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be seen by the largest number of people. For this
reason she had them placed in the- lower cast hall at
the entrance of what is now known as the picture
gallery of the house. The cabinets are of dark walnut
frames with glass doors and sides, and '>n the walls
beyond them hang the pictures <>f Mrs. I'olk. Mrs. Van
Hiir.n. the second Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Harri
son and Mrs. Roosevelt
The dishes now in use at the White House include
part of those purchased
by ci^ht differeni Presi
dents. The oldest of this
china is the Lincoln set.
On the margin of each
piece is a woven lattice
of gold followed by a
wide band of deep red
dish-purple coloring; in
the center of the flat
pieces and on the sides
of the upright ones, on a
el mded backgn >und, is a
handsomely emblazoned
Coat of Arms of the
United States.
The Grant china is of
white Preach ware, and
each piei c of tne original
set has a coal i >f arms in
a wide band in buff
rimmed with gold, and
th<- center is a spray of
wild Bowers. The Hayes china i- the mo-it
elaborate of a!! the ware in the White
Hi r. c. It is ' 'i Haviland make, and every
piece was decorated by the artist Theodore
Davis with .1 typical American flower, fruit,
animal, land or water scene.
Mrs. Harrison, who had decided artistic
ability, •'■ igned the decorations for the china
that she ordered. All the dishes of the entire set
ha\'- wide borders of deep Mue over which r:m
pra> eful designs of goldenrod blossoms and
Indian corn Sin- also selected a lot of cut glass,
pieo > • in the cabinets with
the sp i the Hayi chii
The White House still bears evidences of President
Arthur's cultivated taste Among "th.-r things that
li< pun ha •■'! t^r it were two hundred exquisite pi .
called "The Gypsy Set," as there i rely any
two i i ti- . Six ■! th« ■ plates occupy one
shelf in the s< >v-
Mrs. Cleveland did not order a great deal of china
while she r of th< E ■ uti •■ Mansion, tint
what she did wa ; - •• I with . n\ judgment. <»n
display in the cabinets ai ' of her plai
cups and saucers an<l
Of Mrs. Mi X ■ ■. there aM- a half
dozen plates which are ornamented
tcen< .-.■! also two > ■• I
On 1 t on the
n< >rth lide i>f the 1
of the lat< »1 ad liti i I the White
Hou • are, 'The Roo* It Sei "
Thr et i a del
\V. d[i ■■ -I, ami • ... li pi. cc is
outlined !-\"! -\" .i simpl< col< mial
marking ol ■.■■■]■] bars around
its n i.i ; rted,
in colors, .* m ill die i i the United
State •'• tai •■: Ann-.
It is hop i by Mrs. Ro> .-»•• elt
and the oth r interested in making
such an official collection as has u-.-n
noted, that at an early session of Con
gress some means '.\ill 1»- prodded t'> make
tb work pcrmaa.Mil that they ha c begun.
JUST how the Whin- House came to be so desig
nated is a question <>n which historians differ.
A local historian in Washington thinks that Un
burden of proof tends to give credit for tin
name to President Madison.
The structure was made of Potomac River
freestone, and the Capitol proper
built of the same stone. At the time
the British burned the Executive Mans
ion they diil a lot of other damage, and
the country was pressed for money to
repair the same. The walls of the
mansion were only slightly damaged,
other than being blackened by smoke.
Money was scarce, and Congress made
an appropriation to have the outside
of the house painted. White was
selected as the best color. Madison in
a Utter to a personal friend wrote:
"Come in and see me at any time.
You will always tind me in at the
White House."
