Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-10-19

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WAaHmoroN. Oct l7.--rhere never
- spoe moro prolific Of gossip than
- main corridor Of Che White House
during . presidential reception. To this
prst&y paaageway. wide and richly
decorated, open the blue room and the
other apartments occupied by the prcsi.
denS and his brilliant suite In receiving
tAslr guests Here assemble the news
papsr correspondents, the lady society
sspcFtess. government officials who have
~ been invited TO become part Of the
rsceiving coterie IN the blue room hard
b, and many others TO whom Washing.
too o6lcial life and Washington social
HE are open booka The president gave
: reception one night last week to the
Xnights Templar and their ladies, and
there wls such an assemblage In the cor.
sidor q that Of which I have spoken.
Thecoeridor gossip of that evening would
al book.
''lt b not well dressed cabinet" said
enc Of the lady society reporters. I'm
my opinion, Mr.. Harrison should mp
point court dressmaker, who Is 10 be
taken out and hanged at sunrise II he
doesnt make the sleeves Of the gowns
worn by the ladies Of the cabinet fit
better. Why, Mrs. Blanks dress "a Kim.
ply Northumberland she such sweet
httle woman. too. II IL really too bad.
wonder II she makes her own dresses!
Looks like II. In fact, there are number
Of home made gowns in the blue room
q this blessed moment, unless l am
Harrison's is lovely material, but II isn't
made right But have You noticed how
sweetly Mrs. Harrison receives the com.
pany7 She doesn't shake hands, Heaven
Be praised. hope we have seer tho end
of hand shaking by ladies Of the White
House.
Mrs. Cleveland used to torture herself
20 that the next morning after recep-
ton she was unable to dress without the
help Of her maid. How much nicer 1t is
10 gently incline the head toward guest
and smile, a. Mrs. Harrison does, than
to have your hand swollen by senseless
gripping and twisting. havo heard
that Mrs. Harrison is trying to prevail
upon the president to abandon hand.
shaking, too, but he is afraid somebody
nay take offense. I'll bet she carries
her point before the winter is over. II
they win only get court dressmaker
warranted to make good sleeves, and
abandon handwriting, think the ad.
ministration will be succ though !
must say the Cleveland was the
best dressed cabinet, sc the ladies
are concerned, We hav lad in WASH
ington In twenty years. Mrs. Clcve-
lands gowns were poems. Mrs. Whit.
ney had her dresses made by Worth, and
they were stunning. Mrs. Fairchild
dressed beautifully, and 80 did the Misses
BAyard.
Nobody knows how much more of this
akein Of small talk would have been un-
wound had not another lady correspond.
ent come up just at this moment with
the marks Of excitement visible in her
fcce.
:'Such nice piece Of news rs havo
just picked upi" exclaimed she. "What
DO you think2 Steward Zieman is going
to leave tho White House. The story Is
that hs has an offer to 60 back to the
HotA Richelieu, Chicago, at $1,000 q
year. and that no has accepted. But
happen to know that he resigned q
month ago because he and Mrs. Harri-
con do not agree about some things in
tho management of the house. There is
no quarrel, or anything like that, but
and good housekeepers like Mrs. Harri-
son were not intended to live under tho
Same roof.
II hare just been down stairs talking
10 Mr.. Zieman about it. He showed me
all through the kitchen and laundry and
says he never worked in n nicer place,
nor under nicer man than the prcsi-
dent. He actually hates to leave, though
he is to get a thousand dollars more
year In Chicago than the government
allows. You see, the steward Of the
White House Is somebody. He is court
ed BY o good many people who consider
themselves OF importance. Life below
stairs In this case is pretty good sort
of life. Tho steward has very littlo
work to do with his own hands, and
reigns supreme in the basement, except
wheu 11. Harrison chooses TO go down.
He has very comfortable quarters of his
own, including a parlor as nice as that
Of some millionaires know, in which
hs can receive his friends. understand
that Mrs Harrison intends taking charge
0f tho house for timc, and that no
steward will be employed to take Mr..
Zieman's place"
AZ this moment Postmaster General
Wanamaker left the blue room for q
moment and passed through tho CORR.
dce.
II know good Joke on Wanamaker,"
said . newspaper man; "you know the
postmaster general always wears high,
white hat with black band around it,
came TO Washington-the s1.19 hat we
boys call it-and he actually wore it
here tonight. I'm betting that he wears
Il al winter. But the joke was going
. 70 tell you about: Yesterday, Mr.. Scott,
chief cf the salary division Of the post
cfRce department, was walking over to
Clark's for luncheon with the postmas-
Ter general, who wanted to talk to him
about the Investigation of the Chicago
postofice. A band went by, playing o
lively air. what tune is thatS Do you
know Il, ScottY why, yes responded
the division chief, that is "Where Did
YOU. But here Scott stopped. He
looked up at the postmaster general,
coughed. stammered little, and finally
Concluded: Guess don't know that
tune, after all, Mr.. Wanamaker. 1t
sounds familiar. but can't just place it,
And ~ they entered Clark's the band
disappeared around the corner of the