Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland was much interested in music, and
evinced a partiality for Arthur Sullivan's melodies. Mrs.
Harrison's favorite music was Nevin's "Good Night, Beloved" and the
Sousa marches. The soundness of Mrs. Cleveland's musical taste was
shown by her liking for the "Tannhauser" overture and other music
of that character.

The Marine Band played all the music for President Cleveland's
wedding, which took place in the Blue Room of the White House. The
distance from the room up-stairs to the exact spot where the
ceremony was to take place was carefully measured by Colonel Lamont
and myself, in order that the music might be timed to the precise
number of steps the wedding party would have to take; and the climax
of the Mendelssohn "Wedding March" was played by the band just as
the bride and groom reached the clergyman.



President Cleveland's Veto.

A few days before the ceremony I submitted my musical programme to
Colonel Lamont for the President's approval, and among the numbers
was a quartet called "The Student of Love," from one of my operas.
Even in the anticipation of his happiness Mr. Cleveland was keenly
alive to the opportunities for humorous remarks which this title
might afford to irreverent newspaper men; and he said to his
secretary: "Tell Sousa he can play that quartet, but he had better
omit the name of it." Accordingly, "The Student of Love" was
conspicuous by its absence.