Show HE SECRETARY ROOMS nie A p art ments by ney Endl colf bayard hall millar I 1 I 1 ij washington D C april 8 the apartments occupied bj by bome of ot ti tho I 1 IS nil of the file cabinet ri the parlors of pome bf the most moat handsome residences secretary Whit ivya room in tile navy build ifie I 1 5 6 tile most attractive a i it is ou ahe he second floor and its windows open upon the white house some iya feet away the room is the tile largest of any used by cabinet egre being sixty feet or inore hv in twenty five in si e its cecili ceiling g and I 1 walls v al 14 arc are frescoed in the laist tyle VIL t the tile floor 13 is of five different difre reu kind of wood asli maple Nv walnut alnut and mahogany cutin til triangular angular blocks block 8 and find bordered with a single narrow piece of ebony an immense rug requiring twelve men 60 to lift it colt covers this ornamental floor during the tile winter months mouths it was made in scotland id especially dortho for the purpose tor is used the curtains are of turkish pattern heavy lien vy and hanu some in in appearance they cost 70 a pair on tile walls arc are portraits ill in I 1 0 oil il of the tile past secretaries of the tile navy the desks in the room are of walnut or mahogany that occupied CU p i d by tho the secretary himself is large I 1 r 9 enough to fill an ordinary sized room in ill an average dwelling it is of the flat table li like ke style on one end is desk at winch an official may stand raid write A large grate has bus been placed at eith er jer end of the room the mantels a above bove them arc are ornamented with works of bronze off oft one end of the room is a large bath room with hot and cold water and other luxuries I 1 I 1 while not 0 so large the apartment leq occupied by secretary E endi adi cott in in the war wa department ia is as handsome gs as that in which sir mr whitney abi aney conducts public business bu it is in artistic nr listic style ban hiss rugs that also came from scotland and tur turkish kish cur curtain taini A number of paintings of ex secretaries I 1 hang aang upon thu the walls the col collection ejection of the por portraits taits of these thue officials is more complete ople to than in any other department every secretary of war hangs in tho the rooms used by b y the cabinet officer representing that hat t branch of the government sir mr endicott endico t t sits at a desk valued at his room looks upon the tile corcoran art gallery an adin adjoining ining room used by his private secretary is equal to liis his own except in size both have bath rooms designs in bronze bro anze and numerous dusky messengers sen gera secretary bayaras Ba yarda yards room is in the tile south end of the tile state war and navy department building overlooking I 1 king the tile potomac river arlington ing ton heights and the washington monument one can look down the river a distance dita uce of faiva or six miles and see the bend before reaching tig tg the beautiful spot where bones or dust and wh where ere gu guides ides lie at the rate of 25 cents an hour the tile is neatly furnished but there ja js not that attractiveness about it thet characterizes tile rooms occupied by b y tho the gentlemen engaged in looking after the tile govern government n it lit tu tuba ba and und the twenty or thirty men nien en engaged afred in defending the tile united states statis mr flannings room has hiis an elegant mirroring orin which lie can admire his new spring overcoat the amarti apartment n ent is in the south end of the th 0 treasury tre abury building having the th ic bame san je view as ia is pr presented resented from the avin wins dows lows in the tile room of the secretary of state it ia is covered with heavy brussels carpet in figures of light color both the secretary and nib private secretary occupy tha the one desk in tho the room paintings of bome of the tile ex secretaries three fourths inize hang upon the walls A email small hook case filled with writ tings on finance bound in color colors to match the carpet stands behind the chair occupier I 1 by the head of the department the room occupied by the gerneral looks upon pon u pennsylvania avenue and aud tha the front ans ai t francc to tho whito bouso it is a size and well furnished th alie plaques and picture cards and i lib ib bons and mid moss moes etc that mr brewster had tacked about the walls have been rem removed secretary y lamars hars room is not specially attractive it would serve very well as a parlor fur for a second class hotel it is on the first floor of the tile interior building is small and crowded with desks dests sir air i office in the tile department part ment building just the I 1 interior department 18 ig the least attractive of tho the rooms occupied by b y cabinet officials it ig is small all id d hn no ornaments of any kind one or two chromes sent 0 out ut by steamship ship companies hang hung on oil the tile wall beside etcel steel engravings of f ex postmaster general tho the ca carpet pet is red and worn it lias has been worn nearly threadbare during the past week by the one i hundred thou or lealda and untried lin tried demo brats who have been laboring with tho the head of the department in their own behalf |