The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-02

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wives, used the opposite room
which faces the south and looks
out on the large grounds on thsi
81 lie ofthe mansion.
AN APPEAL TO DRKAMLAHD.
Superstition has had not little ia
do with this wedding. II is secret,
treasured among few conidents who
have kept il closely, that President
Cleveland slept, the night before his
Inauguration, with a piece OF wedding
cake under his pillow. This traditional
charm was tried at the Arlington Ho-
tel, and the inspiring genius was a
prominent socie Y lady long resident
in Washington. The Whits-House is
always more jolly, she said TO her in
mates, when the President has a wife.
Why not turn the bachelors thoughts
in that direction? she mentally rea-
soned. Why not a bride in the Exc
cutive Mansion?
In January, 1885 Mrs. Pembroke
Jones, ths daughter Of Representative
Wharton Green of North Carolina,
who had been married a few weeks
previously, was asked for some OF her
wedding cake TO be used as "charm."
Good Democratic wedding cake was
wanted Mrs Jones kindly gave the
cake. 1t was white cake with white
icing, and il was safely put aside by
the pIovident lady until the morning
OF May 3, 1885, when she handed il,
enclosed in a small box, to Mr.. Roes
sic, the hotel keeper, who promifed
TO see thst the cake was put under
the Presidents pillow.
coNJURNG WITH THE NAMES.
On slip Of paper placed in the
box we're the initials OF the names
OF the ladies' reported to have
been engaged to the then President.
elect during the campaign and subse-
quently. They were Miss l. (mean-
ing Miss Love-, Miss II. (meaning Miss
HumphTeys), Miss Anna Van V.
(meaning Miss Van VeChten), Miss f.
meaning Mss Folscm) and Miss p.
(mesning Mis- Pruyn), The box aud
its contents were taken by Mr.. Roes.
SIC, the hotel keeper, to the Presi-
dents own man servant, and the box
was opsned in his presence to show
that it did not contain dynamite. 1t
was closed again and put under the
bachelor pillow of the President. elect.
THE CHARM WORKED.
On the evening OF March 9Th the
lady who caused this to be done met
Col. Dan. Lockwood of Buffalo, the
man who has nominated Mr.. Cleve-
land for each OF the offices to which
he has been elected. Being we'll &C.
quainted with Mr.. Lockwood, she
said: Nov, l don't want
any office for myself or friends
but ! do want to know what we're the
Presidents dreams on the night before
he was inauguratsd."
Then she told him the story of the
wedding cake, and he answered
solemnly:
"Now, don't you try to marry of
Grover Cleveland, for eau tell you it
won't succeed. / have tried it, and
know"
Col. Lock wood will receive a letter
on Monday recalling his declaration
and showing him mis- mistake. She
will tell him, she laughingly says,
that he has been beaten by woman
who never saw nominating conven.
ton or addressed primary meeting.
A few weeks after the inauguration
the same lady asked Col. Lamont il
the President knew anything about
the box of wedding cake, and he
answered, laughing good humoredly:
"Oh, yes; he knows all about it,
but he isn't married yet"
A few Of the Presidents closest
friends have ioked about the wedding
cake on which he slept during the
night of March 8, 1885; but they will
oke no more.
EFFECT ON WASHINGTON SOCIETY,
Very gravely indeed do some per-
sons who have been in WASH ngton
long enough to know better discuss
"a revolution in Washington society"
which will be brought about when
he President takes unto himself a
wife. One would think that we ha
never before had President with a
wife, instel d OF unmarried Presidents
having been the exception. Com
Daratiyely few now living in Wash
ngton and still going into gay society
have known any unmarried President
before the accession of Arthur, and
hose few who knew Buchanan, with
put three or four eXcep ions, were not
here when Tyler, the last unmarried
President prior to Buchan an, was in
he White House. Tyler, however,
was a widower not quite two years,
MS frs. wife dying in September,
IS42, and he bringing her successor to |
he White House in June, 1874.
One OF the few things in conneo.
ION with Washington etiquette which |
$ fixed absolutely and never cues.
Toned is the place of a Presidents
wife in society, and most OF the duties
OF her are quite clearly de- |
ined. There can be no further cues |
ion after next Wednesday, during
his administration, rs TO who is "the |
irst lady unles death should re.
move the President or his wife. But
what President Arthur said in Octo-
Der, 1881, only month after he be.
anne President, as to the social priyi-
eges Of his office, is even more than
cue Of Presidents wife. He said:
"A President is sort of State
prisoner. 1t is difficult TO tell what
he may or may not do"
TIKI LADY OF THR WHITE HoUsE.
As toa Presidents wife, she is ex-
pected to hold afternoon receptions
during the winter season and 10 assist
her husband at his evening receptions
and to cit opposite him at state din.
ners. As TO her entertainments at
her times, such as giving luncheons
10 ladies or receiving visitors inform.
ally, she must decide for herte |
what she will do in that way. |
The wives of the last three married |
Presidents Grant, Hayes and Gar. |
teld-saw visitors informally in the
evenings. Mrs, HAYES received All |