The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-14
PRESENTING BRIDAL COUPLES.
A Time When Mr.. CleVeland Resorts
to Compliments.
From the NeD York Tribune.

| From the NelO York Tribune.
One of the most solemn and heartrend-
| ing duties of every Representative in Wash
ington is to present brides and grooms from
his district to the President 1t is at the
morning levees of the President that the
ceremony takes place. The President has
been nearly four years receiving these visits,
and, as he imagines that he will have four
years more of the same sort of thing, he
has got by heart nice set of little reversi-
BILE, double action speeches., which enable
him entirely to discard the cyclopedia, and
charm and delight the young men and
women who have just committed matri-
mony.
The scene is something like this: The
crowd which has been corralled first in the
|. outer room on the second floor of the White
House is let into the Presidential Office by a
solemn, silver topped old gentlemen. The
portly First Magistrate stands at a little
desk at the south side of the room, and
those who have been admitted to an audi
ence seat themselves along the wall; and
then in turn they approach and hold n
few moments conversation with him
Here comes a member from New Eng
land State and following in his wake the
inevitable bride and groom. The groom
looks nervous and fiigets with his hat and
umbrella, but the bride just tries to look
pretty, and, making a success of it, as she
well knows is not the least bit bashfu
The Congressman looks bored and seems
to be wondering if it is possible that there
are any unmarried people left in this dis
trict.
"Mr. President, allow me to present, etc.
etc"
The President smiles blandly and shakes
hands perfunctorily. He catches the name
of the place from which the couple are; he
touches stop in his mental photograph
and says
"Skowheganl All, yes. Beautiful placel
Good fishing about there, | am told.
have long been contemplating trip to your
beautiful city, but never have been able
to get there. l hope to some day, how
ever
This is said seriously; then iokingly he
adds:
You must keep your eye on your Con
gresham, here. He is trying to run Off
with all the honors of the House. Good
day"
Another handshake, and the bride and
groom depart to spread the praises of the
President and the Congressman throughout
the woods of Maine.
The next couple are from Chicago, and
after the usual introduction, the same old
perfunctory handshake and the smile, the
President says:
"Chcagol All, yes, beautiful place.
He fumbles at the keys of the mental
monograph a second, and getting hold of
the one marked Chicago proceeds as fol
lows:
"a great city, destined probably to be
one Of the largest in the world | have the
pleaSantest rec Elections of Chicago, and am
always charmed to meet people from there.
Keep your eye on your Representative here.
and make him show you the city. Good
day.
And so it goes on for an hour or two,
congressman, y majors and prominent Off
cials, who have business TO talk over with
the President, alternating with the peri
patetic bride and groom, and the long
suffering Congressman, their guide.
The advantage OF the Pre- ident's little
speeches can easily be recognized They
are in sets, each set suited to particular sec
tiGn. Now, one speech can be made, by the
Presidential recess, TO apply TO nearly q
hundred different places All he has TO do
is TO catch the name of the place from
which the bride and groom hail, and turn
ON the mental monograph filing in the
blanks with the name Of the town or city
required. This is great saving Of wear
and tear on the mechanism of the Presiden-
tial thinker, yet even this docs rot always
work smoothly, aud there are weird rumors
that once or twice the President got the key
10 his mental photograph mixed up and
gave Il speech intended for Denver, and
cities within 200 miles of there instead of
one built for New Orleans and the Gulf of
Mexico. Simplify it as much as possible,
and after all the bride and groom portion Of
the Executive duties is a sore trial and
! tribulation