The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-14
LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
The present is an era of kindly senti
ment, and as one token of it we are hap
py to observe in more than one journal
pleasant notices OF the late lady of the
| White House. Mrs. Grant seems to re
tire from position of considerable
responsl bility with the best wishes o
all who knew her. Undoubtedly she is
not sorry to go. AS a good housewife
she has not probably found the Execu
tive Mansion very convenient place
Of abode.
All reports concur in representing
that renowned ediiice to be III a condi-
ZION somewhat dilapidateG, and actually
verging upon the shabby. In fact, fol
eight years Mrs. Grant has had no
house OF her own, and has really been
at The head OF large Office maintained d
for The use and benefit OF the American
people. The modest little structure
which she lett at Galena was doubtless
far pleasanter and in great deal better
| repair.
| We are inclined to believe that Mrs.
hayes Will also think with regret of her
snug, elegant, and commodIous Ohio
nome, as the auction advertisements
| say, with all modern improvements" :"
lie
| ence that such was the homesick feeling
OF Mrs. John Adams, who was ALWAYS
longing for the old-fashioned residence,
nail villa and half farmhouse, which
she had left in Massachusetts
BOlh the EX-PTe5ldent and the Presi-
dent are married men. Several of our
CnIel Magistrates have not been so for
Iunate. MIR. Buchanan, for instance. a
bachelor of the oldest kind, would have
found his domestic arrangements soreIy
trying but for the tact, grace and eIe-
gance of his niece. jefferson, when he
became President, was still mourning
his beautiful wife, too early lost; indeed,
he never ceased to mourn for her. The
charming manners and personal ele.
gance OF Mrs. Madison are matters OF
history.
When Mrs. Jackson, IN the quiet OF
the hermitage, heard of her husbands
election to the Presidnecy, she said
simply: ''WelI, for the Generals sake.
am glad; ior my own part, L never
wished it," She was dead soon alter:
she went to narrower home than the
White House, and it is told that the
General " as never the same man after.
ward-one of his friends said that he
grew twenty years older on the night of
.ner death. Mrs. Tyler came by the acci-
uNA1 VI UCaIu W GHe w ulGe mouse, ana
she died there, leaving its domestic ar
rangements somewhat at hal hazard for
Ihe rest OF the ot1clal term of her hus-
band.
Mrs. Pierce arrived at Washington
under the shadow OF Il great and recent
bereavement, her only child, fine lad
ol Chlfteen years, having been killed bv
railway accident the preceding Janu-
airy. MIS-. Fillmore, IL will be remem-
Dereo, died just after her husband went
out OF otfi5e. and political dIsappoint-
ment and domestic grief clouded mis- last
ono al days. We nave not mentioned |
the stately lady, oil the true aristocratlc |
Vlfglhlan DlO0d, who was the vile of |
Washington, and VINO will always be re-
nemOereu win MN. She Was never a |
lazy of the White House.
We think it credItable to the character
OF American women and an evidence OF |
thelr TACT and ability, gracefully to
ddapt themselves to circumstances, that |
n" IresldenVs Wlie mas shown any par |
licuar lncapacity Tor the position. |
Chfough want Of good breeding ana
manners. Usually ali |
the ladies OF the Presiuenps house
nave been respectfully treated by |
Inc press and the puOlIc, and there has
oeen little scandalouS tiJtle-tatLle abouL
any OF them. Two or three of them
ave been remarkable for a deeply Re-
lglous character. We are sure thai the
)esC wishes OF the nation attend the
coming of the new mistress or the
WhlIe House, and that III her hands it's
traditional dignity and decorum of life
viii be preseryea.-TNew York Tribune.
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