The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-15
WHITE on HARRISON.
Emporia Editor Tells of His Exper-
ience at the Indianapolis Home

1ence at the Indianapolis Home.
Says VIII White in the Einporia Ca
zette:
Two weeks ago today the writer Of
these lines spent the morning with Gen
Harrison in his library, a big, comforta-
Bile, honey looking room, and the ger-
eral stood with his back to the natural
gas crate fire and toasted his coat tails
He yawned gently and said: Well sir
I am feeling stronger today than I have
selt for years. am enjoying life.
don't feel that I am out of it. / have
gratified every personal ambition; the
people have been more than generous to
me. Yet / feel that / have some part in
the world. that have some duties to
my country unperformed- / have con-
victions-naturally- one must stand
by his convictions and spread them as
widely as he can. So am not going to
go Into a she'll He seemed in fine spir-
its and in perfect health. The night be-
fore he attended a dinner given for the
EmpOria man. and afterward went out
to meeting Of the Contemporary club,
where the visitor appeared and read
story Mrs Harrison said it was his
first appearance at a. public function for
many weeks. as he had been fighting off
the grip. Friends have since said it was
his last appearance in public.
The Harrison home is a big, rOomy
brick mansion Of the style Of architec-
ture prevalent when Major Hoods home
and the Moore home were built-it re-
SembleS them. but is not so large as eth
er. and stands among some maple trees
we'll back in a IS foot lot The house IS
handsomely furnished with heavy old
fashioned furniture. and interesting trO-
phies Of great events and mementoes Of
great persOnages adorn the walls. The
house is essentially home looking
place. There is nothing austere. nothing
palatlal about It, In the parlOr. which il
like half the parlors of the two story
houses i'm Emporia,-iS a beautiful, luni-
nous painting of a Snub-nOsed little girl
in a garden Of apple blooms. There is a
speck of dirt on her childish face and her
clothes are not stiff and starchy. bu-
show that she has been playing in the
garden The picture is a portrait of liz
tie Elizabeth, the generals year old
daughter.
"A great French artist-whose name
Sourds so much like all great French art
lists that orc is afraid tc trv to spell it
painted the picture last year in Paris
while the Harrisons were there and the
Venezuelan commission. He got $1O0. 900
as attorneys fee the other day from
Venezuela
'.'The Harrisons live simply and whole
somely-prohably keep but two girls for
the big house. and doubtless have no more
They are beloved in Tufiisnapoiis ana
since his e turn from Washington the
general has taken part in the town things
the spirit OF the community. He is re-
spected by everyone. and he was until
his death yesterday; a. plain. everyday
citlzen-eNeryone' S friend. always ready to
help, always kind. coureouS. punctiiions
TO fault in matters -of personal nbliga-
tion, a WhOle-SOuled Christian. American
gentleman His country could have bet
ter spared many another statesman. He
was needed as an example. In his home
mOurned. His death will be a source of
sincere regret all over the iand.''