Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-11-19
MRS. CLENELAND'S FRIENDS.
The Cabinet Ladies' With Whom Sh
is Oh Most Intimate Terms.

winter season is about To open there is
considerable talk about Mrs. Clcve-
lands preferences among the ladies OF
the Cabinet. 1t is generally conceded
that Mrs. Manning will he the prime
favorite at the White House. Mrs.
Cleveland had never mrt the wife of
the Secretary of the Treasury until her
wedding day. While the other ladies
of the Cabinet uttered formal wishes
to the young bride after the ceremony
in the Blue Room, Mrs. Manning
kissed her warmly and with tears in
her eyes wished the new mistress of
the White House as much happiness
as she herself had enjoyed since her
marriage. From that time it is said
that Mrs. Cleveland had a warm place
in her heart for Mrs. Manning, and
their friendship has grown stronger
every day since. Mrs. Manning is at
the White House more frequently
than any other society lady in Wash
ington. Mrs. Cleveland consults her
on points of Capital etiquette and will,
no doubt, be, in ii measure, her prot
egc until she becomes thoroughly IA
miliar with requirements here; and,
indeed, there is not II lady in Wash
ington better fitted to coach the mex
pprienccd than Mrs. Manning. Al
though she has passed but one season
at the capital. her social tact is 50 great
that she fell into the new way at once.
and, by the end of last winter, could
hold her own with the veterans. The
friendship of the two ladies is due in
great part to the similarity Of their
ideas and tastes. Both are young,
fond of social life, love music, flowers
and the bright things in this world
and have not yet tasted the bitterness
of surfcit. The close personal friend
ship of their husbands is bond that
binds them together. 1t is limited
that the other Cabinet ladies are just
little bit jealous of Mrs. Manning's
success at the White House.
Mrs. Whitney, while not so intimate
with the mistress of the White House,
is on excellent terms with her as she is
with everybody else. She is great
admirer of Mrs. Clcvcland's beauty
and often speaks of her as the hand
soonest woman in Washington. This
will appear peculiarly disintercstcd
when it is remembered that Mrs.
Whitney herself is a pretty woman.
Mrs. Villas seldom calls at the White
House, and there does not seem to be
much love lost between her and Mrs.
Cleveland. The two ladies are so OPP
positc in character that they could
never become friends. While Mrs.
Cleveland is bright, happy and impul-
SlNc, MIS-. HIS Is st Nol'i, loliSi'u WV
man of the world-one who seems to
have studied out life philosophically
and concluded that there is an inn
mense quantity of sham in it. Mrs
Villas tifteen-year-old daughter Mollie
is prime favOrite at the White House
However, she is lovely, golden-haired
little crcature-One of those caressing,
kittenish children whom it is impossi-
BILE to resist. Miss Mollie is sometimes
seen with Mrs. Cleveland in their
drives, and it is hard to decide which
is the prettier. The young girl, by
the way, will make partial debut
this Winter as assistant at her mothers
receptions, and no one doubts that she
will play terrible havoc with the hearts
of Washington's gildcd youth, even
though she be so young.
Pretty Miss Jennie Lamar, only
daughter of the Secretary of the In
terror, has also found favor with the
warm-hearted mistress of the White
House. Miss Lamar is one of those
dark, passionate-looking girls such as
are seen lin Spanish pictures. She
has been here only a short time, is
motherless and almost unacquainted,
and Mrs. Cleveland has been very kind
to her. One remarkable thing is that
there are no chickering's among the
wives and daughters of the Cabinet
officers, and no quarrels about prece-
dence. 1t was not so when Miss
Cleveland presided at the White
House. Then the Cabinet ladies felt
that they had leader whose title was
questionable, and each felt that she
herself had better claim to the name
Of first lady in the land" Now,
however, they have an acknowledged
leader, young, beautiful and brilliant,
and they are united in their detcrmi-
nation to make this Administration
the most successful, socially, that
Washington has seen in many years.
Mr.. Blaine makes point on the
low wages paid to colored people in
the South. In South Carolina colorcd
teachers are paid $24 As per month,
while white teachers in Maine get
SIG 90 per month.
"CARP," the Washington letter
writer, says Colonel Ingersoll is very
wealthy, having an income of more
than $50, 900 a year"
NEITHER Bradshaw nor Voorhees, car
ried their home towns. Strange
things appear in politics at times.