The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-13


sisted her.
Under the second Cleveland admins
tra+ion there receptions were eSPeCiai-
" nopular. The presence OF the my
6aurhters of the house. WIN lneiI
Guard of white-capped nurses on TIC
broad stairway, added admlrlne ihtel
est to these occasions. FOR her PEI
sonaI friends and the members of the
oEnrcb She attended. Mrs. Cleveland
observed Monday afternoons at NOME
receiving in the Blue parlor and ire
onentIv having tea served quite IN
formally in the same room. Much Oh
Mrs. Cleveland's popularity outside OF
Washington was due to the gracious
and sincere manner with which she
welcomed visiting delegations, repre-
senting religious, educational or char
liable works and the apparent deep IN
terest with which she listened to all
they had to say. If the number re-
ceived on these frequent occasions
had been limited to those invited, her
amiability and tact might not have
been put to so severe a strain, but
after granting a request to receive
twenty-five, she would generally find
from two to five hundred waiting to be
shaken hands with. Once, when a
stated number of members of the
visiting w. c. T. U. had been invited
to the White House, hundreds of resi-
dents and strangers who had no con-
necton with the organization. borrow
ed and bought badges, and were thus
admitted by the astonished ushers, who
of course could not know which were
invited guests and which imposters.
The result was a crush that will be
remembered by those who were so I'M
fortunate as to be caught in it. Shrek
ing women leaped out of windows,
others tainted and were trampled un-
der foot, and Mrs. Cleveland herself
upheld swooning stranger until an
usher could force a passage to her as
sistance.
Mrs. Roosevelt is young, attractive
ana IN robust health, with a dispo-
Nuon to not only graciously discharge
every social obligation, but to give
scripture measure" heaped UP and
oVernoWing; and therefore it is prob
able that these long disused customs
may be restored. The new first
iddy is already receiving numerous
iellerS from different religious and re-
IoiIhdlory organizations that will con-
'eHe mere during the winter, each re-
questlng an audience; and although
sHe VIII not send or accept invitations
curing the period of mourning it is
sald that she will entertain them,
every one.
MISS Hagner's appointment as social
o o-o1 to Mrs. Roosevelt is consid-
Ecu very good thing, for both en-
Ployer and employee. The young lady
the daughter of a well-known physf-
e''n' VINO met with financial reverses
a. IL" years ago. 1t is eight years
sIs winter since Miss Hagner made
formal debut in Washington So
eS Being handsome highly educat-
e bright and vivacious, she was one
90 Ihe most popular of the seasons
o ouQS, and has ever since been re-
sHued as a decided acquisition to any
ry0lai gathering. Loss of wealth made
inference in her position. She Sc
r rru clerkship in the War Depart
H' ana from a social butterfly be-
value an earnest and honorable bread
"a'I'er' Meanwhile she found time and
ooppoItunlty to act as secretary to sew
81 Iadles conspicuous in official life.
IL was the valued assistant of Mrs.
5,gyait wife of the late Vice Presi-
t. also of Mrs. Charles Emory
,.lln, wife of the Postmaster General;
T Root, wife of the Secretary of
sor ana Miss Paulding, niece of
orra a'or Chauncey Depew. Her thor
,r. thdlHldnCe with the ms and
,g,E 81 Washington society, combined
f," 'u delicate tact and remarkable
fscel'y Tor remembering names and
cese contributed largely to the sue
ber vi the various functions given by
W. "r"comer patrons. Miss Hagner
Tvs an expert stenographer and
u,e Iler' besides being skilled in the
n vi her pen, is just now attending
Incrl. RooseVelt's enormous and daily
m, 1slhs correspondence. OF course,
n residents wife is not permitted
dl, nan the missives that are adj
MED 10 her, or her life would be
t.... burden Impersonal letters Of
r'1, LOT political appointments, beg
t i'iiers and crank" communica-
n,.. are disposed OF by the clerical
ns., oi The White House and never
ne ., i eye Mrs Roosevelt's favor
tbo., Iaht "Yaganker" (what names
hss Fooseyelts choose, 20 be sureD,
n n arrived from Long Island, and
lon 'ala mat she Will take many a
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