The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-05-27
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular oOrrospondent.l

very syetematlc routine ab bne w nlbe
House. He has so arranged his time
and his affairs that there is no clash.
ing. He has his hours for working
and when they are over he stops work.
He rises at reasonably early hour,
and is always ready for breakfast,
which is fixed for nine o'clock. He
has never missed his mornings meal,
nor been even late to it since he has
been iD the White House, and he ex-
poets the same punctuality from those
who sit at table with him. Almost
Immediately afterwards be is ready to
begin the business of the day, and
after attending to important letters or
other matters which are brought to
bis attention, he begins to receive cal.
lers. At half.past one o'clock lunch
is served, and no one is afterwards ad-
mitted to his presence except by spec.
ial appointment. Thus he has time
at his disposal to see special delega-
tions, or to shut himself in his Office
for che consideration of important
matters, requiring his attention, and
to take his customary afternoon drive.
Dinner is served promptly at seven
o'clock. The evenings are devoted to
the relaxation Of conversation, or 10
the consideration of business, just as
it happens.
The President himself has been en-.
abled to stand the strain upon him
for the past few months remarkably
we'll. He is looking we'll and seems
perfectly so. He is a good strong
eater, and is fond of good table.
1t is his wont to invite an intimate
personal friend or a cabinet officer to
stay to dinner with him, but as yet he
has not given either state or a pri-
vate dinner party, and probably will
not until next season. Wine is served
at the table and the President enjoys
it. AS soon as the meal is concluded
the table is deserted, and the Presi.
dent with his guest, if there happens
to be one present, goes up stairs to
enjoy an after dinner smoke in pri.
vate. The President likes a cigar,
but he is light smoker, and no one
about the house has yet seen him with
a cigar in his mouth during the day.
His cigars like President Arthur's are
all imported, but they last longer.
The same steward and the same french
cook have charge of the culinary de.
partment Of the White House as dur.
ing President Arthur's administration,
and as much care is taken to have the
table supplied with the best the mar
ket affords as then. 1t is compare
lively easy to secure an audience with
President Cleveland. A great deal of
credit for this systematizing of affairs
at the White House is due to Col.
Lamont, his private secretary, who
worked himself sick in a couple of
months. His ways are the Presidents
ways, and the two understand each
other perfectly.
The long and serious illness of ex.
Secretary Frelinghuysen, beginning
SO soon after his term as Secretary of
State expired, and followed by his
death Wednesday, and the illness of
bis wife and laneness of their eldest
daughter at the same time, has natur-
ally excited much sympathy in Wash
ington, and been discussed as a most
tragic conclusion of the brilliant part
that family took in the social life of
Washington during the three years
Secretary Frelinghuysen served 10 the
Cabinet of President Arthur. This
has evoked the comment that in the
four years covered by the Garfield.
Arthur administration, 18S1!'S5, SO
many tragic episodes have occurred in
connection with those most prominent
in itat some time during the period,
beginning with Mrs. Gar6eld's illness,
so soon followed by the assassination
of her husband, the President, and
Ais long, cruel illness and death.
Hunt. Garfeld's Secretary of the
Navy, died in foreign land three
years later, while Minister to Russia,
after protracted and most painful