Telegram-herald., 1889-12-03
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITAL.
Some OF the LsSiss ofths Admins
trzrlon Circle.
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WAsHRGToS. Nov. =. II am sorry 10
say thai Mrs. Harrison Is not IN very
good hsalrh. She Is now under tie doc
tor care. aud Is confined pretty rigldly
- a disI 0f mix aad stale bread. she
SAYS shs has appetite enough, oQt the
cruel doctor vii lot give her permission
70 appeass IL Ia her own fashion. The
trouble Is gastric one. and can be re-
moved only by persistent caution IS %
diet.
The president has : doctor, TOO, bat
does u0t ofteu have occasion 10 send FOR
him. sTis a curious fact that one call 70
the White House brought, or is ia a fair
way 70 bring a fortune 10 a Washington
physician Since the president made Or
Sewers his physician this young gentle
man. already popular aud successful. has
found his practice quickly doubling He
is now the hardest worked man ~ Jha
city OF Washington. his White House
patient, probably, excepted. DR.. Sewers
is no more than IS years old, and his IN
come Is s25, 900 a year.
Gen. Harrison works like hired man.
and ne is likely 10 kill Lige Halford be
fore his term is half out. The trouble IS
that the president goes 70 bed too early
and gets up too early. He is rarely up
later than 10 in the evening and then he
wants to begin work al S in the morning.
This habit doesn't at all fit the private
secretary, who. As u morning newspaper
worker during ten or fifteen years. ac-
quired the habit Of retiring a little be-
fore o,htr people got up, and Of sleeping
till the forenoon is half gone. Ii the
president would work all night and eat
his breakfast at in the afternoon, as
Mr. Arthur used 10 do, il would just suit
Mr. Halford.
The private secretary is one Of those
rare men, a Christian editor He has
carried his piety into politics. too, and is
as fond of the church and all that per
tains 70 it as he was when an Indianap-
oils editor. Nothing pleases him better
than a chance to sit down and talk with
a bright, sensible minister of the gospel.
Such an one you may often see in the big
red leather chair that stands between
Liges desk and the door to the presi-
dents llbrarv.
Mrs. Harrison is fond of the church,
too, but she has given up attending, and
for rather novel reason. 1t is not the
condition Of her health that deprives her
of one of the pleasures of her life, but
her dread of being stared at. 1t is an
actual fact that the people gaze at her so
much in church that she can never tell
whether the minister is preaching on
foreign missions or inSant baptism. So
she has resolved TO stay at home. She
goes occasionally 10 the theatre. which
she wouldn't do but for the protection
from curious eyes afforded by the cur
tains of the box, which she invariably
occupies.
Mrs. Cleveland never objected to being
stared at; at least, she never tried TO get
away from the crowds. She had way
Of smiling at masses of people as much
as to say she recognized and sympathized
with their curiosity. Besides. she was
woman enough TO take a little delight
ont of the consciousness that some ad-
miration was mixed with the curiosity.
Even the receptions, out of which Mrs.
Cleveland used to derive so much
pleasure, Mrs. Harrison is looking for
ward to apprehensively.
Mrs. Cleveland was fond Of shopping
in Washington. Everybody knew her,
and hundreds of eyes followed her every
movement, but what did she care? Mrs.
Harrison, however, never goes to the
shops unless it is absolutely necessary,
and she prefers doing her shopping in
New York or Philadelphia, where her
face is not so well known.
The first lady of the land is as sensible
and practical as she ever was. The gilt
ter of power has not made her the least
bit dizzy. Even in shopping no false
pride is allowed to govern her actions.
/ She was in ROhr's infants outfitting es-
tablishment not long ago, buying a cay
for one Of her grandchildren. The only
thing in stock of the sort she wanted
Mrs. Rohr asked 50 for, but Mrs. Har.
/ rison said that was more than she cared
TO pay.
I'VE can make you up very pretty
cap at g. So" said Mrs. Rohr.
''No," replied Mrs Harrison, II had
thought 81 was enough for a cap, and
III not pay any more
She didn't. Nine women out Of ten
would have been too proud, in Mrs. Har
rison's place, to decline to buy baby;
cap or any other article simply because
a dollar stood in the way.
2.
Washington was Mrs. Whitney, wife ot
the secretary of the navy. Mrs. Harri
sons closest woman friend is Mrs Clark
son. wife Of the first assistant postmaster
T general A genuine, earnest friendship
has sprung up between these genuine
earnest women. Mrs. Wanamaker il
also a member OF the little coterie. Boti
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Clarkson are II
love with the wife Of the postmaster gen
eral, who has, in the opinion Of Mrs
Clsrkson-surely a competent judge
the sweetest. most perfect home II
America. 1t is rich in all that money
can buy SAYS Mrs. Clarkson. 'anC
richer in that which money cannot buy
perfect love and peace and a hospital
ity which fills the heart"
These ladies ~ the administration vii
have ample opportunity 20 wonder dur
ing the coming winter why their hus
bands ever left their prosperous business
% and perfect homes for Mrs Clarksor
has beautiful home in Des Moines. Ia
to work for that hard. ungrateful task
mas r. Uncle sam The postmaster