The daily gazette., 1882-06-09
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,,pEsIDENTIAL HARAAS'
r.. personal and Household
I s.'",lsrltIes =, of President Arthur
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80. arthur pays attention to every
eslatllnr ,l.nn q of household decoration. he
asisn ilr wants this or that article Of
gIanD auai shIfted about to change the appear
Iiatv ,Sings. Sh,, He is particular even to
o. u nnEIe at which the corner pieces
pay s.'.I, a"s srest and on Mondays, when
rIps @ he has made for the Whlte House
M ! .iSitors u i Il is his custom TO inspect
y la'a ','t throughout and see that every
POllT !, nrdeT A reception is apt to
' /" thinrs topsy-turyy. lnquisitiye
sol,s sasn like ike to study the upholstery,
\ Wv and they forget to replace the
Y Tha an' sbelf ornaments may take their
"a iH ,bey sometimes fail to restore
u ans the W condition in which they were
v ,hn 'n' dctation of the Presidents
Y .ds .4'Spl democratic age few people are
'Ii9 " ,Se grandeur to be seen in the
~ II ths i Chief Ruler of the nation. The
si,ino Y %,o room is the room in which the
nm ~ ertertains at table the distin-
sS0 i gus.ts No matter whom 1t may
entertaining the President is always
srst S'' He ats at the centre of one
tbs lang table, his wife, If he be mar
rectlr ., opposite him. 1t sometimes
tbat NE Secretary Of State will be
IN tbe chair usually assigned to the
a.idspts wife. After the President
sen served, White House etiquette
\ that the lady sitting next the Presi-
m his right and then the lady
left, be served before any
Then the Presidents wife Is
upon. and afterwards the gentlemen
lately On her right and left In the
named. Then the other guests fol-
Whenever the table is set for u dinner
Ig brass plateau, which extends for
along the table, which was i'm
from France during the administra-
President Monroe, is filed with
iMers and French candies. In the
ifpctly in front of the President, is
lull-rigged floral ship, which was
President Garfield at the time of the
haguTation, by a Boston florist. The
are renewed from the White House |
EatoE. When the chandeliers and |
lbra are lighted, and other effects |
ID to heighen the scene, the spectator |
! to think of the regal festivities of |
kther land than free America.
h the wide hall or corridor which ex-
bun the east room TO the large plant |
RaiOy at the west end of the house, /
Dvn into the private dining room of
ssident, There | saw the handsome
Rnd the silebOard which Mrs. HAYES /
ade during her stay in the White
The buffet was ornamented with
blaftgSand dishes finished from design
elOr Davis, the New York artist. The
flictedupOn each dish suggests story
8ld, lnthe drawers of the sideboard of
the White House silverware. The
poems which President Van Buren,
Fed are still here. They are said to
klelted him when he ran a second
\ ihr Presidency. Some oft silver
fAw Crump said was 10 years old,
side tables in the room have done
Il FGjyears. The President often en-
bis company in this private dining
Then the upper gas jets are lighted,
eight candelabra, four of silver and
brass, are distributed ON the table
PQi the room, the reflectors all being
" asto impart deep rosy tint to
Pe' Sixteen pounds of candles are
|earry out this system of lighting by
ORA.
\ eOf interest to some people to
kle hours meals are served at the
blouse During Hayes administra-
HaGlasl was served at $50 o'clock,
and dinner at q. When General
became the host the hours were an
r. changed. Breakfast was ready
alngT at } and tea at Z. President
Is mol regular ms to any meal except
which is served at 8 O'Clock in the
aneiropoitap idea. ] He is not an
l%fi and it is not unusual for his
hllo e as late as 1870 O'clock. A
tohsP Is always relished by him at
Y, lie rarely resigns himself to
uIl8 or 4 o'clock in the morning,
BgaX hours are all he requires for
low lie maintains his good health
y. heaYy strain Of SO many hours
7 a Question that troubles friends.
gQ4 " the delicacies of the season,
'aols i pot the least expensive of
DQs drafts 4pon his purse.