The Portland daily press., 1891-06-29
MR.. BLAINE AT BAR hARsoR.
Doing No Work, but Living Quietly
to Regain His Health.

Correspondence of the Boston Recordl
BAR HARBoR, June &c.
When Mrs. Blaine was asked If she could
give any interesting facts relative to Mr..
Blaine's daily life, she laughed pleasantly
and said: "There really is no family in Bar
Harbor who leads such an uneventful, unin-
teresting. monotonous life as we do at Stan.
wood. Mr.. Blaine is quite an invalid. Al
though his appetite is much better and he
sleeps better than when he first came to Bar
Harbor, he is still very delicate and does no
work of any kind When it is absolutely
necessary for him to write letter he die
tates it to some one; usually l act as his
amanuensis In fact. devote my whole day
to him. 1t Is no deprivation to Mr.. Blaine
to lose the social life of Bar Harbor, as he
has not been accustomed for many years to
going about or receiving visitors here. Many
of the coltagers have called upon him, but
he has received few of them. pr eferring to
keep perfectly quiet. The Coppinger chill
uren, 10 WnOm ne IS very MUCH InIeIesreu
help to entartain him at tiruae Inf ,t,,-
their play annoys him, and they have to be
banished from the room.'
The President last week sent down Mr..
Blaine's private secretary, Mr.. Dent, from
Washington with some papers for him to
sign and other official work to do, but as the
doctor had given positive orders that Mr.
Blaine should do no swork during the sum-
mer, secretary, work and all were sent back
to Washington post haste. Gradually this
fact of Mr.. Blaine's inability to attend to Of
ficlal duties has become known throughout
the country, and the bulk of the mail matter
which usually follows him here in great
QhnnnQnaA In
and is attended to by the acting secretary
The only medicine which Mr.. Blaine takes
Is his daily drives. AS yet there has been no
day too unpleasant for him to go out. Muf-
lied IN heavy overcoat. with slouched hat
drawn over his white face, accompanied
either by Mrs. Blaine or his daughter, Mrs
Damr0sch, he takes long drive twice a day.
Mr.. Blaine owns only one horse. He usually
buys a pair of carriage horses when he
comes to Bar Harbor, but he has found SO
much difficulty in disposing of them in the
fall and not getting anywhere near what he
paid, that he has decided 1t is better all
around to patronize livery stable, and he
Is very well satisfied with the turnouts sent
1t Is very fatlguing for him to ride on one
OF them. His favorite carriage is the 'cut-
under" although he enjoys driving with his
daughter Margaret, Mrs. Damrosch, behind
the kind, OLD black horse which has long
been in the family, in low, open, old-fash-
ioned phaeton. Mrs. Damrosch handles the
reins very skilfully. Mrs. Blaine used to
drive this horse a great deal. but she no
longer cares to, preferring to have driver
When she takes an outing.
Senator Hale, whose summer home is but
ten miles from Bar Harbor, has only made
one visit to Mr.. Blaine's since they came
here. but Mrs. Blaine said that they were
expecting the Senator and Mrs. Hale daily
for visit. Mrs. Hale has but recently re-
turned from Michigan.
Young Jimmy Blaine strolls about the viii
lage great deal He dresses quite striking
ly and has decidedly peculiar gait He
usually carries his cap in his pocket, which
adds to his curious appearance.