Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-11
final sgodspeed" from the rear porch. I

to slip away unobseryed, and in order to pre-
vent this q number Of newspaper men STA
toned themselves near the southeast en-
| trance to the grounds, with carriages CON-
! venient to follow the president in case he
| should make his exit by that gate. This was
reported to the president, SO he instructed
| his driver to go out of the grounds by an
other and almost unused route and in that
| way he avoided the reporters altogether His
carriage was driven direct to the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad station, where special train
was in waiting to take the president and his
bride to Deer Park. They were escorted
| through the station and into the car provided
| for them without attracting attention and at9
o'clock the train started off to its destination.
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| TOILETS AND DECORATIONS
! WHAT THE LADIES WORE.
! WASHINGTON, June 2.--The adornnlents Of
the east room were in keeping with it's ma
! jestic proportions, and it's ample space and
| brilliant illumination afforded an opportu-
nifty for a fitting display of the ladies toilets.
The bride wore an enchanting wedding dress
OF ivory satin, simply garnished on the high cor
| sage with India muslin, crossed In Grecian folds
and carried in exquisite falls Of simplicity over
| the petticoat. The orange blossom garntture
commencing upon the veil in superb coronet
is continued throughout the costume with
tistic skill Her veil Of tulle about five yards In
! length, completely enveloped her, falling to the
edge OF the petticoat in front and extending the
entire length Of her full court train She carried
! no flowers and wore no jewelry except an
gagement ring, containing sapphire and two
| diamonds.
| Mrs. Folsom wore O. superb dress Of violet
satin, with garniture in white faile, with crys-
| tallized violet drops in pendants.
Miss Cleveland Wore an exquisite dress COM
| bination of Nile green and cameo pink duchesse
satin with silver ornaments, low corsage gar
| nished with pink roses, short sleeves, delni-
| length gloves in light tan. She carried a fan Of
pink curlew feathers.
| Mrs Hoyt the presidents sister, wore dainty
| costume Ell train of China crepe i'll robins
blue, most effective garnitured with rare old
| lace. Her flowers were La France roses.
! Mrs. Manning's dress was of white satin,
! Hounced across the front with duchess lace
trimmings: finished with seed pearls: square
| neck and elbow sleeves: diamond ornaments.
! Mrs. Endicott satin, with silver and
white sapphire draped in black ohantilly lace;
red pompon in hair and diamond ornaments.
| Mrs. Whitney wore bodice of violet, with
| white satin and tulle skirts trimmed with yio-
| let's; diamond ornaments.
! Mrs. Villas dress was light blue silk wish long
train strcwn with daizes Of silver front of crys-
! tai and point lace and pearl trimming; low
, neck and elbow sleeves.
! Mrs. Lamont wore an ivory tinted satin dress,
| DENT train. with panel Of crystal and pearl on
| the LETT side OF the skirt, square neck corsage
! edged with crystal and jet fringe. elbow sleeves
and beautiful co~sage boquet OF Jaclue-ninot
! roses.
Mrs. Rogers, cousin Of the bride. dressed
! In costume Of delicate cameo pink. with
| brocaded front.
Mrs. Cadman, relative Of the bride wore
| white satin dress train, with black lace
| drapcries and Jacqueminot roses.
| Mrs. 1iarOman wore q satin dress Of light
| ange.
| Miss Nelson wore handsome costume Of corn
colored satin with overdress of white antiqus
| cut Pompadour, with low corslEe and elbow
! sleeves. Her flowers were Jacquenlinot roses
Miss Huddleston was dressed in pink silk
| with blue trimmings.
MrS SnD6erIaD3S enti
| trimmed with lace, long train, square neck and
elbow sleeves.
THE ENGAGEMENT.
A curious story is told OF the presidents
engagement. He has known Miss Folsom
since she was baby: He has handled her
on his knee as a little girl, and has been her
great friend all her life. She used to call
him Uncle Cleve, and he has kept up a cor
respondence with her for many years. lie
never thought of her in the way Of marriage
until q year or so ago. She had gone away
to school girl, and came back woman.
Still he never though of the possibility of an
old fellow like h1na marrying such pretty
young girl As frankie Folsom, until while he
was governor at Albany some match making
correspondent disseminated a report that he
| was engaged to her. The next time he saw
| her they chatted and laughed over the re-
! poA" @AoSA a. C'AhS, wv SANf C4<@AiAt . AotC
began to change from that of the
father to the lover His letters to Miss
Folsom became more tender, and she
at the same time inwardly knowing that she
was doing so, changed the tone OF her let
tiers to him. She stopped calling him
sUncle Cleve" and spoke Of him as @tbe
governor" He sent her flowers and wrote
her humorous stories of his experience at
! Albany. She was deeply interested in his
presidential canvass, and her enthusiasm
pleased the president more than anything
else connected with the campaign The
possibility of marriage, which had been
slowly working it's way into President Cleve-
lands heart, became a stronger force than
ever He became now thoroughly in love,
and at the time he was elected president he
determined that he would propose during
the first year of the administration He felt
very delicate about it, however, for the
reason that Miss Folsom was so much
younger than himself and that she was his
ward
Still he thought she loved aim, and he
knew that he was more and more in love
with her every day. This was the state of
affairs when Miss frankie and her mother
came at his invitation to spend week or so
at the White House during the last Easter
vacation. They thoroughly cnioyed the
visit. President Cleveland was being exalted
to the skies in the newspapers and the air of
toadying Washington was full Of his praises
The warm White House was very beautiful
in contrast with cold New York The grass
was beginning to creep out OF the ground,
and the buds were showing signs of bursting
forth into the leaves Of early spring The
crocuses were in bloom The presidents
mansion was filled with flowers from his
greenhouse, and the great conservatorie5
were one mass Of blossoms and green. 1t
was the day after reception, and the
. family had just eaten their dinner from
| the elegant china aud fine cut glass Of
the presidential table. Miss Folsom had
| picked up the elegant bouquet du corsage
which was laid beside her plate, and had
. pinned it into the lace at her neck. President
Cleveland, contrary to his usual custom,
came to the table in full dress His day had
, been pleasant one, and he was feeling very
; good humored The dinner passed off very
agreeably. Miss Folsom was talking Of her
Of laughter by her stories Of Wells college
and the secret love affairs of the beautiful
girls VINO attended it. She had never seemed
happier. and the president thought he had
never seen her look more beautiful After
the dinner, which lasted about one hour, the
party adjourned to the blue parlor for q
} moment, and then began to scatter, Miss
Cleveland going up stairs and Mrs Folsom
settling herself back in q chair and devoting
her attention to story which she was read
talking together, standing at the door lead
Ing into the corridor, and looking at the Dor
traits Of the presidents which line it's walls
A moment later they strolled down toward
the east room, and then strolled arm in arm
, into the conservatory. This was dimly
, lighted, and the air was full of roses. They
| walked up and down it's aisles between the
} banks Of flowers for perhaps full half
hour, talking earnestly, and their voices
were as tender as the forget-me~ nots they
passed, and their conversation, decidedly
personal to themselves, was under the rose
in more senses than one, They came from
the conservatory with happy look upon
| f1air Eo3o