Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-26
THE BRIDES
How Mrs. Cleveland Cdfebrated He
T-wenty-Second Anniversary.

How Mrs. Cleveland CSebrated Her
Twenty-Second Anniversary.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-On Wednes-
day. the day of President Cleveland's de
parture for Albany, Mrs. Cleveland be-
came - wears of age, but it was impOs-
sible to celebrate the day a they would
have liked, in the rush attendant on his
going. He left her at 4 in the afternoon
with an affectiOnate goodbye of a seven
weeks husband, and the promise to bring
her q birthday present. She passed the
evening very quietly, and except for the
Waterman was the only occupant that
night of the vast and echOing chamber
floor of the old mansion. The next morn
ing she sent an invitation to Mrs. Villas,
the young and pretty wife of the Post
master General, and to Miss MOllie, her
l2-year-Old daughter, to pass the day with
her, carrying out an arrangement made the
Monday previous to celebrate that day for
her birthday. The latter went early, and
Mrs. Villas joined them after marketing,
which in Washington is every good house
wife's morning occupation.
Mrs. Cleveland meanwhile had IN engage
ment of two hours with Bell, the phOtOg-
rapher. ut his studio, and Mollie went with
her. Returning, Mrs. Cleveland wrote an
invitation to the Postmaster General, join
ing the names of his wife and daughter
with her own, to come to her birth day
dinner. An hour or two were pleasantly
spent in Mrs. Cleveland'S bOudOir, a cosy
little room adjoining the PreSident'e cham
Der and occupying the northwest corner OF
the house. 1t has q front window looking
out upon the north lawn and its fountain
and two side windows toward the cOnSer-
y~atOrieS and the State Department. Mrs.
Cleveland has fitted il up with odds and
ends of quaint and pretty furniture from
the attic and elsewhere, but no
| piano, because there is no room for it,
| and because she is musical. Here are her
writing desk, q sofa, with a washstand,
modestly hiding behing its head two or
three inviting chairs, u table or two and
and many of the beautiful things that were
given her att her marriage. 1t looks
for all the world like the little imprOviSed
| narlor of a seminary girl, and Mrs. Cleve-
/ land reads, writes and works here when
her liege lord is busy and she is not Occu-
pied with the callers, whom she seldom re-
fuses to see. No previous lady of the White
House has been 50 accessible to the wife of
the average citizen, and it is making her
very popular. Her bOudOir still further
resembles q bOarding-schOOl girls parlOr in
having n well worn carpet, and there are
traces on the woodwork of the un.aithtul-
ness of the painter in his neglecting, after
tbs manner of his kind, tOmOve the bureau
and paint behind it. This, with several
other rooms, is to be refitted this summer.
A drive TO the Soldiers Home in the
Presidents low Victoria, behind the seal
browns, rounded out the afternoon. Mrs.
Cleveland appeared on the drive wearing a
white albatroSs cloth dress, with deep
pointed yoke of black velvet and cuffs of
the same; also a little white straw bonnet
trimmed with black velvet and white teath-
ers. Mrs. Villas wore n maize-cOlOred surah
covered with black lace, and Miss MOllie
white cashmere with broad hat, trimmed
in white. General Villas, who had also
eniOyed a drive after office hours, arrived
id time for the Z o'clock dinner, and the
party of four sat down in the family dim
ing room to a pink" dinner, ut which a
gorgeous birthday cake, with twenty-five
candies around it had the place of honor.
1t was covered with frOsting, and had the
letters FEC. in pink upon the top. When
cut il disclosed an inside rs pink as n wat
ermelon. The hOuSekeeper herself prepared
this cheETGurre, while that Maryland
Nanny in the kitchen cOncocted the
hot victualS, and the buXOm William Sin
clair, the Presidents valet, decorated the
round table, which had in pink ribbon let
ters Mrs. Cleveland'S name on one side and
on the other the words "Twenty-twO.' \
lirht vine of smilax was combined with
these, and panSies, his young mistress
special flower, were loosely laid amid its
green. A large basket of pink roses Ofde-
liciouS fragrance stood on a small round
mirror opposite the birthday cake, and cor
sage bouquets of the same were at the
ladies' plates. The menu was light and
dainty, comprising soup with carrot slices
floating on its surface trying to look rs
pink" rs possible, broiled blue fish with
fried potatoes, sweet-brcads and filet of
beef, crOquets and pears, followed by
CTsNCkeTS anu CLStSc, anu lOC CiSt" SSANSN
with the birthday cake.
Afterwards the little party promenaded
through the cool, Summcr-dreSSed parlOrS
Of the mansion, then went out upon the
South porch, where coffee was served and
where Mrs. Cleveland was made happy by
n telegram from her husband at Albany
that he would reach home to-day at 4.
General and Mrs. Villas said goodnight to
her shortly after 10 o'clock, but Mollie had
been coaxed TO remain and her sunny
head soon repOsed on the Presidents pill
low, with her plump little person encased
in one of Mrs. Cleyeland's robes de mutt,
She is a discreet and loyal admirer of her
young hostess and says she has q lovely
neck" and that her hair looks beautiful
when it is muSSed up" She remained
till after breakfast and Mrs. Cleveland
gave her as mementO of the day n OF
those bridal-robe photographs which Har-
per's Weekly of q fortnight ago effectively
reproduced in wOOd-cut, and which scarce
" do justice to the grace and beauty OF
the original. Mrs. Cleveland was to-day
the luncheon guest of Mrs. Villas, return
ing to the White House early to welcome
home her august bigger halt.
EMMA JAMES.