The Executive Mansion may have
been called the White House before
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thai time; bui this investigator says that ho has nevef
been able t<» tin<l any record <>f it. If Madison <li<! not
officiate at the christening, it lias been emphati
cally stated l>y the historian that he t<«>k a
prominent part in publishing th<- fact that the White
Chinu b. I..MC.H.J; to tl>.- Linculn Collection
House was t<> !■<• the name <>f the mansion. Up
t>> tin- time ••!" President Madison, tii.- Executive
M.r ion, whi< h i- the legal name for it. was generally
spoken of a- the President's house; but since then it
has been knov •■ '■ \ il permanent name of White H
rroaa
Old Plait.- in W.^hin|;lon S.I Depicting
Aiaitnl Chinc-,1- Military Scene
MENDACITY /
A Fnin\© AtrtL
by C.irolyn A*'«rlU
IT is a curious and interesting study as a 3
older to look back upon the time-: s
of one's childhood, and rememt>er the cat f
verity with which they were told an.' belie- ••
They say thai •
dergarten mo
striving to 1
this: but th
result may i ■
and better platf
child-ins tr lit r'■
cannot help fceli _,
thrill at the n • ■
which shatters the
falsehoods of oat 1: :: :
days.
Who does not rer •
ber glorious visions . :
the curling hair that ■
to be the inevitable •
sequence of gating cm I !
In no other way 1
the consumption ol tbose
hard and unpala"
morsels have been anv
tfaittC but the ■ .
torture; but with a :
tive assurance of the ensuing crop ..f g .
curls that would replace the straight tow locks
the crusts were a.-> delectable as honey :
Olympus.
Another thrilling announcement was that s. a
would make our eyes bright. With a valor .;:
braverjt surprising that ot the historic Spa:'
boy. we have grimly endured most tearful OCU
smartings at our toilet, upheld by the thong
of the brilliant and spark orbs that sb
eventually be ours. How should we la •. 1
the primal cause of this, to us, natural law .
simply a subterfuge to justify the can I perform -
ance ol the maternal bathing hand?
Often when an extra complement of guests 1 . :
dearth of chairs we ■ iod until our weary legs a
yet valiantly, forsooth, for more upholding than any
crutch was the authoritative knowledge that .t standii ;
posture was greatly conducive t<> grow:!:. Xol
visions of tall, broad specimens of the human I :
Irvine danced before our blinking eyes, and ::...
standing a joy and delight.
Then the valuable information the sweet* t
meat was nearest the bone, and that the best pan •f
the apple grew next to the core! Such convictioi
ivas carried by these often-repeated statements, rha
_>ur childish mind recognized at once the super*
Savor oi the portions in question, and eagerly de •
patched the less desirable parts tl'.at v.
might sooner reach the deficioas tidbi
No base suspicion >i:l!ied the clet
crystal of our confiding infantile**
minds that we were the victims ol
the basest bribery and emiupuon.
Little ilid we guess that it was
merely a ruse on the part ot
our thrifty and economical par
ents to insure our utilization of
all that was edible if. out food.
Store glitteringly specious, and 4
therefore a more heinous crime to
liMik back upon, was the promise that.
. he who ate the most porridge should
have the most pudding. The child mind,
though logical, is not often capable of detecting a
fallacy, and the fad thai this sliding scale of opera
ion would work automatically against our own inter
ests never occurred to us until too late.
Although reprehensible, the old-fashioned lies, it
nust be admitted, were as a rule efficacious.
Probably ninety-nine portraits out of a hundred
taken ol children in lately-past generation-. •
•hem a photographic reproduction of con- J
ndent anticipation of seeing a little bird
llv out. Without that fabulous little
bird many of those pictures could
never have been taken, and as they have
reasons log being, quite apart from
their artistic value, it may be that
our mendacious parents were justified
in doing evil that good might come. I
Then there was that other little bird I
story -the bird that told parents what 1
their children had said and done when
they were naughty. Many a tot h.t.^H
refra ned from committing some n:inor^B
depredation became "the little bird 1
might tell."' and there's no telling how- fl
many white lies were killed before fl
they were spoken K-eausc these firth V
monitors of the air were forever about 1
within hearing distance.
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