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Show i THE VJHITE HOirSE TOO SMALL' WMSm liSTOI W$wMaJ Tha family of Prealdent Rooaevclt la the lui ffvet that hna evnr occupied the White House at Washington. An the house hna only fire bedrooms th" RooapTclta with their alx children nnd everal aonrnnta are aild to ba auffcr-Ing auffcr-Ing great Inconvenlenco. How theae people are going to bo accommoilat. d In a hnum which only contain! five bedrooms, sitting room, a dining room and a parlor, la one or the myatnrlea which confront Colonel Theodore Dlnxham, U. 8. A. tie, by the way, alao ar'a aa master ot ceremonlca at the Pi-enldent'a public, pub-lic, receptions The While Houan w.ia the first p th-lie th-lie building erected In Washington, and lta first coat waa paid by (he atatea of Maryland and Virginia. Prealdent Washington al. ct' d the al e. A prize of fT.OO for tV dcalgn waa awardod to a young I rub, architect named Jamca Hobitn. who modeled hla design after the castle o( the duke of Lelnster, near Dublin. Tbe corner atone w.ia laid on Oct IS, 1792, and although the, mansion waa not completed, Pnaldent John Adama and hla family took possession In 1800. In 1814 during the tlrltlsh Invasion tha White House waa aim at gutfC by fire and waa only anv.d from total destruction by a thunder storm. The woik of reetorat on waa not completed until 1818. The building In 170 feet long by 80 f.et wide, nnd the private g ounds contiln 20 acres. It consists of a ruitlc basement, two torlca and an attic. Having the peculiar characteristics of a public offlcn. which la at the aame time the home of a private rami y, the Wear and tear lipi n Ita h us b .ld be-longlnga be-longlnga are aim. at Incredible, and each year haa brought aoine material change In tbe decorations. The government gov-ernment haa apent nearly 12,600,000 In repair on the building. At tha prtecnt time tha first of the atate apurtmcnta la the east room the nation'! parlor which la decorated decorat-ed In white and gold. Fu'l length portrait por-trait of President and Mia. Washington, Washing-ton, Jefferaiin and Lincoln occupy the panels along the east aide, and olght large mirrors, with three chundellera of cut glnxa, add greatly tq the magnificence mag-nificence of the room. From the eaat room a wide corridor l.-aila Into the state parlors. The flrnk of these, called the green room, la Ubcd as a musio room, and Is furnished taut, fully In pale green plush. Next the green room la ths blue room, an elllpilcul room In the center of the suite. The blue room la the official audience room, where tha President recnlvc foreign ministers minis-ters on their presentation of credentials, creden-tials, and other distinguished gueats; and on such occasions, at public reception recep-tion and often at leas fo.mal gatherings, gather-ings, ths presidential parly stands In Una at the upper end of tilt room, Weat of tbe blue room la the rod room, which, being the family drawing room, aeems' more home-like than tbe other parlors, with Its flowering plants, haded lamps and brlc-a-brac. Though red la the dominant color. It Is used only In subdued tones. Beyond a screen partition Is the family stairway; on the right la tha private dining room, handsomely furnished fur-nished In carved mahogany, and at the end of the corridor 1 the entrance to the conie.vatorles. On the left la the state d nlng room, luioly remodeled, where the deuurntlona are In yellow: and haimnnlsn w th the lavishly-glided table ornaments. The. ia t rn portion of the upper floor Is devoted to th executive offices, of-fices, Te end o Uie central corridor forma the lobby, to the left of.w'I:. are the ti l. graph rn in and a In nr apartment where thu ron Ine woil carried on. The email room In fie eoiithmirt corner It uaed by the Pi -f-dent's pilvaie rccreinry. while largo room adj. lining la the offlc : i the President. AdJ lining the P ( dent'a oltUe la the room whrre , let m'olvg- are h 'Id, hiiniUr4 freacoed and ftirnlshed, and containing contain-ing numbor of private portraits. Tho private apartments, which an shut off from I he crucial wing by i kcroen door nt the tight of the puhlu stalrwny, are reached by a long corrl dor. Tho flri-t one la the llbrsry, 1 beautiful ovnl room, which serves s the family sitting room. and. with It hooka and plctuiei, Is the chenrlil and moat home-llkt of all the apart monta. Next la the President's room which still retain Its old-fashioner grandeur of canopied bed and crlmsrn satin hnnglngs. The tied rooms on tin north are usually set apart for guesU although tho nnrtbooat room was o cuplad by Prvi-ld -nt and M s. Cleveland Cleve-land during th. ir first residence. It haa long ben a. en that the present pres-ent White Houan Is entirely Inadcquntt to the social, domestic and