Show CLEVELA KIIS CHUMS site she them only in ill lie way for several weeks there has been gay ety in the white house and those cortil fortunate enough to go there have had many opportunities of seeing its ever fascinating mistress they have seen her looking as well as the she ever looked lp ri her life and they have seen een r her wear some boine charming costumes the gown in which k she appeared at the diplomatic dinner wis was the most be coming coining I 1 and most chic that she has worn the rich brocade and the velvet with which it N va as combined were suitable to the dignity that has been added to mrs hirs Clev elands manner since mr air Clev elands first terni term there will two more evening receptions this season one for the army and navy and the public one it Is alva advae s in the blue room that the public sees mrs airs cleveland when she receives her friends informally as phe he does who have received cards or who have been especially invited on monday afternoons front from 5 until unlit 6 the she stands sometimes in the red room and P K in the blue bitte room mrs cleveland always gives one large card alit afternoon troon reception in the he winter she receives the guests in the cast room and as the guests are arc presented they pass through other rooms into the dining room where an elaborate lunch Is ie served this being the only large affair at which refreshments are arc served at the white house occasionally as in the case of tile the luncheon at the white house in honor of miss woodward mrs cleveland en pertains in it il smaller way but she is leading a rather isolated life this administration compared with her first experience in the white hoube she has always had the good sense notto not to live too much before the public while she is graciousness itself she is always the wife ot of the president of the united states she goes about much less than j the Harrisons Harrl sons did and she is perhaps more popular on that account there are arc no white house favorites mrs cleveland is a good friend of mrs lamont but there is no trace of such a decided preference for her as would be unpleasant for the other women in the cabinet circle mrs airs george curzon when she was miss leiter was as intimate a friend as mrs airs cleveland had slie she lunched at the white house often and mrs airs cleveland went several times to the leiter house for luncheon she was wa at the wedding and went early to the reception this is the only wedding which mr airs cleveand has attended she goes to see the families of the not on their reception days when she has had guests in the house who have been eager to make the round of cabinet calls and tee see the interesting crowds at the reception mrs cleveland ass driven with them to the different houses and waited in the carriage until the call was over cheis she is fond of harriet lane johnson whom she visits and who is of ten at the white house another antin intimate inte friend of mr airs cleveland is af miss iss elizabeth lockwood of buffalo A W although mrs cleveland harover haj ever posed as a housekeeper she is ii not nat without an interest in the decorations decoration sand and arrangements for the different white house functions one could I 1 could wish though that she would i aduce the person who ho has charge ot of the de at 0 0 of the table for state dinners to U oz ar from loading it with imm Immense en sel fruit it dishes therold the gold service the ca candelabra ndel ra the flowers and the other han handsome some fur rd nish ings are enough without bananas oranges and grapes and there is never any trace of an artist hand or a fastidious feminine eye in the ornamentation of the different rooms for big 41 function one can positively state that no other fashionable hostess in washington would be able to endure the sight of ornamented for company as the white house mantles are it reminds one of nothing so much as the days when ahen roses were mounted on toothpicks and surrounded with lace paper it if all this could be changed and the executive family could be in possession of a smarter equipage there would be harmon harmony y between the hostess and surroundings rounding roun dings s mrs airs beveland cleveland is as enthusiastic an alumnus of wells college as ever she 1 is much interested in the meeting in new york and made a visit to an attractive young 0 matron in washington to induce her to go to new york for the convention the comparatively quiet life that mrs airs cleveland has led during the administration undoubtedly has been due to her in her children she does what few mothers even outside of the fashionable set who have three children do she washes and dresses and undresses them nothing interferes with that duty and as for the rumors of the the childrens sickness they probably arose from the fact that mr airs cleveland thinks too much of their nerves to allow allo them to be shown off to any great extent so people do not see them their imaginations begin to wander and hence the rtin ors As a matter of fact ruth is is an attractive little lady who is beginning to prattle in german esther is of another type she is fond of see ing ng people and promises to develop into a society leader |