Telegram-herald., 1889-05-26
JERRYONlHORSEBACK
Secrstsry Rusk the Most PoPulur
Man n the Cabinet.
z SHOWS EN- How 10 CCT GRASS
ars nxFrissa .ad Mrs s1s n ss Preparing s
- sp@ad ths summer a. Deer Para
Nellie Artharss Doll Hosss
HEsasht Cat As.ia.


present time. Comptroller OF the Cur
rency Lacey Is hard At work IA the
Treasury Department mastering TIE
details ot as bg and important Office,
and Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
Wilietts Is equally hard AZ work over IA
the handsome building which : pre-
sided over By the genial aud g0od-na-
tuTed 'Unele" Jerry Ru,k. But their
business = good deal routine, and
they are not furnishing us with very
much news these days.
Taking about secretary Rusk. he is
without doubt the most popular cabi-
net officer that ever had a place among
the advisers Of any President. H. is d
man OF the people, and there are 10
fr.lls on hlm. lie believes in democracy
and practices 10. When YOU 20 over ~
sec him you don't have 70 wait any
length OF time for an audience, and ii
he Is dlseugaged you are AZ once ush-
cred into MS presence. The Secretary
boards 40 the Ebbitt House, and every
hue evening be may be seen sitting
under the large trees IN front OF the
hotel and talking with two or three
acquaintance. And most entertain
ing talker be IL, too. lie has seen a
great deal OF life, and knows how 10
tell good story, and, IN fact. even 4
poor story rather improves after be has
told il.
Last week Gen. Angus, the proprietor
of the Baltimore Amerioaa. invited a
a good many OF the Washington. Baltl-
more and Philadelphia newspaper men
% spend the day with hlm at hlscOuntTy
seat near Baltimore. In the party were
Secretaries Blaine. Tracy and Rusk.
There was separate ear for the meW-
bers OF the Cabinet and few OF the
assistant secretaries who We're III the
party. But Secretary Rusk wOuldn'
20 INTO that car and came out with the
newspaper men and enjoyed himself
thoroughly a we'll a making II very
pleasant Tor his fellow travellers. When
the party reached the station there Wa.
drive OF about four miles 20 General
angus place, and every conceivable
Kind OF carnage was pressed INTO service
20 transport the visitors. Among other,
WAS a large wagon TO which was har
messed four horses. When the >ecrC
tary saw Il. Il must have reminded him
of the days when he worked on farm
and forgetting tnat he was a member OF
President Harrison cabinet ne Jumped
ON one ot the leaders, and amid the
cheers of everybody he drove the
wagon to the place. Such "A successful
teamster did he make that when the
party was about 10 return To the station
by common consent II was voted that
the Secretary must repeat his great
act and he complied with the request
and again 10 tine music of the ringing
cheers of the leading correspondents
he drove a section OF the party back in
great style. And the way in which he
did II would make a person believe that
he was young man and not a veteran
The secretary Cuts Grass.
Not long ago as the Secretary wa,
driving through the grounds OF the
Agricultural Department, on the
way 10 his Office, ne saw a
group OF men cutting the grass in
the grounds. Something about the
Way IN which they handled the scythe.
did not seem tO please him. and telling
AA4N vi WI W -tRUs lAf iiAlHi#u OUT Oi
the carriage ant seiAng the scythe OF
the man nearest 10 hm he gave him q
practical lesson I'm the art Of grass cut
ting. II was very warm day, and the
Precipitation Just rolled Oft the brow OF
the Secretary, Tut he did not seen
To miud that, and after ne had finished
his little patch ne handed the scythe
back 90 the man and WAS driven to the
Department where he went through
the usual business of having to hear
the requests of ofice-seekers.
Every Cabinet has some man who il
peculiar from all the others. In
Cleveiand's Cabinet, Acknowledgement
Garland was the man who was alWays
exciting remark. His hobby was never
20 wear dress coat. no matter what
the Occas ION, and the consequence was
that he was not able to attend any
social event When President Cleve-
land was married, and all the members
of the Cabinet attended the ceremony.
the AttOrney-Geucral was conspicuous
by ms absence because he could not take
part IN the affair attlred IN a business
SUIT. aud hispecular fad or whatevere se
10 was. would not allow hm ~ wear a
dress suit. But Secretary RusS has no
such a hobby a tins re knows the
proper thing 70 do on the right oc-
CasIou. bat ne does not believe i'm put
ting on any airs just because he happens
70 be a member of the Cabinet.
Mrs. Harrison and AIRS. Mckee are
getting ready % spend the summer in
Deer Park. If the weather remain.
warm they will probably leave here
about the middle of the coming month
and remain away from Washingt0r
unal the cool weather sets In
The President has not yet decided what
his movements WI he during the very
hottest part of the year. bat lt = likely
that ne vii 80 arrange bis work that
he vii b. able 90 spend considerable
time with Mrs. Harrison IN the noun
taus.
Dolls House with q History.
When Nellie Arthur was tho child oi
the White House she had a large dolr.
house which she used to play with and
around which good many dst.n.
guished people have gathered from
ume 20 time. When she was giving a
dolls partv IL was no unusual thing foI
the President 81 leave his work and
JON her IN PLAYING With her dolls, and
Mss Nellie would often invite some oi
the DIST ngu shed public men who came
On the White House to discuss cares r.
state with her father. 5o come 20 hel
PARTICULAR part IF the house and SEQ thC
dolls. A Nellie was great far0rite with
every one. her appeals were never :.
regarded ard e vas a cCran1l s1ht 90
soc Secretary 0r n senator gTaveiv
drinking tea out of the tiny ems that
were Intended for the rIarfhlr'.-s r4