Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-06-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Corr espondent,

L x JUL OOrrbBpOu0ent.
WASHINGTON, May 3lst. 1886 TIL,
day Of doubt ana suruise is over, anc
unless the traiI s are off time, anC
things are out of joint or clip Come
twixt cup and lip, tile President viii
be married and Mis- Folsom will b.
the head of the Nation. Love will rIl,
the court, the camp, tbed Grover, al q
the White House will no longer bt
under the social control of an accentuat
ed blue stocking spinster, but have for
its mistress O young woman with
French frocks.
Last autumn while driving in the
Soldiers home your correspondent saw
the President driving with Mrs. and
Miss Folsom and his sister Mrs. Hoyt.
The President sat on the back seat by
Mrs. Folsom, and Miss Folsom sat on
the back seat directly facing him and
riding backward. thought then that
the President ought I'd have given that
pretty girl the better scat, but then il
would not have been good form for the
President to ride backwards 8 and doubt
less the distribution WAS the best that
could be attained.
The marriage ceremony is to take
| place on Wednesday evening in the
historic and handsome blue room where
the President receives the diplomatic
repreeen tatives of the effete monarchies
anil where he has 20 often stood in the
midst Of throngs of diEmond aud gold
lace bedizened guests. The White
House will be garden of roses arc of
other flowers, the pames OF which you
will find in your botany. There will
be plenty of gag. The marine band
will play IN original wedding march
as the President and bis bride descend
the broad staircase and intone a soft
accompaniment to the words of the Rev.
Byron Sunderland, who will pronounce
them man and wife.
Ihe wedding party will be a small
one. 1t had been the intention of the
President to have big wedding and
invite everybody, but the death of Miss
Folsom's grandfather made a change
of program necessary and the guests
will be only few relatives of the con-
tracing parties and tho members OF the
Cabinet, except the Attorney General,
who has made vow that he will never
wear a wedding (swhllow tail coat)
garment. The Cabinet ladies and also
Col. and Mrs. Lamont will be present.
After the wedding ceremony there
will be q cola ion set in the 81 ate din.
ing room, which is TO be made cheerful
with topical plants and q wealth of art
flowers. The arrange tnents described
are possible within the resources of the
White House. 1t will be q plain we'd
ding, without parade fdr the public and
without any exhibition of elaborate COS
tunes or gins.
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 act has rot
a trace of partisanship, offensive or
otherwise, about it. The fact that "all
the world loves q lover" may have
to do with it.
Representative SpriggB, of New York,
the other day: "The Presi-
dent is to be congratulated, Miss Fol-
som Is to be congratulated, and the
is to be congratulated" And, |
| may add, that the White House itself !
is to be congratulated that its expert |
eDce as bachelors hall 10 about over
and that it is to resume its normal Ca
reer OF stately family mansion. L.