The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-06-04
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(From our regular colrcspondentD
WASHINGTON. Nav 81, 1886

(trom our regular cOlrcspondcnt)
WASHINGTON, MAY 81, 1886.
AT the White House now there is quite
hustle of preparation for the Presidential
nuptial which will take place ere this
reaches you. The preimnarici have been
arranged for a very simple transformations
wedding, and Miss Cleveland, after an alb
scncc Of nearly two months, returned on Sat
urday evening to superintend the details.
The ceremony will take place in the Blue
Parlor and Rev. DR.. Sunderland. of the
First Presbyterian Church, the Presidents
pastor, will oncate. Mr.. Ben. Folsom, a
cousin of the bride, and the nearest male
relative, will give the bride away. There
will be no 'best man. +" OF late years,
when weddings are solcmnized in private
honscs and in the evening, it has been the
custom here to have neither best man
ushers nor bridesmaids and Miss Folsom
will have no attendant young lady friends.
The wedding will be a much more eXclu-
sive affair than was at first contemplated,
on account of the recent death of Mss Fol
sons grandfather, The guests will in
clude the members of tho Cabinet, their
wives and about half dozen relatives of
the President and bride. A section of the
Marine Band. with stringod instruments
only, will be stationed in the main corridor,
and as the bridal procession passes down the
stairs, they will play "Cleveland's We'd
Il f. bo cia
The parlors will be decorated with flow
crs, but not lavishly. This is in accord
ance with Mr.. Cleveland 5 wishes. He is
anxious to avoid all unnecessary display
and formality. Everybody is gossipping
about the coming event. All are interest
cd in an affair which has never before been
witnessed by this generation. The mar
riage OF a President in the Executive Man
sion, and, the curiosity manifested, is merely
the penalty which those occupying high sta
tons have to pay. An exceptionally large
number of people visited the White House on
Saturday, the day after the official an
nouncement of the marriage, and roamed
through the lower rooms. A number
of Senator's and Representatives also called
upon the President and congratulated him.
In social circles the wedding excites con-
siderable interest, but not as much as if it
were to be Il brilliant one in social sense
Already a series of entertainments have
been planned in honor of the groom and
bride by his official family--thc members
Of the Cabinet. Dinner parties viii be the
favorite form of entertainment given, but
it is not supposed the President will depart
from his custom of, accepting hospitalities
of this kind only from the Cabinet families.
The presence OF young and beautiful
bride in the Executive Mansion puts in
brighter, gayer phase the Inequalities
offered by Mr.. Cleveland, and breaks most
acceptably its five years rule of bachelor
dom. AT the Capitol it was the chief
topic of conversation on Saturday Rep
resentative Spriggs, of New York said:
''The President is to be congratulated,
Miss Folsom is to be congratulated, the
country is to be congratulated, and we are
all glad at the prospect. The presence Of
ttlC L lcShtcll = WIG al lit w Hlie ilouSc
will add another charm to official life at
Washington. 81 heartily congratulate
everybody" said Mr.. Bland, of Missouri,
the champion Of the silver dollar ''but
what | am looking forward to is the
celebration of Mr.. Cleveland's silver
wedding Speaker Carlisle remarked
that it was the Irregular order" and
that the Chair heard no objection. The
troths were plighted here in Washing
ton last winter, but it is said that the Pres
ident having been Miss Folsom's guardian,
feared that she might have been influenced
by the relations that had existed between
them SO he urged her to 90 abroad, say
ing that she might find through such test
that she did not love him, and in that case
the fact of the engagement should never be
made known. The lady protested there
was no necessity to send her abroad for a
probationary period, but the President in
sisted and she went And now since every
thing is ready and waiting for the event
but the appointed hour, the country has
only to wait patiently. Doubtless it will
be safely over by Z. Is o'clock Wednesday
evening, with Miss Cleveland directing
from domestic, DR.. Sunderland from a
ceremonial, and Marshal Wilson from an
official standpoint. WESTON.