Show RR 6 I 1 t gg g W 0 IN 1 tm 01 bmw w R F T JS I 1 HOT 1 1 DAYS PRESIDENT DISCOVERS A RETREAT I 1 I 1 NE NEAR aft washington I 1 it Is caned cherry jarw arwa XIa isolated iKo ted and inviting it I 1 to the ri perty of fortner former senator hendson Se A 1 tty place I 1 washington letter RESIDENT me mc KILEY has chosen the place for his summer residence it Is known as aa cherry farm sev en miles southwest of washington just back of ft FL myer and Is reached by several beautiful drives from the city proper one leading through fort myer and another through arlington Y cherry erry farm Is the property of ex senator john B henderson of mi missouri u who purchased the beautiful place four years ago f om thomas IL fprd who far ne nearly UX ay twenty fi five v e yea years ra was one of the chiefs in the sixth auditors office of the treasury department in this beautiful and secluded place president and mrs mckinley with secretary and mrs porter will pass the heated summer weeks the houze house 1 Is far back from the public road situated along a veritable forest of fruit and shade trees the small all summer cottage Is as completely isolated as though it were a thousand miles from the national capital one must have a most intimate acquaintance with the geography of the adjacent country in order to find the house at all it Is reached by a narrow lane which turns in from the main road about halt half a mile from the small village of ballston baleston Ball ston this lane is an execrable one it is full of rocks and ruts and the devious ways in which it twists and turns through the short pine brush is apt to cause a city bred person to lose his bearings entirely approaching the house one Is impressed by the great number of fruit trees which line the lane apple pear peach and cherry trees are everywhere and the eye Is unable to discover the zu I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 P I 1 III I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W I 1 I 1 CHERRY FARM RESIDENCE bounds or the magnificent orchard which stretches chea away toward the north the first sight of ct the house Is disappointing tor for it seems small but its ita i full size is not apparent from the front view for when making the turn in the driveway it is seen that the build building inz i extends quite a good distance in the I 1 rear it would be difficult to classify i the style of architecture for the reason that it is a combination of the old fashioned farmhouse and the modern summer cottage senator henderson having had it remodeled when he purchased the property four years ayi ago from mr it is two sto stories r I 1 es in height after the style of many southern houses and there are porches and verandas on all sides the broad veranda on the north side is a particularly inviting one and it is reached through doors leading from both the drawing room and the dining riom aiom room the house is furnished handsomely throughout although the henderson family h has as spent very little time there the drawing room and library are practically one room being separated by port leres of blue silk the prevailing tone of the walls and ceilings of both these rooms is blue and the furniture is of the kind usually seen in summer cottages rattan and cane being the principal materials of which it is made communicating with the library is the cozy little dining room the two r ana closets filled with handsome tableware this room has a southern exposure and w a generous bay window adds to its ita attractiveness back of the dining room la is the southern kitchen which is quite a model in its way in it are all the appliances necessary to culinary operations A well of excellent water which hach has a wide reputation in ili the country round about Is ii also situated in this ibis katchen Jd kl the upper floor is reached by a handsome winding stairway finished chashe din ln d oak two large bedrooms which face the east ara are the principal rooms on this floor they are am of aboud about the same sa ine size and anda are finished in leipic terra cotta botta and the aki s vails brer V etli tibia aper 0 bt f a alue ilant 1 1 JL A thard bedr ooin j othomo farhat t smallen s ai b the two prin branz a eibi vomit ladd 1 t the J arenz Ie ware I 1 two I 1 I 1 otner avo oer afifi I 1 11 I 1 I 1 r 0 C 4 7 arain J 1 I 1 7 1 |