because of the fact that spectators on that day seemed peculiarly anxious to see how she looked at the Communion.

“My first meeting with Mrs. Cleveland was just after her marriage.  She was at the depot, in her carriage, to see Miss Rose Cleveland, the President’s sister, off on the train.  Dr. Sunderland introduced me at that time, when I was just visiting Washington.  Mrs. Cleveland invited me to take a seat in her carriage.  I accepted the invitation, and we sat there some time talking about various things.  I saw, as everyone sees who converses with her, that she is a very attractive person, though brilliantly attired, unaffected in her manner as any mountain lass.

“March 3, 1897.  Made my last call this afternoon on Mrs. Cleveland.  Found her amid a group of distinguished ladies, and unhappy at the thought of leaving the White House, which had been her home off and on for nearly eight years.  Her children have already gone to Princeton, which is to be her new home.  She is the same beautiful, unaffected, and intelligent woman that she has always been since I formed her acquaintance.  She is an inspiration to anyone who preaches, because she is such an intense listener.  Her going from our church here will be a great loss.  It is wonderful that a woman so much applauded and admired should not have been somewhat spoiled.  More complimentary things have been said of her than of any living woman.  She invited me to her home in Princeton, but I do not expect ever to get there.  Our pleasant acquaintance seems to have come to an end.  Washington society will miss this queen of amiability and loveliness.

    “February 4, 1897.  Had one of my talks with President Cleveland.

    “As I congratulated him on his coming relief from the duties of his
    absorbing office, he said: 

    “’Yes!  I am glad of it; but there are so many things I wanted to
    accomplish which have not been accomplished.’

“Then he went into extended remarks about the failure of the Senate to ratify the Arbitration plan.  He said that there had been much work and anxiety in that movement that had never come to the surface; how they had waited for cablegrams, and how at the same time, although he had not expressed it, he had a presentiment that through the inaction of the Senate the splendid plan for the pacification of the world’s controversies would be a failure.

“He dwelt much upon the Cuban embroglio, and said that he had told the Committee on Foreign Relations that if they waited until spring they had better declare war, but that he would never be responsible for such a calamity.

“He said that he had chosen Princeton for his residence because he would find there less social obligation and less demand upon his financial resources than in a larger place.  He said that in all matters of national as well as individual