Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-16
IN TWO NEW CAEARACTEFgS-A
ssPEI' or THE CERTIFICATES,

ssPET or THE E'Esz'rECOATs-"
Having acquired considerable distinc-
ton as Il traveller, our versatile Chief
Magistrate now seems anxious to achieve
renown as a dinner givcr, a gourmet, and,
most wonderful of all, lady Killer like
the naughty Lothario that he is. The din
ner parties recently given at the White
House are said to have been superior in
elegance to anything ever before seen IN
this country; at least, the like of which
"Jenkins," during his long and illustrious
career, never remembers to have met with. i
A Washington correspondent of metro
politan journal says that the State dinner
of the 9th inst. is conceded TO have been
superior TO any remembered by
the Oldest habitue of Presidential
entertainments. He adds: ga Ger
tain minister representing q very pow
erful European government remarked to
me of the dinner: Do you know, sir, ]
have attended some of the best royal
dinners in Europe and l don't remember
q single one that was better in any partic-
ular than that last night Everything
was so perfect in the arrangements, and
the President was so gallant and attentive
to the ladies. did not suppose the Pres
ident could be so much of q gallant. He
quite surprised me, and am sure. the
ladies themselves were quite charmed
with his manner" Really, this is
making q reputation; but the excel
lence of the cuisine may be accounted
for when we learn that the President gives
bis personal supervision to the preparatory
details of these epicurean banquets. The
correspondent alluded to, goes on to say:
'sFrom this you may suppose that Ulysses
is becoming famous for his entertain
ments, and great favorite with the ladies.
Indeed, he gives the best dinners in town.
He has the best butler and cook in the
capital, and devotes attention to some of
the preparatory details. Then he has
adopted a plan calculated 10 make his
feasts more palatable. He always has
ladies among the company. Unlike his
predecessors, he never gives q dinner to
gentlemen alone He is decidedly OPP
posed to stag parties. a lively sprink-
| ling of the fair sex is always found
around his hospitable board. And then
he lays himself out in the floral line. To
all the ladies invited he sends magnificent
bouquets on the morning of the dinners.
The choicest flowers are gathered for
| these bouquets. The White House con-
seryatory and gardens of all the florists in
town are ransacked for appropriate bou-
quets. No wonder the ladies all admire
the President and cherish his beautiful
bouquets with so much care" Our peo
pie might, if they were inclined to be in
| quisitiye, ask where the money necessary
to pay for these "mOre than royal feasts"
each, if given by the President, unde-
niably, 'feast of reason and flow of
soul"-came from? The Albany Argus
insists that very many banquets such as
would put to shame these ''giYen by roy
atty" cannot be furnished and paid for
out of the salary enjoyed by our Presi
dents, and in former years our Chief
Magistrates would not have Yentured to
attempt them; but ''new way to pay old
debts and new ones, too, has recently
been discovered by our Radical officials,
and they now give themselves little con-
Germ as to the paying of ''the piper" We
are, however, rather amaZedat the success
of our worthy President among the fair
sex, and trust, for the sake of the latter,
that lac has not made up his mind to APP
pear before the country'as Don Juan.
The picture presented by the correspond
ent alluded to of this ''gay deceiver, this
''pet of the petticoats'' turning the heads
of the Washington ladies and the bellies of
a dozen seasons at foreign courts, reminds
us forcibly of a similar success which met
'Bottom the Weaver after his transla-
ton, and we fancy the flirtations must
bear a resemblance to that famous one de
picted by Shakespeare, in more respects
than one. Our people viii be delighted
to hear of these 'high jinks," and, as
they will probably have some share in
paying for them, it is quite proper that
they should learn how much they are be-
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