Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-03
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described by Philadelphia Record correspondent !
The President has 80 systematized his work
that 1t does not trouble him. lo il cool
calm, self contained and naturally industr-
GUS with happy faculty of concentrating
his attention on the particular task before
him. and he dispatches business as easily as
he receives visitors. He is always up at 7
o'clock, and breakfasts at s. After breakfast
he goes at once to the library, the large oval
room, where he spends most of his time 1t
is on the upper floor of the mansion, directly
next to tho Presidents private apartments
The Cabinet chamber opens out Of it on the
east, and next the Cabinet chamber IL the
odice OF the private secretary. Col Lamont
rises and breakfasts AZ early AZ the President
as is waiting for him when he enters the Ii
brary. The President finds on the big oaken
desk in the bay window, behind which he
takes his seat, such letters and papers as Col
Lamont may have prepared for him either at
his special request or out of the mail of the
day before.
In the hour from . to 10 the President and
his secretary, aided by the stenographer, will
dispose OF the morning business Then il il
time for the morning reception; receptions,
rather. for Col. Lamont has M many visitors
as the President. They have been gathering
in the ante rooms on the north side of the
mansion for an hour, aud still they come.
They hand their cards 10 the doorkeepers
(who love rare collections of queer and alb.
surd cards) and, il they are admitted, pass
into the library or the private secretary's
room, az the case may be- II the rush is
greater than usual, Leofller, the gray haired
soldier who is the chief dOorkeeper, organizes
on overflow meeting in the Cabinet chamber.
From 10 until - O'Clock there is "A constant
movement into the two rooms
The President stands up throughout. lie
moves about n much RS possible, though, for
the sake of tho exercise He moves from
man to man, from group TO group Every.
body gets chance to speak and courteous
reply. The President il kindly even TO the
undeserving. To agreeable people who do
not want any favOrs he is positively charm
ing. He has humOr and keen sense of wit.
and he laughs easily and unsteady His pow.
er Of repartee is little known, but it will be
well known before he leaves the White House.
1t has served him in many trying and annoy
ing conversations since the ith of March II
1t Is Cabinet day the reception closes at -
O'Clock. few minutes before that hour the
library and Cabinet chamber are cleared and
members of the Cabinet begin to arrive.
AT high noon promptly the President takes
his seat at the head of the Cabinet table and
opens the days session. IL it is not a Cabi-
net uhy the Iresdents reception continues
until O'Clock. Then, if there are any dele.
cations or other large bodies waiting to see
him, he receives them, going down stairs into
the East Room for that purpose. On the
hottest day in this week he shook hands with
300 men and women in the delegation of rail
way master mechanics. At o'clock he goes
to lunch, returning TO his desk in the library
before 3 o'clock There he works steadily.
save as he may be interrupted by caller who
has made an engagement for some hour in
the afternoon. Sometimes, when interrupted
by too many of these callers, he finds that il
Is after O'Clock before he can leave his desk.
and then he must forego his afternoon drive.
But usually, with his private secretary or
some other intimate friend, he is driven over
the hills around the city, behind the high
stepping seal browns, until O'Clock. Then
he dimes quietly and simply with his family
and perhaps friond or two. Before 50 he
il back in the library again, and at work be-
hind that big desk with its load of papers.
Presently members of the Cabinet and their
assistants drop in for formal conferences.
The business Of the day and OF the morrow il
talked over. These informal Cabinet confer
ences have had probably az much to do with
shaping the governmental policy AZ the formal
Cabinet meetings. BY IL O'Clock all the vis-
itors have gone. The President works on
until midnight and then retires, and by
o'clock the White House is as still az Alexau.
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