Show jr 1 1 Grover Cleveland was a bachelor who married in the White House Other White House marriages were those of Nellie President Grant's daughter and Alice Teddy Roosevelt's oldest daughter Teddy Roosevelt made major changes in the White House structure partly because of the exuberant needs of his six children but also because by 1902 the White House had become inadequate for the growing volume of executive business New offices were added in the form of wings extending east and west These were architecturally harmonious and at a depressed level so as not to detract from the beauty of the main building The White House originally was and still appears to be a two-stobuilding but excavation of the basement and improvement of the attic in 1934 made it actually four stories high The swimming pool also was added at that time During the War of 1812 when James the British Madison was President stormed Washington and burned the White House They arrived so unexpectedly that they found dinner for 40 all cooked and smoking "on the kitchen spits but not soon enough to stop Dolley Madison from saving the silver plate a wagonload of official papers the famous Stuart portrait of Washington and her pet parrot It took Hoban three years to restore the building before President James Monroe could move in The Virginia sandstone walls were then painted white to cover the scars left by the fire and this is the most widely accepted story of how the White House got its name The name didn't become official however until Theodore Roosevelt asked Congress to adopt it History probably never will record all the dramatic decisions that have been made in the White House Most of the U f W -1 m "- w i t i s' ) (''" : ' Stop your dog's scratching ry Mil SKIP-FLE- A ITkC 1 SCRATCH POWDER When your dog suffers from itching and scratching he looks to you to help him Use Sergeant's Skip-Fle- a Scratch Powder Its scientific new formula stops scratching relieves itching fast Here is a glimpse behind 1he doors of the most fa- - jit Kills fleas ticks and lice Stops itching fungus— another cause of scratching Halts doggy odors too 49c and 88 at any drug or pet counter f j mows building in ine unuuu J J While you're held in beautiful Blue Room is reserved for smaller affairs s AVOID 1 i r there ask for your free copy of Sergeant's Dog Book State dinners and receptions are (left) while the Red Room 1i n - with SERGEANT'S® new formula States v w ' CD v 1 the facts! torturing curls with bobby-pin- x that s the best for man's best friend monsters pre-histo- ric NOW! 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