Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-27

l l0nged to bygone age, burned to the ground
 most of the public buildings, Mrs Madison
 her husband being President, had the picture
 cut from it's frame, rolled up securely and l carried it with her in a cart to Tenleytown, 1 about three miles from Washington. Mrs. l Washington's portrait was painted by E. T. | Andrews in 1876. They are both capital likenesses, judging from the copies of all the available pictures of both that are published | in a volume called ''The Washington Por-
 traits" That of Washington represents him | in citizens dress, addressing Congress. That of his wife represents her in beauti- ful pink quilted petticoat, with an over dress of white silk or satin. Of ornaments there
 are none in this room the old hreplaces were removed some time since and their places filled with flat iron ventilators, the
 room being now heated from several regis
 ters. The furniture is new and modern in
 design, deing of ebonized wood and old gold
 plush. There isn't much of it, but enough
 to preve nt the room looking bare.
 After waiting for fully three quarters of
 an hour the Don Quixotic looking individual
 who had received me announced himself as
 ready to show us the remaining parlors. In
 the meantime, however, he had made several
 brief incursions into our ranks and, after
 whispered consultation with some one who
 had, evidently, provided himself with an
 s'open sesame" had carried of small groups
 whose complacent expressions betrayed the
 fact that they were going to have private
 view When we were properly massed be
 fore broad mahogany door it was opened
 and we were ushered into 8 small room.
 This our cicerone proceeded to inform us,
 is called the stNile- green room" The walls and furniture harmonized nicely and the
 whole appearance indicated 8 little homeli- ness. On the wall is a full length picture of
 Mrs. Hayes in what believe may be called demi toilette. It is by Richardson and is
 mounted in superb hard wood frame, most
 of the carving on which was done by the
 Christian (mark the adjective, please, for it was strongly emphasized by the guide) ladies of Cincinnati, by whom and other Christian ladies, who did not help in the carving, the picture and frame was presented to the
 White House shortly after the original relin- quished her post as mistress thereof. On 8 marguerite table in one corner stands large silver boat in which is Indian, supposed to represent Hiawatha. This was selected by Mrs. Grant at the Centennial, where it formed part of the Gorham Manufacturing compa- ny's exhibit. On 8 marble shelf, under a mirror against the southern wall, stand two beautiful specimens of Bohemian glassware, and on either side of the small, cosy looking | fireplace are old brass candelabra said to have been made by General Patterson.
 The next is the Blue room, whose walls are a vivid blue marked with intertwining silver circles the ceiling being decorated in the same manner. The blues in this room are numerous, the most conspicuous being smoke and robins eggs. The refurnishing Der, and it now presents more elegant ap pearance than ever before. It is in the three | smaller parlors, the Nile green, the Blue and l the Red (to be mentioned shortly, that Presi- l dent Arthur's taste is displayed. Perhaps it | is forid haste to some, but it isn't well ''to | carp and criticise." Through the middle l window of this room, that opens to the 1 south, was brought poor Garfield the morn | ing he was shot, the dense crowd in front | making it impossible to get him in quietly | that way. It is here that the President re- | ,eives his guests at private and public re- | captions, almost the exact spot where he stands being pointed out for our edifcation.
 We were next marched into the Red par or, called Lincoln's room, as it was the room from which he went with Mrs. Lincoln, Speaker Colfax and few others to see Booth 1t Ford's Opera House, and to his murder. | This room is used as a private parlor by Mrs | McElroy, the Presidents sister, and by Presi- | far the most comfortable in appearance and ! nas pleasant warmth that is lacking in all | he others. There is a small upright piano | in one corner and a Japanese screen between | it and the fire that suggests the idea of it's being used by some one who at times felt too much warmth from the fire. The fireplace is beautiful and is modelled after 9 pattern 1 POO years old, it is said. The upper part is mosaic, the sides leather panelling, relieved by tortoise shell. In one corner is an old | fashioned fire screen that was presented py the Austrian government about two months before Grant left the White House It is said to represent Guttenborg. In the center is round table 150 years old. On one of the panels of pier table is 8 picture of Charlotte Corday.
 Passing north from the Red room, we found ourselves in hall running from the East room, past the three smaller parlors ;oward the green houses and separated from he veshbule by superb screen of lrldescent glass, set in small lead frames. On the walls Ire hung portraits of many of the Presidents, hat of Garfield occupying a conspicuous place. When we had been permitted to take nasty look at these portraits and the glass creen, small door was opened and we were to march out and make room for | he next party. There WAS no opportunity iven to see the greenhouses; no time al owed to examine anything, and no considera- ion shown anybody. It will hardly take onger to read this than it did to pass through hose three smaller rooms, where nearly every
 bject has history and where I, for one would have fingered, had I been permitted o do so.
 I saw one important member of the present 1 White House staff, while cooling my heels 1 nd 'swaiting'' as I had been bidden; that was he French chef. My but he looked cook Il over! His costume was de regeur from at cap to long apron and rundown shoes, ut, unlike many others of his ilk, he locke d lean, and am sure his artistic efforts are uccessful, for. if there is one thing President .rthur likes, it is good dinner. He so far orgot himself in the enjoyment of one not ,ng since as to keep a number of guests
 hom he had invited to card reception -aiting in the vestibule for twenty minutes nile he finished one of his small dinners of erhaps twenty covers. There has bsen little aid about that and fancy it won't occur again, ut it was great mistake to let it happen all
 Altogether one gets little satisfaction from
 visit to the White House, but suppose e are much in the habit of looking at it as elonging to ourselves, and are apt to forget lat there is anything of 8 private nature