers
the Times, l think-about the trouble you
had in getting the right air for one of YOU
hymns at your usual Sunday night family
meetings."
eyes. believe read the artice,'' replied
Mrs. Hayes. "It said we could not get the
tune to when I can read my title clear.
3 But we did get it, she observed, with jus
f trife of frmness in her tone that was no
untinctured with triumph and satisfaction.
hastened to assure her that that was no
! the article alluded to, and told her it wa
another one altogether-about Gen. Sher
, man, Carl Schurz, and Col. Ingersoll, VIII,
made the discord. so there was nothing o
that whatever" responded Mrs. Hayes; "yo1
see Mr.. Wheeler, the Vice President, is yer.
. fond of music, and he often drops into tn
White House of Sunday morning anC
Z hears hymn sung. Gen. Sherman alst
spends few moments with US Sunday eve
ming when he is in the city, and sometime
!. = Gen. Devens is present; but Carl Schur
does not attend these meetings, nor doe
Col. Ingersoll. believe Col. Ingersoll in
tends to remove to Washington permanently
= but am not sure that he will.''
The conversation then took general turn
and in some way the cremation of Mrs. Pit
man was mentioned. Mrs. Hayes is not
cremationist, and observed that what struc
her as being particularly repulsive and ah
horrent about the process was the accoun
b of it in the papers, which said that at such
;, moment the tissues we're destroyed, at sue
a time nothing but the bones remained, ett
| conceded with her in this respect, thoug
told her that the accounts of the affai
published in the Eastern papers had bee
It mainly works Of fiction remotely founded O
i fact, and, consequently, they made the hol
? rible affair perhaps more repulsive than
g really was. Miss Platt, with some friends
3 went to Columbus this afternoon. She wi
: return to Washington with Mrs. Hayes whe
she goes.
8 Coal lPrOductiOn..-PricesA Advanced.
= New YORK, March 2O.-The coal comps
= MES met at the Delaware and Hudson Office
this afternoon. Present, Messrs. Gowar
e Sloan. .Grier, Dickson, Hoyt, Clark and Lindel
= man. The production for April was fixed q
1,125,OOO tons, the shipments for the sam
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