The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-27
MISS FRANKIE FOLSOM.
4 Freeport Young I.ady's RecOlleetions
Of the Presidents BetrOthed.

4 Freeport Young Lady's RecOlleetions
OF the Presidents Betr0thed.
THE TWO YOUNG LADIES WELLS COLLEGE
STUDENTS AT THE SAME TIME -FOUR
YEARS AGo-GRovEs CLEvELAND's
FLORAL GIFTS AND "PATHERLY CARE
MISS FOLSOM A GENERAL FAvoPrTE
WITH ALL-HER PHOTOGRAPH IN FREE
PORT.
There is no one lady in this broad land
OF ours who is being talked and written
about so much today as Miss Frances
Folsom, the beautiful young woman
whose home is in the city of Buffalo, New
York. Everybody who reads or is blessed
with the sense of hearing has learned
much about her within the past few
weeks or months and very happily, il may
be said, all the gossip has been in the
lady's favor. II reports are true Miss
Folsom will become the wife of President
Grover Cleveland, the United States
chief executive, some time next June, and
it is because she Is his promised bride
that people from the Atlantic to the
Pacific have had so much to say concern.
ing her. The wedding, quiet, unosten
tatious one, as the story goes, is to occur
at the White house. All of these things
are of interest throughout the country to
every good citizen and particularly so be-
cause weddings at the presidential man
sion are very few and far between.
Miss Ella Stoskopf, of Freeport, was a
classmate OF Miss Folsom's, at Wells coll
lege, and she gives the Daily Bulletin, of
that city, the following interesting points
in regard to Miss Folsom:
1t is matter of especial interest here
that Miss Ella Stoskopf, is personally
acquainted with Miss Folsom, who is
soon to become '1he first lady of the
land, they having been students together
at Wells colleg school for ladies only,
located at the romantic little city Of
Aurora, on Lake Cayugs, New York
Miss Folsom began her studies in the fall
of 1881 and graduated with honors from
the college in June, 1885. At the elegant
home of her father, Mr.. Valentine Stos-
kopf, on Upper Stephenson street last
evening, Miss Stoskopf spoke very
pleasantly concerning
THE PRESIDENTS AFFIANCED
as she recalled the days of their associa-
ton during the school year of 1882
Miss Folsom, she said, was next to the
youngest member of the class of S5 and
one of the best scholars, being a close
student and quick to learn. On account
of her kindly, lovable nature, she soon
became general favorte with her class
mates and teachers alike. She seemed to
take upon herself the privilege of looking
after the welfare of all new students, and
by her sisterly attentions in making them
feel as though they were at home and
among friends, she also won the strong
friendship of every one else at the college
Like most of the students
SHE HAD A NICKNAME,
Frances being shortened among her init
nate acquaintance to Frank or frankie.
Grover Cleveland was then following the
practice of his professionalism of the
law-at Buffalo, and he was also at this
time Miss Folsom's guardian, position
he assumed by req uest of her father, Os>
car Folsom, who had died some time be-
fore. Frequently during the first year
which Miss Folsom spent at college she
received from the Buffalo lawyer bou-
quets of
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS,
causing more or less comment among the
young lady's associates. The dignified
lady. Miss Smith, who so ably presides at
the head of the college, insisted, however,
that those gifts of esteem were sent by
her guardian, who was but exercising over
her fatherly care-littIe dreaming that
she was to become within the space of a
few short years his wife, while he was
president OF this great republic. While
these little attentions from Mr. Cleveland
were so kindly bestowed upon Miss Fol~
som many other young ladies of the col
lege received like favors from their gen
tlemen or other friends without causing
much comment, as gifts of flowers were
always allowable although visits from the
gentlemen were in nearly every instance
refused. Because Mr.. Cleveland was so
much older than Miss Folsom-he being
now f0rty-Dine and she about twenty
three-this was another reason why but
little was then thought Of his devoted at,
tentiOns TO her at that time He contin
ued to look after her welfare so closely
that within the past year or two more at
tenton was paid to it and the tongues of
the gossips were set to wagging more and
more while he was governor of New
York.
MISS FOI.soMs PICTURE.
Among the photographs which Miss
Stoskopf has of her friends and associates
while at Wells college is one of Miss
Frances Folsom in group of five or six
young ladies. This picture was taken on
the occasion of fancy dress party given
for the college girls and shows them in
their fancy costumes. 1t is an excep.
tionally good one and Miss Folsom's
lovely face appears among the group as
1.-THE bright and shing star She is a
brunette tall, well formed, graceful. and
now that she is to be the presidents
bride looks none the more charming, al
though the gaze of the world is turned
fully upon her. With all her accomplish
ments she is, as Miss Stoskopfs photo
graph represents herto be, the happy
possessor of good sound common sense.
Miss Emma Stoskopf also graduated at
Wells college, but before Miss Folsom
commenced her studies there 1t Is prob,
able that this college will now become