Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-07

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EhW they have nothing, and
| 3IlE that he ought to be will
| small loans out of his
| ~ superhuity. One man
visited Mr.. Harrison last week with request for
suficientsum in cash to build himselfa modest
home. Another only a fortnight ago handed
! in petition for the Presidents old trousers:
any pair would do. he said
Beggars come every day to the front door of
the Executive Mansion and ask for food, saying
that they are hungry. A few weeks ago a
diapidated specimen, who appeared ae IL he
might have seen better days, made such an ap-
pfcation. confessing that he was stranded in
washington and unable to get back to New
YORK. He was given a hearty meal and pas
sage was secured for him to the metropolis
torty-eight hours later he turned up again ut
the White House. starving ~ before. He was
threatened with the work house and went away
cheerfully. after shaking hands with the guards
thing in particular. inssmuch as he had taken
grub at the Presidents and enjoyed a ride from
the capital to Jersey City and back without
paying a cent" There is an appropriation of
$1,000 a year made by Congress for the trans
portation of undesirable persons who have no
money out Of the District, and many of the
persons who visit Mr.. Harrison in forma pau
peris. as it were, are disposed Of in this way
SOME WANT RAILWAY TICKETS.
Not few stranger guests casually in town
call upon the President to solicit railway
tickets to take them home. Every now and
then an individual turns up with the request
that Mr.. Harrison shall iudorse a check for
him. He has been informed that if he can Sc
cure the Endorsement he can get the check
cashed at the treasury. Other applicants are
anxious that the chief magistrate snail procure
job OF some sort for them. There is an i'm
preston very widely spread that his functions
are to some extent those Of a supreme police
justice. with power to right wrongs of every
description For example, one man will come
from far away to Washington for the purpose
OF asking him to compel a dishonest employer
| to pay wages due. Another wants matter set
straight regarding title to land, while third
desires protection against an unjust action ut
law.
OF cranks who call to see Mr. Harrison there
| Is no end. One walked in the other day with a
wooden box containing six small alligators.
winch he was very anxious to liberate in the
east room. The mildest of all the Iunatics are
those who are hunting for souvenirs with petit
tons for bits Of broken dishes or scraps Of old
carpet to remember the White House by.
Some persons would not wait for permission to
take such memorabilia as suited them if they
were given n chance 20 cut the tassels from the
curtains or. chips from the furniture a. has
been Gone in the Presidents room at the Capt.
toll, where the casual vandal has not hesitated
to slice out square foot Of 81 600 carpet
when the attendant was looking the other way
The funniest act OF vandalism ever committed
In the Presidents room, however, was per-
formed by a near-sighted man. who. staring at
the frescoed ceiling, thought a chair was behind
MIN and sat down upon a beautiful porcelain
cuspidor foot and half high with such force
as to smash the costly object all to finderS
THE SOUVENIR HUNTERS.
Som et;nas tho eo,r.n;r hr..
80. - Nv she
HAeou'i'e mansion 40 hos hesitate 70 ask for
whole cups and saucers o. other useful pieces
of property for mementoes. The visitor il not
infrequent who demands TO be shown into Mr.
Harrison's private apartments even the tamil
bed rooms, on the ground that he who mat %
the request, as one of the great Amer;can
people, owns the whole place and has a right
TO inspect it. Cranks with patents to yet
especially for perpetual motion contrivances
are numerous also Often thew wish 10 insist
upon setting up their models in the vestibul..
II II were not 1or the great expense OF Off
om. 81 be ,aIan ~ a.. p mncn nc mus pay ior
ing at the White House chean and might ,1 leave
it at the end of his tern, with eoodlv portion of
his ESQ, 900 year saved. He gets his house for
nothing. as well as the use of stable; the gov
housekeeper and a butler; all the furniture is
provided, including such table equipments "a
napery, silver, china and glassware: his up-
stairs linen and all stationery are paid for: he
| ID gwen TWO private secretaries q Yacht
placed at his disposal in the shape OF the United
States steamer Despatch and alt the flowers and
floral decorations he wants are thrown in, 80
he might manage to save a pretty nenny NOT
withstanding the fact that he must nav for his
own marketing, his Carriages and boraes his
coachmen. his feed for the Stable and the wages
of his cook. we're IL mot for tha cos,Iv
state dinners he must give and Other
such formal and necessary festivities. Mr..
Harrison employs a caterer for his dinners and
his bills for those entertainments average $500
each. President Hayes, though he gave no
wine, spen. as much as $4,000 on q single
lunch and S6, 900 on one reception CARRIED
was more economical, but Gen. Arthur blew
every cent of his salary into his hospitalites,
1t was not supposed that Gen. Grant saved
much out of his pay, though it is probably that
Mr. Cleveland kept something. On the wboIe
there is not much money in Mountaineering the
chief magistracy of the nation.
xrxapps or rpr c.,r,r
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Inc n'ennpers VI Tue present CABINET are most
OF them not received by the President as ''car-
rage company" A majority of the secretaries
come ON foot To tho White Honse wh.r ,h.,.
want 10 ace Mr.. Hsrr;son~eXcsnt ~ on,' my
when their Waits ore in tha rsrrscr. VI uoui ee;
duties strictly social Tracy and proo,o =.
almost always walk. So does t,nrr.v 90,
arai M;Iisr pIa;na Eno. 49,. oeE-
ner from the Executive Mansion and the De-
partment of State is next door to the hitter, 30
.sas wa 4. ne s.arts from nome or from his