Show Informality of Grants Grant's Administration Writing in Harpers Harper's Magazine Ma azine for November Madame Do Hc ormann gives ives an amusing amusin account of the informal way in which her husband hus hue band ban the tho Danish Banish minister iv was xe Ta by y President Grant at the I Whito White House I HI o ha hid had m my I audience Johan calls it an audience I call can it a call callon on Mrs rs President Grant at tho White Whito house There was noth nothing n formal or formidable le about it it Mrs Grant and andI i I sat eat on tho the sofa together and ahll talked generalities Johan could not tell ten me mo what hat to expect Ho He said his audience c with the president nt had been beena a surprise unprecedented b by anything ho had bad ever seen As it was his first post as minister he ho had pictured to himself that it would be somewhat 1 like ko the ceremonies s' s very abroad abroad very solemn and impressive Of course he was lu in in his red reel gaa ga uniform with all his decora A hired landau brought him to tho the tops stops of the White House which he mounted with ith conscious dignity His written speech nicel nicely folded he he carried car ned ried in his hand In Europe there thero would v hn have vc been beena a crowd of gorgeous chamberlains to receive him but hut here ho found a negro who on seeing him hurriedly donned a coat and with ith an encouraging wave wac of the hand said Come ri right ht alon along in sir sir Ill I'll let them know Jenow youre you're here sir Johan ohan J was nas shown into a room and wait waited d with pa pa- until the president and Mr r. r Hamilton Fish came in Mr Grant was dressed in a gray walkin walking suit and wore a colored t tie e and Mr r. r Hamilton Fish secretary of state had evidently e I lust just come conic in from a walk as his turned turned- up trousers s Johan T ohan read his speech and tho the president answered by ren reading in withBorne with some Borne difficulty a paper which Mr Fish handed to tp him at the last moment After this thil exchange of formalities Johan shook hands an s with the president and without further ceremony he left the room the door this time bein being opened bv a white servant in black blac clothes Mr Fish at patting casually casually observed that the weather was waA fine finc fine |