The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-06
GROVER AND FRANKIE.
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The Hubbub Created in Wash
ington Society.
A SOFT SNAP FO4 REPORTERS.
The Brief story OF the Courtship-
The Presideut's ward-The
Dream of His Life.
A SOFT SNAP FO4 REPORTERS.
wAsunsros. May 81, 1886.

From our Own Correspondent.
The principal topic of discussion in
Washington to-day. among all classes
is the marriage OF President Grover
Cleveland to Miss frankie Folsom on
Wednesday next. For weeks the east
ern neEspapers-through their Wash
ington correSpondentS-hsve circulated
all sorts of stories in regard TO the goeat
event which is about TO be consumated
-storiesthat must.hEye caused the Pre-
sident great deal of annoyance, not
so much in regard to what has been said
OF himself. but of the young lady who
is about to become his wife. In the
city of Washington, as everybody
knows, there is a perfect army of news
paper correspondents, and as each mem
Der is appreciated by his employer for
the amount of news he gathers, it is
easy TO understand that there is a ire
mendous struggle for supremacy gong
on all the time. Anything like P.esi-
dental marriage. therefore, is perfect
''pie" to the newspaper men, and while
they all endeavor to get as near the
truth as possible, yet rather than be
beaten, they will draw up their imagin-
alton to the very fullest extent. This
will account for the most outrageous
stories thst have gone the rounds of
the press for the last month in regard
to the anticipated marriage of the Pre-
sident 20 Miss frankie Folsom. The
comic papers have handled the subject
for all it is worth: the leading news
papers of the country have dished UP
every kind of gossip in regard to the
matter; and to crown all the wood
cuts OF the President aud Miss Folsom
that have appeared in some of the New
York papers are alone sufficient TO have
sent any man crazy. In one New York
paper, that came under my notice, there
was a two column article upon the an
ticipated suspicious event. In this
article there were about one dozen
woodcuts Of the most laughable charac-
ter. The President himself must have
simply roared when the article in cues
ton was called TO his attention. The
central figures, of course. were the
President and his faithful private secre
tary, Daniel Lamont. Daniel is the
only man whom the President has
taken into his confidence in regard to
his forthcoming marriage; he has had
the arrangement and settlement of all
details from first TO last Naturally,
therefore, Mr.. Lamont mas come in for
his share OF newspaper caricature and
comment. In one picture, Dan and
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tailor's shop. The latter is getting
measured for his wedding suit, and he
keeps asking Dan how frankie will like
his cut-away. etc. In the same article,
patterns of his night shirts, slippers,
hats. gloves, ETC., were given, and the |
comments thereon were excruciatinglv |
funny. In the midst OF all [. is fusi |
lade, however, the President has never
lost an hours sleep, nor has he neglect |
ed his onerous duties for a single hour.
1t is said that he has felt very ANNOYED |
at some of the remarks which have /
been made in regard TO the lady who is |
to become his wife. but he knows THAT
it would be about as easy TO empty the
Ocean with a pitchfork as to
stop the pens of the newspaper CORE
spondents.
On Saturday morning last, an official
bulletin. was issued announcing that |
the President would be married at the |
White House, on Wednesday evening.
June End, to Miss Frances Folsom. The |
recent death of a relative of Miss Fol- |
som had changed the original plans Tor |
the wedding, and the invitations would |
consequently, be limited to few of the |
near relatives and the members of the |
Cabinet and their wives. The Rev DIR
of the First PRESBYTERIAN |
OF Washington, will ofiiciate.
The ceremony is to be followed by a |
collau n and the wedding in all its de- |
tails Is TO be plain and transformations.
This official announcement has settled |
all uncertainty in regard to the matter. |
Gossip has ceased. Society circles in |
the city, OF course, are all in a fiutter,
The kind and style of dress frankie |
will wear will be a matter of much |
speculation. Much, if not the whole, |
Of the time Of so-called society in this |
city is taken up in the discus
sion OF just such frivolous rubbish. |
frankie, as the wife OF the President,
will assume the position of the first
lady of the land. Her cut of dress.
style of wearing her hair, and a thou
sand and one other little things will all |
be closely observed and duly criticised |
by the society world, and It is safe to |
say that frankie. as the Presidents
wife, will find her position very embar-
RAISING before very long.
Miss Folsom Is described as tail
and in complexion, a light
brunette. Her eyes, which are blue.
are large and beautiful, with long black
ashes. Her complexion is very clear
Her manner is frank and winning. and
Is remarkably free from affectation of
any description. She was born in Buff
Ialo twenty-five years ago, and is the
daughter, as has been often stated. of
Oscar Folsom, President Cleyeland's /
irst law partner. When Mr.. Folsom |
vas killed in 1875 by being thrown from
/ carriage. Miss Folsom became the i
Presidents ward. She has inherited ali
he brilliant qualities of her father.
Who was for years the leading orator
Ind jury LAWYER OF Western New York.
In his position as her fathers most in
innate friend and executor, the Presf-
lent has been acquainted with Miss
Folsom from chlldhnnd Roth She ana |