Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-24

common sense and natural refinement
this being elevated to the level of so me-
thing curious in a glass case, TO be stared
at, face to face, was trying and not too
flattering. Mrs. Harrison has gradually
passed the interviewing department over
20 Mrs. Mckee now, and her tact, pa
tience and amiability have made editors,
correspondents and reporters her friend.
1t is she who goes down to see the scribes
from other cities, who shows them the
greenhouse ana gives them flowers, and
who answers as to what Mrs. Harrison
thinks of the Worlds fair site, and of
divorce, and whether a mayonnaise
should be made with lemon juice
or tarragon vinegar. "Oh, said
one of them with confusion when Mrs.
Harrison herself appeared, CT did not
mean to trouble you or take up your
time! Mrs. Mckee is always so good
natured and obliging, and just laughs
these questions off so nicely that we do
not mind coming to her with them
81 cannot see how any one can have
his head turned by elevation to higher
office, - said Mrs. Mckee. fYou only
have to live in Washington very little
time to see what it is worth, and the ups
and downs of Official life. If my head
SHOWS siSUS OF D0lQR IuruSQ uOp6 my
father will lock me up.
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Mckee, while
as proud and fond of the two Mckee ba-
bies as any grandmother and mother,
have been not a little annoyed by the
constant and ridiculous illusions to the
presidents little grandson, who is not
entitled TO be called Baby Mckee, when
there is the little sister younger than he.
90 IF il T1nasih1n for GnnnrQ1 Harrison
to think more of his grandson than do
of mine,'' said a fond grandfather;
"but l ID want to hurt some one If our
innocent little fellow had to be treated
so in the newspapers.
The presidents family are all people of
common sense and cannot fail to be an
noyed, and after the campaign and cleo
tons have passed, it would be only
rational for the newspapers to get a new
joke. Only one editor, so far as known :,
has issued general order to his staff
that Baby Mckee shall not be mentioned
except in the line of legitimate news and
happenings, and then, as Mrs. Mckee s
oldest child is Benny Mckee, and the
baby is Mary Mckee, accuracy must be
respected by the would-be funny man.
Imagination pictures the presidential
family as living on the pinnacle of splen
dor and luxury. Any other house in
town almost offers more real comfort to
its occupants, and there are q hundred
houses where more art aud luxury are
found in the finish and fittings. The
family have no living room or sitting
room that is private and their own save
the end of the draughty corridor up
stairs. The offices have absorbed so
much of the house that only one bed
chamber can be set apart for the CUES Is
whom they may wish to entertain. Much
of the table service is plated ware, the
carpets are often turned, and the cur
tains patched. Mrs. Harrison says anx-
iously, elf we can afford new curtains
this year, quite as if she were a house
keeper with husband on slender SAL
ary instead Of the mistress of the White
House, that has to be furnished and
cared for out of beggarly appropriations
doled out by the stupid and stingy legis-
lators of the greatest and richest country
on earth. RUHAMAH.