The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-29

in the woods camp" but is really a
little cottage. Before that. however
comes a considerable stay in Indian
apolis, where a big reception has been
Planned. and perhaps a short jaunt
or two. but no extended tour The wed
ding itself will be in St Thomas
church, the scene OF the Marlborough
nuptials; DIR. Bran. the rector. will tie
the knot and Lieutenant Parker will
give the bride away. There will be no
wedding breakfast. and only about a
dozen guests will be present. unless one
counts the thousands on the curb.
No rose stalk lacks the wounding
thorn, and the fly has a fondness for
the ointment
The ex-president and his bride are all
right and minding their own business,
but there is trouble. nevertheless; and
IL comes from the usual source, the
relatives.
Apparently there has been a pretty
Trojan tussle waged between Mrs Dim
mick and Mrs. Mckee, with Mr. Harri-
son playing the part of Patroclus. the
bone of contention. Not all the COM
plants comes from the McKees, how
ever, there are others. old friends OF
the family. who hint that you know
who" and "a certain person" is an
adept in the art of setting a cap. Mrs
Dimmick was a protege. long ago, OF
the late Mrs. Harrison. Her first hus-
band lived but two years after his mar
riage. Mrs. Dimmick was, after his
death, again much with the Harrisons.
She nursed Mrs. Harrison through her
last illness. indeed: but there are those
who hint that Mrs. Harrison was not
Wen pleased with the presence OF the
younger woman. although she bore
with IL to save the pain and scandal OF
an open rupture. Ii would be difficult
to prove this. and not worth while even
If IL were easy.
Perhaps the whole trouble arose from
a Misunderstanding on the relatives
part OF Mrs. Dimmick's faculty for
management. lady visiting a sena-
tors family in Washington when Mr..
Harrison was president. was once walk
ing I'm the White House grounds with
Baby Mckee, when Mrs. Dimmick ran
up TO the president, who was walking
with his wife. grasps his arm and
cried; "Oh, come awayr The action
was impulsive. and meant, to one who
knew the actor. nothing but the ease
que 10 long acquaintance: but IL was
perhaps calculated to cause surprise.
Newspaper correspondents who have
written OF Mr.. Harrison's home life
while his wife still lived, used to notice
that Mrs. Dimmick was a valued ad-
wiser of both husband and wife, some
times even telling the president that IL
would be better for him not TO answer
certain questions. For these reasons IL
might easily happen that Mrs. Mckee
the presidents favorite daughter
should then and now make rather
sharp comments upon the situation.
Soon after her mothers death more
than one friend heard her lament that
she expected Mrs. Dimmick would be- |
come her stepmother; that she would |
not care IL that individual loved her /
father. but in her opinion the match |
would be purely one of ambition on the /
part When Mr.. Harrison /
came to New York recently he went TO I
Mrs. McKees and is said to have
passed a few unhappy days while
daughter and sweetheart contended for
his possessions. Now that the wedding
Is fixed, the fact that IL is TO take place
N an Episcopal church is an additional
grievance. The Harrisons are strong
and their friends reason
hat the general is a catch" OF sufn-
,ient Importance to have suggested to
he bride the propriety of surrendering
her choice of a church.
All these by-squabbles are really OF
very little Importance and affect the
,X-president himself not at all No one
has any word TO say of him but in
praise OF his conduct. He is very much
n love and as gay as "A boy I'm the pros
)ect Of ending his loneliness. When he
axes meals at the Crawford mouse.
which is not infrequently, he does not
20 into the long dining room. but dimes
" lunches costly with his future wife
n smaller room upstairs. whittier the
God is carried by the servant. He will
De married. and loudest to wish long