Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-09
PRESIDENTS WIVES.
Four Now Living and Enjoying
Life.

At present Mrs. Harrison, wife OF
the eX-president, is busily engaged
making her wardrobe for her trip
abroad with General Harrison when
he goes in the early spring in he in
tereSG of the Venezuelan comm ssion.
Her outfit for this trip will be very
complete and dainty throughout, Tor
she believes in wearing ones best nn
cry when travelling in foreign lands.
In addition to supervising the prepar-
alton of her own clothes and of little
Elizabeth's, Mrs. Harrison is brushing
up her French and keeps her French
book near her, putting in every spare
moment on its perusal. That the Har
rison household in Indianapolis is
purely democratic is indicated by the
fact chat both General and Mrs. Har-
rison frequently accompany the fav-
ored visitor to the door and stand and
chat comfortably there, seldom leaving
a guest to the formal care OF the SER
want Mrs. Harrison's dinners are oc-
casions of social interest, and she gives
J many of these dinners. General Ben
jamin Tracy was recently entertained
at dinner and many distinguished Wis
itors to Indianapolis have sat around
the former presidents mahogany and
been entertained by his charming
| wife.
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, wiaoW OF the
| late President Grant, is living very
/ quietly in her beautiful home at 2l11
Massachusetts avenue, Washington.
] She has lived here almost continuously
! since the death of her distinguished
husband, Her family consists of her
widowed daughter, Mrs. Nellie Sar-
! toris; her granddaughter, Rosemary
and Vivian Sartoris, and her grandson,
/ Algernon Sartoris The latter, who is
lieutenant OF artillery in the regular
army, is now in Cuba and a member OF
! Major General FitZhugh Lees staff.
| Mrs. Grant, who is now more than 40
! years of age is quite feeble and rarely
leaves home for any purpose Her
sight is failing rapidly and she is un-
! able to recognize her most intimate
friends at a short distance She is
also becoming quite deaf However,
she is very fond of gayety and takes a
| deep interest in social affairs. She
! and her daughter entertain very Law
isuIy and their receptions and dinner,
are always largely attended. Very few
I persons outside of official and diplo-
matte circles are invited to these en-
tertainments. Mrs Grant is well pro-
! vided for financially. She draws a
pension from the government OF $4,000
a year and she still receives liberal
! ROYALTIES from the sale of General
Grants memoirs.
Mrs. James A. Garfield, wife OF the
martyred president, lives at Mentor,
Lake county, o., about % miles from
! Cleveland. During the summer her
son, II. A. Garfield, president Of the
Cleveland chamber of commerce, lives
! win her, and her second son. James
R. Garfield, state senator from Lake
county, lives there all the year. Sen
ator Garfield has a separate house on
the same premesis. The brothecs
practice law in Cleveland under the
firm name Of Garfield, Garfield &
Howe. 1t will be remembered that
shortly after the death OF President
Garfield Mrs Garfield bought home
in Prospect street. This has long since
been sold and is now occupied by the
Tavern club. Mrs. Garfield lives a
quiet, happy, retired suburban life.
a,entor is an agricultural township,
but the village is quite a neat little set
cement, and nowadays suburban cleo