The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-09
How cleveland spends the nay.


he dispatches business as easily as he
receives visitors He is always up at
z o'clock and breakfasts at s. After
breakfast he goes at once to the libra
ny, the large oval room, where he
spends most of his time. 1t is on the |
upper floor of the mansion, directly
next to the presidents private apart
ment. The Cabinet chamber opens out
of it ON the east and next to the Cabi- !
net chamber is the Office OF the pri-
vate secretary. Col Lamont rises and
breakfasts as early as the president and
is waiting for him when he enters the
library, know no other slightly built
nervous man who can do as much
work as can Col. Lamont. The Pres
ident finds on the big oaken desk in
the bay window, behind which he
takes his seat such letters and papers
as Col. Lamont may have prepared
for him either at his special request
or out of the mail Of the day before
In the hour from to 10 the Presi-
dent and his secretary, aided by the
stenographer, will dispose Of the morn
ing business Then it is time ior the
morning reception, receptions, rather,
Col. Lamont has as many visitors as
the President. They have been gath
ering in the ante-rooms on the north
side of the Mansion for an hour, and
still they come, They hand their cards
TO the. doorkeepers (who love rare
collections of absurd cards. and if
they are admitted, pass into the libra
ny or the private secretary's room, as
the case may be. If the rush is greater
than usual. Leoffier, the gray-haired
soldier who is the chief doorkeeper,
organizes an overflow meeting
in the Cabinet chamber. From 10
until - o'clock there is a constant
moving into the two rooms. The
President stands up throughout. He
moves about as much as possible,
though, for the sake of the exercise.
He moves from man to man from
group to group. Every body gets
chance to speak and courteous reply.
The President is kindly even to the
undeserving. To agreeable people
who do not want any fayors he is
positively charming He has humor
and a keensense OF wit, and he laughs
easily and unsteady, His power of
repartee is little known, but will be
well known before heleaves the White
House 1t has served him in many
trying and annoying conversations
since the 4th of March. Ii it is Cabinet
day the reception closes at II o'clock.
A few minutes before that hour the
library and the Cabinet chamber are
cleared, and the members of the Cabi-
net begin to arrive. sjY 84 e
Athigh noon promptly the President
takes his seat at the head of the Cabi-
net table and opens the day session. II
it is not Cabinet day the Presidents
reception continues until / o'clock.
Then, if there are any delegation OF
other large bodies waiting to see him,
he received them going down stairs
into the East room for that purpose.
On the hottest day in this week he
shook hands with 300 men and wo-
men in the delegation Of railway mas
ter mechanics. AT / o'clock he goes
to lunch returning to his desk in the Ii
hrary before 8 o'clock. There he works
steadily, save as he may Uninterrupted
by caller who has made an engage
ment for some hour in the afternoon
until after 5 o'clock. Sometimes
when interrupted by too many
OF these callers, he fnds that il
is after 6 o'clock before he can leave
his desk and then he must forego his
afternoon drives.
But usually, with his private secre.
tary or some other intimate friend he is
driven over the hill around the city
behind the high stepping seal browns
until 7o'clock. Then he dimes quietly
and simply with his family and per-
haps friend or two. Before So he
is back in the library again, and al
work behind that big desk with its load
OF papers. Presently members Of the
Cabinet and their ASSISTANTS drop in
for formal conferences The business
Of the day and OF the morrow is talked
over. These informal Cabinet con
ferences have had probably as much
to do with shaping the governmental
policy as the formal Cabinet meetings
BY II o'clock all his visitors have gone
The President works on until midnigh
and then retires, and by O'Clock the
White House is as still as Alexandria
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