Evening star., 1935-01-20
CHAPTER XXXVIIT.
BY FRANK G, CARPENTER.


BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.
THE Presidents sister, Miss Eliz-
abeth Cleveland, is now the
First Lady Of the land. She
l. presides over the White House,
bosses the servants, and occa-
sionally holds an afternoon reception,
when the public is privileged to go
and see her. At such times she stands
in the beautiful blue parlor of the
Executive Mansion with a number Of
the most fashionable court ladies of
Washington around her, and she has
for all the world the same advantage
as a princess with her maids of honor.
The poor public who come to see her
are marched in single file with many
policeman and ushers to keep them
from stealing the bric-a-brac of the
White House. They shake her hand,
glance into her eyes and then march
out again. At state dinners, she will
sit in the great state dining room as
our republican queen and will have
to smile when the backwoods Con-
gresham dressed in his long frock
coat eats with his knife or drinks the
thin lemonade out Of the finger bowls.
Miss Cleveland ought to have the
say as to whether wine is to be served
at state dinners. From her late tenn
perance letters, Judge she would
prohibit 1t, but Grover Cleveland has
been a free liver and it Is hardly pos
sible that he would consent. The
Presidents sister Is the baby Of the
Cleveland family. She looks to be 35.
She is medium sized woman, inclined
to be petite, with square shoulders, a
short neck and a face sallow In COM
plexion, but decidedly intellectual in
features. From a high forehead little
brown curls stand upward and going
backward cover her entire head with
innumerable ringlets. Miss Cleveland
dresses plainly, but neatly, and wears
few ornaments. She is perfectly at
home in the White House, and has
created a very favorable impression in
Washington. She is a good linguist
and can talk of other subjects than
the opera and decollete dresses.
AS all the world knows, Miss Cleve-
land has lectured, and a friend of
brother was nominated for the presi-
dency she made a prayer in public in
which she asked the Lord to make
the next mistress Of the White House
a temperance woman. Her literary
tastes are so pronounced that she
may inaugurate a literary society at
the White House.
afternoon driving behind the Presi-
dents seal brown horses, for she is
thoroughly interested in all parts of
the Capital. She is a Christian wom-
an, attending church regularly, where
a policeman instead of a footman
opens the door of her carriage. BY
teaching school she has been trained
for her position as head of the White
House. AS a teacher she cannot but
have acquired a good knowledge of
human nature, and If she applies this
knowledge she can make a very ac-
ceptable First Lady of the land.
Mrs. Hendricks.
Mrs. Hendricks, the wife of the
Vice President, is one of the most ac-
complished women in public life, and
1t is a question whether she does not
merit more prominence than she has
yet received from Washington society.
Since 1845, when she first married
Tom Hendricks, she has been con-
nected with public men and public
affairs. She is a tall, commanding
woman, as straight as a line, with
black eyes. which look at you through
eyeglasses, and distingue air. The
Vice Presidents wife dresses richly.
A thorough Democrat, she takes as
much interest in politics as any
statesman in the country
Next to Mrs. Hendricks in social
rank comes the Bayards, the wife and
of the Secretary of State.
They are one of the most aristocratic
families in Washington. Their blood
is as blue as the sky and the stream
from a two-inch hose will run under
any of their inSteps without touching
the skin.
Mrs. Bayard is in delicate health,
but she has a half dozen daughters
and she is able to do the honors of
the mansion at home. She has re-
fined face, bright eyes and dresses
like a lady Of the old school. A head
dress of lace crowns her rows of lit
tie gray curls, which are something
like those Mrs. Polk wore when she
presided over the White House. Mrs.
Bayard is an accomplished society
woman and her daughters, educated
under her careful training, are among
the brightest figures of the Capital.
Miss Kate Bayard, the eldest one now
at home, is a fine horsewoman. She
made the round of the race track not
long ago on fleet racer, going over
the hurdles and taking fences and
bitches with the courage of an ac-
complished jockey.
Senator Logan.
Senator Logan's election has been
the subject of great rejoicing here.
Mrs. Logan has received calls, letters
and kilograms of congratulation, and
there is no happier woman in Wash
ington than she. Her house will be
the center of Republican society dur
ing the coming four years; it may be
that it will be the wheel which will
carry the Logan family into the White
House. Senator Logan holds higher
position now than ever before. 1t is
probable that he will pursue a diff
ferent course in regard to his life in
Prior to this he has
lived in a couple of stuffy little rooms
on Twelfth street and has boarded at
the common table of a second-rate
boarding house. If, under such un-
circumstances, Mrs. Logan
has attained her present prominence
It is hard to say what she will be able
to do with a house at her disposal.
There is no better Judge of human
nature in the United States than
Mrs. Logan. She is thorough poll
tician and the wires which she will
from her houst on Iowa
circle will ramify the land and prob
IDLY reach every village in the country.
A description Of Mrs. Logan would be
She Is bright woman
with all her political arts, and she has
! heart as big as the Capitol dome. A
rood wife, a good mother and friend
20 scores of girls all over Washington,
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