Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-11

tleman in the street car without thank
ing him.
She never forgets her ball room en-
gagements or refuses to dance with one
gentleman and Immediately dance with
another.
She never takes more than a single
glass of wine at a dinner or entertain
ment.
She never snubs other young ladies,
even if they happen to be less popular
or we'll favored thar herself.
She never laughs or talks loudly in
public places.
She never raises her lorgnette and
tries to stare people she doesn't know
out of countenance on the street.
She never wears clothing SO singular
or striking as to attract particular atten-
tion in public.
She never speaks sli~ghtingly of her
mother and says she "don't care
whether her behavior meets with ma
ternal appreciation or not.
Mrs. Cleveland's Portrait.
Pittsburg Dispatch: 1t is avery great
secret, and must not be disclosed on any
account, that Mrs. Cleveland is having
her portrait painted in water colors by,
Mrs. Mindecliff, a Russian artist of this
city. Soon after the marriage at the
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bride of the white house, sat to a pho
%tographer in the conservatory. She
gave an entire day to it, and some thirty
negatives were made. The proofs of all
Of them were semitic the president by the
artist, and after a long and careful study
and consultation with Mrs. Folsom, the
! Lannon'S, and other friends, the proofs
| were classified. So many were to be de-
stroyed as unlike the presidents wife.
Others, in different positions, full
length, three-quartcrs, protiles, busts
public, and prints from them the artist
was authorized to sell. Then there
were four negatives, the best of all, or
rather those which suited the presi-
dent best, were kept for the private use
of himself and wife. These the artist
was forbidden to print from except at
| the orders of the president, and
he was not allowed to ex-
| pose them to the gaze of the com
mon herd A certain number Of prints
| were to be taken, and then the negative
was to be destroyed. And then, last,
and most important, was n negative
which the president selected for his
W particular, exclusive, private, con-
fidential and sole use. He instructed
the artist to make just three prints of
it and no more, and then bring the pic
lures with the negative to him. He
did not want it destroyed for fear he
would never get another SO good, but
he wanted to take every possible mean
to prevent it getting into general Cir
culation. The three prints were made,
the president gave one of them to Mrs.
Folsom, a second he cut up and pasted
in the lid of his watch, for it is only a
small carte de visite size, and the third
stands upon his dressing table in a little
| fillagree silver frame
This is the model from which he
wishes his wife's portrait painted, and
| he took the photograph from the frame
on his dressing table in order that it
might be so used. Several sittings
have been given the artist. and the pic
ture, which is said to be very satisfac-
tory to the president, is approaching
completion. He is exceedingly partic-
uIar that these facts shall not get into
the newspapers, and cautioned the artist
and all concerned to say nothing what
ever to anyone. He will not allow the
artist to take the portrait to her studio,
but compels her to come to the white
house and work upon it, so that it has
taken much longerthan need have been
to do. No one has seen 1t except Mrs.
Lamont and Mrs. Folsom, and they pros
nounced it very good.
Mrs. Whitney.
New York World: Mrs. Secretary
! Whitney ranks mex to Mrs. Cleveland
among the leading ladies of the United
States, and she has done more for Wash
ington society than any since
| the days of Dolly Madison. Her recep-
tions and dinners have been the won
der of Washington, and she is, in fact,
a born society leader. Possessing an
immense income, she has spent a great
part of it to make others happy, and she
is in her element when, stcnding in her
magnificent house on | street, she has
about her the noted men and the pretty
women of our capital. Every one feels
at home at Mrs, Whitney's, and
Mrs. Whitney entertains you without
seeming to try to do SO. She has her
servants perfectly trained, and there is
never a jar or "A missCep. She likes en-
Pertaining, and it does not tire her.
She said to me the other night:
I'm going over to New York when
the season is over for a nominal rest.
But don't feel that / need it and /
have the happy philosophy of not letting
things worry me, and do the duty that
lies nearest me and let the future take
care of itself. / don't do things when |
don't want to, and it surprises me to see
how some people work hard to have a
! good time. l see some girls dancing
every night or so, who make such hard
work of it that they might as we'll be
in a tread mill, and who evidently do
not like it. III were they l would not
dance, and it is the same with other
things"
Mrs. Whitney is not what the West
ern village girl would call a butterfly
of fashion" 1t is true she dresses we'll,
| aud she probably has as many
as Berry Wall has suits of clothes, but
she is a good wife and mother as we'll,
and she watches very closely over the
health of her handsome husband, the
secretary. Before Dorothy was born
Mrs. and Secretary Whitney might have
been seen riding on horseback through
the lanes near Grasslands and the presi-
dents home, and she sses that he mounts
his horse every pleasant afternoon and