The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-16

nabaS III. Brennan, in memory of his
friend, FEATHER Jesse Kctchnrn
celebrity of Buffalo school circles AIDE.
cadc ago. With the interest on this
ten thousand dollars three gold and two
silver medals are annually distributed.
the gold ones weighing 1852 grains, or
twice the weight Of y double eagle: the
silver medals SIG grains or tina,
of double eagle The annual
awarding of the Kctchui., medals
continues to this day in the Buffalo
school AS natter OF history il
must be recorded that Miss Folsom
never gained one of these interesting
souvenirs of scholastic proficiency. Nor
do the books show that she was ever
credited with one of those vague
symbols of success designated in the
schoolroom the star pupil, n "merit"
scholar and so on.
The average nge of the pupils at the
time in question was about seventeen
years. AS for former classmates of Miss
Folsom they are still her friends, and il
is said that she never comes to Buffalo
without visiting among them.
Miss Folsotn's girl chum was Ida NJ.
Reid, who has been dead some wears
She was one of the stars" of Central
school. The two were inscparab'e;
they repeatedly exchanged visits ard
had their pictures taken together in
score or more of odd poses such as
might strike the within of two jolly
schoolgirls. The finest picture of Miss
Folsom in existence was taken bv Mics
Reid's brother. Ted" II is in the
possession of their mother, now Mrs.
Gregg, who lives in the Holland apart
ment house. Itrcprescnts Miss Folsom
and Miss Reid with their beads together
and is of peculiar cttractivcnesss.
Mrs. Cleveland" said Mrs. Gregg
regards the picture as the very best
she has ever had And that is saving
a great deal. as you may imagine, for
Mrs. Cleveland has set to some of the
most celebrated artists in the world.
She said to me only recently: THE
picture of Ida and me is the best ever
had Now, then, will tell you lust
how it was taken:
Ida and frankie came home from
school one day and Ted said: Let me
take your picture, girls They both
laughed and finally consented TED
led them to the back yard, where they
sat down on kitchen chairs. There
was no attempt at 'primping up or
anything Of the sort: they were taken
just as they were. The girls thought
happy faces that they were thinking
of anything but posing scdatcly for
picture. Well, Ted took the plate, de-
veloped the picture and here it is, the
best likeness of Mrs. Cleveland ever
taken. and, confidently believe, the
best she ever will have"
llcreupon the lady opened her Won
dcrful book and proceeded to turn the
pages rapidly until she came to within
a few leaves OF the back cover. There
were sixteen tintypes in all. Miss
Folsom and Miss Reid were taken in
many laughablc ways. There was
something so utterly ridiculous in the
style CT the hats, the dresses and in the
funny poses. This, of course, as Mrs
Gregg went on to say, is to be cx-
planned 10y the changes in styles. The
oldest tintype, to my fancy, represent
ed Miss Folsom and Miss Reid with
derby hats, each hat being adorned
with grotesque band, which was fin
ished off with q broad bow, the latter
standing out in a laughable way. The
chums were sitting on low stools side
by side; the very gravity of their faces
added to the zest of the present day
enjoyment Another comical tintype
showed the two girls with tremendous
hats-where they obtained them or
when the hats were in style being a
mystery as amusing as it was perplex-
ing. The hats, too, were trimmed with
N,,f he 0f IL ~.
in fashion quite inexplicable. There
were other tintypes. Some of these
latter efforts contained four figures,
in one or more instances these new
Corners being young men wearing
wide-brimmcd straw hats and carrying
funny-loolling canes.
Mrs. Herman c. Mynter lives in a
comfortable house at No. 105 Franklin
street, Buffalo, not very far from the
Central school, where Miss Folsom was
educated. AS q former teacher and
friend of the Folsom family Mrs.
Mynter told me many interesting cir.
cumstances connected with Miss
Franltic's girlhood in Buffalo.
Was Miss Folsom engaged to Mr..
Cleveland at the time she graduated
from Wells collcge?"
Mrs. Myntcr smiled Significantly,
going on to say, quickly:
Indeed. cannot say; remember
seeing her engagement ring, though;
it was Il sapphire and diamond
heard her read her graduating essay at
class day at Wells college. 1t was a
little narrative of some sort, the exact
title and contents of which have now
passed from me. | was present when
the girls were packing up to go home
You know at Wells the pupils sleep
two and two in a room. Well, while
the packing was at its height CHANGED
to come into Miss Folsom's apartments.