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State dinners at the White House under President Cleveland
Special correspondence notes that the White House social calendar continues smoothly with state dinners for cabinet members, diplomats, judges, and Congress. It describes the state dining room, table arrangements, flower and ice displays, the steward’s role and pay, kitchen layout, and contrasts Cleveland’s more restrained costs with Arthur’s lavish hospitality.
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