Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-23
LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE.
Mrs. GIANT and Mrs. n~ayes-The Last
Good-by-In Europe.


Good-by-In Europe.
"When the time came for us TO leave
Was ington my heart was broken.
Whom Mr.. Hayes was elected | invited
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes 10 come directly
TO the White House, but they refused.
On the Sunday previous TO the inaug
uration | gave a dinner for them. so
that Mrs. Hayes would not feel a
stranger. The dinner was lovely and
everything was arranged ~splendidly.
There were seventeen of nv own fam
lily at the dinner and a large number
of prominent guests and the Legation.
and cabinet officers. | shall never
forget Mrs. Hayas when she entered.
The large doors we're thrown open and
the general and | advanced to meet
them. She was walking by lir, Hayes,
but did not hold his arm. She was
dressed in white silk and her dark hair
was combea smoothly over her cars.
Her soft, black eyes shonc like dia-
monds and her cheeks were us red us
roses. | took her hand in mine-it
trembled a little-and sail, Welcome,
Mrs. Hayes. To the White House, and
then my guests surrounded Us and she
was o o at home. After dinner the
chief justice administered the oath of
Office 10 Mr.. Hayes in the parlor. On
Monday did not go 10 the inaugura-
ton, because | was busy burning old
letters and papers that my father had
owned, some bearing the date Of l4OO,
/ had seen two inaugurations, those of
the general, and | did not caro- to see
any nor | had a lovely luncheon
ready for them on their return and /
also ordered the dinner and the break
fast for the following morning, so
Mrs. Hayes would not have that worry
the first thing. Then | told the stew
ard he must go TO Mrs. Hayes for
orders after that.
"After dinner, as | was still hostess,
Isaid TO Mr.. Hayes: Shall we return to
the parlor!' and he gave me his arm
and Ulysses took Mrs. Hayes. When
we got in the parlor | said. L hope,
MIR. Hayes, that you will be as happy
here as we have been for eight years,
and then ! said, 'Good-by. and we
drove away. ! told Ulysses rs we
were driving away that ! had intended
10 say 10 Mr. Hayes what Gen, Buck
ner said 10 him when Buckner vacated
Fort lonclson; NY house j. yours
but | forgot it. Ulysses just put his
arm around me and said ho was glad |
had not, All the servant, who had
served mo during ourtcrm gathered in
the hall tOsay farewell, and they were
crying and / cried with them. After
two weeks of hourly festivities. |
might sJy. we left Washington on II
special trim. Ny csr was filed with
flower. and after we lad been escorted
10 il u senator made "A speech thanking
me for 80 bIccessfu hlliug the posi-.
ton of mistress Of the White House.
Then another senator, "a dear friend Of
mine, said IL was wrong that We ever
should leave il, and somehow | began
10 think il was, They went out and
left me aud / began TO cry. All my
pent up feelings burst forth at one
bound and, as | tell you. my tears
would have iloated the ship Of state if
gathered in "A reservoir. | cried for
easily forty miles, and then the gem
eral came in and said:
"'Why, Julia, my dear, what is
wrongf
II feel like a waif, Ulysses lsob-
bed, Il have no home
Never mind, we will soon have
another one. Remember what a re-
lief il is 10 me 10 be released from that
position. Now we can do what | al
ways wished 10 do-visit Europe and
maybe travel around the world before
we return.
Sand 80 Inc cbeered me, and | never
felt a regret afterwards. II washed IL
self awny in those first tears
"And lc had his wisbi y ! said
"Ycs, we Travelled around the world
and were received everywhere with an
ovation. What was the most intcsst-
ing place TO met The crypt where lay
the bodic a ferdinand and lsabolla.
Every vi. / child in America knows
the story oi Ferdinand and Isabella, j
said 10 tho dear old priest who was our
guido, ardit seemed marvellous to him
that IL Giouldb e 40. Invent down into
the orypt where they lie. Jua think,
Ulyssc, tley hove been here for 400
years, julie, coIne away' he said,
for heAlWayB. lgtedt 70 think OF. death.