Show Yf nna t FOR A LARGER WHITE HOUSE i The Plan Which Was Waa Prepared Under B 1 ww new plan for tor enlarging the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House which President W c Roosevelt heartily ap approves approves approves proves was prepared un dir the tho supervision of Mr by Colonel Theodore A with the tha assistance of ot F D T Owen It Is III pro proposed proposed posed pOled to build the basement ment of ot granite granita and the tho walls walla of ot concrete and I Inclosing a 1 steel framework Each Bach wing I has an Interior diameter r of at sixty feet and the lower part pert of ot the tho one at nt the thene ne west nit t end Is I to be used as os the state din dining ing lag room while whilo the tho corresponding space In the east wing Is 18 designed for tor a n great grent reception rec room added on to the pres present cat ent ell t east room and thus affording t a a magnificent apartment ap for public tune tunc function tion An Immense Immen e amount of ot care has bas been leveled devoted to working out the details of ot 4 the plus plans for tor enlarging the White House Jouse On the second story of ot the west d wing Immediately over the proposed state dining room aro are to be six bed bedrooms rooms en suite with four tour bath rooms room i connected The second of ot the cast wing ring on the other hand will provide etc Ell additional rooms for tor executive of ot office fice with store rooms for tor records sta ata stationery and supplies Lighting Is to be Je Jei i electric and electric elevators are pro provided provided j vided In both extensions It Is II estimated that the entire cost of the proposed extensions Including par partial thaI furnishing will not exceed 1100 oo This ThI does doe not seem Beem very ery much to spend In makin the White House a I proper place of at residence for tor the President dent and certainly the outlay would be bo bei i amply repaid by results For one thing the five ne on the second floor noor of ot the executive mansion now occupied tar for of ot purposes would be converted Into available bed rooms for tor the tho family I though possibly the large apartment li now utilized as the Presidents work workroom workroom J room might be made the cabinet room The Tho present cabinet room Is ridiculous t ly I small The present state dining room I II so BO k Inadequate In point of size lle that at ata a tempts to give Ie Urge large e dinners In It have hae 1 bern ben abandoned and such functions are f held In the entry way or 1 which runs through the house from ca east enst t to west the long table being k spread there It t Is but a 11 makeshift at best The proposed circular apart apartment apartment ment merit sixty feet teet In diameter on the theother theother 41 other hand would afford magnificent accommodation for tor the th guests gue ts of ot the tho x chief magistrate at these thee formal ban banquets banquets The east room was wal originally It designed as IS a banqueting ba hall though iv never used for tor that purpose c With the alterations proposed the tue af President of the United States Stales would enjoy the privilege of ot privacy to an nn antI tI extent that Is I now no Impossible and ho he hoy y would have havo at his disposal a sufficient 1 1 number of ot rooms room to make his family feel teel at least comfortable The present t entrance on the north front may be re reer reo 1 er d exclusively for tor the President his hi hil l family and perhaps time tile members of ot the while the tilt two entrances on the wins wings will 11 be for congressmen and the general public respectively Senators and nd high officials of ot the thede department de will rind hind admission at nt the tho thoc c east cut t wing ring for example le while the every t I AJ I U U U 11 U U II U U U U U II U II U U U U U U U I U U U Uday day LIllY visitors must come In on the west westsIde sIde elde Beneath each cach flight of ot steps per pertaining lJ r to the west vest or east wing would be IJ space affording shelter for tal six alx car carriages carriages at once so that there would be lie beno lieno beno no crowding Cloak rooms and ane all oth other other other er conveniences for guests are provided beneath the new state dining room roo III and ane the great reception room Notwithstanding the serious and ob obvious obvious obvious need for tor the enlargement of ot the tha White House vigorous opposition has hns been offered to the thc new plan idan by archi architects and others who express a fear that the thc Integrity of the historic build buildIng lag Ing may be Je marred by b alterations altern Most Moat of tho tha architects want to have a linger finger lingerIn In tM th pie themselves If It any changes tire are to bo and some pome of ot them have havo eagerly eal rl condemned the plan Nevertheless It Is l worth remarking that all nil who have seen reen the model of ot thoU the thene new ne White House Hou e with the thc proposed al RI alterations hays have been delighted with It as the structure Is now It would be Immensely Immense Improved as I a pic pie picture picture ture turo to the eye Iye by the suggested exten extensions ions Some people say the thc White House ought not to be touched because It is a n historic edifice and to alter or add to It Itin ItIn Itin in any an way would be to mar It nut Hut they fall fail to consider the fact that the mansion when It wa was built wa was not In Intended Intended intended tended to remain unaltered The original vial nal design contemplated not only addi additions tiona at the sides aides but also alco n a third story stor One can still see sec at nt each end just above the arched windows of the second star stor story n a horizontal panel anel across the tho lie frieze and architrave left lert presumably presumably ably ab for tor the extension lon joint Of Ot course In making the additions It ItIs ItIs itis Is Important that architectural her hal harmony halmon hermany many mony mon shall bo be preserved and that the present building shall not he be obscured or dwarfed In any way n Most Mont careful attention has been given to all 1111 such considerations In The he hp making of ot the new plan The mansion Is left un unchanged changed chan ed Not an outer door or window of at n a room Is closed cloned The very cry windows casings are repeated as to form and size sire In the proposed wings In a IL word there Is addition but no subtraction anywhere There has hag been much talk of ot a 1 separ separate ate office onlee building for th the President but hut such Buch an a Idea l ea is f out of or the question The chief of ot the nation must re ye reo side at hl his hii place of business bu Ills His work Is of ot such luch a character that he can have hae no set let hours for It and much of ot It has ha to tn b bl i done at odd moments While he may net always need to bo ho at sit hl his hili desk he ho has to have his tools handy papers records clerks messengers etc He Ue cannot close e up at Lt a n fixed nud hour and to so home not to return to his hIli office until 9 S a 5 m mn next ne t day Many Man matters are brought to hl his attention at lit all time of ot the day after atter office hours hourI liS as well ell as during them and ani much of ot this must be dl no ed or of at nt once onre roland Colonel says AV that to te utilize the present White House exclusIvely for tor ome offic purposes would wreck reck It In l half a ft 5 Jen ym rears The wear ear on the he m or he the chief In is than that on any other on o te In tn the country Te The Th manHon mansion was wa lightly built U and It Its I n hear or beams are ro not strong i h tn to endure enormous traffic care has to bf be taken e eves n n now w I last I M the rhe way nv In one ene part or 01 lIhi asi tine ene flight of f stairs having broken down dawn Is I hell held b ld up up tw by Bacho In the he New York Tork Journal |