The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21
JUST LIKE A WOMAN.
Mrs. CleVelaHd'S Nice Receptions In
the Blue Room.
The First Lady In the Land and Her
Guests. Her UnaffosIod Manner and
How She Is GOwnOd At Present.
Sensible sons Of Noted
FATHERS.
Especial Corres pondsnce. /

WASHINGTON, April 17.-MrS.
week in the blue room OF the eXecu-
tive mansion, and very popular re-
ceptions they are. They are not
puolic levees, and in order to be ad.
mitted Que must have an invitation.
One of the peculiarities OF Washing
ton social life 10 that here people
openly ark Tor cards Of invitation,
and four. firths of the ladies who at
tend Mrs. Clevelands receptions
have sought aud in many cases beg
ged for tho little cards which alone
give entree. Every week hundreds
and thousands Of applications for
audience are denied. Mrs. Cleve-
land rightly assumes that she is not
required by her position to submit to
the inspection OF mere curiosity
seekers. At least she is not re-
qIired To do 80 at this time.
Naturally there are people who do
not approve Mrs. Cleveland's present
policy. They say she is the wife
OF the President, and it Is as much
her duty to see all callers as it is her
husbano's. These are the same sort
of people who go to the White HOu Sc
with certain sense of proprietor
ship. Because it is publiC property
they cannOt see why every room in
the house is not thrown open for
their inspection. They would like
particularly to enter Mr.. Cleveland :
private apartments, to go into the
kitchen, the linen press and 10 be
y,nrNNittaH tn nlnnk HAUapa i'm tha
conservatory.
A few days ago overheard a wo-
man eXpostulating with an usher be-
cause he would not admit her to the
blue room and to the main corridor
of the house while Mrs. Cleveland
was holding one Of her receptions
In vain did the ushe.' explain that
his orders were imperative, and
finally he was compelled to say thai
Mrs. Cleveland was entitled to some
rights OF privacy in her own house
Her own house lndeed!" eX
claimed the woman, with toss o
her head. "Pernaps Mrs. CLEVELAND
thinks she owns the place just be
cause her husband has been elected
President. The people OF the United
States own this house, sir, aud IL
like to know 10y what right the peO
pie are denied admittancs to tn,
parlors! Its a perfect shame!"
Many such unreasonable wOmel
go to the White House in the cours
of week, They do not go into tn,
private rooms, or the conservatory, O
the dining room, or the kitchen, bu
they do manage TO make more o
less miserable the lives of the poo
ushers. The people who visit tn
executive mansion have to be con
.stanIly watched on account of thei
craze for souvenirs or relics. WO
men carrying scissors with them il
order to sup piece out of curtain
if they get chance. Ouce woman
was seen cutting a bit OF IihbOl
from Mrs Clevelsnd's gown. Whe
detected, she tried TO pass the mat
ter of as joke, but quickly dis
appeared.
Some Of these people manage I
get invitations to Mrs. Cleveland
receptions. In the blue room the
distinguish themselves by sIandin
as close to Mrs. Cleveland "a the
possibly can, staring at her and lis
ening to every word she utters. The
get in the way of new arrivals, sR
by their piggish manners max