March 4 Saturday – Sam’s notebook in Florence:

Settignano, March 4, ’93, 9.30 p.m. Mr. Cleveland has been President, now, two or three hours, no doubt [NB 33 TS 1].

The Brooklyn Eagle, p.4 Mar. 5, 1893, ran a list of German news items under “The German Army Bill” with this dateline, Berlin. At the end of the article these tidbits appeared:

Miss Phelps, daughter of the American minister, assisted by other members of the minister’s family, has given a dinner at the Phelps’ residence to forty-eight Americans. A dance followed the banquet.

Miss Rose Cleveland, President’s [sic] Cleveland’s sister, left Berlin today for Weimar.

Miss Willard gave a private theatrical entertainment a few nights ago. Mark Twain’s daughter took the leading part in the play presented. [Note: “a few nights ago” puts Clara’s play ca. Mar. 1.]