The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-13
An Example of Eastern News
paper Enterprise.
THE PRESIDENTS WEDDING
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be seen npon the occasion OF the mar
riage os President Grover Cleveland TO
Miss Frank Folsom, ard as old not
expect to see much 1 left, after
time, by no means disap-
pointed. 1 enjoyed. of course.
the music jiscoursed by the Marine
Band, and listened with interest and
amusement to the eood-natured re-
marks made by the crowd in which
mingled. The happiest set OF men pres
ent were the newspaper correspondents.
who mustered in great force. They are
a Jolly class as a rule; but on Wednes-
day night they were out for fun. Ex-
eluded from witnessing the marriage
ceremony, they had to manufacture a
report of some kind, and thus satisfy
the morbid curiosity of the great public
throughout the land in regard TO the
marriage of the first man in the
nation. The Imagination Of these men,
therefore, was drawn upon to the fullest
extent All that could be seen outside
was duly noted the arrival OF the in
yited guests, etc.-but other details Of a
more interesting character must be
waitten in regard 10 the first marriage.
which had ever taken place in the
White House How the President
looked in the extreme swallow tail coat /:
how the bride looked Ia her-well /
don't know what kind OF a dress: how
the decorations looked; how num-
erous the presents and the kind
and by whom made. what the
supper consisted Of, and q hundred
and one other things must be written
up and flashed over the wires in time to
appear in all the great morning papers
OF the country. All the correspondents
We'd with each other and some very re-
markable report were produced. The
i New York Herald, Tribune, Sun and
World all strove for superiority; but il
is generally understood here that the
sun outshone them all 1t was brilli-
ant production, so much so that n
COPY of the Sun of Thursday cannot be
had in the city. The Sun has
long been noted for its talented
} descriptive writers, and upon this
\ occasion they excelled themselves.
1t was rumored during the day that
the President and his wife would leave
fthe White House shortly after the mar
, rage for Deer Park, near Baltimore,
but the hour of exit, and the manner
thereof, were sought 10 be kept great
|. secret The correspondents, however,
soon sgreed that the newly-married
couple must come out OF the White
House; so number of them, engaged
cabs and placed them at every point OF
possible departure, and finally, about 9
o'clock, they espied their prey leaving
the mansion in close carriage, which
they followed 10 the depot. From
thence The newly-marriedc couple left by
special train for Deer Park. n.
The subject of the marriage has been
the theme OF conversation here sill the
week, and considerable comment has
been made upon the dis arity Of the
} ages OF the newly welded pair, thei:
} ages being respectively 40 and % years.
There does appear TO be too much in
equality in regard to age; but l pre-
} sumo it is nobody business save that
) OF the contracting parties. II q woman
J at % years otage is con ent to marry a
man at 80. / presume il is the woman IS
affairs. Mrs. Cleveland is handsome.
J educated aud refined. and as the first
lady OF theiand will doubtless grace the
White House CONNIE u fdut.
The session OF Congress being now 1t
5 It's height. ills not probable that tAe
honeYmoon az Deer Park or anywhere
else will be Of extended duration. The
amount Of executive business TO be at
8 tended to just at present necessarily
compels the presence of the President
S In Washington. As il is, special messen-
gers have to be sent 10 Deer Park
every Cay 70 secure the signature
: OF the President 70 piles Of papers, and
TINS Is likely TO continue until the end of
!, the session. The President. however,
q Is most ae'y assisted by his private
d Secretary. Colonel Lamont. The latter
Q possesses remarkable executive ability,
9 ana ne has the most unbounded CON
ndente of his MASTER Any one who
: visits the White House and sees the
amount OF work Colonel Lamont gets
lnrougn cannot but consider MIN
perfect wonder, as he truly is OF
course, he Is surrounded by a
. CORDS OF competent assistants, but
II Is due to his grand executive
n talent that the private work of
the white House is Kept forward. The
0 Iresioent entrusted him with he en-
ure arrangement of the details OF his
maj rage ''Dan"-as the colonel Is
,snharly cailed-even went to New
iolk 20 meet the bride. arrange th
0 oa1e OF the marriage, buy presents. and
S spate everything Necessary in
e PIslnses, so that, in fact, the Presi
oent eio not know when he was to be
5 married UNI Dan" told him; did not
s MS bride until Dam tod him.
did not know who was the off.
Gals az the marriage ceremony
\ until Dam told him. A most re-
y mArkable marriage in its details Most
remarkably carried out by the most
5 iSi'hiui, talented. private secretary in
tne country Col-i-asaonti is by no means
soOust IN nea,b, yet he seems CAPABLE
OF endless endurance. He Il dr. E =.
: the Whi e House from early ,so-n s y,
unu midnight consulting with tbss
PRESIDENT and getting oct WORK oS :
conndeniiai nature.t The Presidsnt 80
ne Colonel have long worked toretSe-
iney suit each other to a Iicetv