Iron County register., 1888-05-31
ANOTHER SOUVENIR.


Mrs. Cleveland the Recipient of Another
Token From Mr.. Geo. w, Childs. as
Souvenir of Her Visit to Philadelphia
Visiting at Princeton. n. j.
PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-Mrs. Cleveland
devoted several hours yesterday to sight
seeing and visiting different places OF in
terest in the city. Shortly before noon.
Mr.. Geo. w. Childs repaired to the Acad-
envy of Music, where, according to pre-
vious arrangements, he was conducted TO
Mrs. Cleveland, and shortly afterwards,
and in company with Rev. Charles Woou
and Mrs. Wood, of Germantown, with
whom the Presidents wife is stopping
during her brief stay in the city; Miss
Wood, of Scarborough. N. Y; Mrs. Wistar
Morris and Miss Hoy, of Bellefont Pa..
took carriages and were driven to
the Ledger Office, where the party
was joined by Mayor Fittler and
J. G.. Rosengarten. The visitors
were conducted to Mr.. Childs' private
Office, where they at once became inter-
ested in the many souvenirs for which
that sanctum is famous. Mrs. Cleveland
was especially pleased with the many
handsome and choice relics of General
Grants trip abroad, and was also enter
tanned with Mr.. Childs' description of the
historic "reminiscences connected with his
large collection of clocks and other fruits
of life's collection of relics. Arranged
on table in the outer Office leading up to
Mr.. Childs' sanctum, were several COM
plete sets of silver desk ornaments, num-
bering about sixty in all, each set being
of different design. After Mrs. Cleveland
had inspected the different relics, she was
invited by Mr.. Childs into the outer Office,
and conducted to the table upon which
he civ fc nj
'.As memento of your visit to-day,
said Mr.. Childs, 81 desire to present you
with one of these sets. You can make
your own selection.
esThey are all so pretty that it is difficult
to determine which is the handsomest,"
said Mrs. Cleveland, smiling.
With the aid of the other ladies, she
selected set, and it was forwarded to the
White House yesterday afternoon. All
the ladies, including Mrs. Cleveland, were
also presented by Mr.. Childs with hand.
some cup and saucer. A visit was then
made to Independence Hall, after which
the party proceeded to DrexePs banking
house, and were introduced to the mem
bers of the firm.
At half-past one O'Clock the sight-see-
ing trip was brought to a termination,
and the carriages conveyed the entire
party to the Bellevue Hotel, where num-
ber of ladies and gentlemen had assem-
bled in one of the parlors, on the invita-
ton of Mr.. Childs, to meet the distin-
guished lady.
At two O'Clock a lunch was partaken of,
at which the following were present:
Mrs. Cleveland, Rev. and Mrs. Chas.
Wood, Miss Wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w.
Childs, DIR. and Mrs. s. Weir Mitchell,
DR.. J. NJ. Da Costa, DIR. and Mrs. Samuel
w. Gross, John c. Built, Mrs. s. Hayes,
of Paris; Robert II. McCarter, of New
York, and j. G. Rosengarten.
Mrs. Cleveland's stay at the Bellevue
was prolonged for several hours, and on
leaving the hotel with Rev. and Mrs.
Wood, they took a train for the latter's
residence in Germantown. Mrs. Cleve-
land will depart for Princeton, N. j., this
morning, where she will be the guest of
Prof Maynard, of the College of New'Jer.
sey, for several days.