Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-06-10

cut OF joint, or q slip comes twixt cup
md lip, the president will be married
when you read this, and Miss Folsom
will be the head of the head of the
| Nation. Love will rule the court, the
] camp, the Grover, and the White
House will no longer be under the So
cial control of an accentuated blue
stocking spinster, but have for its mis-
tress a young woman with French
frocks.
Last autumn while driving in Sol
diers home park, your correspondent
saw the president driving with Mrs.
and Miss Folsom and his sister Mrs.
Hoyt. The president sat on the back
seat with Mrs. Folsom, and Miss Fol
som sat on the front seat directly fac
ing him and riding backward. l
thought then that the president ought
to have given that pretty girl the bet
ter seat. but then it would not have
been good form for the president to
ride backwards and doubtless the dis
tribution was the best that could be
attained.
The marriage ceremony is to take
place on Wednesday evening in tho
historic and handsome blue room
where the president receives the diplo-
matte representatives of the effete
monarchies and where he has so often
stood in the midst of throngs of dia-
mond and gold lace bedizened guests.
The White House will be a garden of
roses and of other flowers the names
OF which you will find in your botany.
There will be plenty of gas. The
Marine band will play an original we'd
ding march as the president and his
bride descend the broad staircase and
intone a soft accompaniment to the
words of Rev. Byron Sunderland who
will pronounce them man and wife.
The wedding party will be small
one. It had been the intention of the
president to have big wedding and
invite everybody, but the death of Miss
Cslaa..'s ora nd fatha~ ,"~ds viIauSe
of program necessary, and the guests
will be only few reletives of the con-
tracing parties, and the members of
the Cabinet, except the Attorney Gen
eral, who has made vow that lie
will never wear a wedding Swallow
tail coat garment. The Cabinet la
dies and also Col. and Mrs, Lamont
will be present.
After a wedding ceremony there will
be a collation. set In the state dining
room, which is to be made cheerful
with tropical plants and u wealth OF
art flowers. The arrangements des-
cr.bed are possible within the resourc-
es of the White House. 1t will be
plain wedding without parade for the
public, and without any exhibition of
elaborate costumes or gifts.
Mr.. Cleveland will be the first presi- |
dent of the United State to have a
home. No wife of president has ev-
er felt that the White House was any
thing except place where her hus-
band and herself were on exhibition
to the millions. No true woman could |
be satisfied with it as place to spend |
the honeymoon. For years it has been
nothing but public Office. 1t is not
and cannot be home Mr. Cleveland
has appreciated this fact and has pro-
vided himself with place where a
woman, Who is married to a president |
of the great republic, can live part |
of the time, at least, the life of an
American wife. Good taste, even de- |
cency, demands that the presidents
private life should BIZ separated from
his official duties, and hope that the
move of President Cleveland will re-
suit in securing for all future presi-
dents Mt the public expense, that
which Mr.. Cleveland has attained by
his purchase of a country home. Our
Chief Executive too has the proud sat
isfaction OF supporting his wife from
his own earnings. Congress does not
feel called upon to appropriate dol
lar.
The president and Miss Folsom are
overwhelmed with congratulations
Never did prospective bride and bride
groom receive SO many honest wishes
for their happiness and prosperity be-
fore. There is no shadow of alloy in
them for the reason that the fact has
not a trace of partisanslip, Offensive
or otherwise, about it, The fact that
''all rhc world loves lover" may have
something to do with it.
Representative Spriggs of New York
remarked the other day, 1.-The presi-
dent Is to be congratulated, Miss Fol
som is to he congratulated and the
country is to be congratulated. And
may add. that the White House it.
self is to be congratulated that its ex-
perience as Bachelors Hall is about
over and that it is to resume its normal
career of stately family mansion.
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