RESIDENT CLEVELAND'S MARRIAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7656, 5 June 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

RESIDENT CLEVELAND'S MARRIAGE.

It will be seen by a cablegram in to-day's impression, that President Cleveland was married on Thursday to Mi 33 Folaom. Mr, Harmon, the uncle of the bride, was lately interviewed on the subject, and stated :—■ "Yes, I am tho uncle of Miss Frances E. Folsom, who according to rumour, is to be mistress of the White House. Although much that is inaccurate has been published about the matter, there is no doubt that President Cleveland will narry Miss Folsom. It ,vas not our intention to innounce the engagement -ill some little time before the wedding, but unfortunately it was made public by a breach of confidence on the part of friends in Buffalo. I have just been writing a letter to Miss Frankie," he added, " and it is now about time for her to be preparing to return home. She has probably learned something about the rumours afloat, but I was just writing her that the cat is out of tho bag, and was giving her ft little of the gossip sho may expect to hear on her return home. Miss Folsom's acquaintance with the President forms a romantic story,"continued Mr. Harmon. " Her father was one of Mr. Cleveland's warmest friends. At a very early ago Frankie gave promise of great beauty. As a child she was loved by everyone who knew her. When scarcely kneehigh she was particularly fond of Uncle Clove, as she called him, aud in after years, held him as ono of her dearest friends and advisers. Had her father lived, I have no doubt ho would have b*cn gratified at the marriage. Mr. Cleveland was always very friendly toward Mies Folsom from tho time when she was a child. About three years aero, his attentions began to assume a more serious aspect. Although very reserved in manner, it became evident that he now cared much more for tho woman than he ever had for the child. When Miss Folsom and mother visited the White House last year there was considerable talk about a possible engagement, but I doubt if it was made then. You will have to travel many miles to find a lady of greater beauty and accomplishments than Miss Folsom. She has sound common sense, is entirely unassuming in manner, possesses none of the conceit and hauteur of which so many young ladies are victims, and is in every way worthy of tho position she will occupy." Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper says : —"The name of the prospective Presidential bride and first lady of the land was originally mentioned in that connection a year ai*o. She is Miss Frances C. Folsom, of Buffalo, New York. She is twenty-two iyears of age, and is a young lady of intellectual and social accomplishments, as well as of notable personal loveliness. She is described as somewhat tall, with wavy, light-brown hair, and a sweet", winning, but withal serious, face. Sh<> is tho daughter of the late Oscar Folsom, of Buffalo, a well-known lawyer and intimate friend of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Folsoin was killed by being thrown from a carriago in a runaway accident at Green Island in 157.3. Miss Folsom was graduated from Wells College, at Aurora, New York., last year. In company witn her mother, eho was the guest of Miss Cleveland in Washington last spring, and assisted at tho last of the inaugural series of Saturday afternoon receptions. The stay of Mrs. and Miss Folsom at tho White House lasted several weeli3, enabling the yountj lady to obtain a good idea of the social world in Washington, where she herself i 3 very pleasantly' remembered. Recent information received by a New York newspaper, via Buffalo, and quoted as coming directly from Misa Folsom's grandfather, Colonel J. B. Folsom, of Fob somdale, was to the effect that tho chief object of this European trip was the selection of the trousseau of the bride-elect.