St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM Our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGToN, May 30, 1886.

letter now and not say anything about
the wedding at the White House.
viii not refrain. but will be brief The
ceremony is to be simple, unostenta-
tious, and, owing to the recent death
in the Folsom, family, exclusive. This
exclusiveness will be the only undemo-
cratic feature about it. The guests
will be Il few ladies, the Cabinet and
their ladies, Col. and Mrs. Lamont,
The President will have no best man !;
there will be no bridesmaids, and the
marriage ceremony will take place in
], the Blue Room and be performed by
Rev. Byron Sunderland, the Pastor of
the Presbyterian church in which the
President holds a pew. The Marine
Band will discourse some music pre-
pared for the occasion. There will be
q profusion of floral decoration superin-
, tended by Miss Cleveland who arrived
Saturday evening; and after the cere-
saony, there will be IA wedding supper
in the historic dining room. 1t is re-
ported that the President will imme-
diately go on a short wedding trip,
that he will simultaneously retire to
the country seat which he has just pur-
chased three. miles from the White
House, and that he will without delay
remain at the White House and do
nothing of the kind. If you have paid
your subscription you can take your
choice.
AIRS. and Miss Folsom were guests at
the White House last winter, and it is
said il it had not been for the inevitable
gossip associating their names, the
President might not have been awaken
ed to the fact that Miss Folsom was an
extremely attractive and beautiful wo
man. The President heard the gossip
aud then awoke to the fact that he
loved his pretty ward. An engage
nent took place, but the President
efearing that her acceptance might
nave been influenced by the relation of
guardian and ward which had previous
iy existed between them, told her he
wished her to go abroad, so that if dur
ing that time she found any one she
thought she loved better, or that she
could not love the President well
enough to become his wife, then the
fact of the engagement should never
he made public.
Miss Folsom protested that the pro-
t,atienary trip to Europe was not ne
eessary, but the President insisted that
size should take it. This explains why
the matter has been kept so secret.
Had not the truth leaked out, the pub
lie would have remained in ignorance
until the formal announcement had
been made from the White House.
A large number of persons visited
the White House yesterday and roamed
through the lower rooms The Blue
Room, where the wedding is to be
held, was of course the centre of at
traction. The President had number
OF callers, each Of whom congratula-
ted him warmly upon his approaching
happiness.
The conversation between the callers
and the President when it TOUCHED
apon the wedding was confined exclu-
sively to congratulations on the one
hand aud the formal return OF thanks
on the other.
The President after concluding his
routine business, which, by the way,
was earlier than usual, drove out with
Col. Lamont to Pretty Prospect, his
new country home. -, :,
In social circles the wedding OF the
President excites considerable interest.
though not as much as Ii 1t was 10 De
brilliant one in a social sense. Already
however, a series OF entertainments
have been planned in honor OF the
groom and fair bride by his official
family-tie members of the Cabinet.
sThe definite details have not yet been
determined on. but it is thought the
initial hospitality will be offered by
Secretary aud Mrs. Whitney, and more
probably at their country house, which
is close TO the Presidents suburban
residence. Dinner parties are expected
10 follow from the rest OF the Cabinet,
shnt il is not supposed that the Presl-
dent will depart from his custom OF
accenting inequalities of this kind
from none but the Cabinet families.
The marriage of the President in the
White House surrounds with added
A,riiliancy the social career which the
bride wifi inaugurate with her coming
here. The presence OF wife III the
Executive Mansion breaks most accept
ably the now long rule OF bacneioraom
for the past five years, ana puts 10
brighter, gayer phase the hOspitalltles
already so generously offered Dy the
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