The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-11-18
.0tcI, of the Wife of the President
Which Will Interest Everyone
Who Reads It..
. Once Slender Girl Now a Radiant
MatrOn. Beloved by All Who
Know Her.
A Woman Sees Hcr-Her Latest
Photograph Not Recognized by
the General Public.

Nell Nelson, the woman journalist who
Essesses among other good things the
+endship of Mrs. Grover Cleveland, tells
a recent letter Of the change time has
tought in the appearance of the ex-
psident's charming wife and Of some
tber interesting things connected with
ar recent visit to New York city.
The Mrs. Cleveland who left New York
st November to spend the winter ia
skpwood, y. j.. was a tall. thin, pale
E,ced Girl. The Mrs. Cleveland who has
1st made IA flying trip TO the city to
ritpess the naval parade is ii tall. well
mupded. radiant young matron. Lake
1Ood mothers who used 10 say poor
,hld' when she drove past in the Strauss
carriage, muiiled up in furs, would never
~rcgrizo the happy. handsome. home
oonpr as the same individual.
She always was tall. but now she is
br She has 'fleshed up and weighs
Dprhaps 60 pounds more thar she did
rben she was in the white house. Her
,.p,ty chin has doubled itself, her face
. round and full. her cheeks are plump.
rqr complexion has the rich oil and wine
t1ts of perfect health. and her figure
rpl. neither coaxlng or stretching would
make her wedding dress fasten now.
Another change in her appearance has
been wrought by altering the style of
or hairdressing. Instead of the pomp-
.dour roll that was so well suited to the
trlish face and low. pretty forehead, the
.ft brown hair has been banged deep.
as the coitfeurs say. and arranged in
bose curls. the effect being to shorten
the face. Seen alone the general public.
vino worship her. would never recognize
Ter. Her school friends might. but the
inst exclamation after the greeting would
be. "lIow you have changed" People
Who saw her on the Oneida in the bay
Igesday looking at the naval parade did
tt know her. although she stood nea
N. Cleveland. Guests on passing tugs
and yachts cheercd him. but the largest
fed glasses and the keenest critics failed
% discovery the identity Of his beautiful
0mpanion. \ lady who saw Mrs. Per
me aud Mrs. Cleveland together said
that they looked like sisters. This is
juc largely to Mrs. Cleveland's prefer
pnre for heavy stuifs and dark colors.
Even as ii bride she dressed too old
tor her years. She selected plush and
Aeayy hrocadcs for her reception and
dinner dresses. when her dressmakers
wanted her to have girlish gauzes and
oft poetic lace and crepes. Had she
been other than the first lady IN the land
d protest would have been ado. Her
mother on the other baud has always en-
Dyed the reputation of knowing how to
iress. and her toilets have been purchased
al considerable less expense than hers
daughters.
In Goupil's gallery. corner of Fifth
avenue and Twenty-second street. there
dre two portraits of this gracious lady.
etched On satin, after the latest photo
graphs published. The pictures are be-
ing framed for Mr.. Cleveland. They are
IN the salesroom along with other orders
ready for delivery, but the likeness is so
unlike the former mistress Of the white
house that few of the hundreds of visit
ors who daily frequent the galleries rec
ognize her. These art rooms are open
10 the public and the exhibitions are
I'lNAuI II lIiCi' 10 AWAY oiii
Thing new to be seen-the latest work
Of a leading artist or the portrait of IA
society beauty or stage queen.
For the last ten days an oil portrait of
N.N. H. Cruger has been the attraction
Upstairs. while the two little etchings
nave been displayed down stairs, but
not prominently. Julian GOrdons
lame On the beautiful painting ma!
Lave advertised it. fol thousands have
been studying it artists and art stud
ents, fashionable ladies with lorgnettes,
fashionable gentlemen with monocles
and quiet, critical people with and with.
1ut spectacles. The great maJorlt! Oh
these people, who know everybody, ran
% recognize the X-president's WE III
lie delicate portraits and the oversight
mas amused the firm somewhat.
In the picture Mrs. ClevelanGs face is
shown IN profile. There is ilst tie sug
sestion Of the sweet smile about the ups
that captivated the people when me
College girl became the first lady IN the
and, and there is more than the su@-
!estlon of IA double chin. The hgure Is
broad -shouldered, deep.chested' erac'
iul ant very artistically drapeo,,
But Mrs. Cleveland i not tle "n'f
member of the family VINO has changed
Miss Cleveland is not the individual she
was when she went to live IN Jersey.
Then she was sleepy, Now she Is very
vide awake. Then she looked IKE h.'
papa. Now she shows an inclination L"
De as beautiful as her mother.
She has green gray eyes aust Il re"
very pretty little teeth, countess "ln'
Pies, and she is as brown, whit an"
sweet AS a russet,apple. She Is a hE gn"
Too; and a bad girl because she - ''ol
ously healthy. Her lungs are ar strong
rs a pair Of red leather bellowr. an"
when she opens her mouth and ycl!s 10.
a change in the programme her request
Is complied with at once. Miss CieNr
lands voice is a high soprano and as laT'
reaching as the notes of a THOUSAND
lollar-a- night opera s%oloist' She mas
Three maids aud a bob tailed, bandy-leG