St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-12
MRS. BEN HARRISON.
An Interview With the Com
ing First Lady Of the
Land.
She Will Make No White House
Changes to Displease the
Public.
Her House in Indianapolis to
Be Occupied by Mrs. Nc
Kee, Her Daughter.
How She Looks and Dresses.
She Is a Diligent
Reader.

0uuIVS du lttpOltdtlCG WHICH iclluSiS GIL
details in regard to himself, his home
life and family, matters for popular i'll
terest. When the family assembled at
the breakfast table this morning the
general presided at one end and Mis-.
Harrison, in dainty morning robe, at
the other. Little Ben Harrison Mckee,
seated at the preSdent-elect'S right, was
plunging vigorously into bowl of bread
and milk. Robert Mckee, on his father
in-law's right; Mrs. Brown, daughter
of Senator Davis, of West Virginia, and
sister-in-law of Stephen B. Elkins;
Mrs. Robert Mckee. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Mckee (nee Miss Coughlen), Miss
Strickles, sister-ln-law of the editor Of
the Dayton Journal. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Harrison, daughter of Sena-
tor Saunders, of Omaha, and cousin of
Mrs. Robert Lincoln, were the other
guests at the breakfast table. After
breakfast Mrs. Harrison went shop
ping for several hours, talking and
chatting With friends and receiving
congratulations by the way. After a
family dinner at noon the number of
visitors we're too much for Mrs. Harri-
sons
OVERTURNED NERVES,
so she was obliged to have Miss Strickles
receive the majority, and probably no
one could have been better fitted than
she, by her affable manner, to extend
the courtesy of the Harrison household,
or to answer humorous inquiries, or to
converse intelligently on the alien
crossing subject over which the nation
is now so greatly exercised. A few
kilograms were received from Wash
ingtOn, the most important of which
was from Miss Gouverneur, Mrs. Harri-
sons special friend.
''What plans have you for the White
house?" was asked of Mrs. Harrison.
1T is too early for plans." she said.
81 really have not thought of it. | pre-
fer rather the old-time simplicity which
characterized the White house enter
tainments many years ago. shall not
change anything that would be disagree
able to the public"
land how do you feel about the cleo
tion?;'
sit was not matter OF life and death,
and | would have been satisfied either
way. OF one thing both the general
and feel sure: that the election was
from matter of principle and not a
personal thing"
''Who will occupy your indianapolis
home?"
my daughter. Mrs. Mckee. Think
s'Do you feel the strain of nervous eX-
citement?'
Il did not mind it at all, even when [
shook hands with 500 people i'll Cincin-
natl"
what did you think of the Sackville
West letter?'
81 did not think anything about it,
for | did not know enough about poll
ties, and Gen. Harrison never mentioned
ii to me. The British minister's family
and have never exchanged visits, al
though | have been told that it was q
foreign minister's custom to call upon Il
senator's family if they wished to know
them. Neither my husband nor | have
ever been abroad"
Mrs. Harrison wore dark brown
plaid visiting gown, with black pearl
earrings and brooch for ornaments. Mrs.
Harrison is the daughter of Prof. Scott,
formerly of Oxford. but now Of Wash
ingtOn, ID. c., and she will be no Stran-
ger to
by reason Of her residence in that city
while her husband represented his state
in the senate. Gen. Harrison'S Indian
apoiS home is on North Delaware
street, GA. 1t is reached by carriage, as
it is one mile and half from Washing
ton street. or by the North Pennsyl-
vanilla street horse cars. The house is
an L-Shaped. tWO-and- a-half-Story brick
implanted, placed on plot of ground
with a frontage of 100 feet and
about $50 feet deep to an alley in
the rear, OH which is a story-and-a-haIf
timber stable, painted red. The en-
trance door of the residence is on the
right side, with two front windows. The
hall and pariors are papered with a
dark-figu1ed design mixed with gold.
The floors are covered with a Japanese
pattern Brussels carpet. with a dark
red filling at the edge. An arch in the
hall at the foot of the stairway is decor
ated with an army and navy shield. The
parlor is furnished in walnut and oak,
upholstered in blue brocade. On the
wall are several silk banners, and on
the mantel three vases of SevreS ware.
with two framed photographs of Mrs.
Robert Mckee and Mrs. Russell Harri-
son in their bridal gowns, at the side of
which is aSurerb stuffed peacock. Fold
ing doors from the parlor open into the
music room, comfortably furnished with
square piano and easy chairs, which
contains numerous lot of souvenirs.
On the mantef to-day were a cut-glaSS
pitcher from Pennsylvania, on which
was engraved
THE GENERALS PORTRAIT,
and a cup and saucer, which were
picked up and sent from Thuringla,
decorated with a likeness of William
Henry Harrison, beneath which was
written William Henry HARRISON -
On the wall above the piano were two
old banners. one representing picture
of the log cabin of 1910, in which many
of our Buckeye mothers of to-day held
high carnival as "GoddesSeS of Liberty,
etc." the other was an equestrian por-
trait of William Henry Harrison at the
piano, OH q stand. was miniature log
cabin from Richmond. Va.;a little arm
chair nailed in front of the door, was
made by an old negro woman, who
walked eight miles to fasten it with
her own hands to the cabin. An
other gift was handsome lunch cloth
from Miss Williamson, of Lafayette.
Adjoining the MUSHROOM is the library,
where the general usually sits, sur
rounded by his law books, a typewriter
and the convenieneeS for his profess
sional work. Next to his desk is rack
with the numerous gifts in the way of
walking-stickS which he has received.
Some of them are gorgeous with silver
and gold tops, unique and original in
workmanship. A cane sent from Cali
fornia was of sos pieces of wood. An
other was of yellow wood with a carved
ivory knob, which, when unscrewed
and removed was attached to hand
some silk American flag. Gen. and Mrs.
Harrison have
A son AND DAUGHTER,
both living and married. Mrs. Robert
Mckee, nee Miss Mary Harrison. cele-
brated the fourth anniversary of her
wedding Yesterday. She has two chill
dren Benjamin Harrison Mckee, born
March Is, 1885, and Mary Mckee, born
JuIy II 1883 Robert Mckee has bean