Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-30
Mr.. Hartman
Is Improving
RECEIVED HIS FIRST SOCIAL
VISITORS ON SUNDAY.
AUTHORIZED STATEMENT
FROM Arden House-Positive An
nouncement Which It is Hoped Will
Put an End to Sensational Rumors.

Arden, N. Y. Aug. 29.-"Mr. Harri-
man is better You may say that Mrs.
Hartman and all of us are very happy
over the steady Improvement in his
health since he came to Arden house.
So far as 1 know this is the first au-
thorized statement made by any mem
ber of the Hartman household and l
am most solicitous that it should be
printed precisely as / present it..
Statement by Mr.. Harriman's Pastor.
The foregoing statement was made
this afternoon by the Rev. j. Holmes
McGuinhess, E. H. Harriman's person
al chaplain, who spoke conservatively
and with authority after dining with
the Hartman family today and talking
with its head.
To Stop Sensational Rumors.
"My position in this matter is very
sharply defined,v said Mr.. McGuinness.
Il am Mr.. Harriman's personal chap
lain. He took me up as mere boy
when / was only 15-and l feel bound
to him by ties of the deepest graft
tude. But / will make you a conces-
sion. If you think an announcement
as positive as / can give you would
put an end to these sensational rumors
l will do what / can to help you, and
speak as a Christian clergyman, all
that / can tell you is that Mr.. Harri-
man is better now and that We are ali
very happy about it."
No New or Alarming Symptoms.
All that was heard hereabouts today
seemed to echo the cheerful opinion of
the Rev. Dr. McGuinness. Although
the morning was broken with showers,
the weather was warm. Mr.. Hartman
did not leave his room until afternoon.
Then he went to his accumsomed place
on the veranda for sun bath and to
enjoy the view.
C. I. Ford. his superintendent. sold
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 good night and developed no
new or alarming symptoms. The news
from every other available source was
to the same effect.
Mrs. Hartman Attends Church.
Mrs. Hartman left her husbands
side this morning for the first time
since she returned from Europe. Ac-
companied by her younger son, Roland,
and his tutor, she drove this morning
to st. Johns Episcopal church. It
was after the service that the Rev. DR..
McGuinness returned as the family
guest at the midday dinner
Mrs. Hartman was questioned after
the service concerning her husbands s
condition, but she replied with a smile:
That is a matter I cannot speak of
outside of my family"
That was all she would say, although
she fingered after church and talked
with the rector and a visiting Episeo-
pal clergyman who assisted in the SER
vice. Her face showed plainly the
strain of the last few days and seemed
relieved when she was seated in the
carriage again returning to her hus-
band as fast as the two big bays could
travel over the mountain road.
Mr.. Hartman was not referred to
during the service, but when the little
white clad choir of farmers daughters
led the congregation in Nearer Ny
God, to Thee" tears stood in Mrs. Har-
riman's eyes.
The Rev. Dr. Percy Foster Hall of
Catonsville. Md, who preached the
sermon, said after the service that the
information brought down from Tower
Hill today was that Mr.. Hartman was
better
Sunday Visitors at Tower Hill.
Mr.. Hartman received his first So
cial visitors today. Neighbors who
live within driving distance went up
the mountain by the carriage road in
the afternoon and returned after an
hours call. They refused to comment
on Mr.. Harriman's appearance.
Robert l.. Gerry, Mr.. Harriman's
sonin law, who left the house On the
hill yesterday, returned today by train
and was driven up the mountain in an
automobile.