Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-06
LEAVING TIE WHITE House.
HIrs. Grant and AIrs. Hayes-The Last
cood-by--En Europe.

Good-by-kn Europe.
'sXVhen the time came for us to leave
Washington my heart was broken.
/ When Mr.. Hayes was elected ! invited
Mr.. and Mrs Hayes to como directly
to the White House, but they refused.
On the Sunday previous to tho inaug
uration gave dinner for them, SO
that Mrs. Hayes would not feel a
stranger. The dinner was lovely and
| everything was arranged splendidly.
There were seventeen of my own fam
lily at the dinner and large number
I of prominent guests and tho legation
and cabinet officers. / shall never
forget Mrs. Hayas when she entered.
The large doors were thrown open and
the general and / advanced to meet
them. She was walking by Dir. Hayes,
but did not hold his arm She was
dressed in white silk and her dark hair
was combed smoothly over her ears.
Her soft, black eyes shone like dia-
monds and her checks were as rcd as
roses. / took her hand in mine--it
trembled little--and said, Welcome,
Mrs. Hayes, to the White House, and
then my guests surrounded us and she
was soon at home. After dinner the
chief Justice administered the oath of
office to Mr.. Hayes in the parlor. On
Monday | did not 60 to the Inaugural
ton, because / was busy burning old
letters and papers that my father had
owned, some bearing the date of 1400.
| had seen two inaugurations, those Of
the general, and | did not care to see
any moro. / had a lovely luncheon
ready for them on their return and /
also ordered the dinner and the break
fast for the following morning, so
Mrs. Hayes would not have that worry
the first thing Then | told the stew
ard he must go to Mrs Hayes for
orders after that.
After dinner, as l was still hostess,
Isaid to Mr. Hayes, Shall we return to
the parlor?' and he gave me his arm
and Ulysses took Mrs. Hayes. When
we got in the parlor / said, L hope,
Mr.. Hayes, that you will be as. happy
here as we have been for eight years,
and then / said, 'Good-by,' and we
/ drove away. / told Ulysses as we
were driving away that had intended
to say to Mr.. Hayes what Gen. Buck
nor said to him when Buclzner vacated
Fort Donelson: My house is yours,
but forgot it. Ulysses just put his
arm around me and said he was glad |
had not. All tho servants who had
served me during our term gathered in
the hall to say farewell, and they were
crying and | cried with them. After
} two weeks of hourly festivities, l
} might say, we left Washington on a
} special train. My car was filled with
flowers, and after we had been escorted
to it q senator made speech thanking
rae for SO successfully filling the posi-
ton of mistress of the White House.
Then another senator, a dear friend of
mine, said it was wrong that we ever
J should leave it, and somehow began
to think it was. They went out and
left mo and / began to cry. All my
pent up feelings burst forth ct one
bound and, us l tell you, my tears
would have floated the ship of state if
gathered in q reservoir. | cried for
easily forty miles, and then the gen.
eral camo in and said:
Why, Julia, my dear, what is
wrongT
:" I feel like waif, Ulysses, Isob-
bed, / have no home
"'Never mind, we will soon have
another one. Remember what a re-
lief it is to mo to be released from that
position. Now we can do what ! al
ways wished to do-visit Europe and
maybe travel around the world before
we return.
"And SO he chccred me, and / never
felt regret afterwards. 1t washed it.
self away in those first tears"
And he had his wish2' | said.
eyes, we Travelled around the world
and were received everywhere with an
ovation. What was the most interest
ing place to mc2 The crypt where lay
the bodies of Ferdinand and Isabella.
livery school child in America knows
the story of Ferdinand and Isabella /
said to the dear old priest who was our
guide, and it seemed marvellous to him
: that it should be SO. Invent down into
the crypt whore they lie. Just think,
Ulysses, they have been here for 400
years Julia, como away he said,
for he always hated TO think Of death.
But think, Ulysses, 400 years.
Julia, l will leave YOU he replied,
making for the door But, Ulysses, |
want you to think Julia, I'll
shut you in, he said, SO I flew TO him.
Then the dear old priest showed US the
jewel box containing the jewels which
isabella pawncd in order to send Co.
lurbus to America, but some of the
party thought it looked suspiciously
now. Then he took down q heavy
silver crown which was dotted with
jewels. 1t was heavy. and not at all
pretty. He said: Now, it is only
right that tho queen Of America should
wear the crown Of tho queen who was
instrumental in finding America. So
l bowed my head ard he put the
crown on my bonnet and Isabella'a
scepter in my hand, and | waved it at
our party. / soon got him to take it
off, and right glad was to be clear of
it, for it was very heavy and not at all
pretty."-Nclly Bly's Interview in
New York World.