The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-12

New York, April 1.-Mrs George Dewey
| is as much interested in arrangements
| for going to her summer home and as
absorbed in the details incident to NOV
ing into the coustry, as though her hus-
! band and she had no thought or dreams
outside or beyond the dmestic hearth
stone. The Deweys go to Beouvoir to-
morrow, but for the last ten days the
| country house, undtr the mistress or
ders, has been passing through that won
| derful asd mysterious process known to
womanktnd as 'cleanisg and putting in
order" Beauvoir, like a gorgeous butter
fly, has burst its chrysalis of winter
gloom and every nook and corner of its
| spocious rooms bears the impress of the
dainty mistress of Admiral Dewey's
| household. All the Mclean women are
noted for exquisite taste and 70 "a Won
derful gift in the artistic arrangements
of room. Nine. Mclean, Mrs. Dewey's
mother, Is past mistress OF decorative
art as applied to interiors. Mrs. Ludlow,
the elder daughter, is an artist to her
finger tips, and Mrs. Dewey has made a
veritable summer paradise of Beauvoir.
The mansion which will spell Arcadia
for presidential candidate this summer
is only four miles from Washington,
| beautifully situated and quite near ex-
President Cleveland's country home dur
ing his last administration. Beauvoir Is
furnished with old colonial mahogany
| and boasts many objects OF historic value.
The dining room has fine Sheraton
cid RI a. wit ell
yer taken from the Rhode Island avenue
mansion a day or two ago. The dining
room table is an old claw-footer that
could doubtless tell tales Of revelry in
which our grandsires took leading parts
and many dainty maiden of half a CEN
fury back has been CALAMITY seated in
the high Chippendale chairs by the court
ly beaux of the days of colonial stateli-
ness. Here the mistress OF Beauvoir,
whose likeness to Dolly Madison's por-
traits has been frequently noted, will
dispense lavish hospitality and it is safe
to say that if Admiral Dewey. as sailor
men do, built fairy castles in those long
years at sea of home that might some
day be his, the realization will this sum-
mer at Beauvcir far exceed his fairest
dreams.
The drawing room at Beauvoir is de-
lightfully spacious and airy. 1t is fur
nished in gay Powered chintz with a
white background, wonderfully CHEEKY
and cool in its effect. The floors are of
hard wood Ligh-colored oriental rugs
are scattered about The draperies are
al. in light paste! shades, and even the
| bric-a-brac and pictures suggest summer
| dolce for niente. Cabinets of dainty Chip
pendale contain collections Of priceless
value in tea cups and saucers, caddies
| and tea Dcts-all the pretty and curious
objects in porcelain and silver that be-
| speaks wealth and a dainty woman's
| queensiip Mrs. Dewey's room at Beau
voir are as CHEEKY as white furniture,
bright chi IL and spotless muslin draper
| les can make them.
| Mrs. Dewey is learning to dread tie
sure outcome Of social and official prom
| inence-that publicity which brings in its
train a thousand annoyances and effec-
| lively destroys the sacred privileges Of
| privacy in matters great or small A
| petted and protected girl and woman, she
| finds herself suddenly the best abused
| wife in creation. The position is an ex-
| ceedingly painful ont for sensitive wo-
| man, but Mrs. Dewey's friends find con-
| ISOLATION in the accepted doctrine that
only strong characters provoke the sort
of criticism that has been so freely Of
fered concerning every act Of Mrs. Dewey,
and quite as literally concerning actions
OF which she never dreamed
= friend OF Mrs. Dewey's, who has
known her for many years. wrote her
| upon the announcement Of her engage
ment to the admiral, and referred to her
fiance as future president. '"I congrat-
ulate YOU wrote the friend 1--WE wo-
men are all boundless in our ambitions,
! and you are enviable in knowing that
yours need have no limit"
In reply to this letter Mrs. Hazen
wrote: my dear, what you say of me
| might once have been true, but it is no
| longer so. The day that makes me
George Dewey's wife will describe the
boundaries of my highest ambition.
There can be no greater honor for Mildred
Hazen in this world"
With her marriage Mrs. Dewey first
| learned OF the existence of her enemies.
but she also has sounded the depths of
her friends loyalty
4 very clever woman OF the smart set,
not q thousand miles from the Grant
administration, who IS noted for never
toaing a step If she can be driven, said
in reference to Admiral Dewey's candi-
dacy: We'll, don't know whether Mrs
Dewey wants the admiral TO be president
or not. but if she does, and my walking
from the Capitol to the White House in
my bare feet would accomplish It, YOU
would see me forthwith removing my
shoes and stockings and starting on the
expedition-and you know that am not
| az my best an oyer-enthusiastic pedes-