bualneai necessities which are enjoined on thi President, and It Is not Imprnbabli thi some changes will he effected during Presldont Rooavi l'a sdmnlf t rat lot. Hoo40Dclt and Wood. Previous to bis departure for Cuba recently. Governor General Wood bsi a long Interview with President Koose velt. Not all of their conversatloi was official, but on the contrary thon la authority for saying that the twi distinguished men bad a little heart V heart talk regarding the changes which five years have wrought In their careers Five year ago President H'waevelt was out of 1iunlness, both as elvll service commissioner and aa a member of the police board of New York. Leonard Wood was then only an an-Blatant an-Blatant surgeon In the rcgtilwr artny Mtf tha rank of captain The al-vn; al-vn; of the McKlnley administration wngod wonders for b-ith men. Dr. WaVl was aelwted as the president 'a ptfslelnn, and Gila gave him a proml-niflce proml-niflce he might Dot have aecurcd after yiers of fiiltbful ajervlro In an obscure I IJeltlol). Thro. lore Knoaevell, after conaldornblo of a canipi'gn, waa appointed ap-pointed assistant s'cretary of the navy. When tha war broko out Kouao-vslt Kouao-vslt hlmelf ;onc.elvei the Idea of organizing or-ganizing a ltough lllilnr regiment, but chose Wood as the rolouel Instead of taking the place himself. Today Wood Is a brig idler general In tho regular army and governor general gen-eral of f'utii. He Is so young that In the ordinary cnurfo he Is destln'-d to tieeoine lieutenant general In command nt the army of the United States. Ilia former lieutenant colonel Is now prest-'.lei.t prest-'.lei.t of the United Htatca. and It was 'ntifcctly natural that ths two men 'should put In a little, time In 'solemn contemplation of the swlft-tisxs swlft-tisxs with which Providence works at tlmea. I . ' Tokyo it City of TItajut: I Of all the lands In the world, none Hurts the peculiar fascination of Ja- i pan. Others have equal beauty of siM-nery, greater grandeur, more noble works of art, mo-a Interesting problems prob-lems of aoclety. Il.it none poraeas an equal fns. Iimllnn. No one who haa been In the renl Japan which lie outside out-side the t inly porta and the foreign hotels and railways, ever could or ever would forget hla experience. No one, If he could, would ever fnll to return. The great aecret of thla charm lies with the p ople th"ma'lves. They have mndc a fine art of personal relations. rela-tions. Thi lr acta are those of good taste and good hiimur. Two cltlea of about the same alxn and r-latlre Importance Im-portance are Purla and Tokyo. No two could show a grent'T contrast In epirl'. say David HI in Jordan In Humanitarian. Hu-manitarian. Itutli are. In a aenae. elites of pleasure. Tokyo la a city of rontlnuoua JoyoitMliai:. little plensurea drawn from tlmplo things, which leave no sting and draw nothing from future fu-ture happln'Si. 1'a.ls la feverish and feels the "difference In the morning" and the "hard, fierce lust and cruel deed" which go with t tin a arch for pleasure that draws on the future for the Joya of the present. No one who cat. lies the spirit of Parla can fnll to miss the underlying sadness, the pity of It nil. The spirit of Tokyo not of all Tokyo, but of Its life as a whole la as frvh aa the aong of birds, aa "sweet ss children's prattle prat-tle la," and It la goi.d to be under Its spoil. Vrntnt Huttr of China. Kwang-Hu, formerly known as Tsol-Tlen, Tsol-Tlen, la the ninth Kinperor ot China of tho Manchu dynasty of Tslng, which overthrew tbe native dynasty of Ming In 10U. He was born In 1871, and at that time nobody supposed that there was tbe slightest chance of his succeeding suc-ceeding to the throne. Ills predecessor, predeces-sor, Tung-Che, died In 1876, and tha empress dowager and the Munrhurlan Princess held a meeting and selected Tsal-Tlen, aon of I'rlnce Chung, aa auccesnor to the throne. Prince Chung was the seventh brother of the Km-peror Km-peror Hlen Fung. There Is no doubt thst Taal-Tlen was mude Emperor because be-cause of his extreme youth, and tha convrquout fact that there would ba a long minority during which tha dow-ngor dow-ngor empress would be nominal as well as actual ruler. However, ho was chtuicn, and the nunie Kwimg-Bu, or "Glorious Hticccstinr," wus given to him, Hla education wus conducted by the supposedly wisest man of the empire em-pire and when he was fifteen years old lie was murrled to a bride chosen by ths dowager empress. Immediately alter his marriage Kwnng-Hu formally ascended the throne with much cere-ninny, cere-ninny, but he haa been a cipher In the affairs of the nntlon ever since, and on only very rare oecnsioua has ever been allowed to receive tha foreign ministers. minis-ters. The dowager empress la the real rulor, Indianapolis News. |
