The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-10

the letter in which request for a private
or informal visit from the lady in question
is refused by Mrs. Donelson. 1t is very
fine piece of literary composition, such a
lofty and dignified epistle as is rarely COM
posed by the latter day rapid transit man
or woman. Most courteously, and in
phrases very quaint and fine, Mrs. Donel-
son explains that while her public position
necessltates her receiving all manner of
persons publicly, that in her private life
and association, she aims to preserve the
White House as temple of virtue.
PRESIDENT JACKsoN's RECEPTIONS. -
Another most entertaining letter is from
the same lady to her own mother, while en-
route from Nashville to Washington with
the presidential party. The letter of Janu
ary 20, 1929 written on board the steamboat
Pennsylvania, between Cincinnati and
Wheeling describes the ovation given them
in the famous place. The booming of can
non and military and civil honors that
greeted "Uncle Jackson In the some
what stilted but correct and beautiful Eng
lish, she describes the tremendous crush
and after infinitely describing the Presi-
dents physical condition, and how the
rheumatic pains In his limbs were better
she added, "But his arm is very lame and
his hand is very sore and swollen from the
handshaking he received in Cincinnati"
Of large sized paper, had been sent without
an envelope and sealed with red wax. The
postage mark was fifty cents.
AN INVITATION TO HONOR LAFAYETTE.
Even an invitation to ball reveals the
stage coach era and the lack of the tele-
graph. Lafayette's visit to Nashville in
1925 was signalized by grand ball. The
invitation which was very elegant for those
days and decorated with portraits of Jack
son, Lafayette and George Washington
under halo was worded as follows:
"Your are respectfully invited to attend
ball in Nashville on the third evening
after the arrival of General Lafayette, or
on the second, should he arrive on Friday"
JACKsoN's SIMPLICITY.
Because of its age and association and be-
cause we are apt to talk rather much about
the Old-time democratic economy, it may
not be embarrassing to glance over hotel
bill of General JackSon's. It is dated Nav
20, 1925, and was contracted during one of
those transformations trips made by the ia
nous soldier planter before his political
fortune was made The bill is made out
under the letter head of the Franklin hotel,
afterwards Gadsbys and the items for one
week run as follows:
Board Zone week. 80 90
Three Servants Zone week. .... 1890
For livery, four Is %
! Club ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11.50
Mrs. Doneson's board. 1900
| Extra dinners 15lO0
Making total $685. so
! On another page and covering the same
week was the itemized wine bill of the ia
nous general, and the variety and amount
of expensive porters, WHISTLES, champagne
and clarets that had been dispensed by the
hospitable and convivial gentleman, would
undoubtedly compare with that of an Ar
thur or Cleveland of modern date. The
wine bill running up into the second hun
dred was capped by S12 box of cigars.
The total bill for the week was about $780,
Mrs. Wilcox, suffering with the rest of
her countrywomen the misfortunes of war,
is among the large number of southern
ladies in the government departments
Mrs. Wilcox. who is q widow, has held q po-
sition in the postoffice since Grants first
administration, and living comfortably and
quietly with her children has Withdrawn
from the great official world in which she
once moved conspiouously, but is still in
great demand as a social factor in the
smaller and more exclusive circle of "good
old families IN Washington.
Miss GRUNDY, JR.
EYE AND EAR.