The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08


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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
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Life at the white House at present 4
luneventful There will Be no entertain
lments until the opening Of the regular
season when the nsual number Of recep
ltioue and state dinners will Be given
The President will begin the preparation
|of his annual message q once, 90 % q
|get II outlined u least before Congress
comes back. He has few vfsitors nov
and no pressing business, 90 that he car
take as much time @ be plessee for hi
message. Meanwhile the heads Of thu
Departments are preparing the data
which he will need in bis review Of
their operations during the first year Ol
|his administration. Ii 10 needless to say
that the bare statement Of the facts will
make an admirable showing for sll the
Department.. Every body who has any
thing to do with them knows that they
never were more honestly, economically
ably. and let II be added with emphasis
administered before.
The season this year will be ehort. but
|it promises TO be brilliant. The Presi.
dent, It IL said. 10 not fond Of general 90
|ciety. He was evidently Ill at ease, Il
not actually bored At some Of the DIplo-
|matic and State dinners which 0mcial
|etiquette required him 10 give last win.
ter Mrs. Cleveland, however, 10 fond
|of society, and sOciety 10 thoroughly In
love with Mrs. Cleveland, and her social
tastes may perhaps prove . foil TO Mr.
|CIeveland's recluse disposition. Mrs.
cleveland will be sought after and invt-
ted here, there and everywhere; but she
will be able, ~ mistress Of the White
House, to accept ve'y few invitations.
The President cannot accept invitations
Ito dinners or parties where be 10 likely
Ito meet one OF the diplomatic corps; for
the President to dine out with one Min
|ister Of . foreign nation would be to In.
suit oil the other representatives. and
cause each and every one TO write polite
letters TO their home governments. In
forming them Of the insult offered their
|sovereigns or rulers. Here the Diplo.
|matic corps Is invited as body. 1t Il
generally known here BY people versed
in eociety rules that IL the President IL
Invited, no foreign Representative is 10
be invitod. President Arthur loved to
lgo out 70 dinner parties, and he always
was enabled TO tell beforehand who was
10 compose the party. Cleveland has
never had occasion to inquire. because
he has never accepted invitations out
side his Cabinet. Whether Mrs. Cleve'
'and Will accept Invitations or give littlt
r
mot YET solved, but snxiously awaiting
solution she mas made many fr1end'
mere already, ana every one wants TO ses
more OF her, for she ts : very lovablt
woman. Mrs. Cleveland viii most ike
IIy oegln ner Saturday afternoon recap
lions % coon as Y gets cool. but those
are more o. al omciai character tnan so'
|c'ea. ana do not count with society here
whl'e the social season nss not strict
~ begun. y may be said, In another
sense tnat Wasnsneton = never out O.
season. It's pretty Iuii tne year around
reople oegan 20 come 10 ron the sea.
shore and mountains the latter part ol
a ugust' ana are 81 nome oy the nrss
week ~ september. Warrington nas
become : very popular autumn resort
reople going Soush Tor the winter a.
ways pass tnrougn mere. Escn year tney
AIRY longer. Iney oegln g ,esve tne
suumer rcso'.s earilor snu oe'sy tnoir
trips 20 Florida later. Inc custom y
ton the first OF October, on their WAY
south, and to stay several weeks. The
travelling public have discovered the
attractions Of Washington - al autnm-
nal and early winter reeOrt. Before