Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-20

they hang on the whitewull, they shine 50 that
YOU can sec your tnce looking out II thom
hickory firewood is use in the CRATES Of the
White House. and great piles of it art
stack ii uu in the halls Of the basement 1t
is worry clean thruug ghouL this lower part OF
the White Housa Everything Is scouroi
and scrubbed MS though the place was pre-
sIlei over toy Ditch house wife; and A. you
look at the floors and ttblas Won mi sht i'm
agime your,elf to be IN uoI and The
stone work was whitcw shed some time agD,
and the who.e, with its heavy columns and
ITS massive wallis several feet thick, maxi
one think of the lower part Of tho Capitol
hu,ldinG, mile away on the hill.
There is a steam engine in this White
House basement, and Mrs Cleveland was in
trestel when she WAS told that here. in this
engine room, was tn, kltcAen Of Andrew
Jackson She looked at the twelve foot fire
place, which still stands in it with its crana
Of ron, mud she noted the mouth Of the
Dutch oven, in which the taking Of the
White lluus was then done.
The laundry of the White House is In the
front part o. the basement, ami rs you walk
up zeal. upon the president, rhl ough the win
duws that op II upward. YOU can. IL yuu will
glance DOWN. see colored girls with caps on
names Of which would not like TO mention
here The steward has an Office down here, and
sohas the gardener, and there are some sleep
ing roums for the servants but the most Of
these board out OF the house There is a
dumb waiter leading from the kitchen to the
second floor
The family now take their meals in the
privat" dining room, and tho coInred walters
swallow fpIl g,,at and u lita ani
black trousers when they wait upon them.
Flowers arr alway upon the tarle, and when
Mrs. Cirvciani has any guests the gardener
of the White House sees that flowers are put
in their chumlers every DAY.
Mrs Cleveland fond OF flowers and she
sp,nts some time in the conservatory daily
The flowers used At tue we Iding If they had
been bought outsld, of thJ VIII te House,
would have cost several thousand dollars.
ard $50 worth of flowers arc used at the
White House daily In these cons ,rvatorie.
Of the Whit! H"u>'' there are about SIOO, ,OCU
worth Of flowers, AMI some of the plants aIp
So raro and valuable to he worth 81 90
apiece Miss C,rV"lands fivorite flower
was the rsse Mrs. Hay alored the moss
scrunium- Mrs. Garfield Went wild abou
orchids and President Arthur did not ron
slider himself dressed un;ll ms had red rose
in his luttonhule am told that Mra Gle,
land is ;uu of all kinds Of flowers, but that IT,,
president had never worn tuttonhole bou-
qu Is 1t may lie that his record in the
future will b, the same that Of Ben Butler
wLo paid no attention to flowers until his
wife. after their marriage. rinned one every
dav upon his coat an. now You never see
Il Ben without them
Mrs Cleveland * the first lady of the land
This Y, xed qrcstion Of Washington society
is at last set;leL + the past five years we
have been torn up here at Washington as to
who was ou~ soc al had The wives Of our
supreme judges Of our cabinet ministers, OF
our SPEAKERS and Of ou presidents pro tenn
have been hobbiug their heads violently in
Gaming III, right 10 the position. Even
Yrs MrEtr,y an Miss Cleveland had, in
'he minds of some, a qucs i1nahle title, and
Mrs. Carlisle IN Mrs. sherman " ere thought
by some TO cu.rank them
Mrs, Frank Cievs.ani is, beyond doubt,
iur social queen and a new regime may com
m nee with her reign SIC will SIT at tho
nrad Of the president dinner table and Ms.
Whitney, the RIyaris ami the Endicutt,
viii shin" from now on only 10y her rrleciei
light Mrs Whitn " may continue tn give
dinners and lunches at the rate of &, so or
more apiece aud sh, viii still he popular.
bu she will be hing in comparison with
the lady OF tn, Wh.t, House.
Mrs CL.v,anT, duties thOuph thew an.
p'easant are not the easiest ones She has
TO act so rs TO keep the president an herself
norular in so,i ty She must prevent her
self from Lc,ng used bv any Clique and she
will h,ve t. GUARD carefn ly thI tn, pnliti-
cians 40 not work upon n, pres deutth onqh
bor nv th. IN dunn nf their wiyeS She will
have to hid = ception,. and at these her
arm will proyy tire n ld sh, will fe reodv
10 sink through the fl o. before thu. hand
sbokin, cnls At Miss Cleveland's last re-
.. rtiun rcarlv : 900 n,opIe shook hands with
her enI her RIGHT arm was ken. in conttn-
mons motion for near,y four hours in sur-
cession Wh.n ths pre,iden; gives a rece,-
ton Mrs C.eyela I'd will stand by his side
and have her hand squeezed ty all who co
Iv S,rna .trony r,ar will rr.ss IL so hard
as TO almost bring tears TO h eves but sh,
must sn,i o think il nice and max. n nIoos-
ant remark as ,hev 90 on ward She will find
coma r,laa,ort tbin,rs at IN, s+ate ra,ar,io,s
and thouyh shs will hear NOR. of nr,iss thar
.of ANYTHING else there will NOW AMI then ba
n snake under he rose and the noiso, Of
envy will cauSe her unea,iness She will he
fl ,ttarai Inv many and she will mssr tho
,r.at,,s, and the host n.orIa of the conntrv
AT state dinners she VIII SIT opposite the
pres dent IN the great state dining room as
our republican queen 'u' une 'erranih VIII
SUCK N ueT throat as sue sees Ite DiCk"O OO0S