Bisbee daily review., 1902-01-21

to them. It will not be at all surpris- ing should Mrs. Mckinley follow the example of so many and some day take mp her permanent residence there.
 One of the most famous widows liv ing in the capital is Mrs. Ulysses g. Grant Her house on Massachusetts avenue is one of the handsomest as well as one of the best known resi- dences in Washington. She purchased it from ex-Senator Edmunds, and 1t was the house that Richard Olney oc- cupied when he entered official life. it is q structure of about ffteen rooms, is built of pressed brick and is trimmed in brownstOne. The interior is as hand some as the exterior. The furnishings are mostly historic. and Mrs. Grant de- lights to recall the associations that be- long to certain things, like rugs and vases, that are gifts from foreign per sonages
 President Grants widow is now in her seventy-fifth year. Small in stature, she Is bent with advancing years, but her interest in people and events has not been dimmed by age. Much of her personal supervision is given to the din ners and receptions held at her home. Every afternoon she rests few hours. and when she comes down stairs to welcome visitors she looks fresh and attractive. She attributes her health largely to the restful way in which she spends her summers. Each year she leaves Washington at the approach of warm weather and goes to Coburg. a delightful little Canadian town on the north shore of Lake Ontario. There she and her daughter. Mrs. Sartoris. live together during the summer months. splendidly entertained by the Canadians. with whom both are very popular.
 Mrs. Grant is devoted to her family, her children and her grandchildren and carefully cherishes her love for the dead president. In speaking of him she always refers to him as 'the general" No married couple ever lived closer to each other than did the Grants To her he was always the dashing young lieutenant who wooed and won her before the past century had attained its meridian. She was perhaps his only confdant. The two were one in almost everything. She was by his side through all the hard ships of their early career. and when his fatal illness came those qualities which had at first endeared her to him became more and more nationally known, winning the unstinted admira- tion of the people.
 Mrs. Grant draws an annual pension of 5000, but her income is far more, for the royalties accruing from the sale of the generals memoirs are reported to have passed the half million mark. Although practically deprived of her sight. she is still devoted to writing. her secretary, an orphan girl. whom she calls my eyes" and who is known to Mrs. Grants friends as Miss Ma ry," doing the manual part of the la bOr. The feminine world will be de- lighted to learn that she is rapidly nearing the conclusion of her own memoirs. She is an earnest, graceful writer. with a keen sense of humor and a happy knack of condensation.
 Mrs. James A. Garfield is another presidents widow who prefers Wash ington as a winter home. Indeed she is never so happy as when there and, with the exception of last winter, has enjoyed her best health in the District of Columbia. Last year she was at- tacked by the prevailing malady. innu-