The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-27
ADAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
How the Newspapers Relieve the Monotony
of Hard Work for Lamont.

of Hard Work for Lamont,
Boston Record.
The Cleveland day is an interesting one in
some ways. The President is usually up at 6
A. NJ, and at work on papers left over from the
night before Sometimes on going into the
library it will be full of the law books he has
left the chairs while hunting up cases. He
has colored boy to take full charge of his
library. and when he issues special orders the
boy puts back on his arrival the books taken
down the night before. Breakfast is served at
9 A. NJ, and by the time it is over Col Lamont
has come. Then is the time when Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleveland and Col Lamont set about the
table in the end of the upper corridor and
make plans for the next day
Then is the time too, when the scrap books
are looked over. Colonel Lamont does a great
part of the scrap book work. He has had deal
the Albany Argus and elsewhere, and there isn't
q better or faster reader, quicker eye than the
Coloneis He looks over about forty papers
hour. dasbng his pencil at the article he wants
scissored, and Tipping it to ono side for a boy to
clip. The New York papers are read most care
fully. Boston and Chicago next. All references
to Mrs Cleveland into another. and on. The
books all turned over in the morning. with
much talk of a critical and often of jolly nat
ure.
Then this President goes back to his room and
his callers again. Mrs. Cleveland to her CORE
spondence callers. and the day progresses
The tete- a-tets Of the morning lasts an hour,
and then the President refuses to be dis
turbed He often does on other times. But
eager audacious visitors overcome that. The
favorite trick is to say the President made an
appointment at such an hour. The Presidents
mind is too much charged with more important
matters than for him to dispute this. and so in
the visitor goes.
Lunch comes at 1. and Colonel Lamont some
times stops to lunch. Oftentimes he goes home.
however, and unless some of Mrs Clevelands
Wells friends there the Cleyeands are
alone. Even then their privacy is sometimes
invaded. Take the of the visit of the edu-
catioual people there the other day. The Prasi-
dent shook hands with them. neatly evading
the motions of an old lady who bound to
kiss him. and then threw open tho parlors to
them, going himself TO lunch. The Educational
Association folks wandered about until one hap
pened to see that the dining room door was open.
and at once walked over to glance in. This
CHEEKY act attracted still comrades. and
there were fully twenty gaping in at the White
House luncheon, when an attendant came and
closed the door So says of the well-bred
visitors who was there at the very same time.
The evenings at the White House arc not
always or all DEVOTED to work. The piano IN
the Green Room is frequently opened and used.
The mistress OF the house has voice of average
quality and range. and sings for her own
amusement or that of her guests Miss Kate
the latest guest. sang particularly
well.
But there is work Ia the evening after 10
often. aud it has been known that callers have
come up as late / or midnight. In fact the
policemen and watchmen at the house have
come to never to be astonished at seeing
visitor.