Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-16
MISS FOLs0M AT SCHOOL.
A GIassmats Of the Presidents
Bride interviewed.
Something Of Her Character 10 School,.
Miss frankie and the 0swego
Postmaster.
Special Correspondence, GriA, Sunday Resiata.

postmaster,
Special COrrsspOadsaes Of ths Sunday Register.
CLEVELAND, D Nay ga classmats o.
Miss frankie Folsom, the alleged bride
elect Of President Cleveland, residing in
this city, submitted the other day to a
quiet chat about "Frank" and her dis
tinguised engagement The young lady
objected dedicedly to an "intsrvieR. So il
Was not an interview, certainly not, and as
she would not hear of publication, the
name of Miss Frankie's elassmste is sup
pressed and it may be any one Of the two
or three classmates of Miss Folsom who re.
sides in the Buckeye State not hundred
miles from Cleveland the city, not the
President) Said the clsssmste: II have
rot seen Frank since last summer, al.
though we correspond with schoolgirl
regularity. We were OF Wells College,
Auourn, n. Y, in the same
elass which graduated last June.
IL it true about her engagement? |
think 8" with emphasis on think -
Only last msil from Paris / received q
letter from her in which she alluded to
it, not definitely, but not denying it, and
she spoke of the elegant outfit she intend.
ed getting made in Paris The trousssau
viii be very elegant for Frank has the
taste of q queen. She was quite angry in
her letter about the newspaper talk over
her engagement.
"Ho1 old is she2 TSeHtyth-ee-yes she
is pretty, very pretty"
Your correspondent produced copy OF
the New York Sun in which was an al.
lsged cut of Miss Folsom.
II have at least twenty copies Of differ
emit papers with what is printed as Franks
picture and / think it is shameful, said
Miss Folsom's elassnste, looking with Sc
rious indignation 81 the cut. Excusing
herself she left her quesrioner for mo-
ment. returning with cabinet photo.
There is Miss Frank Folsom. Il 10 q
very good likeness,
The face presented was remarkably
pretty. A handsome forehead partly hid
by luxurisnt dark nsir; slightly srched
and rather heavy eyebrows aad q firm,
but sweet mouth, with an almost impsr-
ceptiole smile upon the lips
And then the talk that accompanies these
newspaper portraits, continued the young
lady, there's no, bit OF truth 10 most OF
it To be sure she mad Ne Cleveland
picture above the door OF her room, ani
another on q palette aud easel on her table
at school, bat that is no ones business
and no one but d gossiping schoolgirl
would have made such a thing public. l
thind it real mean. We oil, OF course
school girl like, had some oas's picture in
q conspicuous place about our rooms, and
now il has gone forth that Frank Folsom
was 30 uumaidenly as to expose her love
tor Me Cleveland while ne was Governor
of New York. Don't say told you, said
MISS Folsom's clsssmste hesissringly, out
frankie got a letter from Mr.. Cleve-
land every other day all the time
she was in school The mutual
affinity of this match Was q
loregCne conclusion long before Mr.. Cleve-
nd went TO the White Hluse, though
there are people who know Frank who say
she will marry him Just for the social posi-
ton aud that her mothers ambition may
De sati-6 But this | am sure is not so
and know her as well as any one. II Is
a owe match | have letter from Miss
Smith, principal OF Walls College, IN which
she saws she wishes Miss Folsom had some
one to tell her fes things aud advise Der
not to act "a enc il about to do unless sne
feels it is absolutely necessary tor her peace
of mind and heart-the old blsy-Oody!
Others obiact to q girl of twanty.thres, just
from school wedding herself 10 q mao OF
torty-nine I believe q man OF that age
either loves 10 dead earnest or else not at
all.
There we're ak in the graduating class
at Wells last spriUg, aud Mise Folsom,
though there were no honors declared,
stood number two in the class, Miss Min
ME Alexander, OF Bridgeport, Ohio, daugh-
ter OF Hon Ross j. Alexander, candidate
tor the District Judgeship, taking the lead
in the examination. The fOur grrls in the
class besides these two and myself were
Virginia Kiugssord, OF O'wego, N. Y,
daughter of Mr.. Thompson &lcgstord, pro
prietor of the Kingsford Starch Works;
Julia Ssyerns, of this city, daughter OF
James Severn4, one Of Ohio's miltlonsres;
Miss Psttis Wright, Of Pi.ts5urg aud a
Miss Smith, OF Auburn, \. I. WITH all
these girls Miss Folsom was q tayorl,e
They would do anything for her. As an
illustration OF her kind heart lei me tell
you. AZ commencement time an old lady OF
prochvities cana down from
OsueQo TO attend the exercises and while
there she tried 10 make her mission one oil
mercy also The old lady was very snx-
IONS 70 have the Republican postmaster at
Oswego hold his position which WAS an
ieopardy from the fact that be had worked
AGAINST Democratic success. She knew OF
Miss Folsom's relations with the President
and il entered the old lsdy's mind to AJAX
her 10 use her influence with him TOR the
of the partisan postmaster.
Frank consented to try TO induce tue Fres'
ident 10 be lsnient, and as q result OF her
exsrtions the Democrats OF O5Tego are
s,ill anxiously awaiting the appointment OF
= Democrat 10 the postOtfice OF course
s.id Miss Folsom's olsssmate R-chly, the
President NAV have had other reasons bot
ST We girls don't think 50.
Miss Folsom aud Miss Alexander we're
the only two Democrats in the class
Urls srs dfssdfullv political, you kuow-I
and thew had their hands full 10 keeping
the arguments of four sharp Republican
Urls answered, but they generally man
aged to do il and pretty successfully, too,
IS both are of very even temper and their
logic would always be c3ol aud forensic;
Frank is desr, good girl concluded
~. u,I,or,ts olaasn,ste faelurly and
the President could not have CHOSEN g
better woman to assist in the White
Uouss. Her accomplishments, her beauty
and kind disposition will, [ know dra"
her at once into Soejsl favor.