The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-11
WIDOWS OF EX-PRESIDENTs
Three of Them Lives, Mrs. Garfield,
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs.
Cleveland.


ed the lot Of former rulers Of the na-
tion.
The three widows Of cx-prcsidcnts
are Mrs. James a. Garfield, Mrs
benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Grover
Cleveland. 1t has nearly ALWAYS been
inc case that the widows Of prcsi-
dents have outnumbcred former hold
ers OF the office. The strain of caring
1or the nation s affairs seems to bear
heaVlly on mcumbents Of the Chief
Aaglslracv, and it is rare, indeed.
says the Boston Herald to have had
more than two eN-prcsidcnts living at
the same time, despite the fact that
the term Of Office being only four
years, ii would naturally be expect
cd moro would survive after conclld-
III" terms OF Office to receive the res
pcct Of their fellow citizens.
Mrs. Garfield has long survived
nor husband. who has now been dead
almost y years.
MrS Garfield divides her time be-
tween three places. She deeply loves
her old home town OF Mentor. O.,
winch is rich in memories Of hcr
Noun" life. There her children were
riuScd' there are thousand mcmor-
les or the statesman stricken down
by the bullet Of Gitcau.
Mrs. Garfield is also partial to
Washington. Despite the fact that
the capital city saw the olf-takine Of
her husband, she has made il a prac
tlrc to 90 there often to spend the
winter. within sight Of his triumnhs
dnrln" the brief time that he occu-
pied the White House.
In Pasadena. C.l. Mrs. Garfield
mas summer home. There she spends
larger part Of her time in The midst
OF ldylic surroundings. She spends
most Of her inc sewing and read
ing. She is Il sweet and gracious wo
man, gentle and kindly and ALWAYS
ready to speak Of the triumphs of her
husband.
Mrs. Benjamin Harris.
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was not
actually lady Of The White House.
for her distinguished husband had
retired from public life before he
married.
She became member Of the Har-
r'son household prior to his election
TO the presidency. and after his in
au"uratlon she took a prominent
part III all the activities of social
Washington.
The first wife, Mrs Mary Scott
Harrison WAS an invalid during Il
LARGE part Of Mr.. IIarrison'S 5 si:v az
the White House. and much of the
social duty dcvolvcd upon Mrs. Dim
mick. She cared for il with complete
sIrccSS.
When fon years after his passing
from the White House Mr.. Harrison
announced his purpose 10 rcmarrv,
there was general pleasure and hear
1lrst good will expressed all over the
country. On February 81, 1897, a
child was born to the pair, Elizabeth
HARRISON
y woman OF rare beauty and
charm, Mrs. Harrison is very popular,
both IN indianapolis. where she had
her home. and in Tuxedo, n. Y,
where she spends much Of her time.
Mrs. Cleveland
Mrs. Cleveland has only lately beer
made the widow Of Il president. The
whole 1if" Of this lovnbIc woman.
since her @irlhood days. radiatcd
around the life Of The only man the
Democrats have succeeded in putting
IN the White House in half a century
OF effort. They We're welded in the
White House during the first itrm of
the then New Yorker.
For the remaining three wears of
his term Mrs. Cleveland presided with
charm and dignity that were IT.
rcsistible, and that gave her perhaps
more thorough popularity than anv
woman of the many who have held
the title of "First Lady of the
Land'
For four years more in private life,
Mrs. Cleveland continued to hold q
place in the affections Of The pcoplc,
and when in 1892 the vote Of the pco-
pie carried Grover Cleveland back in
= I" ihc chair Of Washington, many
Republican found The panaS Of hay
mo Il Democratic president lcsScncd
by thc fact that his selection return
ed Mrs. Cleveland to her old place.