Evening star., 1934-10-07

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Mr.. Cleveland usually wears black
frock coat, black pantaloons and a
vest cut half Way between the two
extremes of fashion. He wears a
standing collar, a black necktie and
! no jewelry whatever. He has a fine
form. His trunk is we'll formed. his
legs those of an Adonis, and when he
appears in his Swallow-tail at the
gubernatorial receptions he makes a
fine and imposing appearance.
Mr.. Cleveland Is regular in his
habits. He is one of the hardest
workers who has ever sat in the Gov
ernor's chair at Albany. He lives all
alone, with a housekeeper and SER
wants, in the big executive mansion.
He eats alone. he seldom entertains
company. and during his term he has
not invited any lady to preside over
the hospitalities of his position. His
receptions, which he gives OCCASION
ally, are all stag affairs. No ladies
are invited or wanted. do not think
Grover Cleveland cares much for the
society of women. If he goes to the
White House I imagine he will be a
very dry social figure. He might have
his sister Elizabeth with him, but she
is rather a sharp-tongued young lady
with a prediSposition to woman's
rights. 1 understand that she and
Grover do not get along too we'll to-
gether. I do not know that Cleveland
has ever been crossed in love, he has
certainly shown no signs of wanting
to get married.
"One Sunday not long ago a couple
of men on their way to church stop
ped the Governor as he was going into
the Capitol to work. Governor, you
had better come to church with us,
they said. Mr.. Cleveland replied with
a quotation from the Scriptures, say
ing, Which of you shall have an ass
or an OK fallen into a pit and will
not straightWay pull him out on the
Sabbath day?' This was at the last
of the session when he had about four
hundred bills to look over and dispose
of within a month"
Washington Social Storms.
During nearly every administration
since the beginning of our Govern
ment Washington has been agitated
by society troubles They began when
the Capitol was still located in Phila-
delphia and New York They existed
during the stormy days Of John Quincy
Adams and Andrew Jackson. James
Buchanan had social troubles added to
his presidential duties, and only last
year the fight went on between Mrs.
Carlisle, the Speakers wife, and the
other women of official society as to
who was the chief lady of the land.
Governing its social observances the
court at Washington has different
rules from the drawing room circles of
the other cities of this country, and its
customs necessarily differ from those
of the court circles of Europe. 1t has,
in short, an etiquette of its own, and
now, for the first time, the unWritten
laws Of this court have been embodied
in book form. Mr.. D. B. Randolph
Keim, a washington correspondent
and litterateur, has published little
book containing a full exposition Of
the subject, with it's thousand and one
picadilloes and rules. This lies on the
table before me as I write.
1t is a neat pocket volume of 230
pages. we'll printed, and gilt edged. 1t
divides the social world of Washington
into three classes: First, the official
class, containing the President and all
his employees, the officers of the Army
and Navy, CongresSmen and Sena-
tors; second, the quasi official class,
or the foreigners who represent other
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non-offcial class. including residents
of Washington, strangers and visitors.
OF the official class, of course, the
President comes first in rank, the Vice
President follows, then the Supreme
Court. then Senators and next the
cabinet, after which come foreign min
listers and Congressman. Other Of
ficialS, such as Army officers and heads
of departments, are scattered along
down the list until 25 degrees from the
President we find the orders of chiefs
of departmental bureaus. Think of il
Twenty-Five grades in the official cir
cles of the Republic! The fact is al
most worthy of being a part of Sun
set Cox's book, why We Laugh"
The President receives calls, but
never returns them except in the case
of a King or President of an inde-
pendent government. who must make
the first call. In general all people
of lower ranks are expected to call
first upon those above them. They
must leave their cards giving the num-
bers of their homes and the calls must
always be returned.
Sometimes very funny things hap
pen in this connection. The wife of
an ex-cabinet minister once told me
that in returning her Official calls she
found herself driving up to the shan
ties OF WaSherWomen and dreSSnakers
another prominent lady described the
sensation of calling on the sister of
one of her cooks in rooms over a little
meat market far away from the fash
ionable part of the city.
Strangers coming to washington al
ways call first upon the officials, in
cluding their own Congressman and
Senators. The wives and daughters OF
the members of the House call upon
those of Senators, and strangers also
call upon residents. These rules as TO
calls are caSt-iron, and the person
who neglects them in Washington
may as well buy an owl or a parrot
for company; he will certainly get
none here.
Mr.. Keim's general rules for Wash
ington calling are interesting, He says
they should be observed by all who
desire to appear well in society:
All calls of etiquette to be properly
recognized should be returned within
three days."
"A lady should arise and bow to a
gentleman caller. She may shake
hands if she sees fit. She should ad-
vance to meet a lady caller. She
should never escort a gentleman
caller to the door, but simply bow
when he leaves"
"One should never look for the time
when calling"
Ladies fond of pet dogs should
leave them in their carriages or at
home when calling"
"A gentleman should never seat him.
self beside lady upon whom he may
be calling, unless requested to do so. Il
when starting to leave. make the
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