St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-17

mother-in-law have silenced forever the
fOundatiOnless scandals that had lifted
their hOrrid heads in his beautiful gar
| den of domestic happiness for some
| weeks, and everything is lovely as
viewed by them from highland land
scape. All natare is in full bloom now
at their country place, and the glories
OF the week will fill their minds with
peace and sweetness.
Every vegetable from their own gar
der will be eaten with a richer relish
and every flower on the lawn will have
a brighter hue. This Sunday will only
be exceeded in its Joy by the one that
they look to follow the great election
next November.
The White house folks have gone out
to Oak View for the summer. The ex-
ecutlve mansion will know them no
more, except for business, until late in
| the autumn,
Mrs. Cleveland got all of the news
phone from the White house.
She was charmed when the wild notes
of acclamatlOn were announced to her.
She was also pleased with the running
mate selected for her husband. and she
has bandana.
She learned to like and respect the
old Roman when he visited the presi-
dent year ago, and he was really the
choice of the household.
Ihe president leaves the executive
mansion In the low, open landau about
4:45 every afternoon. and about twenty
hVe minutes later he steps out at his
own rural veranda. He tells his wife
the news, gets into easy garments and
goes for walk over his plantation. The
horses have had good rest in the mean
time, and Mrs. Cleveland goes for a
drive OF an hour and sharpenS her an
petite for the o'clock dinner. After
her return the equipage goes back to
the capital, to return in the morning for
the president.
After dinner Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
usually walk across their fields, which
are now literally full of gOlden-headed
daisies. These wild, spontaneous beau
ties seem to have a fondness for the
spot, and they blossom in wonderful
perfection and profusiOn.
Mrs. Cleveland is quite neighbOrly
and walks over now and then to see the
Misses Green, elderly ladies who live
just across the road. On Sundays she
walks down the road to the little frame
Episcopal chapel, St. Alban's. The
president remains at home to take one
day OF recuperation and glance at the
papers.
He has an early dinner on Sunday,
and lays himself out on the fine, juicy
vegetables that were grown in his own
garden and under his own eyes. He
has had four men working in the
garden and one ON the grounds for
weeks. and everything is in excellent
condition.
His chief vegetables are potatoes,
peas, beets and onions, and there is
enough space devoted to them to vouch-
q TlII NIx,f f<,. fl,/
visitors and ALL
1t is indeed delightful sight of
American simplicity to see the presi.
dent walking over his promises with his
IrlSE manager, and the latter'S little girl
trudglng along between them, uncOn-
scious of the presence of greatness.
The president is having capacious
carriage-hOuSe erected. 1t will be COM
pleted in few days and then the sorrels
and phaetOn will be brought out and
duly installed.
With this addition the place will have
finished air, and all the comforts of
life will be represented and rounded up.
The president leaves Oak View for
the capital between 9 and 9:3O in the
morning and is always at his desk by 10
o'clock. He puts in about eight hours
at work and ON the road. When the
weather gets hot he will probably do
more work IN the country.
c The scandals, which have been so
satisfactorily refuted by the national
household, never gained a fOothold here.
They were the work of desperate envy
and political venom.
The troubles were alleged to have
taken place at Oak View. and yet not
trace OF the stories are to be found in
that tnelghborhoOd, where they certainly
would have leaked out had they ever
occurred.
To the people out there the Cleveland
family have always been an ideal do
mestic household. Persons who live
near them tell me they have seen the
president and his wife walking hand in
hand through the grounds after dinner.
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by
any outward touch as the sunbeam
Miss Katherine Willard went out to
Oak View Thursday for a stay of two
weeks. She sails early in the autumn
for Europe to finish her musical educa-