Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-14
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A Washington correspondent writes;
1t was in quiet talk one morning In the
Red room that Mrs. Cleveland said 81
am suro IL were older, lBhould feel more
regret about leaving the White House
nnd my life here. But It Is because am
young, and my life is oil before me, that
nm not snddened by going out My
predecessors women who were here
before me-were all older than l am.
The most OF them had lived the half or
greater part Of life before coming TO the
White House, aud / am sure they must
have felt more regret about going out
than can feel. or course, woman does
not have her real life here. Therestraints
and formalities OF the position hedge her
in, in way, and at the same time keep
her before the pnblio. Tbs White House
cannot be home or give real home life.
find myself, now that we are TO
leave 1t, longing for home of my own.
l am looking forward to @ home and
genuine home life, with more interest
than osn express, md want to have
the real life OF woman in its best sense.
You know had no home after my father
died. / WAS always much at school, and
my mother snd / felt SO unsettled. Then,
not 80 long after school, you remember,
/ was married." and with o smile of
charming frapkness, land the rest OF my
life everybody knows, as everybody
knows about the President and the Presi-
dents wife. l hope / have never for
moment forgotten that il 10 the Presi-
dent's wife the people are interested in.
And I should feel Just the same desire TO
see the President and the Presidents wife
ard the White House. think it Is the
right feeling, and is natural and patriotic.
while look forward with o great
deal Of delight to home Of my own"
continued Mrs. Cleveland, ''the White
House will remain TO me the most beau-
tiful house i'll the world. should feel
far more sud TO think that any change
should oyestnke 1t than am TO leave it.
| could not bear TO think of a new White
House, or that the old one should ever be
different. ! hope If il Is made larger, as
| think II must be sometime, that there
will be new executive offices, and all Of
the White House taken for the Presidents
family. II seems TO me ii would bs very
easy 10 add an extension or something OF
the sort, for offioes, Then all OF the
rooms on the second floor now used as
the executive offices would be added TO
the private part, and the White House
would be large enough for any Presi.
dent's family, even q large one. really
hope this will be done, and that the
White Ho use, with Hll Of its histories and
associations, will be kept as it is now
simple and beautiful. No other White
House could ever be to the people what
this is--the Presidents House
There has seemed little time for me
to think about the Presidents and pfesi-
dents wives who have lived here in the
past, because the present Is so full OF
busy life. But sometimes, when l walk
through the silent rooms alone, or ont
there IN the corridor, where the postraits
of the Presidents hang, think OF the
men and women who have lived here be-
fore me, and the associations Of the
beautiful old house give me feeling Of
awe.
.Only the other day was in the long
corridor, and the faces Of the Presidents
seemed to give it life. When, uncon-
sciousiy, stopped before the bust of
Lincoln, was almost startled by the i'm
preston. 1t was feeling Of reverence
for man who was both good and great.
de lived here, aud must have walked in
that corridor many times and perhaps
otter a'ors Bat i. eNo,rsa So far in tic
past, because of hi, f 3 .7e White
House, and Of bis 5sEIA gst1f8
was born. You see, NY own iife here
gives me feeling Of deep affection for
the White House-deep aud abiding. The
lives of others who have lived here give
me feeling OF reverence for Its past that
is also deep, and will be lasting wherever
my lot is cnst."
Then, speaking OF thsir future plans.
Mrs. Cleveland continued; ~ am pIad
we are to live in New York / have
always wished 10 have home there, l3ut
should like first to go abroad and travel
awhile, and on our return settle down to
housekeeping In our own home in New
York. But the President is not inclined
to 80 abroad. He thinks he does not
care about it. But / am sure he would
enjoy it il he could make up his mind to
get started, and not think Of the sea
voyage. he thinks, too, he could not
travel quietly, and he wants 10 get away
from crowds, you know. But am sure
he would travel quietly. People do not
care about I.Presidents, and y laughing.
me Will be only m ex-President them
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