The San Francisco call., 1895-11-17
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The Noted Writer and Speaker
Will Go to Europe on a Pri::
vate Mission. .=..:
LATEST EVENTS IN swELLDoM
Peculiar Incident Connected With the
Visit of Marlborough and Wife to.
the Horse Show. -:

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 16.-"I don't
believe that Cleveland has any more idea
of receiving a nomination for a third term
| than he has of becoming the Queen: of
England" said Cleveland's S earnest friend,
Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio, last night.
81 Think he continued, ';that Cleye-
| land is treating the subject Of his can
| didacy for third term with the contempt
that it deserves. The idea is too silly for
him to deny.A To admit that he ever
dreams of such possibility as his being
chosen to serve a third term is to admit
that he is bereft of his. senses. He is not
| called upon to deny that he is candidate.
| The whole matter is too senseless and
| absurd.
"Neither he nor any other living man
could be elected to a third term of the
! Presidency of the: United States. He
would not carry single precinct. What
ever the President has been accused of, he
has not been accused of lacking common
horse-sense, and I think he has far too
much of that quality to regard this third
term talk as meriting anything but silent
contempt on his part."
The popular Interpretation put upon the
projected trip abroad of Henry Watterson
has been that the distinguished editor was
in need of a protracted rest. This turns
out not to be the case. Watterson is going
to Europe, the Star says, to write life of
Abraham Lincoln. He will take his fam
lily with him and seek a retreat in some
quiet place, probably some Swiss town,
where he may work when the fit is on him
and yet be close enough to Paris to look in
on brisker life when he feels the need of
recreation. He has his material all col
lected and only the writing of the book
remains to be done. 1t is expected that
this will consume eight months or more.
The line that Watterson will take is
still his own secret. His friends are con-
fident that he. will find something new
say it in style all his own, which in daily
journalism has proved to be spirited and
effective. Lincoln's biographers up to
date have been his personal friends and
political supporters. Watterson will
write as an ex-Confederate. He is none
the less passionate admirer of Lincoln's
character and genius, and from his editor
ial perch at Louisville he enjoyed long
survey of the country and a long study of
the conditions which produced the most
unique man in American history.
The horse shows closing event last
night-the exhibit of hunters-had nearly
ended. and the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough, who were in w. X. Wander
bilt's box, We're preparing to leave, when
suddenly the band above their heads be-
gan to play "God Save the Queen" The
Duke uncovered and rose to his feet.
The Duchess paused moment, and
then, following his example, stood by his
side. The ducal couple stood thus at the
upper end of the box. A few persons in
their immediate neighborhood rose and
uncovered also, but the Americans in the
box remained seated. The whole thing
had dramatic touch that brought some
involuntary applause from many of the
| spectators.
One of the special features of the winter,
the Wednesday cotillon at Sherry's, will
be the most brilliant The members of
this association are largely fashionable
| Southerners who made homes here. Their
dances last winter were among the most
successful OF the season, and it has been
decided to form the Wednesday cotillon
into permanent association.
| The Salmagundi Club, which recently
| moved from its rooms on Twenty second
street to the General Winfield Scott house,
at IA West One Hundred and Twenty
eighth street, where, latterly, John
Rogers, the sculptor, lived, had its house
warming last night. 1t was the twenty
fourth anniversary of the clubs organiza-
ton. Most of the 100 members-all artists
and amateurs-and many guests came to
see the new clubhouse and to enjoy an en-
tertainment in the gallery, into which
Rogers studio had been converted.
The new home of the club is to have
distinction in the decoration of the main
hall, where is frieze of thirty mahogany
panels, painted by some of the leading
members. Not all the panels are in place
yet, but those in position last evening
evoked the commendation of the assembly
of painters. There is nothing in the city
like this panel, and when it is completed
| it will be shown with pride.