Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-28
HARRISON'S SUMMER,
The President will Pack His Gnpsack and Fly
10 the Mouniains-Desr Park
His Choice.

DEER PARK, W. VA, May N.-Presi-
dent Harrison has rented one of Senator H.
G. Davis cottages for the season and pre-
parations are being made for the reception
of his family. Mrs. Mckee will keep
house, as it is not likely that her father can
remain away all through the summer, and
Mrs. Harrison will not leave him alone.
The household will include the entire
family. Mrs Senator Saunders and Mrs.
Scott Lord will spend much OF their time
here and provision will be made for COM
paDy.
Deer Park is within a six hours journey
of Washington, through some Of the most
picturesque scenery IN America, and is To-
Gated iu the very heart of the Alleghenies.
When it is hot all along the Atlantic
slope it is cool here, and, whatever the
temperature, there is life, health and beau
ty in this lovely, mOuntain-hugged spot.
Flies are unknown, mosquitoes unheard
of, and there ia nothing to entice or attract
the tramp, the insidiOus dOllar-driyer or
the social upstarts that hsrass the mind
and worry the senses of tired humanity.
The village behind the hill lie g mere hand
ful of natives, who mouth their diphthongs
and make yeast cakes and currant Jelly.
With the B. and o. hotel as a pendant,
the cottages form necklace about the
mountain brow, and over and beyond "a
far as the eye can reach the Alleghenies
roll between silveTy clouds and peaceful
valleys smiling in the sunlight. From any
of the peaks one has view of four States
of unri vailed beauty and fertility. The
Presidents cottage, which is owned by
Senator Davis, has been the Summer resi-
dence of Samuel ]. Spencer's family
for the past six years. lt
ia an unpretentiOus little frame
house, painted ssge-Rreen, with a red shin
gled roof, such as any one might secure for
S25 month in a country town, say OF the
size of Indianapolis. The building Is two
stories and a half high, has frontage of
AZ feetand most commodious wash-hOuse,
that carries one Of the wings back los feet.
The entrance is across wide piazza,
abundantly hooked for hammocks, ani
three open dOorways, with as many fold
iug-windows, invited the guest. The par
lor is an oddly constructed room, having
the entire width of the house, the only di-
vision being made by the middle section OF
wall. in which freplsces are built back to
back. There is no hallway or reception
room. nothing but this big, open psrlor,
where the family will live and where an
intruder could in no way find an excuse
for prolonging his stay. A simple custard-
colored paper covers the walls, the floor Is
stained with a dark brown and all
the fire places are painted white, after the
fashion of century ago.
One of the adjoining rooms will be fitted
up as a library for the Presidents private
use. and this with the red finished square
little dining room comprise the lower
floor. The kitchen has the only luxury
the house affords-a copper boiler for sup
nIvinp the bath with hot water. On the
second floor are the sleeping rooms, four IN
all. reached by flight Of steps that are
steep enough to have been modelled after
A fire escape In the half story are the
ser eryants' quarters. No attempt will be
made at interior decoration.
Tomorrow the village kalsominer will
whitewash the ceilings and hall wall; the
floors and windows will be scrubbed; cool,
clean, sweet straw mating will be laid on
every floor in the house, and carload OF
willow rockers and bamboo tables, with
some sofa pillows, slumber blankets and
SMYRNA rugs, will furnish the house and
niazza The bedroom furniture has bee
received. and is as simple and inexpensive
as any family on an income OF
$500 year might select. Red
and white awnings ore being hung
over the windows and doors on the east side
of the house, and the flower box, extend
inc the whole length Of the piazza, has
bsen prepsred for the White House gar
dener and his collection of pink and white
bydrsngis, csrnation, heliotrope, creeping
Charlie and gay little pansies On the
grounds which are inclOsed in the whltest
of white fences, is the red-roofed ice-house,
little shed for fre-wood, and towering
barn for Dash and country turnout.
President Harrison will have Stephen
Flkins for his nearest neighbor.
Last Monday the Elkins boys, Blaine,
Davis. Richard and Stephen, Jr., arrived
with their grandfather and goyerness, and
Mrs Flkins and the Misses Sarah and
Flizabath are expected the latter part oi
this week. With the plans that are being
laid for his entertainment Benjamin NC
Kee is reasonably certain of being spoiled.
A corner has been set apart in the Elkins
gymnasium for his private use and the
M prettiest of the five Attorneys has been
cbristened "Ben's cow" and ail
rjgbts TO the delicious milk ana
iaIIv-like cream foresworn. These
bows make up quartet that any father
might be psrdoned for Over-cherishing.
They range from eight to thirteen years IN
ages, and they can do all that any chaps
of their size and opportunities attempt
They swim, shoot, bend the bow, plsy
tennis, ride bareback across the mountain
side; they have some knowledge of botany,
natural history and pugilism; all study
w hiainrx and latin.