Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-12-14

ut HIS DttH III iUt w hllt llOuNO it
has never spoken an unkind or
rude word to any one, much less to
the sweet girl he was 80 fortunate
to win. lie is a Presbyterian, and
the blood OF generation of Pres
byterlah ministers is in l., veins.
That does not make rude men, nor
cruel mel. On her part, she has
delighted in making his work light
er by her gaysty and little womanly
attentions, and in filling jast the
place in his lie she ought TO fill.
She has been proud OF him, OF
course, as a wife should be, and Mr..
Whitney has often remarked OF
her: 'She Is just the wife for a
workingman.' The President ac-
kDOwledges her influence over him,
for she has taken hold and man
ages him III all the little domestic
affairs just as any sweet and loving
wife will manage her husband. lie
sometimes laughs at the ease with
which she, in her pretty way,
moves him about.
"And they say the President gets
drunk. This is as false as all the
rest. He is not a drinking man.
| don't believe he was ever intOxl.
Gated III his life. He Is a temper
ate man. Sometimes he takes a
bit OF whiskey and water with his
friends or guests, but he does not
drink, as the word is cOmmonl s.
Gsed, and | know 1t nor IS he CIV
en- to oveIeating, or any such bad
habits. | suppose, because tn e
President is large, and is so untor-
tunate to have a face that Is not
without some grosSneSs, he Is set
down as being a gross man, of inor.
dinate appetite and bad temper. l
cannot otherwise understand how
rational people can give credence
to some of the stories told about
him, for he is gentle, considerate,
even.tempered. and kind to every
one about him.
"Has not the President some.
times lost his temper over the ma
liciOus lalsehOOds told Of his dOmes-
tic life ~
"Of course, he has been much
annoyed, but he has always said
he had too much confidence in the
people to believe that such SANDERS
would find many willing ears to
listen to them. He has been re-
peatedly asked to say something
for publication, bat he has replied,
Il guess We can keep Mrs. Cleve-
land out of this a little longer; or
is it necessary to bring Mrs. Cleve-
land into the campaign ="
Has Mrs. Cleveland been much
worried by the ISLANDERS -
"She has. She has not known
of all of them. She has never IN
derstood the full extent to which
the hideous scandal has grown. IL
is not easy for any happy, contented
wife to believe half the world Is
talking about her being abused
aud beaten by her husband. After
that Massachusetts minister was
here and made such wicked state
ments, she come out in the delicate
little note NOu remember, say ing
how happy she was, and later her
mother wrote to a friend that she
wouldn't ask for more KIND ana
considerate sOn.ln law. Mrs. Cleye-
land has not known but that these
statements were sufficient to kill
the scandal.
"But the stories have continued,
notice, and have been growing
even worse. Why, they have 1t
that Mrs. Folsom had to fly to
Europe; that the President droye
his wife out of the White House,
and we had to take her in; that
Secretary Fairchlld was once called
on to help patch mp a peace, and
only last summer, Mrs. Shaw, the
good old mother OF the wife of
General Francis Barlow, the New
York lawAe was put INTO a dread
fully nervous state by the story
which some one told her, claiming
to have it on the authority OF Mr..
Whitney, that after the election
the President and his wife were to
be divorced. Mrs. Shaw IN a d G
General Barlow come to Mr.. Whit
ney and ask him about II.
"Mrs. Cleveland has lived an ex-
ceedingly open and accessible life
since her marriage concluded Mrs.
Whitney. "-he has had much
company, has been free IN receiving
friends and callers, and no one has
yet found her seeming 10 he any
thing than that which She is-a
happy wife. You have my permits.
sion 10 quote all have said, and !
sincerely hope this is the last OF
the whole wreiched falsehOOd.'
MR. DEPEw ADMITS TELLING 4
STORY HE DID NOT BELIEVE.
A New York TriJUae reporter
saw Mr.. Depew at his home, No.
% East Forty.ffth street, New
York, last night, and repeated to
him Mrs. Whtncy's statement.
dts lie said Mr.. Depew, in re-.
ply. "rhe whole Of tie circum-
stances surrounding the statement
alleged to have been made by me
have been grossly misrcpreSented.
The actual facts are these : In
company with few others, | at
tended dinner party gwen at the
house of a mutual friend about "A
fortnight ago. After the ladies' had
lett the room, conversation drlfted
on the various stories IN circula-
ton regarding Mrs. Cleveland, in
which Mr.. Waiter sons name Oc.
ours. | repeated Mr.. Watterson's
story as one generally spoken OF,
and az u matter Of tact II has been
given TO me from manS different
sources. have heard it IN Chi
cago, ST. Louis and New York. |
did not give my personal sanction
to the story. could not have
dOle 50, inasmuch as | had re.
celvcd it only at fflieth.hard, aud
| should not have done 50, for the
reason that / do not believe a word
OF 1t, and gave expression to that
disbelief at the time. Whenever
the story was repeated to me was
told that it Lad cOmc from Wat
tersOn, and merely related that
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