Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-30
HAS GOOD DAY
Rector MoGuiness Makes an Authori-
tative Statement.
HEALTH STEADILY IMPROVES
Air of Cheerfulness PerVades the
Hartman Home and IndIca-
tiOns Crisis is Considered
Past

ARDEN, N. Y, Aug 29.--"Mr. Hartman
is better. You may say that Mrs. Harri-
man and all of US are very happy over
the steady Improvement in his health since
he came to Arden House. So far as I know
this is the first authorised statement made
by any member of the Hartman house,
hold and am most solicitous that it should
be printed precisely as 1 present It,"
The foregoing statement was made this
afternoon by Rev. ]. Holmes McGuiness.
e. H. Harriman's personal chaplain, who
spoke conservatively and with authority.
after dining with ths hartman family to-
day and talking with its head
My position In this matter is very
sharply defined.p said Mr.. McGuiness. II
am Mr. Harriman's personal chaplain. He
took me up as a mere boy-when l was
only 15-and feel bound to him by ties of
deepest gratitude. But 1 will make you
concession. II you think an announcement
as positive as l can give you would put an
end to sensational remarks, 1 would do
what can to help you. and I speak as a
Christian clergyman-all that can tell you
is that Mr. Hartman is better now and
that we are all very happy about it,"
All More Cheerful.
All that was heard here today seemed to
echo the cheerful opinion of Rev. DR.. Nc
Guinness. Mr.. Hartman did not leave his
room until afternoon, when he went on
the veranda for q sun bath. c. T. Ford
his superintendent said when he came
down the mountain shortly before noon,
that he had not seen Mr. Hartman today,
but that the word at the house was that
he had spent a good night and developed
no new or alarming symptoms
Mrs. Hartman, accompanied by her son.
Roland, and his tutor drove this morning
to st. Johns Episcopal church. II was
after the service that Rev. DR.. McGuiness
returned as the family guest at the mid
day dinner.
st. Johns is a little church about a quar-
ter OF the way up the mountain between
Arden station and the Hartman residence
Mrs Hartman was questioned after the
service concerning her husbands condition.
but she replied with a smile:
THAT is a matter l cannot speak OF out
side OF my family"
That was all she would say, although she
fingered after church and talked with the
rector and a visiting Episcopal clergyman
who assisted in the service. Her face
showed plainly the strain of the last few
days and she seemed relieved when she
was seated in the carriage again, returning
to her husband.
Mr.. Hartman was not referred TO during
the service, but the hymns chosen and the
sermon bore a certain fitness 20 the thought
uppermost In the mind of nearly every one
in the congregation. When the little white
clad choir of farmers daughters led the
congregation in Nearer My God TO Thee"
tears stood in Mrs. Harrimans eyes, and
more than one man in the pews sang with
a choke in his voice.
Receives First visitors.
Rev. DR.. Foster Hall Of Catonsville, Md,
who preached the sermon, took as his text,
Come Unto Me, All Ye That Are Weary
and Heavyladen, and l VIII Give You
Rest"
Every one," said he, must bear a yoke
of some kind. With some it is ambition,
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