The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-06-07
At the White House.

At the White House.
The President is an early riser. At {
in the morning he is at his desk in his
sleeping apartment, enjoying the pleas
ures of correspondence with the friends OF
the humber walks of his career, and
whom he now remembers with even
stronger affection. In an apartment in
another portion of the Executive Mansion
Mr.. Rogers, the Private Secretary, also
an early riser, is at his desk engaged in
the personal affairs which demand his at
tention. About 8 o'clock the President
is accustomed to repair to the room of his
Private Secretary, from whence, after the
salutations of the morning, they leave the
building together to enjoy the fresh air
and an interchange of views upon ques-
tions of public and private interest. In
their morning strols they seek the less
frequented streets and parks, that they
may be undisturbed by the gaze of pass
ers. BY 8 o'clock the President and his
Private Secretary have returned, and at
that hour breakfast together with the fam
lily. At the table are the President, Mrs.
Hayes, Mr.. Rodgers, Webb Hayes, the
two young children, and such guests as
may be visiting at the Executive Man
sion. After breakfast the President goes
to the Cabinet room, and Mr.. Rogers to
his own Office, and they begin the duties
of the day. The stated hours of business,
however, are from 10 A. NJ. to p. NJ. ex-
cept Tuesdays and Fridays, Cabinet days
and Saturdays. At p. NJ. the President
leaves his office for lunch, after which he
sometimes returns to the Cabinet room to
meet some personal friend or other per-
son by special appointment. The dining
hour is 6 p. NJ. The President and Mrs.
Hayes have always been noted through
their public career for their generous hos
pitality. In the Executive Mansion their
domestic life is the same as the Col.
Hayes of the Twenty-third Ohio Volun-
teers, the Mr.. Hayes, Governor of the
State of Ohio, or the simple Mr.. Hayes,
of Fremont. All the rooms are filled
with guests, and at their table any friend
of the family at hand is invited to lunch
or to dine, the rule being always to have
all the seats at the table filled, when there
are friends to fill them. After dinner the
President and Mrs. Hayes withdraw to the
reception room, or to the library up stairs,
where Mrs. Hayes receives her personal
friends. The formal social routine of the
Executive Mansion, under the present a6-
ministration, will not be determined until
the proper time. Mrs. Hayes, upon as
Stunning the duties of hostess at the Exec
utive Mansion, gave two Saturday after
noon receptions, which were designed
particularly to enable those who desired
to extend their congratulations The
President also received the highest Off
GERS of the government, the army and the
navy. The receptions given by Mrs.
Hayes, and the state dinner to the Rus
sian Dukes Alexis and Constantine, were
entertainments worthy of the most bril-
liant days of the Executive Mansion. 1t
may be anticipated, without extravaganza,
that under the administration of Mrs.
Hayes the social surroundings of the
home of the Chief Magistrate will meet
with the applause of the whole land, and
will be an ornament to the civil admins
tration of her distinguished husband, but
will be an honor to the dignity and re-
finement of republican institutions and
the grandeur of an elective Executive
Pittsburg Commercial Gdzette's Washing
ton Correspondence.