Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-08-17

In tho cosy family dining room the
Presidents seat IL midway the length Of
the table on ita west side. aud Mira. Gar
field sits opposite, with Harry, her eldest
n decided ''mothcr-boy," as ncar her as
the presence of almost constant guests
will permit, while Jimmie sits cores
pondingly near his father, whore also
''Grandma" Garfield has an honorcd
place. She IL always waited on first,
whoever else may bo present, Mollle
sits nt the north end Of the table, and
the two younger boys are disposed lit
tie promiseuously, according Ia the oNi,
gencies Of the case, Harry n IL, tall
and graceful, with the regular features
Of his mother.
The down Of manhood appears On his
cheeks. Jimmie, 10 years old, is nearly
or quite as tall as his brother and
broader shouldered, with the Saxon hair
and large features Of his father, whom
he bids fair 10 resemble strongly IN per-
son and intellect. Mollie, aged II, has
the dark brown hair of her mother and
the hneaments of her father not unhand-
somely reproduced. When womanhood
has softened the charms of her face she
will be very fine looking, Since the
trouble came l notice that the news
paper writers speak of her caressingly as
little" Mollie, but she is already as
large as her mother and of the ''bounc-
ing" type of girl. She is great pet
with her father. Irwin, aged III, and
Abram, aged Q, you already know
through descriptions, especially the for
mer, who is the eccentric one, possibly
the genius of them all.
He is named for General Mcdowell,
and insists that his name must be always
written, not Irwin M. but Irwin Med.
Meal time is almost the only time the
President has lately had with his chill
dren, and he devotes himself in great
part to them at that time, after asking
questions on some interesting point of
Harry or James or Mollie, to draw them
out, and then explaining it at considera-
BILE length, instructing by the Socratic
method, as it were. This is a pleasant
relic of his schoolmaster days, of which
also a CLEAN appeared, You will remem-
Der, ON the very evening of the tragedy,
when he asked messenger If many tel
egrams had been received. "a great
many, sir, expressing sympathy for you, y
was the reply. sympathy cith, not
for, you should say" replied the Presi-
dent, pleasantly. you must he care
full of your grammar.
The food on the White House table is
scrupulously well prepared and well
served, Mrs. Garfield insisting more
strongly on this than did Mrs. Hayes,
who was tolerably punctilious, but did
not make so much q fine art, consecra-
tiop, of the table rites as does Mrs. Gar
field. An Alderney COW, from the Men
tor home, furnishes delicious milk and
cream; the tea and coffee are triumph
antly good; there is abundant fruit at
breakfast and dinner, and there Is deli
cious soup always at lunch, followed by
choice cold meats-beef, fowl and Other
game. This is q refinement on the
"codfsh and prunes" of the Hayes
lunches, which, however, were perhaps
maligned. Flowers from the ample con
servatories adorn the table at every meal
When guests are formally present there
is little need of change in the menu
there is simply substitution of largel
and finer set of dinner service. Steward
William Crump, who was Col Hayes:
orderly, and came in with him to th'
White House, remains In that capacity
still, and is now the Presidents specia
nurse, lifting him in his stout arms a
no other can. There was change o
cooks when Mrs. Garfield came in. Th,
rosy health and strength of her husband
and family is due no doubt in grea
measure to this lady's thorough belief Il
the gospel of good food. Conscientious
loving supervision of these matters in tn
past is one of the ways in which he
strong though quiet nature has expresses
J itself to them. In time of health shi
sits cheerful, but silent, rather thal
otherwise, at table, listener to her hus
band and her boys. She dresses neatly
but very plainly, at breakfast and lunch
but makes a more elaborate toilet 70
! dinner, usually in rich black silk.
( The after dinner hour the PresideI
. has adopted for recreation, going dow
stairs TO the billiard-room usually for
game with his boys or his friends. 1t
a favorite game with him; Colonel Roci
I well or General Swain, who are MOI
|, than frequent guests at his table, often ioi
him at this diversion. Mrs. Hayes who's