Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-05
GROWING SUCCESS.
Concluded from second pngrJ
THE LADIES' RECEPTION.
The GOvernoI's Blue Room Filled
with the Elite Of the City.

SOhi OSthaoiei OeutIdl NaDal0a-
ker aud Secretary Rusk had ascend.
ed the Speakers platform, Mrs.
Harrison, her daughter Mrs. Mckee,
and Mrs. Russell Harrison retired
with the ladies Of the local reception
committee, who conducted them to
the large room recently fitted up as
the governors reception room and
there levee was held during the
exercises in the hall of representa-
tives. Mrs. Gov. Moody, Mrs. Judge
b. f. Bouham, Mrs. VIM. England
and Mrs. Col. Ladue performed the
duty of introducing those ladies and
gentlemen who desired to formally
pay their respects to the distin.
guished guests. And the duty prov
ed an Onerous, although pleasant
one. A JOURNAL representative had
the pleasure of being present and
had the further honor of being
one of those given an opportunity
Of doing homage to the lady of high
est position in all the world. He
had intended giving a full list of
those presented, but such.a task would
be impossible, as the number ran
away up in the hundreds. They
were compelled to pass right through
as their names were announced and
received the hearty smiles of Mrs.
Harrison, her daughter and daugh-
ter-in-law, and the gracious hand
shakes of the two latter, Mrs. Har-
ris0n having slightly sore wrist,
which precluded the hand shaking.
She, however, risked the sore hand
on a few occasions when bright
little Oregonian curly heads paid
her their enthusiastic childish re-
Spects. A large number of beauti-
full and tasty bouquets were present
ed by the little folks, perhaps the
most charming of which was little
basket OF pansies, which Mrs. Harri-
son accepted with much pleasure
from Senator Edw. Hirsch's little
laughter Leona.
PEN PICTURE OF THE LADIES.
1t is perfectly natural that the in
terest of the American public in the
aides of the presidential household
should be second only to that man.
Tested in the executive himself.
Especially is this so with the female
portion of the public. They like to
see the style of women who have
been help-meets to their husbands in
reaching their exalted stat ions.
Those, then, who did not have the
good fortune to see them face to face
must be content to view them in
their minds as thus sketched by the
scribe, whose visions for
details may have been somewhat
dimmed by his admiring interest in
the persons before him.
Mrs. Harrison is a lady of medium
height and little fieshy, well pre-
served and with countenance of
graceful benignity, though marked
)y firmness and decision of oharac-
,er. Her face slightly betrays the
Weariness incident to such trip, |
1ut there is no evidence apparent of
hat annoyance and "wish-it-was-
)ver" feeling which must surely re-
suit from these numerously repeated |
and presentations. Nor
IS there any superciliousness in her
greeting. 1t is frank and courteous
with the appropriate reserve that
absolute strangers must expect. She
has the appearance of being a house
hold woman, to whom the care of
nome, the careful education,
comfort and good training of a
amily would be primary objects OF
attention. She is evidently Denevo-
ent without tostentation, kind and |
yentle without weakness, affable
demagoguery or hypocrisy,
md altogether an ideal American
wife and mother, such as assist and
ear safe, patriotic and pure states
men without going out of their
,phere to reform and remodel the
outside world. She has dark eyes,
gray hair and a pale complexion.
She is well preserved and is proba-
by about 90 years old. She was
dressed with simplicity and comfort,
ler seal skin cloak cOmporting nice
v with the cool, damp weather.
Mrs. Mckee, daughter of the
bears characteristic traits
If both her parents. She has the
lark eye and pale skin of the
mother, with that keen, thoughtful,
reserved expression of her father.
She is dignified and refined looking
md doubtless feels just pride In
ler position and surroundings.
several expressed regrets that she
was not accompanied by the Pet OF
he White House, Baby Mckee, but
,he said she considered such a long
and varied trip dangerous to his
nealth and left him to conduct the
executive department in their alb
,ence. She, like her mother was
,rrayed in dark material and a seal
skin Of light texture.
Mrs. Russell Harrison is a most
lady, inspiring the De-
holder with genuine admiration Oh
her own account, without at all