St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-02
THE COMING SOCIAL QUEEN.
Description Of Miss Cleveland and Her Brill
liant Intellectual Qualities
Grover to Rival Arthur in the Social World
How He Lives.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
ALBANY, Feb. 29.-President-elect Cleve-
land has completed the few preparations
which he deems necessary for the social side
of his forthcoming residence in Washington.
His sister, Miss r. e. Cleveland, will be the
mistress of the White house. She did not
Join the household in the governors mansion
here, but has been with him
great deal since his resignation of the
governorship. 1t was with reluctance that
she consented to go to Washington to take
charge of the presidential domicile. She has
been an earnest and industrious woman,
and never contemplated a life of luxury,
much less one of conspicuous position before
the country. She is as unique in her way as
her brother is in his, though they are APP
parently not at all alike in general character,
nor does she physically resemble him. She
is of medium stature and build, with a
shapely and highly-intellectual face. She is
good looking, but
NOT PRETTY.
She dresses neatly but plainly and wears few
ornaments. She has for a long time been
educational subjects, and her audiences US
ually pupils of girls schools. She speaks
several languages, is exceptionally well-in-
formed in history and arts, and has that de-
gree of confidence in herself and the knowl-
edge she possesses to be able to firmly take
the lead in conversation and to hold it
against the bright men and women who have
Vaf IN,
respects she is notably shy and always
so MODEST AND AMIABLE
as to win friends easily and quickly. "Why,
she is a perfect dictionary" said Ex-Gov-
ernor Cornell when he returned from visit
to Miss Cleveland yesterday. ''She is one of
the brightest women I ever metz "And
do you know" remarked the ex-governor's
vivacious wife, 'she seemed inclined to
avoid promiscuous society in Washington. I
told her on no account to do so. informed
her what nice people she would meet,
how charming the social atmos-
phere is there, if one only chooses
ones own circle among the refined families,
and / also assured her that she need not be
doubtful about her ability to entertain,
though I omitted the truth that there are few
women there so well fitted to reign in the
White house as she. There seems to be no
doubt that
MISS CLEvELAND's ADMINISTRATION
will not lack distinctive qualities, for she is
a stron minded woman accustomed to in
struct members of her sex and with
firmly grounded notions generally. AS
to the president-elect: there is
an equal certainty that he has made up his
mind to rival or 9Acel Arthur in the polite
ness of his social administration. If you call
on him here and have lived in Washington
he unreservedly shows a great interest in all
you can tell him about the capital He has
never seen the White house, and says that
if you or your friends have any curiosity to
inspect it you had better do so Immediately,
for he does not intend to have it
MANAGED AS A MUSEUM
to be entered by anybody who will fee
servant with dollar. He has no objection
to public exhibition of the state parlors
whenever they are not in use. but to have
his bed room and the living apartments of
cares to see them, he thinks must be I'M
pleasant for the occupants. He has already
ordered that practice to be discontinued as
soon as he shall be installed. In his
life here in Albany Cleveland is plain
enough. He eats sparingly. His cook is
an ordinary servant with no French or other
accomplishments. The small and delicate
Senator Evarts, whom ,your correspondent
happened to see in close contact with Cleve-
land during his CALL swallows as much in
one day as the bulkier man does in three.
Whatever his habits may have been in Buff
falo, he certainly has not been known here
as conyivial bachelor. He keeps box of
cigars in his desk, and they constitute the
only refreshments commonly offered to Wis
itors.