The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-11

He waited patiently fer some time, think
ing all the while Of his work. Finally he
concluded he would teach her q lesson in
punctuality, so he threw off his coat, re-
moved his gloves and resumed his work,
fully decided that he would not go driving
that day Pretty soon he heard her voice
at the foot Of the stairs. Come along she
cried, i am ready now And what do you
suppose did? asked the President, in tell
ing the story why, got up, put on my
coat and gloves again, and went driving
And then they say the President gets
drunk. This is as false as all the rest. He
Is not drinking man. | don't believe he
was ever intoxicated in his life. He is q
temperate man. Sometimes he takes bit
OF whisky and water with his friends or
guests, but he does not drink, as the word
is commonly used, and know it; nor Is he
given to Over-eating, or any such bad
habits. l suppose, because the President is
large and is so unfortunate as to have a
face that is not without some grossness, he
Is set down as being gross man, Of iuor-
dlnate 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 sometimes lost his
temper over the malicious falsehoods told
of his domestic lifeg"
'Of course, he has been much ANNOYED
but he has always said he had too much
confidence in the people to believe that
such ISLANDERS would find many willing ears
to listen to them. He has been repeatedly
asked to say something for publication, b t
he has replied, i guess we can keep Mrs
Cleveland out of this little longer;' or is
1t necessary to bring Mrs. Cleveland
into the CamDaipnNO
HAS Mrs. Cleveland been much worried
by the slandersF
"She has. She has not known of all of
them. She has never understood the full
extent to which the hideous scandal has
grown. 1t is not easy for any happy, con-
tented wife to believe half the world is
talking about her being abused and beaten
by her husband. After that Massachusetts,
minister was here and made such wicked
statements, she came out in the delicate
little, note you remember, saying how happy
she was, and later her mother wrote to
friend that she wouldn't ask for a more
kind and considerable son-in-law Mrs.
Cleveland has not known but that these
statements were sufficient to Kill the scan
DIAL
"But the stories have continued, notice,
and have been growing even worse. Why,
they had it thai Mrs. Folsom had to fly to
Europe, that the President drove his wife
out of the White House, and we had to take
her in; that Secretary Fairchild was once
called on to help patch up peace, and only
last summer, Mrs. Shaw, the good old
mother of the wife of Gen. Francis Barlow,
the New York lawyer, was put into
dreadfully 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 made Gen.
Barlow come to Mr.. Whitney and ask him
about it.
''Mrs. Cleveland has lived an exceedingly
open and accessible life since her marriage"
concluded Mrs. Whitney. 'She has had
much company, has been free in receiving
friends and callers, and no one has yet
found her seeming to be anything than that
which she is-a happy wife. You have
my permission to quote everything 1 have
said, and l sincerely hope this is the last of
the whole wretched falsehood"