The morning times., 1895-09-01

While the daily press is fnH OF the doings
OF prominent men, 60 most people the in
terestiug side of their lives is found in the
details Of their home life, facts about the
wives and children of the statesmen. mo
man is 3 hero 10 his valet" SO says the
old adage. yet is this very detail Of do
mestic life that is so fun Of real feeling
that every one loves tos a man as he is
al his own fires.de, ont of the glare OF the
stage settings Of public life.
Iutcrviey7iu- the man wlfo GENES 20 Con-
gress Is the daily lifeof the Washington re-
portpr. bat ii is q new trade at the Cap
Hol 10 get at The home side Of his life,
as has been done of late by woman who
has adopted this as her particular fad"
in reporting. And most instructive task
IL is. though sometimes hard and weari-
some one with anything but pleasant in
cide1ts ta culven its monotony,
OF course. during what is known IN social
parlauce as the season" the city is fun
Of prominent people, widows OF famous
men. rich ladies' whose husbands have made
pile out West and who come 10 Wash
iurton 10 show how fl,e- '...,'s''l the
du5aTs in royal way-and they do IT,
Then there are the Cabinet ladies', the
wives OF The justices Of the supreme Court,
the wives Of the well-known Senators and
Conrressnleu. and the hettrr-halves Of the
courly gentlemen Of the diplomatic corps
So tHat. taken an in an, Washington can
boast of great deal of fashion, wealth
and culture within its spacious gates
il is d common belief that there is
q great desire among the wives Of prom
iueut politicians TO be interviewed. Bot
this impression is not true. On The con-
trarv. most ~ The aides are much aveTse
60 granting interviews, and they are often
given under a promise that the name or
the lady win not be given Indeed, il
is strange. when one thinks of thc tempta-
tious 0f getting an exclusive lit q news,
that SO many newspaper writers are so
often trusted with secrets which they
sacredIy regard AS q rule, when one
OF The very wcu-buowu ladies does grant
On interview. ID is as a personal favor
10 tie correspondent, whom Sue knows.
AIRS CLEVELAND WILL NOT
Ers Cleveland VIII not be interviewed
Ladies may have a talk with her and
epeat it but it is safe to assert that
BE mistress Of the White House win not
Eecelve and talk TO anyone If she under
stands that it is 10 90 in the paper as
an interview with her. Mr. Cleveland is
Is opposed as is bis wife to her appear
mig iu the press. One LADY was once
given the job by a Western paper Of
getting an expression about something
from Hrs Cleveland, and she haunted the
White House for DAYS. But she could not
succeed, for the mistress OF the White
House would not break her rule Of 81
lence But the newspaper woman was
not 10 De dauntcd, and one evening while
the family Of the President was at din
ner she sent q note into the President,
begging him 10 get his wife TO allow
moments interview, stating that her fu-
ture employment by the journal depended
upon her success IN this matter. But the
President could suot be induced TO grant
Der request.
Another lady was delegated by Cincin-
natl paper to get an account OF the different
dresses of Mrs. Cleveland So The lady
wrote note lakiug The request. In
few days ncgt note, written i7 - hand
OF the private a.--- 49, ae-ae bacs Eatiug
ltIaL NIIs LaL-aLt.NF l4elNE
regretted thar she was not able to oblge
The correspondent So il is safe 70 say
that, as FAR as interviewing goes, Mrs.
Cleveland Eeeps herself beyond the arts
OF that ttreIess parsonage.
The wife OF the Vice President, Mrs.
Stevenson. is a lady who is deservedly
beloved by an newspaper women. Not that
she Is iu any way inclined 10 court pub
HHH..s a
lady % tHe world than she, and she objects
very much 10 having her daughters appear
I'm the press But she has expressed her
views cloHrly. and everyone viii approve
her own words
Il would nuch prefer she remarked
10 a woman correspondent who called for
chat f0r the press "that I would not be
interviewed, Tor ] know that The general
public can feel no interest in what / say.
am simply The wife OF the Vice President
and OF DO importance myself. But as my
husband IS a public man, ! also feel that
j owe some public duties; hence, if ] can
do anything in the way OF giving informa-
tian to newspaper ladies' ] think it is my
duty 10 do so, yet I wish most heartily
hat my family remain in the sancuty Of
private life. and / wish TO do in a public
way only my duty as IL devolves on me
as The wife OF the man whom the people
OF this country have so highly honored.
SHE is HARD TO CATCH.
Mrs. Secretary Carlisle is easy to inter
view when you catch her in, but in the
morning she is busy at market and about
her housekeeping, and inthc afternoon, dur
ing the season, she rs generally going about.
But when she does come down II is a
treat, for she discusses every question in an
offhand style that is most amusing and
her conversation is the soul Of caudor and
common sense. Mrs. Carlisle told a lady
writer this spring that she thought that
1t was very unladylike for a woman 70
ride a wheel, and now rUmor has il that
she is one Of the most ardent converts TO
the bike.
Mrs. Lamont is kind to the interviewer,
for, as she suiliuEly says, her husband wEs
q newspaper man once and she Knows
how ii iE herself" But she does not court
publicity. in fact. al Of the ladies OF the
cabinet have an OF it they want and far
more than they like. If a woman wants
any information, Mrs Lamont is rarely too
busy to see her and She win always give
all that she can with propriety--but she
is very careful never to tell about the family
at the White House. know ing that AIr. .Cleve-
lanC 1es not VI ish facts about them TO be
made public. Mrs. Lamont has something