Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-06-03

| ton, the Brlslsn minister, on .SS -.
of Great Britain.
In the second year of the Hayes Ad-
ministration, in the blue parlor of the
mansion, which was decorated for the
occasion with q beam of flowers. sup
porting q floral marriage bell, the
Presidents niece, Miss Emily Plat,
was married to General Russell Has
tings, making the eighth and Last mar
riage sOlemnized there. General Has
tings had been q member Of the Presi-
dents regiment the 23d Ohio Infantry,
and was tall. slender, soldierly-look-
ing man, who walked slightly lame
from a wound received in battle, and
bore the appearance of delicate health.
Miss Plat had added much to the popu-
larity of the Hayes family in the White
House by her tact and amiability, and
every one who knew her was sorry to
have her 60 away. With her husband
she resides at Bermuda for his health.
One silver wedding, that Of Presi-
dent and Mrs Hayes. must be added to
the bona ide weddings above named.
1t was celebrated privately by them on
its exact date, December so. 1877. in
the blue parlor, but as that day fell on
Sunday, it was recelebrated the follow
ing evening in the east parlor before a
large invited company. This was one
of the most tasteful private parties i
have ever seen at the White House,
but it does not rank properly among
the weddings, SO that should President
Cleveland receive the blushing honors
of bridegroom there he will be the
ninth man, but the first President, in
the goodly list.
By somewhat singular coincidence
l find that the only Buffalo lady who
has hitherto presided there, Mrs. Fill
more, spent at least one year Of her life
at Aurora. the village where Wells Col
lege, Miss Folsom's alma mater, is To-
Gated. Mrs. Fillmore taught school at
Aurora the first summer and autumn
of her married life. She was strong
and admirable woman and was q year
and ten months the senior of her hus-
band, who, when she flrst knew him,
was a clothier's apprentice, teaching
school in the dull months of his masters
business. A long engagementfoll
during which he was struggling to &C.
quirc his profession, the law, and when
she was twenty-eight and he twenty
six the marriage took place. She was
always an inspiration and an ideal 20
him. Probably no President, not even
Andrew johnson or Rutherford b.
Hayes, owed his advancement in life
more signally to his wife. When she
died he said: FOR twenty-seven years,
my entire married life, have always
been greeted with happy smile" He
also said that he had carefully pre-
served every line she ever wrote him,
and that he could never destroy even
the little notes she sent him on bust
ness to his office. Yet, though mourn
ing her so sincerely, Mr.. Fillmore sub
seguently remarked, this time a
wealthy widow, who survived him.
dying but few years since.
The wife of his youth and the sharer
of his White House life died at Will
ards Hotel, March 80, 1853. the same
month they had vacated the White
House for their successors, the Pierces.
OF the two other Presidents wives who
have died in Washington. Mrs. Letit;a
Tyler's death. as mentioned above, oc-
Cured at the White House at the age
of so, and Mrs. Madison's, at the adj
vanced age of SO, in the house built hv
President Madison in 1919, on the
Southeast corner of H street and La
fayette square. This side of the square
is sometimes called in its honor '.Mad-
ison Place" Mrs. Madison returned
to it in 1887 after her husbands death.
and resided there the remaining twelve
<fh n. lin in 1910
On New Years and Fourth of July she
was always honored at her formal re-
ceptions by the presence of many dis
tinguished men. Her home next
passed into the hands of Commodore
Wilkes, after which it became General
McClellan's headquarters during the
war, and subsequently the residence of
Frederick Seward It has now been
purchased by the Cosmos Club and
will be occupied as its headquarters
after May l.
In closing this brief sketch it is
worthy of note that the two women
who have presided with distinction at
the White House were both Of PENN
riet Lane. Among all the pen pictures
of Washington high life handed down
to us in old letters and chronicles there
are few lovelier than the fitting
glimpse 1 find in one of the least
known of the maiden mistress of the
Mansion, which says, in describing
ball on Queen Victoria's birthday
Qs5S). given by British Minister, Lord
Napier: mot far of we see the violet
eyes of Miss Lane, who stands in white.
with a lovely wreath of white clematis
encircling her hair" - Philadelphia
Press.