The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-13

will be the bathing ground. The beach
just in front of the cottage is not favorable,
and the bath houses are just below, near
the Wanamaker cottage. Mrs. Mckee, aud
all of the family except Mrs. Harrison en-
Joy surf bathing. Mrs. Harrison is not in
cllned to try IL because Of the publicity
given to the smallest details of her private
life. Many women would find Cape May
Point too quiet, and the freedom which Mrs.
Harrison most enjoys, and the reStful,
home life in the cottage is in contrast with
Washington and the White House. If she
could enjoy the surf bathing, like ordinary
mortais, and without having the minutest
particulars telegraphed to the four corners
of the earth, no doubt she would avail her
self of the benefits of surf bathing But
she shrinkS from uncalled for publicity,
and it is doubtful if she does not limit her
outdoor life to walks and drives. She is
woman of resources, and no place could be
dull for her, so long as she has her family
life, books and paintings.
IT WAS MISS ROSE ELIzEBETH CLEVELAND
who declared the mistress of the White
House must lead an unnatural life because
OF certain formalities and restrictions with
which she is hedged about. No previous
experience could prepare her for her posi-
ton of mistress of the White House, and
no example of predecessors could guide
her. Each mistress of the White House
must be guide to herself and adapt her
self as best she may to a position unlike
any other in public life. One can readily
see then how much the Presidents wife
enjoys getting back to her natural life, in
formal pleasures and simple freedom. And
the impression one gets of the President S
cottage is that it is the plain, comfortable
home of gentle people, where the type of
gentle women by no sign give you hint
that the head is other than plain gentle
men, even though he be the President of
healthy atmosphere, and this is the main
point of interest to the people who do not
worry over the gift of the cottage, but are
far more interested in the enjoyment of the
! Presidents family.
THE WANAMAkER COTTAGE
is some little way further down, though a
large, square, dull, gray cottage near by is
frequently pointed out as the ''Wanamaker
COTTAGE But Mr.. Wanamaker has the
| fancy this season for bright colors. He
has had his cottage painted yellow, with o
very rich, dark shade of green for the
window shutters and trimmings. 1t is a
three story square cottage with two story
piazzas on three sides. The roof is vene-
tian red, and there are fine lines of red
with the green trimmings. Like the Pres
ident's cottage, there are a great many
windows. As a whole, it is pretty and eff
fective. The Point people" say the Wan
amaker cottage was ''grayish" until now
that it has come out in bright colors and
that it ''never looked so pretty before"
can readily believe it. Mr.. Wanamakel
has given the one picturesque bit of color
to Cape May Point and his lawn, though
not alarge sweep, is the prettiest and mos
carefully kept. 1t is fifteen year old cot
tage, and, of course, the new is off the
interior, which contains beautiful old-fash
Toned furniture, added year by year. The
halls and rooms are planned much like thu
Presidents cottage. The latter has eigh
teen rooms, and Mr.. Wanamaker's ha.
twenty rooms.
The postmaster-general's family spen
June at their country house near Philadel
phia, and came to Cape May Point on tn,
9th of this month. Mrs. and Miss Halford
wife and daughter of the Presidents pr
vate secretary, are here at the Cape house
where they will remain until August ant
then go to the mountains And it is proba
Bile that the Presidents family will spent
September in the mountains.
i THE PRESIDENTS SUMMER CHURCH.
The Beadle Memorial Presbyterian
church is three doors from the postmaster
generals cottage. 1t is small chapel wit
a commonplace exterior, but a quaint AM
attractive interior. 1t has vaulted
many-cornered ceiling of polished wood
stained glass windows and a small pip