The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-14
MRS. CLEVELAND IS POPULAR.
MIR. and Mrs. Cleveland Lead Every
thing at Princeton.
Frome the Philadelphia Press.

Frome the Philadelphia Press
Princeton and Grover Cleveland have
been much associated during the past
year in the mind of the public. 1t is a
fact, although the public does not know
IT, that the member of MIR. Cleveland's
family nearest the hearts of Princetonians
is not the ex-president, but his amiable
wife Mr. Cleveland comes to big college
affairs sits on the platform at the right
of President Patton, and drives back home
in his stately carriage TO remain in re-
tirement until the next occasion of inn
portance.
To the college man, Mrs. Cleveland is a
sort of patron saint goddess or idol in
human form. She goes TO athletic games
with her intimate acquaintances among
the professors wives, and sits In the front
row. Sometimes a collegian occupies
position of honor at her side, in which case
he is the subject of much chatting at the
club that night at dinner.
Mrs. Cleveland lives out of doors at
Princeton. In a trap behind a tandem
team she drives over every Jersey road
within twenty miles, and the country peo-
pie come out in front of the farm houses
to see her pass. She is a prominent pa
trOneSS of college sports, and, armed with
brassey and pibblick, she is familiar
figure on the university golf links Before
the advent of the Clevelands Princeton
society existed in hot houses and its most
violent form of athletics was the tea-fight
Mrs. Cleveland came, was amused, and
played tennis. The colonial danes gazed,
ordered fashionable outing skirts and play
ed tennis. too. 0s
Mrs. Cleveland is personally acquainted
with most of the upper classmen in the
university.
pus this morning. said a junior "and she
called me by name. Say, but she's a
peach!' This is the experience and opin-
ion of a majority of che student body
Mrs. Cleveland will stop sometimes to
talk with an undergraduate acquaintance
on the quadrangle Then some unfeeling
scoundrel viii lift his voice and cry
"Yea!' and someone else calls, Heads
out?' The unfortunate students friends
stand around al a respectful distance and
grin, and the student grows red in the
face and wishes he were in the tomb of
his ancestors or in some. equally remote
spot. Through 1t all Mrs. Cleveland wears
look Of serious innocence that is per-
picking.
In his relations with the students Mr.
Cleveland too is friendly Whenever an
athletic victory of sufficient importance
warrants bondhre over the historic can
non the students indulge in a "horse"
parade during the progress of which they
boldly invade the Cleveland estate,
trample the 1owerbeds and demand a
speech. Mr.. Cleveland is indulgent in
this regard and when he appears on the
veranda in his spacious bath robe the
students forget to be awed by his great
ness and give vent to triples" and loco
motives and other fantastic cheers with
Growers at the end.
A student visited Mr.. Cleveland to Sc
cure an interview for a newspaper. Mr.
| Cleveland obi gingly answered the ques-
tons asked. Then he bethought himself
of the students probable inexperience in
| journalistic matters.4s*A will write the in
terview myself" said he Il don't want
you TO make an ass of me-" The great
man wrote painfully for half an hour, at
the end of which time he handed the
manuscript to the student to read. The
young man was unable to decipher the
former presidents peculiar chirography
After tangling himself up unpardonably
in the first three lines the student ad-
mitted his defeat. Mr. Cleveland laughed
good-natuTedly and dictated the interview
When it was finished the student gather
ed the useless pages which Mr.. Cleveland
had written.
"Why?" asked Mr. Cleveland. But the
student blushed rosy red and answered
never a word Those same pages tied
with orange and black, occupy a place Of
honor In college room between a beautI-
full fan marked Exhibit A" and a gaud-
lily adorned Sophomore Club hat OF long
ago.