The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-02-17

! !!Al'f. ii' N''lttiN S''at> HlIi>til dH'
| iow> lis ira,l in PRAYER. When til,
/ l>lnn is started The President sing,
| i,'ariik AMI from that time iorwart
| lis heart is ia the scr, .r,'. He sing:
every hNmn. reads the psalms and lis
tens int"mi!v to the sermon He i.
evidently enjoying il thoroughly ant
/ il tlo,S one good 10 Watch him. He i.
the most modest of men. however, ant
w",,d he greatly embarrassed to hav,
:lr attention OF the congregation
directed towards him. 1t is his desire
to Worship in Washington as he wor
shipped in Canton. Ohio-iuSt rs 3:
private ciliZ"n.
Il wonid rather attend some tiny
mission. down among the wharveS
and hc allowed to Worship rs | wish.
he once said. than come to this large
church and br continually conscious o
my position. want to lay aside my
position on Sunday. any how.
| When he offering is taken and tho
u~hcrS pass the plate the President en-
closes his gift in an envelope and drops
it in with the others. When services
is over and the doNology sung the near.
hv portion OF the congregation remain
| seated Il moment while the President
rises and passes out. That seems tu
he the only way he can escape many
| who desire to shake his hand. Before
the rest of the congregation is out OF
the church he is whirling away to the
White House, happy and contcntcd.
because for one hour he has been per-
mittcd to be Just simple worshiper.
Sunday is his own particular home
day. He and Mrs. Mckinley spend it
together, and il is indeed a day of rest
10 them Before dinner is served they
occasionally step ont to the beautiful
White House garden, and to see them
tha~ is worth u urra, deal: they enjoy
themselves so tir""",Iyhl, , and find such
delight il. rac!, others company.
Sunday visitors are rar" and the
family usually sits down alone to this
most pleasant meal OF all tl.c week. II
Mr.. Al lgrr or Mr.. Long happen to be
present when it is served they are of
course asked to- remain: but, know ;ny
the President desires. they seldom
consent to do SO. There are Just the
President and Mrs Me inlcy, and, of
Sc. Miss Barber or Mrs. Ahncr
Mckinley, should tncy happen to be
visiting ut the White House. There
is always some relative stopping with
Mrs. Mckinley. for companyS sake
either Miss Mckinley or Mrs. SaNton
or one of the two already mentioned
Dinner over. the family settles down
for long delightful. homr-likc after
noon. There are very few callers. ann
the man>ion Is very quiet indeed.
Frequently Mrs. Mckcnna or some
very Ultimate friends will come IN to
sit a while, but az 4 rule Mrs Mex in
ley discourageS people from making
Sunday calls She wants the Prcsi-
dent to herself on that day. They &C
casionally occupy themselves with Il
little reading. As he afternoon wears
on they sometimes have SUNDAY music
in the blue room." or Il little home
concert # some kind. and when evening
comes. and tea has been served. they
Withdraw to the family i ing room
where he lav is brought to Il rcvcrcnt
close. Mr.. Mex inlry never attends
tn" evening service at the church.
When Sunday at the White House
finally closes. it always seems too short
to the President and Mrs. Mckinley
They invariably wish it might have
lasted longer. or that it might come
again before another six day: have
passed. They find in their "dav of
rest together. Il joy that is known only
to hearts that are right with God. and
which is more frequently found among
humber folks than among those of high
station.
One might think that the President
would he tempted To devote his Sun
days to receiving his friends and to
making it Il day OF social enjoyment.
In 50 aoinr he would only hc following
the plan of millions ol our people, who
plead busy week aS IN excuse for Il
goddess Sunday. But the President is
Il Christian Of the ~trrnrr sort and will
allow nothing short Of imperative
affairs of state to interfere with his at
tendance nj church and with the proper
observance uf the Sabbath. lie finds
IT more plra~nr" in a quiet day at
home with Mrs Mckinley and the
family i.tan he wonl,l with Il house full
of callers all day long His example
means much To Washington society
Official families are hr@innin" To follow
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