Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-02-28
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND MAY
CHANGE CHURCHES.
COUNT DE CASTELLA.NE At THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Senator Brice's Musicale An Expert
ence With a Prima Donna-Public
Reception ait the White House Wo-
men Re1ormers Capture The City
The Modern Susan B. Anthony.

Washington, Feb President
and Mrs. Cleveland have,
it IS said, had under consideration for
some time the idea of making a change
In the church they attend. Numerous
reasons have been given, but little
Incident just made public enables one
to guess one of them. DR.. Sunderland.
who has been the Cleyeland's pastor
since they first came to Washington,
except during the four years they re-
sided In New York, and a personal
friend OF both sides of the family for
many years before, is getting along
in years and his congregation not long
ago employed an assistant to relieve
him Of the active work and a part of
the preaching. This assistant-Rev.
Adolos Allen-doubtless means well
enough, but he lacks judgment. Only
the other day he wrote a communica-
ton to Senator Call, signing himself
az Pastor Of tile First Presby
Church, the church attended by
President and Mrs. Cleveland. Now II
there is any one particular thing that
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland despise 1t is
snobbery. Their feelings may be i'm.
agined when that communication was
printed in the daily papers. 1t is not
to be wondered at that they should
think of changing their church 1t will
be a severe blow for the church If
their thinking results in change, as
1.-THE Presidents church" always fares
well in Washington.
The 100000 French beauty, other
wise known as Count de Castellane,
the man who will on March 18th be-
stow his name upon Miss Anna Gould
IN exchange for tile above mentioned
sum cash down and an implied claim
upon all the rest of Miss Annals share
Of the Gould money, is in Washington.
He says he came away from New
York to escape the newspaper re-
porteis, who would neither let him eat
sleep, walk or make love to his girl
in any peace. He Is in appearance
just what the average person would
expect a wealthy Frenchman Of -
to be; wen built, good carriage, Pari-
sian dressed, and hammered. He is Il
blonde with hair curly enough to
please the NEST Economically inclined
school girl. He speaks English with
Just accent enough to indicate his
birthplace.
Senator and Mrs. Brice gave another
musicale this week. the principal
artists being members of the Grand
Opera company which played an en-
gagement here this week. AS a SPECIAL
compliment to the Rouge ct Blanc
club. of Baltimore, which gave a per-
Torrance of the opera Midas for
charity the same evening, the time
for the beginning of the Brice mus
Gale was set for 10 80 o'clock
Speaking Of musicales, there is a
bit of interesting gossip concerning
one gwen last night by very wealthy
widow who spends most of her winters
iii Washington. When the invitations
were sent out 1t was informally wills
pered around that one of the principal
primal donnas of the grand opera com
rany would take part in the musicale
This came directly from the wealthy
widow, who fully intended 10 secure
tile prima donna for her musicale, but
had neglected to do 50 before allowing
her friends to make the announcement
Now everybody knows that opera
prlma donnas are never modest in
charging for their voices and this one
didn't break the rule; neither did she
sing SHE found out that her APP
pearance at this musicale had been an
nounced, and when negotiations were
opened with her she named price
that was probably larger than was
ever paid in the United States for a
similar service, and said she would
not sing for less. Tlle wealthy widow
declined to be imposed upon; she had
courage enough to tell her friends
that the prima donna would not sing
at her musicale, knowing that the
number Of her millions would prevent
any open sneering and that her ex-
peuditures In other directions We're so
large that she would not even secretly
be charged with parsimony.
The series of cabinet dinners 81 sed
with the one given by Secretary and
Miss Morton last night to President
and Mrs Cleveland aud the cabinet
families
This weeks public reception ut the
White House was the last OF the
season.
The women reformers captured
Washington this week, and the meet
lugs of the representatives Of numer-
Gus organizations with long names by
the way, why do womens organiza-
tons almost always have long names?
have been talking TO their hearts
content about the good times aeon
in-, when the reform Of the horr.d
men shall have been accomplished.
The woman rcformer is well known In
Washington, which has always been
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