The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-25
PRESIDENTS OUTING
.o,nc AND CARDS CONSTITUTE
u,s CHIEF RELAxATlONS.


The Mutual Attachment OF the Chief Mag
and His Wife Is Apparent-Mr.
.,.u,,,ey Il Not Dsunted by Camera
Fiends.
Miss Emma Wood, daughter of Hon.
pouiamin Wood of the New York Daily
Nows had a pleasant chat with Mrs
MCKINLEY at the Hotel Champlain the
other morning
Mis-, Wood remarked that the people
oro all SO anxious to see the president
,h,t he must be kept very busy.
Mrs. Mckinley answered; "Yes, but
80 does not mind it. He Is the best and
dearest of men. When you marry, try
- oct a husband like him. When he
= away from me, If only for few
davs. he telegraphs and writes me every
day.
II il evident that the presidents wife
.nnreciates her husband. and he is
equally devoted to her
Gard playing and reading constitute
the chief relaxations of the presidents
vacation. Since coming here he has be-
guu the practice of reading aloud to
Mrs. Mckinley, and they spend much
time together in this way. He finds in
il both rest and enjoyment. just now
they are perusing "Quo Vadis. The
nresident has also had much pleasure
IN some of Robert Louis Stevenson
stories. In common with many public
men he likes books with plenty Of ac-
tion in them, full of stir and adventure
For the melancholy problem novel he
has no use
The presidents friends are much
amused by his success at cards this
summer. While no whist player in the
scientific sense, he enjoys the game,
and in any good, old fashioned game of
cards. such as casino or euchre, he
takes great delight. Euchre is favorite
with him, and he is first class player.
Cribbage is another game liked by the
president and Mrs. Mckinley. They
pass many evenings playing it The
Cribbage board is an indispensable de-
tail of the presidential luggage, accom-
panying them wherever they 60 The
president is no poker player. knowing
nothing of the game.
One newspaper has seen fit TO make
eloquent comparison. between the simple
informality of Secretary Sherman's re-
treat into secluded spot on Long Is
land and the presidents action in es-
I'll, in criit
of apartments in large and fashionable
hotel. AS a matter of fact, this is most
unjust Although of goodly proportions
and largely frequented by men and wo-
men who are accustomed to dine In
evening dress, the hotel is by no means
oppressively pretentious, while the
elegant suit of apartments" consists
of nothing more than one bedroom, oc-
cupied by the president and Mrs. Nc
Kinley, parlor, also used as a dining
room, and the bedrooms of the steward
and the maid from the executive man
sion.
The president has not indulged in any
sort of fancy dress as yet. This may be
because he has no special sporting hob
by requiring u costume. II this IS so, ne
is very different from the average vaca
toner who rigs himself up in cycling
shooting or fishing togs whether or ne
be ever cycles, shoots or fishes.
The president keeps to his citizens
dress, yachting cap donned during the
many quiet cruises upon Lake Cham
plain being the only exception to this.
The guests of the hotel have beer
most considerable during the president
stay-amazingly so, indeed. His ap
proach does not seem to be the sigma
for grand general rush, nor do tn
guests make practice of standing
round and staring, as the freeborl
American has been known TO do upol
occasion. Only very recent arrival
seem to find the annex peculiarly AT
tractive place, and after the first feV
days the most curious seemed to becom
accustomed to the presidential proxlm
ity This is significant as showing tina
one may become hardened even to tn
sight of presidents.
The camera fiends are the most IRE
pressible Nothing seems to daunt them
Luckily "having his picture taken
does not annoy the president. de take
it philosophically. No less than thre
cameras were leveled at him as ne as
cended the hotel steps on his retur
from Burlington lately-a big bunch {
pink sweet peas in one hand, while VIII
the other he assisted Mrs. Mckinney
clad in dainty lavender and white-pu
he needed them no more than the SCI
soned Jerseyite needs mosquitoes