The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1886-11-25
MIS-. CLEVELAND
Fhe Makes Her Own Bed, Feed. :.
Birds and Blackens Her shoes

fhe Makes Her Own Bed, -Feaa. =
Birds and Blackens Her Shoes.
sYou ought to see the Kensinct..
work Mrs. Cleveland is DOING said
White House servant to your CORA
spondent. Eyes, indeed eontinaea
the old colored lady when surprise u,,
expressed at Mrs. Cleveland doinc
needle-work, ''she is the, best | ava,
saw at it. You wouldn't think shehaa
the time between the society matters
and talking to the President, but sha
made dozen of the prettiest orn,.
ments already beforeishe went awav an
her summer trip"
A girl in one of the down-town
millinery stores where stamping IS
done says she was surprised the otbe,
day, so soon after the mistress of fha
White House returned from the Adiroc.
dacks, to hear her inquire what tbers
was new in designs for pillow-shams
A half-dozen girls at work on tbe
under trimmings of the new coma.
shaped fall hats looked up in arnaze.
ment, but when Mrs. Cleveland. who
was with her mother, went out one II
them said:
That's nothing. Mrs. Cleveland
has knit her own stockings more times
than one, / can tell you. And she has
made her dresses, too. Much as she
is absorbed with the society Of IA
White House, she has done more work
in needle art than any other fashion,
able woman in Washington. What i
more. she makes her own bed. feeds
her birds, and-she sometimes black
ems her shoes herself
The girls laughed and wanted 10
know where all this fund of informa.
ton came from, when the speaker re.
Piled chat she got 1t from Mrs. Cleve.
lands maid. and continued.
do you know what the President
says when his wife shows him what
she is doing with the needleP Mo-
Well, he says: 'What girlr' and
sometimes there is a half-suppressed
sound which we all love. OF course
he kisses her pretty often and don't
blame him. heard the other day that
the President played peek-a-boo oae
afternoon just as Senator came into
his Office, and that there was YerY
rapid movement of some one going ont
of that Office; | mean lady went out
very quick, and the President grew red
in the face when the Senator held up
his hands and said: Now. no apollo
gies, Mr.. President; we were all that
way once Mrs. Cleveland is very
happy at the White House. The Pres
dent is so kind to her mother, too.
Some one asked Mrs. Cleveland how
she liked the place, and she replied
that she had only one objection; that
it was a public place everybody's
house, and that people came and went
just as though it was department
She likes a quiet place sometimes, like
they are going to have in the country.
for she is girlish yet.
The girls in the stores where Mrs.
Cleveland trades say she is a good
buyer and pleasant customer. One
day while she was shopping for the
summer trip she surprised the girl who
waited upon her by exclaiming, when
told the price of the article:
81 don't believe you charge every.
body so much!''
| Eyes, indeed, the same price to
every one,n replied the girl. "But why
do you think we should charge you
more than other peoplep'
Because you might think | would
not protest" was the answer.
Mrs. Cleveland smiled pleasantly.
and the girl, who was very neat and
pretty, was taken somewhat aback to
learn afterward who her distinguished
patron was.
Another young lady, who has often
waited upon Mrs. Cleveland at store,
was agreeably surprised one morning
to be told that she could lay aside foF
herself a duplicate of the article pur'
chased, .for kindnesses.
/ If Mrs Cleveland doesn't cease her
! cleyerness she will yet win over all d
those hauteurs in the maiden class who
were prone to speak ill of her when
she outstripped them all and got tht
bachelor President. The ladies o.
Washington do not report success in
becoming acquainted with Mrs. Folsom
swho is smaller of stature than her
daughter, young and fresh-lcoking
and quite agreeable. - Washington OR
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