The sun., 1894-05-13
HARRISoN'S DOINGS MTOWN.
TEE corUrDRUnr - ~wH<F ~ IN HERs
ZOE 30 n sT1EE POPULAR

.-n Asausfntssess, sss Nsvsr Rresshes
. wers Ass-s Ieee-fsrssssi Traits.
E..prss,dsnt Harrison IL proving vsari.
ness Of the spirit and sore trial TO the large
number Of excellent people who feel that they
are entitled to know the objects and purposes
which bring here and keep hers so long the
distinguished Indisnian. Business" saws
The General. vhen the reporters ask.hlm why
n. IL here. And until my business II Nm
tsbed," he adds. when asked how long he
will remain Politics is business. according to
nnumber a OF high authorities But when Gen.
Harrison is asked IL he is engaged In the
business OF politics. he says he hopes his
friends do not believe he has taken leave Of
his good sense.
n. know. how not to say something with
one hand tied behind him. lie has not said.
for publication at least. what the nature Of
his business fs. and he has not said that he
will or will not he candidate for President In
1895 although he has been asked that ouss-
ton. with more or Iess indirection. hundreds
Of times since he took up his abode at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Just before he left the duties Of his PROBES
sorship at the Palo Alto University he dined
with Mr.. whitslaw Reid and two or three
other guests at the University Club OF San
Francisco. The presence Of Harrison and
Raid At one table could not help suggesting
political possibilities ss well as "Reminiscences.
and more than one OF the eloquent California
speskers at that table made polite little open
inrs for the two principal guests to enter into
political discussion. But nary word OF poll
ties did either utter. ,,......- ...
Tb.n Mr.. Harrison went home to Indisnspo-
lie, and crowds OF his fellow citizens met him
and shouted HI Tii" and . hand played aud,
cheers were given for r1See." but the re-
turned schoolmastsr pretended not to hear
"lsoa" Any way. be said nothing about that
fstsful year. Next he started for New York.
and Just happened to be in Cincinnati when
the Loyal Legion Was meeting there. The
General put on his Loyal Legion. badge and
S SsowdyS eo to In. Il boys. I and svsrybody chsered.
and young NJ. Nsv; his fsthsr,s A son: had de-
Then Mr. Harrison aid CONC to New York.
Srossns Sns e sIs s,.sn.o1 and Ss
an M Ssx rs s.
hs NJ family aiyrsaH ssa1..a slS:i East Win him
soI sS fss h,snu asn RSs
Harrison" and was shown 70 the Kind Of apart.
.sssS ir ps.S sSS Srd on
York Would take . better apartment. and
G deSHarrisSu g a man si simple tastes. He
is wsalthys but he travels without . servant
n Snsasd ads W h.
collar button. and dusts his own sober black
When he nrst went into the White House he
hired an excellent French cook. The cook re-
os.dsS py coorsa q. e
White House cuisine One story O. the change
Who Was woman. too expensive, The COOK
isa's
slu66ed toxethsr In bachelor hall and hired
The. cook hersslf said she was not dis:
to BUY isfad for the White House dinner ex-
ssO, crow ~s@ SsntIfsi, i % or Ss IN indiana and %
thouEhthers are many frogs there the natives
il iseiiins soins any oi tSsse thinss TSsy are % men:
manner Of living, does not arise from any ex-
cess q otssonom{; bus Just because that Is the
"sT fhs snsrs rise liss. o'clock and dresses
he sgs Sos. sns wi IT shs pr
ns ss.r = sopssissse @ | 's sss ssSd @ aisession 'u
A. Ssloes be GOES 70 s,ons the g genera dining
iess he sees some one in the room he wishes to
talk with, but that seldom happens; Most men
%ho. % a rs 81 EnSs .na
afford 10 live at the Fifth Avenue breakfast an |
hGG sons a,:s q, asa hs L.
g.Ps,. and eats hearty meal rStasr rapidy
the hotel lobby. buys some moro m orning pa
snS
some times for half an hour looking past the
bound for the TWsnty-third street shops. but
gazing over at the spring beauties OF the
sometimes, and especially when he has FIN;
boldly make the stormy. dangerous trip
across broadway, nod.ilne to the policemen
FOR S SH %Siie through s The square % anu VIII ''f0h
At9 o'elock or a little L. before be Invariably
be receives callers: These early, morning sis-
itors are the most important OF the day. They
:ns Bs s than
OF business men and lawyers Who call In the
3 are the slsss take an
and ns tional Republican politics. They do not
s nss iss t5s md
tSo sy his s.ei. p :syIns nsshins ssOat the
times half an hour earlier, q his callers have
been few, the General puts, on his silk hat
II he. is late he walks over: to the Sixth ave-
nue. elevated. bat whom he makes an early
start he saves stair-climbing by taking the
He lunches down town; .ons,imss at tn.
Of the once building where he Ssppsns to be
at lunch hour. AT O'clock he usually Is back
q: sG e: an Thou: hour: saa s: at he
ssSdins Up ,s shss ,Ss saESs 9SI g. room and
Sselia:s to S sss % any on one WSOsv.r m may saH SsS
90 pay thsir rsspscts TO the sX-Prssident may
do So and 10 received without formAlttY.
The General has altered his rules In this re- |
spect very N uch since he left the White House.
There he was. toward the end OF his term, al
most as Inaccessible TO callers as Mr.. Glove |
land IL now. He developed an easily Apprecl- IA
able degree Of aeerbity in those late days In the
White House. foo but that has all left him |
under tho modifying influences OF freedom.
Gen. Harrison has nearly as remark able
memory for names and faces as has Mrs. |
Logan. HeFsenlls nearly all OF the visitors he
met beiofey ana tor those who present them
has : word rsfatink To N cir affafrs or Ssctibn
Of the esuntfs which pleAsss them. /,
. At 5 O'clock he usually drives out to the Park.
A numhee of gentlemen have offered him the ,
Ne q theiE .AAEttAEasf bnt he has dsrliasd all
the oners. preferring to use a victoria which
dimes. AmstieAn plan. ~. =
He seldom goes out in the sysntne. He has
declined scores OF social Invitations and only /
two OF thess times has gone TO the theatre.