Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-08-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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The seat of government has been
removeds to Deer Park temporarily
and the railroad must be reaping
heavy assessments from those that
come and 60 between the capital and
the sslodge'' in the wilderness. The
president has arranged that no more
trips to Washington will be necessa-
ry until his return for the purpose of
going to Bar Harbor, and Mrs. Har-
rison has easily convinced herself
that the White House Improvements
so dear to her housewifely heart are
progressing as evenly as May day.
Quite an official air pervades the
atmosphere of the presidents cottage.
Messenger boys hasten to and fro at
all hours of the day and far into the
night. It is manifest that Mr.. Har-
rison's escape from the city is not an
escape from the office seekers. Mr..
Halford, the private secretary, goes
every morning about 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 morn
ing. 1t is expected, however, that
Miss Sanger, the presidents private
stenographer, will arrive this week
and relieve Mr.. Halford of much of
his labor.
The study in which these mornings
with affairs of public import are pass
ed, is the largest room in the cottage
The windows touch the polished We
randa floor, and cracking wood fire
every morning drives away the up
land chill. In room above Mrs.
Harrison perfects her sketches of
scenery in the neighborhood, and de-
lightfully 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
altogether bad.
But while in these things, the pres
ident's holiday is a slow lotus eating
summer dream, it has rude Interrupt
tions and these are not so much from
the office seekers. who have at least
an excuse for their presence, as 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
handshaking craze. They long to
90 up to the cottage and grasp the
executive hand and receive load of
magnetism, of which they can tell
their children in days to 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 IS
of good natured people who have a
kindred love for little folks. The
other morning he sat on the varanda
reading a newspaper, when n sudden
chorus of shouts and screams rent
the air and little Ben, the Latrobe
girls and Blaine Elkins raced across
the scene, chasing Mr.. and Mrs. Pop
pingilly, and two maltese kittens that
accompanied the presidential party
to the hills. Up and down and
around they scampered, until the kit
tens were caught and Mr.. Benjamin
had fallen down and torn his frock.
Throughout the play, which often
jostled against his chair, the presl-
dent remained as sedate as the day.
oblivious to everything but the read,
ing.
Olive Logan Skies is one of the
people who brave the terrors of 6
summer in Washington. Her years
are carried we'll, and in her waning
forties she loses nothing of her dis
tinguished appearance, though there
is present the adipose that makes sc
many distinguished women, like Lii
, liam Russell and Fannie Davenport
: martyrs in their old age. Olive Lo
gan is a lucky woman. The round
strong face, crowned with it's wealth
, of gray hair, is a decidedly happy
one. The old lace and rare, curious
) jewelry speak of luxurious but re
fined taste. Olive Logan is the kline
; of a woman that one could love, ever
after she grew old, and that is yer.
much to say when one realizes thu
edge of Victor Hugos sarcasm
"There will always be plenty o
old women
Olive Logan made her debut il
! journalism at the age of II years
} when her contributions began to ap
pear in the New York Press, then ed
: tied by that dirty, gin drinking cynic
/ Henry Clapp, the most learned an'
brilliant of the Bohemians. Sine
e then the amount that she has writer
f and the widely differing subjects sh
5 has touched upon are bewildering.
| Her 3 rong, active nature has beel
transmitted to her two sons, EdwarC
5 and John Douglass DeLisle, who ar
connected with the press of Londol
e and Paris, and who are doing re
e markably clever work. The secre
!. of the mothers success lies in her ac
: tivity and her bravery. Olive Logal