Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis, v. 1-2
CHAPTER XLIV.
OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL LIFE. Executive Work--General Reception--Office-Seekers--Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland--A State Dinner at the White House--The Guests --Toilets of the Ladies--Sad Death of Mrs. and Miss Bayard--Mrs. Secretary Whitney--Death of Vice-President Hendricks.