Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-06-10 | Page 10 | Old-Time Whit House Dinners

Old-Tlme White House Dinners. If It wero the custom nuw nt tho White House, na It was during the llrst cuiit of tho ItepuhtlP, to offer reftesh-mtnti reftesh-mtnti rt public leccpllons, tho 1'iesl-dents 1'iesl-dents sulary of J'oooo would not tover llio rake und iheeso, nor all the vlilt-uges vlilt-uges of Huiopo ntipply tht wlnts, even If tin MieniB dinnk like gentlemen, sa), Leslies Weekly It waa Mrs James K. roll. 18I.-18H -who put im end to refreshments re-freshments ut public, t e editions, lovees, as they wero nillid Mrs John Adams Instltuti il tho i ustnni serving rake and wlue Jackson thought cuke nothing without cheese, and so added thut to th menu 'iho hours for n White House dinner oeiemunv or st ito dinner wero from 0 to D 'ihe fun linn was conducted on nun h thi s mie tlnliotnle stale na ut the prea.nl tlmi About forty guesta were ptesint, of whom leu wcio luiltcH, nt a illnnti given by 1'ircldcnt nnd Mrs rill-moic rill-moic lu Febrtiaiy 1SG.' A lady who tun pits.ut -she waa tho vvlft uf u tneniber uf CougiisH-glus the folluvvlng Inler-osllng Inler-osllng nccuttnt of the film tin 'IIvci) Rinlleinuii nn his urrlval, received re-ceived a card with tho iiamu of tho Indy ho was tn ihi nit to tho lublc and whom lie was expected to entertain during dur-ing tlie three hours from 0 tu 'J, (ho time spent nt th table T felt very gratuftll to 1'imllent I'lllmoro foi naslgnlng luo tu Hinulor (lw)nn one of tho moat en-leitalnlng en-leitalnlng men I nvir me) Mra Kill-moip Kill-moip sat first then Hen Hot Davis, no-self no-self und Mi (Iwynu i gentleman, by tho win who linn inirmnsu wealth nnd hua Just purthiiscd n house licit) for (17,-Ooo, (17,-Ooo, "As for thu dlnnei vvo hud nineteen couis s, twelve of miata, thcto wu as- .. - .lljua pan gus, green peas lettu- peaches this In Tebruary-itl nud aweetmeats ln endlex vtrit tei leaving the dining-room i paired to the hluo room, ht vvas served In tiny cups without. Mrs. Klllmore wsb dressed Inbi vet, tho daughter In whlto ma In full dress While I tnuit miis l'resldent has the finest manner! gentleman I ever met, I cannon aamo of his wires manners."