Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-22
n,vA. sooiaL cAmrs IN wAsHisoroS.
Miss IIeyeiand's Tact-Iow she Asscf"d "'r
Position as First Lady IN the Land.

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Washington Corr N. Y. Herald
al am glad tho presidon, IL going to br'ng
swiie To- the White House, sail one ~
washinrton's society queens this Afternoon
ultwili settl. several social questions 'ha'
ara not la dispute, but IN aheyanre MISS
CIayslnnd's position has not been y plea]aht
ono for her, and | am not surprised INA,
sho saws she looks forward 10 hor liberation
with ,ovret She isa woman oi real force,
bou,y,r Had shc not been she would have
boeu crowded aside ~ the first lady Of the
land long ere this. IL Is an open secret that,
had Mrs Hendricks been 80 disposed, there
we're strong friends behind hor who would
have pushed her forward ~ the social diCta-
tor Ut the nation"
" DO you mean that there would have been
two rival social courts in this capital city 90
asked.
"Thars Just what | mean" was the an.
swer. Fortunately tor herself Mrs Hen
bricks had neither tho taste nor back bone for
such a spcial coup. Her friends, tn whom
the presidents clever sistor was then Vague
tradition, saw u brilliant opportunity to com.
pletoly ovorshaiow the executive mansion.
There may have been trace OF politics in
the matter. but If there was 1t was not openly
spoken Of Mrs. Hendricks, however, was
not cast in the mould Of fashion. and she had
the good sense to comprehend the fact"
"Nnt Lady Bossington or Nine. do
Staol -
81" Not In any sense. She Il a most estlma-
hle woman, but thoroughly domestic In her
fsolings. Sh0 would rather be assured by
actual observation that the boards of her
kitchen floor are scrubbed with the grain
than to know that she was the best dressed
woman In Washington. | was at an evening
party W tn her once, aud with my own ears
heard her excuse herself, after half hours
stay, In these words Il have very sick
COW Bnd feel that my place of duty Ii ut her
silp ~ | rpusIlIlpI abnut The
posed social upheaval | told the story of the
sick COW, amu 1t settled the matter"
"Did Miss Cleveland rise 10 the occasion -
! inquired.
joinder "Sho scented tho plot with IA wo-
mans Keen instinct, or, rs Il more probable,
some traitor In the camp Of the schemers
went over tn the enemy. Understand me,
Mrs. Hendricks never consented to the in
trgue. Miss Cleveland lost no time in
giving "A reception, To which she invited
nearly all the members of the soSlal cabai
that had planned her overthrow, and before
they separated sho had impressed nearly
every woman that she was indeed mistress
of the White House.
at tho 'ico presidents wife had been
beautiful aud brilliant woman, like Mrs.
Mcdonald. Mrs Ricketts, or Mrs Hearts, for
example a bold dash tor leadership might
have been successfully undertaken. II was
certainly an opportunity. But domestic
economy and social regality do not go hand
In hand. Miss cleveland has done we'll
better than most ladies' could have done
but that she has observed COdness among
the old clique of women who have ruled
Washington III the past IL undeniable There
~ one question now agitating many woman's
breast in this town"
"And that isT
"WtlI they capture frankie when she
b comes mistress Oi the White House H'
watch, ana you'll SOC something interesting
when she arrives. II the dear girl IL sus-
Ceptibie to the interested but shrewdly dis
guSeI tattery Ci her own sex, she will ho
putty In the hands OF a few social leaders
who already reckon on restoration OF the
pOmp and splendOr that characterized the
days ot the early presidents. | predict that
they Will fail, but It's well enough TO try. 1t
will give us something to talk about"