The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24
THEIR PA is MEAN
HARRISON HAS DIsREGARDED HIS
CHILDREN'S WISHES.

Want Him to Marry Mrs. DiD,mick r.
Alias Mrs. pimmick has Always Beer
Against Them and They Think Iheil
Mother has Been Wronged by Ben-At
the Same Time EI-Presideut Harrison
Thinks Mrs. Dimmick is the Most sensi
BILE Woman He Ever Met Anywhere.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 23.-The init
mate friends of ex-President Harrison s
| family here say that neither Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckee nor Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Harrison approve their fother's coming
marriage to Mrs. Dimnick, because the
latter is their mothers niece and that a
practical estrangement now exists be
tween them and General Harrison on
that account. Not only do they not pro-
pose to congratulate him, but, accord
! ing to these friends, they do not propose
to countenance him in what they regard
as a wrong TO Mrs. Harrison's memory
One of the Washington friends is
quoted as saying: Mrs. Mckee will
| start early in the week for Indianapolis
! for the purpose of collecting every per-
! sonal belonging from the house that
was once such a truly happy home 10
! her. This done, Mrs. Mckee will not
again cross the Threshold Of her faith
| er's Indianapolis residence unless in
some unforeseen manner there is brought
about a family reconciliation. She has
| grieved over the state of affairs until
she has been fairly rendered i'll in con-
| sequence"
General Harrison attributes his daugh
1 hi i'm in "a
mea sure, if not altogether TO the infiu-
ence of her husband, Mr.. Robert Mckee
! this the latter stoutly denies. Mr.. Nc
| Kee was in Washington about a week
! since and TO his personal friends spoke
very openly Of the matter of the ex-
( presidents engagement. Mrs. Mckee
| and Mr.. Russell Harrison as well have
| spoken to their intimate friends on
! the subject. They have been silent, they
declare, long enough; they mean TO keep
so no longer. Their opposition to their
! fathers engagement is not, they state,
due TO the fact that he has intended to
marry again, but that for his future
wife he has chosen Mrs. Dimmick, who
is their mothers niece, and who, they
say, has been antagonistic to every
member of General Harrison's family.
a reporter who recently called on
Mrs. Dimmick thus describes her:
And now every woman in the land is
reading up the book of Dimmick.
Is she pretty? Does she know how
TO dress? Is she learned? Is she in So
ciety? Is it a love match? Would she
prove a worthy successor of Mrs. Cleve-
land? These and a thousand other ques
tons are agitating the bosoms Of Col
umbia's daughters.
a.
blaze of White House social functions
in the past and retained her mental
eQuipoise. She impresses one as able
to do it again successfully even if called
upon to be leading lady.
The axiom that little men incline
naturally to tall women is shattered in
the present instance. Mr.. Harrison has
been like the love-lorn swain who sung:
/ VIII not dream her tall and sta tely,
She that / love may be fairy light.
Mrs. Dimmick is petite. She confers
upon her future husband the dignity of
great stature when they walk together
She must look up to him, as every good
citiZeness should do to a former presi-
dent and a possible future chief execu-
tive of the nation.
Mrs. Dimmick is not 'in society"
She does not shake your hand with an
altitudinous twist in greeting. She has
never been more accessible than since
her enga cement was announced, but she
will not be interviewed.
Every honest American must like her
from the first, because she possesses a
qualification so dear TO the average
American heart-a total freedom from
affectation.
Mrs. Dimmick is not beautiful wom-
t. h.
Their unbelievable eyes, faultless fea-
lures nor a ravishing complexion. 1t
is not the senses she takes by storm,
but the heart.
Her face is fairly youthful with the
ebullience of good feeling. The eyes
dance with enjoyment as she talks and
the lips smile frequently and almost
girlishly. You can see she enjoys the
situation. To become the wife OF Ben
jamin Harrison insures a past as well
as a future. She is woman enough to
raise her hand to her hair once or twice
so that you may see her engagement
ring. And you like her the better for
it.
Her eyes have prevailing tints Of ha-
eel, and every schoolgirl knows that
such eyes mean steadfastness and truth
The face is a little careworn, but YOU
remember that it's owner has been tried
in the battle Of life. The forehead is
Paul Kruger, president of the Boer re
public. with an ample coronet OF soft
brown hair; the nose straight and deli
cate; the lips trifie too thin, perhaps,
but firm and contented IN expression.
As you absorb these characteristics
you begin to understand what Mr.. Ha--
rison meant when he said that Mary
Dimmick was the only woman in the
White House who knew enough 20 be
silent when he wanted 10 be quiet and
think. Socrates would have given up
his familiar spirit :or such a woman
as this.