The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-28
sEx!MIsTREss OF THE WHITE
NJ sEsIs "a LOVER OF HOME
ABOVE ALL ELSE.

Princeton Domleile Ideal-ouiet Re-
flnernent characterlzes Life Of
cleyeIande, With eayety
Discounted.
BY Margaret B. Downing, in Pitts
bttrg Dispatch.
Some six or eight women living to-
day have been chatelaines Of the
White House for a more or less ex-
tended term. but Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land occupies a unique position in
Stheglist{ Of the first ladies'. She was
The only bride Of a President of the
United States married in the White
House. and she was the youngest anil
\ the fairest Of the many lovely women
who have held sway since the days Of
the first Mrs. Adams. Yet were Mrs.
Cleveland to promenade down Penn.
sylyania ayenue--yea, even penetrate
into the White House park-the chanc-
es are thatlnot oneof the scores she
would pass by the way would recog-
nize the former idol of the Nation.
The Sage of Princeton and his inter-
estlng family are still objects Of pub
sllcE curiositySand many visitors to the
pretty Jersey university town go
thither to catch Q fleeing glimpse of
the Cleyelands, as well as to visit the
great seat Of learning.
Mrs. Cleveland as mistress Of the
White House accomplished what no
other woman has done before or since
her time. She kept her private life
4 as closely yelled from the public as
though she were the wife of simple
y Mr. Jones. and her children were alb
solutely unknown to the general popu.
lace. Naturally, II she could accom-
nlishsthis in the White House, 1t Is
NOT TO be supposed that her social in
tercourse in Princeton is more frank.
I'm fact, fewer details OF the home life
oE$the Cleyelansls-th is, reliable de.
tails gain currency in Princeton than
5Sthsg did in Washington.
Real Democrat In Spirit.
But Mrs. Cleveland is by no means
a. yeiled Mathatma, nor, say her
Intends has she ever posed for en-
IRENE excluslvencss. AN the worltl
knows her cordially, her tact, anil
her good common sense. She had
abundant opportunity to display these
l1allties In the White House, and she
proved their possession. In some par.
ticulars she was far less exclusive as
mistress of the White House than any
OF her successors have been. Mrs.
Roosevelt never calls! at the Cabinet
homes during the general reception
hours and she never calls at any home
of ID public official on any occasion.
Her greatest conlescension is to be
the8ehief parsonage at dinner par
Irs. Cleveland had the charming
habit Of dropping In at the homes Of
the War and Navy Secretaries and
chattlng with the wives of the milf.
tary men or any guests who CHANGED
ito bel there. She frequently met the
gSdiplomats and their families at the
home Of the, Secretary OF State; and,
I'M fact she knew Washington much
more intimately, than any Presidents
SSsylfe4 before or since her time.
Her Love of Home.
Mrs. Cleveland's most pronounced
charac teristic is her love OF home. The
formal, prosaic environment of the
Yhites House was not at all to her
liking. She set mp household gods of
sherg very own on the hills west of
Yashington, and, to, the eternal graft.
ttidc5of the .renl estate broker, started
$slbprban property on boom which
grove with passing years. In Prince
tom Mrs, Cleyelandis life is rounded
out in caring for her children AMI
beautifying her home. Perhaps she
xperienced$ surfelt OF adulation dur
Ing her reign as the White House
4 queen, but social joys have no allure.
ments now, and she accepts, and ex.
tends Just as little hospitality as is
compatible with her station.
~ A writ Or on fhenuttfuI homae fo,,
years ago said that the Cleveland man.
sion I'M Princeton is one OF the most
artistic and perfectly appointed in the
United States. During the rushing
days before the McKinleys tool, pos.
session Of the White House Mrs.
cIeyeland found time to 50 over from
Washington and fsuperlntend the dec.
ofsting and furnishing Of her new
residence: She had previously inspect;