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CHAPTER VII GROVER CLEVELAND "VIEWED"
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I well remember the Governor, as I made my way up into his bedroom, paint-box in hand, and said: "Well, we must make the best of it, and turn this into a studio. May I move the bed a few inches?" "All right," and between us we moved the bed.
The Governor was Grover Cleveland, and the State he governed the State of New York. I had long since learnt that New York was not the capital, but that Albany enjoyed that privilege. In Albany I was making a prolonged stay, painting portraits of some very prominent people, amongst others of Mrs. V. L. Pruyn and the Erastus Cornings, who were notably1 amongst his warmest friends and supporters.
I was enjoying Mrs. Pruyn's hospitality, and in her house I had exceptional opportunities of being initiated2 into the mysteries of American politics. I was made very much at home, too, in surroundings which bore testimony3 to the consummate4 taste and connoisseurship5 of my hostess and her late husband. My wishes were not forestalled6, or they could never have been so correctly carried out. But, as soon as they were expressed, some magic button would be touched, and some tutelary7 genius would appear to take my instructions, or some man or woman I had desired to know would be announced. So I made many pleasant acquaintances, and in due time was introduced to Cleveland.
Election time had come with all its excitement and turmoil8. Good citizens wearing most picturesque9 uniforms were mustering10 by their thousands, and were drilling as if war were
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luncheon
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