St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-05
BRIDAL ROBES READY.
Miss Folsom's Trousseau About Com
pleted by the Dressmakers in
Paris
The Fact of the Engagement Fully Con-
frmed by the Buffalo Beauty's
Brother.
Ex-Gov. Long of Massachusetts Soon
to Join the ssNoble Army OF
Martyrs.''
An Esthetic Idiot Who Devotes Him.
self to the Reformation OF
Ladies' Apparel.
The Bride to BE.

Special Cable to the Globe.
PARIS, March 4-The presence of Miss
Frances Folsom in Paris. and the rumors
of her approaching marriage with President
Cleveland are as you may Imagine, the
great tropics of conversation IN the Amerl-
can colony in Paris. Miss Folsom herself
is naturally the object of undated interest
wherever she is seen. and there has seldom
been such a brisk demand at the boulevard
Kissks for the latest files of the New York
papers containing the news about her en-
gagement. The secret did not, as you are
doubtless aware, leak Out on this side of the
Atlantic Miss Folsom is staying at the
Hotel Bellevue on the avenue de Opera.
She is accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
Oscar Folsom, and her cousin, Mr.. Benja-
min Folsom, who was for several years con-
nected with the World in New York. With
the Folsoms are also Mr.. Stewart, United
States consul at Antwerp, and Mrs. Stewart.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Benjamin Fol-
tOm, who being
HIMSELF 4 KEEN JOURNALIST,
was therefore able to appreciate the curl
DSity of the American public in all matters
relating to the coming marriage. Your cor
respondent was fortunately enabled to Sc
cure an appointment to call upon the Fol-
SONS at the Hotel Bellevue yesterday morn
Ing. Miss Folsom had just returned from
a shopping tour, and from visit to her
eouturiee, where her troSSeau is being rap
idly completed. In fact, AS l learned SUBJ
sequently, she had been to try on the we'd
ding dress, where very affecting scene
had taken place, her mother bursting into
tears. Motives of delicacy naturally pre-
vented my asking Miss Folsom for con-
tirmatiOn of the reports of her coming mar
rage from her own lips. and therefore,
while the young lady herself entered the
reception room of the hotel, with a great
number of her lady friends, L converSed
with Mr. Folsom on the subject. Mr. Fol-
som was perfectly frank, and l may an
nounce absolutely that the engagement of
President Cleveland and Miss Folsom
IS A FACT.
Mr. Folsom said that it had been decided
by the family to neither confirm or affirm
the engagement, as it was their wish to
keep Miss Folsom from being subjected to
scrutiny and annoyance while on her travels
in Europe. The family, he said, are living
i'll the quieteSt fashion, and their desire has
been to avoid, while abroad, the social at
tentions which a confirmation of the en-
gagement would necessarily have brought
W Miss L OlSUlll
II don't confirm the engagement" said Mr.
Folsom, but you can draw your own conclu-
sions from the fact that the trousseau is
nearly finished
Where this is being purchased he excused
himself from saying, consequently your
lady readers will have to wait awhile for a
description of it. 1t will. however, be fin
ished in week. Miss Folsom leaves Paris
for London on Monday. the 10th of May.
She will remain in the English capital for
a week. and while there it is expected that
she will be
PRESENTED AT COURT.
She will leave Liverpool on the 18th of
May OH the mman steamer. Since Miss
Folsom left America last fall she has visited
France, the Netherlands. Germany, Austria
and Italy, doing the galleries and seeing the
lions of the capitals of these countries. The
family were in Rome during the carnival,
and while there Mrs. Folsom had severe
attack of malarial fever. This, however,
did not prevent them from continuing their
travels as far as Genoa, where the fever de-
veloped such alarming symptoms that they
were obliged to stay six weeks until the con-
valescence of the patient permitted them to
continue the journey. Paris is filled with
people who have met Miss Folsom, and they
all express themselves as being captivated
by her distinguished appearance and by her
charming manners.