The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-11-23
WHITE HOUSE BELLIES.
Domestic Episodes in. the Presiden-
tial Manson-Tld bits Of
Tittle-tattle.
FIRST LADIES OF rnx LAND.
lNew York Me.ri,uty.i

| ~ ~ ClatHcu tnut Otil. udtHeiu, U
Ohio. has been chosen TO reside in hi
White House for four years from the
4ih OF March next. II will therefor,
at the present moment, while The re.
sult is still fresh in the minds of tllt
people, be alike timely aud interest
ing to give y condensed skoich OF the
domestic history of the White House
and TO describe tersely and truthfulI
ly the inner lifi the romance and, tc
a certain degree, the scandals of the
Presidential mansion.
There was no White House IN
washlngton's lime, and Mrs. john
Adams, its first mistress, did not
think much OF II. She writes "rhe
Presidents house was built to be
looked at, not lived IT," She further
adds: "Speaking ofthe City OF Wash
ington itself. tho people are poor, and
as far as | can judge they live like
fishes. eating one another" In thi,
respect at least, the people Of Wash,
ington have not changed greatly ia
This day. The Adams regime at the
White House WAS very peculiar and
plain. Lemouades and cat cakes
comprised the reception" lunches,
tea was the staple drink. and every
thing was conducted Oh cheap and
thrifty scale.
4 CHANGE CAME
over the White House in Jcfferson's
time. Things were still plain
enough, but Pnritanism was banished
aud irec-and easy hospitality took
its place. Jefferson WAS foud of good
wine and playing tho violin. lie
opened the White House to philoso-
phers and musicians, but closed 1t, az
much us possible, TO clergymen.
He was constantly visited by editors.
artists and foreigners, their pockets,
empty Of coin, but their heads full ol
"ideas."
Mrs Jefferson being dead, there
was. properly speaking. no mistress
OF tho White House in his time. His
daughters were at the White House
but seldom, so lie held no formal "re-
ceptions.'
Mrs. Martha Jefferson Randolph
and Mrs. Maria Jefferson Epper were
both OF them estimable ladies. and
passionstoly attached TO their illus.
trious father. They always regarded
their parents as a "trne believer" des-
piie his dcnials, and always insisted
that Jefferson was at heart, a Chris
tim. Martha Jefferson and Theo'
desia Burr present striking examples
OF the warm attachment Of gifted re-
ligious daughters
TO 'iSFiDgL' FATHERS
During President Madison's ad.
ministration the White House wat
exceedingly lively. Mrs. Madison
had been brought up q Quaker, bu,
she gave "dancing parties" at tht
White House. Al one of thosc par
lies there was present the lady VIII,
had ''lifted" the President years ago
and who was presumably by this
time "sorry tor it," Mrs. Madison
had been widow when the Iutur,
President married her, aud she rulet
him completely. II was always I
source Of sincere regret TO Mrs Madi
sou that, when The British seized oil
the White House in 1919, the officer
found one oil her estate dinners" al
ready to eat, aud sat down and ate II
"Ifihcy had enly come after dinncr! |!
she wav wont 10 say.
| Mrs. Monroe, like Mrs. Madison
WAS addicted to State dinners. Sh
gaye great d.nners. She could atfor'
Il il, being herself OF o wealthy New
| York family. ''rhe ere OF good feel
ing" Was eInphatically "a good lin
generally"
In JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TIME
there was u great scandal. The Pres
ident was solemnly charged in tn
papers OF his day with having intro
duced worldincss and sin into til
White House, In the form Ola bill
lard ;abie--and, alas! the tcrribl
charge was loo true. Charles Franc
Adams, the son aud Secretary of I'll
President, bought add paid for III
, table cut of his own private al.owant
and played on itnightly. Mrs. job
Quincy Adams was The hostess ,
Gen. Lafayette during his visit to th
country.
II is said that Mrs. Andrew Jacl
son was killed by the lnisreprescnt,
tions of her husbamd's enemies, All
that she died OF a broken heart be fol
, her husband became President. 81
was a divorced woman when Jacksc
! married her, and this divorce gay
rise TO scandal. But old Hickoi
himself, though lie loved her tende
ly, seems to have survived his 10
with tolerable comfort. The Viii
9 House presented very peculiar a
j pect under Jackson. L. was hall
9 military camp aad half a drinking s
loon. jackson as President was pr
fuse in hospitality, aud had to dra
: OH his private purse to maintain
!. "In 1886 he was compelled to 81
q some Tennessee lands for S3 900, al
+ in 1887 to raise 5000 OH his colt,
& crop, all to sustain his style of livii
at the White House, though his ov
/, lpersonal expenses were inconside
i able. Cheese was served at the
wees, sometimes baked apples or CO
: sausage. There was smoking a
:, drinking all round the place. JAG
= sou was very iond OF smoking pip
made OF corn -cobs. He mad a grt