Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-01
LIFE OF Miss


The Buffalo Courier. supposed In that city
to speak Tor the President officially publishes a
sketch of the lIle OF the Presidents bride-c.ect,
stating that innumerable errors have crypt
into the unauthorized sketches hitherto pub
lished.
Mis- Folsom, whose Christian name, 10y the
way, Is not Frances, but Frank, WAS born in Inc
year 1854, and Will be % years old on i!te 2l,t
OF July. A. a child. she attended Nine. B.cck-
ers French kindergarten. At the time oi Mr..
Folsom's death in 1875, the family were living
the Iiit house. Ii will be remembered thai
Mrs. and Miss Folsom were in Medina when
this sad accident happened. After the funeral
they went To Medina, where Mrs. Harmon,
Mrs.. Folsom's widowed mother, resided. rhe
Harmon family had good social position, aud
owned considerable valuable real estate, in-
Guiding milling property. While Medina
Miss Folsom was pupil at the high school.
Returning 10 Buffalo i'm few years. Frank
entered the Central school. and She aud her
mother boarded with Mrs. Jonatha Mayhew.
One of the Central school teachers has said Of
her that Frank learned very readily ana seemed
to remember equally well. and that She ''al-
ways put little of herself into her rccItationS.'
While enrolled as pupil nj the Central her
name used often la get transferred to the bows
lists and So, in order that II should sound less
masculine she temporarily inserted the initial
letJer 4. after Frank, calling Eerself Frank
Clara. This explains why her name now often
enormously appears with the inltial G. She
was a regular attendant of the Central Prcsby-
terrain church, OF which she Il "A member. Dur
ing part OF the time she was pursuing her
udies al the Central school She and her mo her
boarded at Mrs. Carpenters, in the Boston
block. Aiterward her mother occupied Mrs. X.
ID. Boyds house in Franklin street and from
there Miss Folsom went Ia Wells college. Her
Central schooi certificates admitted her to the
sophomore class at Wells college. which she en-
tered without preliminary examination Ia the
middle oil The school year.
Miss Folsom "A great favorite at Wells
college, and her power of winning the love and
answering ailegiance OF many friends In "A al
rect inheritance from her father, Tor "A more
gelerDls-lleall.u Al
man than the late Oscar Folsom never lived.
Her tall, commanding figure, fraukness and
sincerity made her the queen OF the school. Sine
graduated from Wells college i'm June.
1855, her graduating essay taking the form of a
Story. The hampers of nowers sent To her
nearly every week, beginning about tue second
year of her college life, from inc executive man
sion at Albany, and the particularly aba adanL
supply That came from the White House con-
serNaiories when She was graduated, was but
one of many lttle attentI.ns paid her. the
know edge of which her college mates ~ read
ABROAD on scattering 10 their distant home 1or
the summer Nacdtious, thus cycling public
gossip concerning Miss Folsom's relations To Tie
President.
SASS rolsom has always been in tie habit or
Spending her a IA as ia Fol,D "a lac, NNo-
ming county, two miles out 90 Co"scstillt', at
Tue residence O. her ia;e grand ,oi. j, ana
Il. Folsom. II is the u pcsil homestead, ratn-
oiIn- farm house set down AMID the loNciy
scenery OF The valley. Sunugy newspaper re-
ports have made Mr.. Cleveland tie DeneiactOr
oi Miss Folsom IN "a money sense. >Lca state-
mcnts are absolutely untrue. Her mothers In
and any extra FUNDS needed were always 40 be
had from the grandfather, o. "balas joan. a.
Miss Folsom called him, ana whose recent
death wiil make her the heiress of "A goOul.
property.
Miss Folsom's character is that OF an IN
spoilede ingnaous girl, .ull OF Sell possession,
and with too much coIImoa sense Ia bc over
come by her sudden elevation. Her cblal
characteristic il intense ioyalty To her inos.ef,
VINO is a charming woman. Between them ex-
lists thai perfect confidence aDd sympathy LOO
seldom seen between parent ana cHlld. Miss
Folsom lie has had it, deeper side. She l.
odd for her years, and too obsei Wing and iactiul
To make any stakes, which, even should thcy
occur, would be forgiven In one 80 .oDnE and
in eA peIenced, obliged suddenly 10 lie ulatc
her lille 10y tue complicated etiquette o. sDciety
at she capital. one OF her accDlnpi ~hneH.s u
a gilt for letter writing. In dress ner taste
is very simple. Her common SENSE Is shown
in naming an early date Ior the wedding. A
postponeInent would have brought even more
annoyance in the way OF press gossip, and
from tie moment of landing - tic day OF Ihe
wedding every moN ement of the Presiuent and
the br.4e-elecI would have been suiJect TO the
espionage OF prying ne per correspondents.
Ii Is All interesting coincidence that the hcN.
DIR. Sunderland, wno l. To perform the marriage
ceremony, frequently occupied, while settled al
Batavia, the pulpit oI the Central Presby terrain
church OF Buffalo, the church of when Miss
Folsom is a member, Dr. sunderland having
been an attached friend OF the late DIR. Lord, 20
pastor. The published prints and phsiO-1 ia l,is
oI Miss Folsom do mol greatly Resemble her.
light and dark. She wears AZ conbcd back from
her forehead, and loose, wayy tcndriis escape
here and there. She has violet blue eyes and
rather large nose. Hereyebrows are very heavy
and nearly meet. The CHER and Striking
beauty oil her lace Is her mouth and chin. air.
Ammi Farnhanl, the artist, once said that Miss
Folsom had the nost beautiful mouth lac Lad
ever seen.