. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ntional Invitation to HisWedding — The Wedding Procession and the Ceremony — A BeautifulBride — Mrs. Clevelands Popular Reign — Winning Universal Admi-ration— Her Return to the White House—Why She Lost Interest inSocial Functions — Retirement to Private Life — A Growing Family —A Quiet
. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ntional Invitation to HisWedding — The Wedding Procession and the Ceremony — A BeautifulBride — Mrs. Clevelands Popular Reign — Winning Universal Admi-ration— Her Return to the White House—Why She Lost Interest inSocial Functions — Retirement to Private Life — A Growing Family —A Quiet Home and Domestic Bliss. TEPHEN GROYER CLEVELAND, or as healways officially signed his name, GroverCleveland, succeeded Chester A. Arthur, and be-came the twenty-second President of the UnitedStates. Immediately after his election every one be-gan to wonder who would preside as mistress of theWhite House; for it was well known that he was a bachelorlong past the age when men are apt to marry. Managingmammas with marriageable daughters began to plan foropportunity to meet the President-elect, unconscious of thefact that he had at the time settled the question in his ownmind by inviting his talented sister, Miss Rose ElizabethCleveland, to perform the social duties of the Executive (698). THE ABLE AND CULTURED MISS CLEVELAND. G99 Mansion until he was ready to install his bride, alreadychosen. Miss Cleveland was a clever, well-educated, well-in-formed woman, who had already had much experience inlife, having entered upon her career as teacher and author,and lecturer to college classes when quite young. Shebrought to the White House all the dignity and intelligencenecessary for a successful fulfillment of the duties of theimportant position of first lady of the land, and while shedid not inspire the admiration which her successor and sister-in-law did later, no one ever criticised Miss Cleveland forlack of genuine ability and a natural disposition to he
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