Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-20
CHEEK AND MOUsTACHEs.
CIeveland's Cabinet Observes the Ad-
ministration Hair Cut,
From, the Neao York journal


From, the Neao York journal.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-One of the
topics of Cabinet meeting has just come
10 light. 1t was the subject of whiskers.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Pruden, one of the
Executive Secretaries, surprised every
body by taking Off his side whiskers, and
appeared in what he called the admins
tration cut-moustache and cheek. Curl
ously the President and nearly all his
Cabinet have no boards. Manning, Whit
ney and Endicott, like himself, wear
moustaches. 1t has been proposed that
Secretary Lamar and Postmaster General
Villas should be made to conform to the
administration style of whisker.
Col. Villas has written TO his wife jOk-
ingly about the matter, and she has re-
piled seriously that she thinks he would
look better with a clean chin. This will
probably settle the matter so far as Col.
Villas is concerned, and when the wealth
err is sufficiently hot TO take him past the
danger of taking cold he viii conform to
the general style of the rest of the Cab
met.
OF Mr.. Lamar the result is not quite so
certain, but considerable pressure is
being brought to bear upon him to pre-
the general rule.
Mr.. Bayard and Mr.. Garland, in defer
ence to their aye and good looks, who
wear perfectly smooth faces, will not be
asked to wear moustaches.
The President is not a little annoyed
nowadays by the fact that his health is
superseding the weather as topic OF con-
YersatiOn. Nearly every visitor speaks
of his hard work and his tired-out appear
Il ;e I,.f
the worse for wear.
Yesterday he remarked to a friend from
New York that the thing he missed most
of all since coming to Washington was
the freedom he enjoyed while Governor to
walk about as he pleased.
81 really have not been able" said the
President, ''t0 walk out but twice since l
came here. Those times were both on
Sunday, and then did not go outside the
grounds about the White House. On
week days i never get the time to take
much of a walk, and it is not safe to at
tempt it, for | should certainly be sur.
rounded by Office seekers before had gone
a square. | am able to ride out little
four nights out of the week; but what is
that for exercise2 1t seems as if | were
doomed to work like horse and live like
q hermit as long as live"
The President is said to enjoy the pres
enb W niue house arrangements DcILeI
than he did when his sister was here.
Like a genuine old bachelor whose habirs
are beyond reform he would rather have
a landlady than a social monitor at the
head Of the White House. What he says
and does he can now do with perfect free
dom, for his mastership of the mansion is
unrestrained.
The President writes to his brother and
to his sisters frequently, even now when
he is almost overwhelmed with cares of
State. He does not trust his correspon-
dence with them to the more comfortable
method of debating to a shorthand writer,
but all his letters are autograph. His
writing is peculiarly fine.
II didn't think big fat man as he is
would write such a little bit of hand as
that" said a lady who happened to see
one Of the Presidents letters recently.
The remark is quite apt. The impress
sion from the Presidents handwriting is
like that Of his voice. 1t is a fine falsetto
penmanship, hardly to be expected in a
man weighing 800 pounds.