Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-01
The Queen Felicitates Him.
TUE PRESIDENTS BRIDE.
Her Name is Frank Not frankie Folso,

Her Name is Frank Not frankie Folsom.
The Buffalo Courier, President Cleve-
lands home organ, published nothing
about his approaching marriage till Mon
day, when it gave sketch of Miss Folsom
Her name, it says is not frankie, but
Frank She was born in Buffalo in the
year 1864, and Will be % years old July
81. After Mr.. Fosom's death in 1865 by "a
sad accident Mrs. and Miss Folsom went
to Medina, where Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Fol
SONS widowed mother, resided. The
Harmon family had good social posi-
ton and owned considerable valuable
real estate, including milling property
When in Medina Miss Folsom was pu-
pill at the High school. Returning to
Buffalo in "a few years, Frank entered the
Central school. Here her name was often
transferred to the boys lists, and so. in
order that it should sound less masculine.
she temporarily inserted the initial letter
{. after Frank, calling herself Frank
Clara. This explains why her name now
often enormously appears with the initial
4. She was regular attendant of the
Central Presbyterian church, of which she
is still member. Her GENITAL school Ger
tlficate admitted her to the sophomore
without preliminary examination in the
middle of the school year.
Miss Folsom was a great faVOrite at
Wells college, and her power of winning
the love and answering allegiance of
many friends is a direct inheritance from
her father, for more genial, generous
hearted and companiOnaOle man than the
late Oscar Folsom never lived. Her tall
commanding figure, tranknesS and sin
cerity made her the queen of the school
she was graduated from Wells IN June
1850, her graduating essay taking the form
OF Il story. The flowers sent to her nearly
every week, beginning about the second
year Of her college life, from the ENecu-
tive Mansion at Albany, and the particu-
larry abundant supply that came from the
W hltc House Conservatives when She
was graduated, was but one of MANY lit
tie attentions paid her, the knowledge of
which her college mates spread abroad ON
scattering to their distant homes Tor the
summer vacations, thu~ exciting public
gossip concerning Miss FOlsOm's relations
to the president. Miss Folsom has always
been III the habit of spending her sum
mers in FOlsomdale, Wyoming county. two
miles out of Cowlesville at the residence
OF her late grandfather, Col. John h. Fol
som. 1t Is rambling farmhouse, set
down amid the lovely scenery of the val
ley. Sundry newspaper reports have
made Mr.. Cleveland the benetactur of
Miss Folsom IN a financial SENSE. Such
statements are absolutely untrue. Her
mothers income has always been ample
for their support, and any extra funds
needed were always TO be had from the
grandfather, or Papa john" as Miss
Folsom called him, and whose recent
death will make her the helress of large
property
Miss Folsom's character is that of an
un>poled, ingenious girl, full of self-pos-
-
to be overcome by her sudden elevation.
Her chief characteristics Is intense loyalty
to her mother, who is Il charming woman.
Perfect confidence and sympathy exist be
tween them. Miss Folsom life has had
Its deeper side. She Is old for her years
ana too observing and tacttul to make
many mistakes, which, even should they
occur, would be forgiven in one 50 young
and inexperienced. one OF her accom-
plshments is II rare gift for letter writing
IN dress her taste Is very simple Miss
+ olson, outside of a very limited circle of
friends, is little acquainted in
Buffalo and has never mingled IN society
here, because since she was Il school girl
she has never spent but day or two at "A
time in Buffalo. Her only regret at this
moment must be that her father is not
living to be present.at the marriage of his
only child TO the man who stuck closer to
him than brother
Mr.. Ben Folsom, Miss Folsom's cousin,
says The newspaper nOtoriety which my
cousin has received has been very un-
pleasant to her But the cuts of her which
have been published have amused her
greatly from their utter lack OF resem
blance to her. The photographer who
took her portrait several years ago will
never allow the plate to leave his hands,
and copies of her photograph are very
scarce"