Mohave County miner., 1889-08-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondence OF the MINER.


moved to Deer Park temporarily and the
railroad must be reaping heavy assess
ments from those who come and go be-
tween the Capital and the "lodge" in the
wilderness. The President has arranged
that no more trips TO Washington will be
necessary until his return for the purpose
Of going TO Bar Harbor, and Mrs. Har-
rison has easily convinced herself that
the improvements 30 dear to her house
wifely heart are progressing as evenly as
May day.
Quite an official air preyades the at
mosphere OF the Presidents cottage.
Messenger boys hasten to and fro at all
hours Of the day and far into the night.
1t is manifest that Mr.. Harrison's escape
from the city is not an escape from the
Office seekers. Mr.. Halford, the private
secretary, goes every morning about nine
o'clock to the Presidents cottage. The
first mails are looked over and the serious
work Of the day begins. The secretary
writes about fifty letters every morning.
II is expected, however, that Miss
Sanger, the Presidents private stenog-
rapher, will arrive this week and relieve
Mr.. Halford Of much OF his labor.
The study in which these mornings
with affairs Of the public import are
passed, is the largest room in the cottage.
The windows touch the polished veranda
floor, and cracking wood fire every
morning drives away the upland chill.
In room above, Mrs. Harrison pcrfects
her sketches Of scenery in the neighbor-
hood, and delightfully."- jumbles colors and
outlines in true summer defiance Of art.
While Mrs. Harrison has no conception
OF drawing she has some conception Of
color, and her bits Of scenery are not al
together bad.
But while in these things, the Presi'
dents holiday Is slow lotus eating sum
mer dream, it has rude interruptions, and
these are not 20 much from the Office
seekers, who have at least an excuse for
their presence, az for the excursionists
People who are at home models OF good
breeding and law abiding in most things,
go to Deer Park and fall victims TO the
haDdshaking craze. They long TO go up
TO the cottage and grasp the Executive
hand and receive load Of fsncied mag.
netism, OF which they can tell their chill
dren in days 20 come.
The Presidents serene enjoyment Of
children's society at all times and in all
places, is one OF his homely virtues that
endears him TO thousands Of good natured
people who have kindred love for little
folks. The other morning he sat on the
| veraBda reading a newspaper, when a
sudden chorus OF shouts and screams rent
| the air and little Ben. the Lstrobe girls
and Blaine Elkins raced across the scene,
chasing Mr.. and Mrs. PoppiDgilly. the
two Maltese kittens that accompanied
the Presidential party 10 the hills. Up
and down and around they scamPered,
/ until the kittens we're caught and Mr..
Benjamin had fallen down and torn his
frock. Throughout the play. which often
jostied against his chair, the President
remained as seda;e as the day, oblivions
to everything but the reading.
Olive Logan Skies is one Of the people
who brave the terrors Of a summer IN
Washington. Her years are carried we'll,
and in her waning forties she looses moth.
ing Of her distinguished appearance,
though there Is present the adlpnse iba:
makes 80 many distinguished .wtinep,
like Lillian Russell and Ssnnie Dsyen-
port, martyrs in their old age. Olive Lor
gan Is 3 lucky woman. The round,
strong face, crowned with It's wealth Of
gray hair, is decidedly happy one. The
old lace and rare, curious jewelry speak
OF luxurious but refined taste. Olive
LOGAN Is the kind Of woman that one
could love even alter she grew old, and
that Is very much to say when one re-
alizes the edge Of Victor Hugo's sarcasm,
There win always be plenty Of old
women
Olive Logan made her debut in journal
ism At the age Of twelve years, when her
contributions began to appear in The New
York Press, then edited by that dirty,
gin drinking cynic, Henry Clapp, the,
most learned and brilliant Of the Bohs-
mians. Since then the amount that she
has written and the widely differing sub
Iects shs has touched upon are bewilder-
ing.
Her strong, active nature has been
transmitted to her two sons, Edward and
John Douglass DeLisle, who are connect
ed with the press Of London and Paris,
and who are doing remarkably clever
work. The secret Of the mothers success
lies in her activity and her bravery.
Olive Logan has the courage Of her con.
yictions, and in everything, even to her
literary style, daring that welcomes In
novations and presses on to future that
shall be better than the past.
The Commission appointed by secrc-
tary Noble to investigate the practice Of
the Pension Bureau in re.rating claims is
holding daily sessions and expects TO be
able to render it's report by September ].
The report will probably in no wise impli-
cate Commissioner Tanner In any Of the
frauds that have occasioned this scandal
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