Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-04
BLAINE AND LOGAN.
Their Home Lifc-Pen Picture OF How
They Live.

Washington Correspondence OF the Travellcrl
During the past season Mr.. Blaine has
resided in house of Lafayette square, which
he leased over year ago from one of his
friends. The house adjoins that of General
Beale, who, it will be remembered, was on
General Grants staff, and where the ''silent
soldier" makes his headquarters when he
comes to Washington. Erom his windows
Mr.. Blaine can obtain glimpse Of the White
House through the trees, and stretch of
the Potomac with Long Bridge IN the dim
distance. The beautiful square with Clark
Millss statue of Andrew Jackson, surrounded
by four ancient but savage looking cannon,
and st. Johns church. where President
Arthur worships, are also within his view
Mr.. Blaine's residence is not a pretentiOus-
looking mansion. 1t is comfortable home
like structure, and was evidently constructed
on plan calculated for the convenience of
its occupant. The first floor contains the
library parlor, dining-room and side room
used as the buffers pantry. 10 the second
story front room Mr.. Blame performs his
literary work. Here are few volumes of
his favorite authors, large desk with con-
that the statesman writes or dictates to an
amanuensis. Mr.. Blaine has six children,
| three boys and three girls. Mrs Blaine is a
| tall, pleasant-spoken lady, with brown hair,
| which the frosts of time are begnning to
| tinge with silver. She is noted as beinc one
| of the most delightful women in Washington
society, although during the past season
| the family has not been entertaining much.
She has the peculiar and happy faculty of
| making each guest feel perfectly at home,
| and is the model of a hostess. Walker
Blaine is the eldest of the sons and daughters
who grace Mr.. Blane's home. lie is about
twenty eight years of age, and has the
strong lines of his distinguished fathers
face. His nose is prominent and his features
denote that he possesses the same inf Xibe
will and wonderful magnetism of The head
of the family He is graduate of Yale
college, and subsequently of the Columbia
| Law School. AT present he is one of the
| government counsel at the Court of Aabama
| Claims Commissioners. being associated
with ex- Postmaster General Cresswel. His
conduct of cases before that tribunal has
won him national reputation, and many ol
the shrewdest lawyers of the country have
| found 1t out, sometimes quite Unexpectedly
| After his father is elected President he viii
probably resume his former position as AS
slstant Secretary of State, an office which he
held with great distinction during the time
| when Mr.. Blaine was at the head of the
Garfield cabinet. Mrs. Alice Coppinger, the
wife of Colonel Coppinger of the United
States Army, is the eldest daughter. Their
who has been named Blaine Coppinger.
Two nurses fare required to look after Mr.
Blaine's grandson. Mrs. Poppinger and her
son are with Mr. Blaine at his Augusta
home, her husband being with his command
in Idaho. Emmons Blaine is the second
son. He resembles his mother as much as
| Walker does his father. Emmons is called
his mothers boy, while Walker is Mr..
Blane's favorite. He is graduate of Har-
ward University and of the Harvard Law
School, and is at present living in Des
Moines, where he is IN the employ of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany. Last wiater he came to Washington
and astonished Postmaster General Gresham
with the brilliancy and ability with which he
argued a question in behalf of the corpora
| ton which he represents. l have it from a
very good authority that Emmons is destined
to be the rich man of the family. He is said
to be making money fast, and what is more
| he knows how to take care of it after he has
made it. Miss Margaret Blaine is Il young
lady of some nineteen summers, who made
her debut in Washington society last winter.
| No one to look at her would doubt for an
| instant that she was MIR. Blaine's daughter,
| for she bears striking resemblance to him.
She was educated abroad, principally in
Paris, and is highly accomplished. Next
comes a tall, handsome youth with the
| Blaine nose and the Blaine eyes, James G.
Blaine, Jr. lie is sixteen years old, and
has Just concluded his preparatory studies
with a private tutor here. Next fall
| he will enter Harvard. Miss Harriet
| Blaine, young mss of thirteen, who
has been attending school in Washington
| during the winter season, completes the
| list.
A great deal has been written about Mr..
BIaine's house, some of which is true but a
lrat deal more of which is entirely destitute
of truth. The house, which stands at the
foot of Connecticut Avenue, on Dupont
circle, is an '.'N "' ell "'"' ''' "S
owner about 5000. lIu.rtl ht e.. o..
modated % guests, but Mr. Blaine Lau
hardly moved into it when he discovered
that his income, would not warrant such
expenditures as would naturally come in the
course of the season. Mr. Blaine is not
rich man. The principal part OF his property
is locked up in extensive coal mines IN west
Virpinia. aud which are only partially de-
welcomed as vet, | understand that the COM
pany is building railroad to connect With
the Baltimore aud Ohio line. and that when
this is completed he will be sure TO make
good deal of money. His property in
Augusta is not rated high, and the few little
investments which he has made in manu-
featuring industries in Name, do not return
many dollars to his Golfers. These are the
sum total of Mr.. Blaine's possessions,
with the exception ot the revenues
nj
his publishers say will reach 800, 600, and
rol ally considerable more. 1t is we'll
known fact here that Mr.. Blaines resources
have not been such as to enable him to enter
tain on a scale of much splendor Win the
bonor of Miss Margaret, and dancing party
for Miss Hattie, the entertainments have
hrcu nearly circumecih.d to series OF
dnuurr parties, at which, howe yer, some oil
HE most distinguished men OF lhis and other
countries have attended Mrs Blaine received