The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21


age her little receptions alone, but !
she soon found IL necessary To call >
in the ssi,tance ~ one Of the White
House staff. Now Usher Dubois '
stands near her constantly, presents
the ladies who are not personally
known to the hCstes-, and in his
quiet way contriVeS 10 prevent too
much crowding about her. 1t IL
wonderful what authority man il
able to exercise over lot Of women,
particularly when he il the only man
n sight and an official vino knows
his business
Mrs. Cievelands invitation cards
are characteristic. Mrs. Cleveland
will be glad" to zee So-aud-sO.
Plain, hearty, Saxon glad" is the
word. The name, the day OF the
week and the hour are witten with a
pen The usual hour is from y to |,
ard the days Tuesday and Friday.
At noon OF these days the crowd as
sembes. NJ ast OF them come in car
riages. Those who have Invitations
! know what to do aud where to GO.
But at this hour usually hundreds OF
people ere visiting the east room,
and Ms soon as sOme OF these women
SEQ that other callers are being ad-
united where they are not they at
once become OverpOwefed with envy |
aud curiosity. Just lise n woman,
you know, aud quickly diviniug the
facts, AZ women will, a certain pro-
portion ut once become imbued with
the notion that they simply must
see Mrs. Cleveland. They plead and
csjole and finally some OF them go
away only to return in q few mo-
ments and say at the door they have
forgotten their iDvitsti0ns!
Though Mrs. Cleveland receives
her guests at midday, she has all the
windows Of the blue room darkened,
anu the only Illumination in the
apartment is that made by q small
cluster OF incandescent lamps away
up near the ceiling. 1t is not very
much Of light, but what there Is
falls softly and prettily from its ele-
vatUd position. The effect, though
novel, il really very charming. Mira.
Cleveland is usually gowned in
something loose and flowing, and
much comment is heard on her ma
Lronly appearance compared with
her girlishness during her former
residence here. She has fascina-
ting way OF looking her callers
straight in the eye, Of maintaining q
= lingering clasp OF their hands and
OF saying sensible things in a ssnsi-
ole way. As l stood watching her
for y few moments the other day |
perceived that she started and gave
directions to four out OF five Of the
little conversations tetween her and
her guests. There vas nothing
!. stereotyped or stiited about the talk
\ either. This is true grace. What is
: tact in . man is grace in woman
= The need OF new White House,
+ which l have often argued, WAS
shown on Easter Monday. The man
sion WAS thrOnged with women and
: children. Inasmuch rs the White
q House has but one door, ladies who
wanted to see Mrs. Cleveland could
: not get in, and those who were in
9 could rot get out. Among the lat
:, ter was Mrs. Bissell, wife ot the post
q master general. She had made a
8 friendly call Oh Mrs, Cleveland, and
n ii took her nearly an hour to make
l. her ercape from the building Fol-
u Is minutes she stood tightly wedged
q in n mass OF humanity, unable &c
Y stir sep. She took it all very good
= naturally, as she did some of the re-
marks wnich she was forced to over
q hear in the crowd. Said one woman
{ IN Mrs. Bis -eil's heanng:
- 81 don't think this administration
b ought to put on any airs. Why, the
r wire of the postmaster general USED
It to give music lessons"
ia Mrs. b ssa!l lie IL this story on her
r self, aud she laughs at the toolisl
v people VINO pronounce her name al
u II it were Eissell which is evidence
n enough of The fact that the wife o
"a the big postmaster general is ia
= tural, unaffected woman. the trul
,e j., the most important people herr
,e are the least pretentious. A few
he evenings ago l sat chatting Will
Secretary of State Gresham aud Sec
y rotary OF Agriculture Morton.
a. "Tne one thug do not like abnu
"a Washington" said Secretary Ores
Dr ham, rs the demo"alizing effect tn
d life here has on young men. 1t APP
a pears to make dudes and prlgs o
A. them.n Then Mr.. Gresham spoke o
y
AT ago, he had sent the young man from
he indianapolis to work on farm
e The old farmer who took him WA
X 20 pay the boy 80 cents q day, an
OF the Judge agreed il Otto was no
nd worth as much as this 10 make u
G. the difference himself. But OFT
ed mad good stuff 10 him AID worke
ed 40 well in the harvest and haytiel
ID that the farmer voluntarily raise
o. his wages to IS cents day. Thu
ne the yOungster worked one summer
coming home occasionally to see hi
an mother and have her patch hi
Sc clothes,
he For two or three years Otto Ores
or ham was Mr.. Hendricks private SCI
MT rotary and was intrusted with all {
or that great Democrats political 81
or crets. He lever told even his ialht
he QUE CT them. Before he died MI
NJ Hendricks said to Judge Gresham
,ir "Yuur son knows every political s,
o. cret have in the world. They n
i'm safer with him than they are wit
i'm me- Otto is now rising lawyer
An Chicago, earning his $4,000 a yea
on and is too busy to spend even n da
on in Washington.
At Secretary Morton has aE fine i