The morning call., 1893-05-21
HE STAYED AWAY.
Cleveland Follows His
Own Precedent.
EULALIA CALLED ON HIM.
And the Call Was Returned by Mrs.
Cleveland and the Ladies of
the Cabinet.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

WASHINGTON, May 2Q-Ihe IDfanta Eu-
lalia and suite called on the President and
Mrs. Cleveland at II o'clock and were re-
celved in the blue room.
Arrangements for the visit had been
.nade last night by Secretary Gresham
and at five minutes before II two hand
some carriages drove up TO the annex of
the Arlington. The Princess, on the arm
of Commander Davis. went to the carriage,
in which she rode with her husband and
the Spanish Minister. In the second car
riage rode the Marchoness, the Duke and
Sepor Dn Pedro.
The Princess wore dress of gray
bengalne. b0rdered around the train with
gray ostrich feathers, and a pink satin
sirdle con pleted the toilet. As soon as
the carriages started toward the White
House the crowd broke and ran through
the park to witness the arrival of the dis
unguished party.
In the blue room. which was decorated
tastefully but not lavishly, the President
aud Mrs. Cleveland stood ready to receive
the royal visitors. Senior Muragua. the
Spanish Minister, presented the Infanta
and Prince Antoine, while Commander
Davis. the Duke of Tamanes. the Mar
rhioness of Arc Hermosa, and Senor Don
Ytovar withdrew to the adjoining red
room. The greetings between those in
the blue room were very pleasant and had
hardly a tinge of formality about them.
They were over in minute or two, and
then the others were summoned and pre-
Sented in turn by Senor Muragua.
Mrs. Cleveland and the l. fanta chatted
brskly in English during part of the
brief visit, while at times the cOnver rsatiOn
became general. At :15 the lnfanta
made her Rdieu, followed by the others.
The royal party returned direct to the
hotel, and luncheon was hardly over be-
fore the Princess began to receive callers.
First, after the Spanish Minister, were
Mr.. and Mrs. Curry, between whom and
the Princess an intimate acquan tsnre had
been formed when Curry was United
States Minister at Madrid. At o'clock
two carriages drove. up and Mrs. Cleve-
land, accompanied by Colonel John NJ
Wilson. Mrs. Carlisle. Mrs. Bissell. Miss
Her bert and Mrs. Hoke Smith, entered the
hete. where they remained for few
minutes.
Mr.. Cleveland did not return the call of
the Princess. In this connection the pre-
cedent he set. during his former admins
t. alton will be remembered. When Queen
Kaplulani was HERE and visited the Pres-
dent he did just as he did to-day, and after
the Queen returned to her apartments Mrs.
Cleveland, accompanied by Colo mel Will
son, returned the call. and with that the
formalities ended.
Following Mrs. Cleveland and the wive s
ef-sAesDembsFs of the Cabinet came a long
list of callers, including most OF the foreign
Ministers now in Washington, and the
N Elm bers of the various legations.
At 80 the Princess was driven to
Arlington and greatly enjoyed the ride,
foI the safterppen WAS, perfect and the
party was deeply interested in historic
Arlington. The evening was spent by
several members of the party in their own
apartments.
The programme for the Princess stay in
Monday and Wednesday Of next week
will be devoted to sightseeing
On Tuesday morning the members of
the diplomatic corps will accompany the
royal party to Mount Vernon on steamer
chartered for the purpose.
On Tuesday evening the President and
Mrs. Cleveland will give dinner to heI
Royal Highness and the royal party at the
executive mansion, at which the Cabinet
officers and their ladies. Chief Justice
Fuller and Mrs. Fuller, General Schofield
and Mrs. Schofieid, and Senator Sherman,
representing the Foreign Relations Com.
mittee. and Mrs. Sherman, will be present.
On Wednesday evening the Princess will
attend ball to be given in honor of the
birthday of Queen Victoria by Sir Julian
Pauncefote, British ambassador. at the
British EN- mbassy.
The Infanta and suite will leave Wash.
ington for New 7 ork on Thursday. The
invitation to attend the grand ball to be
given her in New York City has been ac-
cepted by the Princess, but aside from thai
she has decided TO accept no invitations
except such as are contained in the official
programme arranged for her. She ex-
poets, however, to throw off the official
character in short time, probably after
the functions in her honor given at Chicago
are concluded. and she will then go further
west in the character of a private person.
age. Her tour is likely to extend to Vel.
lowstone Park.
The duration of the stay of the Infanta
in the United States has not been de fin.
ately determined, but it will be from one
to two months. This afternoon the Prin.
cess expressed herself as delighted with
her enthusiastic reception In Washington
and said she was very grateful for the