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

In this hail sitting room are low easy
lounges, chairs, book case and writing
desk, while not far away are light work
table and sewing machine.
THE BOOKS MRS HARRISON READS.
Mr. Mckee has the credit of adding some
books to the shelves, among them ''Pre-
historic Races" 1.-THE Recent Origin of
Man." five volumes OF United States
History ''Macomb's Astronomy and
other similar light reading for the seaShore
But it is doubtful if Mr.. Mckee's light
reading will stand much show among Mrs.
Mckee's easy going novels. When he
comes on for his share of the summer out
ing, as Is expected shortly, he viii have the
first chance at his books, and will prove,
by personal efforts, what it is to buckle
down to heavy work at the seashore. At
least, so far the ladies are disposed to wait
and let Mr.. Mckee see chow it is HIMSELF
1t need hardly be added that the novels
have the start of the solid improving the
mind books contributed by Mr.. Mckee.
LOOK AT THE BED ROOMS
The bed rooms are simply furnished.
Mrs. Harrison's room has oak furniture,
and the walls are covered with paper of
delicate gray and gold tints. The bath
room adjoins it, and on the other side is
Mrs. Mckee's room and nursery, the
former furnished in oak and the latter in
ash. The guest chambers, on the opposite
side of the hall, are furnished in mahogany.
a suite of rooms on the third floor are pre-
pared for Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison,
who will pass the summer here. The bill
lard room, handsomely equipped, is also
on this floor. DR.. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's
father. and Mrs. Dimiclz, her niece, occupy
rooms on the second floor, two out of the
four guest chambers. 1t will be seen that
the Presidents family will pretty fully
occupy the cottage, as there will be, includ-
ing the President, eight grown people and
three children.
THE BABIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
One hears but little of Russell Harrison's
baby, perhaps because the little Marthena
is shy little girl of two years, and her
pretty mother keeps her in the background.
The baby is the fairest little blonde, with
skin like lily and hair as soft and shining
as the finest pale yellow fax. In years,
Marthena comes between Benny and Mary
Mckee, and is, perhaps, more delicate than
either of them. Indeed nobody suspects
Benny Mckee of being delicate, and the
boy himself would scorn the suspicion.
He has come to the seashore to live out
doors. The cottage has no attractions for
| Benny, except in the night hours when
sleep alone conquerS and overComes his
protest against indoor life. Benny now
leads his nurse a far more active life than
ever before He has mastered the intri-
cacies of the front door latch, and of every
door leading out to the beach, where he has
decided 10 pass. his days. Not only his
nurses hands and eyes are busy, but her
| feet also, in the chase after the Irrepressi-
bic boy The moment he cludes his nurse
] he fairly flies out OF the house. across the
carriage road and down to the waters edge
In vain his grandmother demonstrates
against the heat of the sun at midday and
begs him to believe the piazza is the better
place. The destinations of the sands and
! the waves are too much for the youngster
and he Is never so unhappy as when a
prisoner on the piazza, and never so happy
as when running wild" on the beach
Benny claims the freedom of the beach al
all hours of the day, and when restricted
because of the cheat of the midday sun, y
| his protest is long and loud He shows nc
remorse or contrition for "scenes before
company" His aim in life is to have the
full swing of the beach. He is a fearless
sturdy, and very boy-like boy, and is toe
young to know anything of danger. Con
sequently. under all circumstances, Benny
Mckee is not only having lively time al
the seashore, but all of Bepny's relatives
are having lively time, too.
WHY MRS. HARRISON DOES NOT BATTLE IN
THE SEA
| While the Presidents cottage is well sup
| piled with bath rooms, the surf, of course