. 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 . t Dinners and Receptions — ASuperb State Dinner to Royalty — How the Question of the Use ofWine at the White House Was Decided---Leaving the White House—Returning to Their Modest Home — Death of Mrs. Hayes — PresidentMcKinleys Estimate of Ex-President Hayes — His Death. W^pT is no disp
. 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 . t Dinners and Receptions — ASuperb State Dinner to Royalty — How the Question of the Use ofWine at the White House Was Decided---Leaving the White House—Returning to Their Modest Home — Death of Mrs. Hayes — PresidentMcKinleys Estimate of Ex-President Hayes — His Death. W^pT is no disparagement to any one of the nobleInrf womei1 wno nave filled the position of mistressMw of the White House to say that, all in all, LucyWebb Hayes stands at the head of the list ashaving been by birth, education, experience, ac-quirements, and disposition the best-equipped for thishigh place. On the maternal side she came from the bestPuritan blood of New England, while her father was ofsturdy North Carolina stock. They were people of means,education, and refinement. Her mother, a woman ofremarkable ability, being left a widow when her childrenwere young, decided to remove from Chillicothe to Dela-ware, Ohio, so as to give them the advantages of an educa-tion at the Wesleyan University. (674). EARLY LIFE OF MR. AND MRS. HAYES. 675 Lucy Ware Webb shared with her brothers the privi-leges of that institution, studying under the same prepared for the Wesleyan Female College at Cin-cinnati, entering that college at the same time her brothersbegan their collegiate course. Her natural talents wereof the highest order, combined with most conscientiousprinciples; and when she was graduated in 1852, she hadwon not only first honors for her scholarly attainments, butthe love and admiration of the faculty and her associates. Her vivacity of spirits and winning ways made her auniversal favorite. During a vacation she visited DelawareSulphur Springs, where she met
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