Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-12
WHITE HOUSE CLEANED.
The Presldenral Residence Prepared for
the summer soIstice- Personnel Of thel
Servants Quarters-GermRns Evi.
IDENTIFY Preferred by the Har.
risons-Prejudice Against
Mnla SerYnnfa.

Male Servants.
ESPECIAL TELEeRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.i
WASHINGTON, May n.-Since return
ing from New York, Mrs. Harrison has
superintended the taking up of all the car
pets in the private portion of the house, and
cool mating covers the floors instead. The
curtains and hangings are down and all the
woOlens are packed away, beyond the reach
Of the destroying moth.
Nothing would so greatly delight Mrs.
Harrison's sense of good housekeeping as to
be able to personally supervise the annual
house cleaning at the White House. As
she is to live there for the next four winters,
she would like to give it the careful spring
attention her houses have always received
at her hands. Like Mrs. Grant, Mrs Har-
rison doesn't require the services of house
keeper In the White House. She has very
trusty German maid whom she brought with
her from indianapolis, and with her assist
ance the housekeeping is done very salts
factorily to all concerned.
Present white House Servants.
The present White House steward is Hugo
Zieman, a German whom the President
brought with him from the Hotel Richelieu,
in Chicago. He is not only competent
servant, but a very shrewd, bright
fellow, who makes himself quite popular
about town Mr.. Phister, the florist, who has
been in the house since Mrs. Hayes time,
is retained Mrs. Harrison has her own
taste about the arrangement of flowers, and
often designs the flowers that are sent with
her compliments. Such was the case with
the white fern veiled pillow that was sent
from the White House for the funeral of
Mr.. Justice Stanley Matthews, with the in
scription in purple, "Say not good night
but in some fairer cline bid me good morn
ing"
The lady of the White House also de-
signed the slipper that she sent to Admiral
and Mrs. Porter on the eve of their golden
wedding celebration, and that was very
much admired.
She Prefers Women Servants.
Still another domestic who has been in
the White House for several years is Dan,
a colored man, who was in the service of
both General Arthur and President Cleve-
land. Mrs. Harrison thinks Dan is suitable
enough for a bachelor establishment, but is
scarcely so where there are ladies and chill
dren. Mrs. Harrison prefers women servants
about her, but has made no changes so far.
The greater portion of Mrs. Harrison's
Time is stlll employed Win the miscellaneous
correspondence that is poured in upon her
every day. Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Lord
devote several hours every day to opening
and reading these unavailing missives-for
the wife of the President has absolutely
nothing whatever to do with the apportion-
ing of officers, the granting of pensions, or
the establishing of postofices. AS for the
progressive charity chains, the number OF
such letters is legion, and Mrs. Harrison
never hesitstes to break the sequence. If
she responded ever so slightly to half the
calls made upon her for direct financial
bounties, the lady of the White House
would be hopelesslY bankrupt within a
month.