Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-11-05
GOSSIP ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE niJ
THE PEOPLE THERE.
WHY MRS. CLEVELAND MAY NOT REAsoNA-
bly, BE EXPECTED TO FIGURE IN SOCIETY
DURING THE COMING WINTER.
Correspondence Baltimore American

! BLY, BE EXPECTED TO FIGURE IN SOCIETY
DURING THE COMING WINTER.
Correspondence Baltimore American
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
The way the President persists
in going to and coming from rail
road train is at length causing
much talk. He invariably has his
private carriage driven into the
coal yard, alongside of the railroad
track, or else makes the driver
stand the horses on a side track,
some distance from the depot prop
er. The reason this is done, it is
stated, is because the President
wishes to escape the crowd which
usually awaits him when he leaves
or arrives. But this seems strange,
because the President generally
manages to make his arrangements
to 90 out Of town unannOunced,
except on very few occasions. The
cause Of the talk against this fool
ish habit of making the carriage
stand down the tracks, outside the
station, vas the narrow escape
Mrs. Cleveland had on Thursday
night, when she went down TO meet
the President on his return home.
The driver drove to his usual place,
on the side tracks, and the horses
became frightened at an engine,
and the driver had hard work to
quiet them. Even when the Presi.
dent crossed the tracks aud tried
to get into the carriage, the horses
behaved so badly that it was some
minutes before he could get in. If
the President wishes to risk his
lite on car tracks, rather than pass
through crowd of American citi.
liens, of course it is nObOdy's bus.
mess but his own. but certainly
Mrs. Cleveland should not be placed
i'll such "A position. A great adj.
mirer of the President, and one
who never wishes him harm, sug.
gests in print, this morning, that
at is pity that we have not a
railway station here, as they have
IN many foreign cities, with special
arrangements for the arrival and
departure of distinguished persons
who need to be protected from
crowds of spectators. It would
certainly be q marked addition to
the comfort Of the President and
his family friends, if there were
private waiting room and entrances
to the station here.
The writer fOrgets that the Pres
ident, although he is an distinguish
ed person, is not a king or an en-.
peror, "as they have in many for
eign cities" and hitherto PIesi-
dents have found the public sta
tions good enough for them, but it
is supposed the President will con.
tinue his exits and entrances across
railroad tracks in front Of passing
engines and trains just ont of pure
"cussedness."
Although the President will not 90
home to vote, he will get the first
news from all over the country, di.
rect in the White House. There
is a telegraph Office in the White
House, and on election nights it IS
the busiest place in the house. 1t
is a cosy little room, and often dur.
ing the busy part of the day, when
crowds are thickest in Col. Lamonts
room. the genial private secretary
will flee to this little den and hide
himself behind the big desk IN one
corner and spend an hour or so
writing. Everything has been put
in perfect order for Tuesday night,
and the capacity Of the operator
will be tested. Usually on such
nights large corps of messenger
boys are kept busy carrying mes
sages from other lines besides the
Western Union to the White House,
and Tuesday night will probably
be no exception. The President
usually sits ia Colonel Lamont's
room on these occasions, and the
messages are brought to him fro
the little Office next door.
1t is still problem whether Mrs.
Cleveland will enter the social
world in this city this season or
not. From the ladies of the house
hold come reports that she will not.
They say that, instead of entertain.
ing gay throngs OF visitors at recep-
TORS, she will be singing pretty
little nursery lullabys. The ladies
of this city have all taken the
greatest interest in coming events,
and those who are in position to
know say most decidedly that Mrs.
Cleveland will not enter society. |
A great deal of shopping has been
done of late by the ladies of the
White House, but it is said that |
very little evening costume mate
rial has been bought. 1t has been
more of a diminutive nature. At
least, this is what the ladies say.