The morning news., 1888-12-21
MRS. CLEvFLAND'S VISIT.
a Country Drive. Shopping Tour
and Dinner at Mr.. Chnds'.


and a Dinner at Mr.. Childs'.
From the Philadelphia Times Dec 10.
Mrs. Cleveland spent pleasant day in the
city yesterday, and last night was given q
dinner by Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Childs
In the morning she went for drive, accom-.
panied by her friend, Mrs. Wood, wife OF
Rev. Mr.. Wood, of Germantown, her
former pastor. They were driven through
the beautiful section around Germantown
by Charles Henry, a friend OF Mr.. Wood,
and Mrs. Cleveland appeared to enjoy it
greatly. at her request several points
were included in the drive which she had
noticed aud admired on her former visit
After rest in the afternoon, accom-
panied by Miss Wood, she emo to the city
and went shopping. In a black dress and
with short veil over her face, Mrs. Cleve.
land wandered through Wanamaker's look
ing at the crowds aud bewildered bv the
wonderful spec acle. Whether because
every @ was SO busy, or because she was
not expected, no one recognized her, fact
that gave her & eat pleasure. Occasionally
some one stopped aud turned, struck, no
doubt, by resemblance to her pictures,
but the Presidents wife was literally lost in
the crowd. Once she overheard some one
say: Doesn't that lady look like Mrs
C.evelaudF
Alright, in a close carriage, Mrs. Glove
land drove to Mr.. Childs' white marb city
residence, at Twenty-second aid Walnut
streets. She came to visit Mr.. and Mrs
Childs and take family dinner with them
Althoug GA she has visited Wo0tten and ben
enter tanned there, MIS- Cleveland had never
before been entertained by then in their
city home. AS was an informal dinner,
there was not the same preparation as would
have been the case at larger dinner, and
the table decorations and service were
not on SO elegant scale, but they We're
most refined and pretty, Including
the daintiest of china, much lovely cut
glass, pretty, bags of bonbons and clusters Of
lady-ingers and other delicate cakes for the
dessert, lied with ribbon bows. On the
stands in the dining room, and, in fact in
every room in the house, wnich is in many
respects the most interesting in the city,
were an abundance and great variety of
fiowrs from Wootten. In the room set
apart for Mrs. Cleveland, to which she
went upon arrival in her brown raglan and
fur-bound hood, was a splendid bowl full of
the finest pink roses.
There were not many at the dinner. Be-
sides Mrs. Cnilds, the hostess, and Mr.
Childs, who, of course, took Mrs. Cleveland
in to dinner, those present were Bishop Pot
ter of New York, who has been spending a
few days as the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Childs; a. j. Drexel and Eugene w nthrop,
a nephew of Robert G. Winthrop, who is his
guest; DR.. Da Costa. Miss Kate Drexel,
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wo d, Miss
Wood, their niece, and j. G. Rosengarten.
1t was not long dinner, and afterward
Mrs Cleveland was shown through the
house, in the many treasures OF which sic
showed enthusiasm and delight. The
library, which is a wonder in itself, con-
tanning the manuscript copies Of some of
the greatest works of history and fiction,
appeared to have a fascination for her.
Mrs. Cleveland was most becomingly
dressed in one Of her new gowns-a soft
pink, with lace and co al ornaments. AT
$3.50 o'clock, with Mr.. and Mrs. Wo d, she
retur ed to Germ antown. Mrs. Folsom,
Mrs. Cleveland's mother, had expected to
be present, but circumsta ces obliged her to
go through with the party with which she
Is travelling to Florida