Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-12
tCopyright, 1895, by Edgar W. Nye.l

WEARING THE EXAMINER. ce;ptS, GS which l Was to receive 75 per cont, would pav my expenses while there. and had round trip ticket which would take me back to San Fran ci r~r. hut I was unfortunate, for tAa Nvnn;; Mons Christian association of LonulH Il was not a strong society. and |: report got out also that had nHdo h.It of ln Sandwich Island ariStocrary. ThiS w2a lit truo.
 What said was that n!y great grand uncl4 from Maine, a wra!thv whalCr i1 1929, stopped uif at Honalulu and was mado %o3I deal of by tine mayor, who had Linn up at his house for dinner.
 The native people of Honolulu arc sensitive ahnat this incident, it seems and hato to havo it thrown up to them. did not know that, and sO I said to tho secretary: II understand that one of your ancestors had lny great granduncle up homo for dinner. Is that so?''
 He fidgctcd around good deal, but did not reply Wishing to open up the best of feeling. of course said did not bring ui, tho subject tn create trouble. was only too glad if the people of Homo lulu were pleased with him. for wo at homo always sort of feared that he was so rich he might not agree with them.
 This got ont among the people, and my lecture WAS a frost. In the meantime l had lost my return ticket to San Fran cisco and my physical culture class did not succeed.
 It was at this time that became de- monctized, .Hl no ono today knows how to better AyEIpithiZo with the govern ment than l do
 Recently it has been charged against me that whiIo in Honolulu 1 wore q copy of The :,a%d2y Examiner two weeks | at time. This charge is made to injure me by people who are envious of my sO- cial position. I do not pretend to deny the above charge, but only to eXtenuate so far as possible and excuse my conduct on the ground that the steamers were not running very regularly at the timo, and some one else got my new Examiner while l was taking my studs out Of the soiled one.
 As soon as times pick up little in | this bombaStic country it would be a good idea to erect q new executive man. sion. Why there isn't a policeman in | Now York who hasn't a better shanty than the president of the United States.
 The building WIS modelled after that of the Duke of Leicester of Dublin. hut the cockroaches camo from Virginia.
 The White House is TO feet long and SC feet wide. including a portico. James Hohan, an Irishman, was the architect. A great many people think that the president lives at the White House and has his office at the capitol, but this is not so. The president lives ovr~ a mile and half from the capitol, | and when congress is restless that is none too far, he says.
 The president has his office right iii the house, and when say that he has a good inside job for the winter 1 am be- traying no confidence rcI,osed in me. Any one can see that it is more cOnven- tent for the president to have his office at homo and hearty hot dinner when tho whistle blows for I2 o'clock instead of having to carry can of cold lunch, consisting of q big pickled cucumber mashol to cuStard pie.
 The president holds q general public reception CT levee from time to time in what is called the blue room. It is fit ted up in bluo and gold. It is 70 by 50 feet in sizo and oval in shape. Most of the rooms in the first floor of tho White House look as cozy and homeliko aI tho Brooklyn bridge.
 would hate to keep house there, and that is one reason why I have so consistently rejected all Overtures from my friends which ill any way associated my name with the presidency.
 The other day among those waiting to greet tho executive and shake him by the hand was n plain man with pallid eyes and IS carat hair. He had brought his wife. and she had brought tho baby. The baby was a new thing even to the parents, and it was trying to look stern- ly at the chandelier, but its neck was so Timber that every little while the object escaped.
 The child had evidently been convey ed for long distance through the cold, for its chin was completely raw from exposure It had bottle with nothing in it but space, and ever and anon the poor thing made hungry grab at the cork, while tho mother looked over the costumes of other callers and mentally put price on them.
 MT. Cleveland no doubt enjoys meet ing his follow citizens, but as a general thing he does not expect them to report to him as soon as tSey arc born.
 Of course society in Washington must of necessity be somewhat mixed. espe. cially where it is of an official character and subject to almost constant change. but even here think the line should be drawn somewhere, and it would be ( | good plan to admit no ono into society till after christening.
 At the presidents New Year reccp tion this year one gent appeared in . neat fitting swallowtail and full even . ing dress. It is only fair to say here that even the servants nt the Whito House I declined to recognize him.
 We must do something to suppress this sort of lawlessness. or other nEtionI will poke fun at us. Iattended . funera