Smyrna times., 1889-11-13
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. II,
Ex-President Cleveland's visit TO
Washington last week to witness the
Bayard-Clymer wedding was at a time
singularly significant He came back
to Washington for the first time since.
the close of his administration with his
party in the first flush of a splendid
victory. His call upon President Har-
risOn was the call OF a victor upon II
Vanquished foe, for of course Mr..
Cleveland insists upon taking per-
sonal view of the result in Iowa, Ohio,
and Virginia and attributes it all to the
growth of the tariff reform movement
throughout the country. President
Cleveland has grown much stOuter, in
fact enormously and distressingly fat
since last March. He must weigh over
three hundred and fifty pounds. His
wife, on the other hand, is more win
some than ever. The haggard, drawn
look Of the society leader is gone. No
care rests on her.
The news of the Goodloe-SwOpe
he dropped the book he was reading
to the floor. knew Col. SwOpe and
! Col GoodIoe well The latter was
/
of wide travel and quick observation,
of deep learning and a vast knowledge
of men, but Col. SwOpe was by no
means Il mediocre man. Both were
/ Thoroughly liked and the constant
watching of their friends to avoid any
accidental meeting of these enemies
during President Harrison's Inaugural
ton was matter of common knOwl-
edge.
A cab drove to the main entrance to
Wizards last night and Il tall man
alighted and telling the waiting por-
ters that the baggage was all coming
on the wagon "dOncher- know" passed
through the swinging doors and up to
the desk. The gas light fell upon
blonde whiskers, blonde clothes, Il
great plaid cape top coat, a big dia-
, mOnd emblem scarf pin and an enOr-
, nous diamond ring. The clerk, Il
grizzled veteran in the business, was
, charmed. The stranger wrote on the
, register, "Sir William Mackenzie" and
, "Sir Roger Mackenzie and wife" He
. ordered parlor and three chambers
: with private bathrooms, and added
that Sir Roger and my lady would az
, rive by the next train from New York
e and that everything be prepared and
a "of the best" The clerk was over
p Whelmed. Nothing as gorgeous had
q been seen in that hotel since the war
!, So when a minute later Sir William
q remembered that he must send ca
6 blegram and "by jOve, hadn't ii pound
# about him." the clerk joyfully handed
s him a twenty dollar bill from the casl
s drawer. Remember that this clerk
: has been in the hotel business tol
q twenty years, and then think of tina
n bogus lord-say rather king of cheek -
il passing through the telegraph Ollic,
, and drifting out into the night to b,
u seen of that clerk no more. The same
# individual played the same game a
n three hotels in less than an hour an'
n the police have not found him yet
r. NiCe-President Morton takes will
is becoming good humor the seethiuJ
10 criticisms of the WOmen's Christian
~ Temperance Union at their Chicag
N convention. He simply says that il
p giving permission as property holde
a. for the sale of liquor in his new hote
as the ShOrean, he was merely acting tn
I part of a good business man. Ther
ra is not high class hotel in Washing
a ton without bar and wine served a
Il table. There were formerly two sma
pr temperance hotels conducted by ladiC
but one of these bankrupted tw
months ago and the other is really oml
a coffee house with a few rooms a
tached for the semi-occasional guest
The Importance OF hotel bar is no
alone in its direct profit. lthelps hol
is custom, for nine-tenths of the richie
ct hotel guests will not stop at a caravan
jv sary that is without a bar.