The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-18
TO VISIT LAKEWOOD.
MRS. CLEVELAsD VIII PROBdBLY
CO. THE WfyTER CITY.
cottaoes and Hotel Guests VIII weIcone
the Arrival OF the Presidents Wife
and Children.

"Mrs Cleveland will go to Lakewood
if orly for a few days So runs a sem
tence in a private letter. the postmark
of which is Washington and the writer of
which is the wife OF a Cabinet member
and an intimate friend Of Mrs. Cleveland.
Meanwhile the Cleveland cottage at
Lakew God stands idle. waiting for Mrs.
Cleveland and the children to occupy it.
Several umes during the season the cot
tage has been rented 10 very exclusive
parties for a short or long period, but
always with the understanding that it
must be vacated In case Mrs. Cleveland
should find that she could come down and
occupy il. IL now begins to take on the
blooming appearance of spring. and II MIS-.
Cleveland comes soon she viii see II Just
as II awakes To- greenness under the rays
that are earlier and warmer in Lakewood
than here.
Very Simple Appointments
The cottage occupied for the last two
years by the Presidents family, and now
known as theirs. is by no means a grand
GRE. II is Of the style known as double, ~
end It is very large, but IL is almost
primitive in many OF It's appointments.
At the head of the wide stairs which
lead up from the front door I'm Old fash
toned style there is a little gate over
which Baby Ruth used 10 hang last WIN
ter. but which debarred her from attempt
I ing the stairs: and at two OF the back
/ wiadows-the windows of the nursery
| there are bars like the bars on the win
! d0Ws OF the simplest farm house. None
/ OF the rooms have high ceilings and the
woodwork Is new and clean. rather than
! elegant in kind or finish. IL IS an ideal
resting place, but far from a. villa or q
+ modern country house
The shrJbbery around the house which
now begins TO bud SO iuxuriantiy, has
nearly an been planted by Mrs. Cleveland.
T An evergreen at the foot of the wooden
front steps was "set out" by her on the
"a Of last March, on the day she left for
F Washr gton. The lilac bushes and vines
we're placed around the pillars and WIN
dows 10y her hands also.
Since Mrs Cleveland was married. near
ly seven years ago, she has lived I'm more
tlan seven homes, or made more thar
seven moves. but to no house has sh'
taken as little style ass to Lakewood. Ever
the Gray Gables home IL more preteh
uous lille Woody is positively gran'
I'm comparison. The furniture in the "Lltu
white House" AT Lakewood is Of plain
ash or pine stained into the semblance ol
different woods but by no means valuable
Mrs Cleveland has expressed a wish ina
rotbins too nice for the children be place
Am the cottage. as during the Lakewood
vacation the little ones are given the tuI
run of the house as they can be Above
in nowhere else There are more ina
twenty plain square rockers in the mouse
and fully twenty couchcs, Whlch MIS-
Z cleveland has a fondness for placing q
ALI windows and In odd corners.
Perfect sun Parlor.
Running around the Lakewood hous
Is a broad piazza. which has been Mite
with sash windows that can be draw
down. making perfect sun parior ana q
ideal playground The sun runs arouh
three sides of the house and surr0un'
ths Tic drawing room, also the family 81
TING room and the Presidents Office, Whic
ts on the left rear side OF the mousse.
perfCct Hood of sunshine pours INTO tN
srn parlor all the day, as the house
omen en- four sides 10 the sum- ana ma
nc trees near enough 20 actually cast
deep shadow on the house. Mrs Cleyei All
vas very particular about ms ana nd
general tees removed that lhle" a'io''"
across the windows.
When Mrs. Cleveland is at Lakewoo
she takes a very active interest in all Il
. entertainments at the hotel, and all zoe
charities pick up straishtway when 81
! comes. This winter Mrs. George Gou
3 has led In promoting charitable ente
.,fr,ner+s but Mrs. Cleveland always M
: her own peculiar ideas of such ente
j toinments. and. besides. she comman
eroat deal of talent that comes as
favor to her and TO no one else. Joe Je
ferson has planned 80 go down TO LAX
wood for a few days when Mrs. Cle'
$ land is there. and Mrs. Emma Ea"
storey another personal friend, Will
there for day or two
4 card Table out of Door.
/ There are several things about llyl
{. I'm Lakewood which Mrs. Cleveland
$ WAYS greatly enjoys, and of which Il
il mas only been deprived this year by @