The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-30

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SwEftiEN c. Buel writes a
.ARc0N paper on Our Fell
low-Citizen OF the
White House." devoted TO the Official
cares and duties OF the President. In
the course OF which he says:
At ten o'clock a hardly discernT6le
sign against the glass OF the barrier
announces TO the citizen who has ar
rived under the grand portal that the
executive mansion IL open" 10 visit
ors; At two o'clock the align Is changed
20 closed" The doorkeepers swing
the doors open 70 everybody. within
the large vestibule nothing is seen
which Indicates the arrangement and
purposes OF the different parts OF the
mansion. II was not always 90. for
originally the now concealed corridor.
or middle hall. with the staircase on
the right. was a part OF the entrance
hall; now the spaces between the mid
die columns are closed with oolored
glass partitions, and the vestibule Is
10 get out Of. No way appears 10 open
TO thu state apartments In the center.
or 10 the west wing, which IL devoted
10 the private apartments; yet glass
doors are there. though a. impercept-
ihle 10 the stranger a. a swinging pan
eL To the left there Is a door which
II always open. II admits 10 a small
hall across which a similar door is the
aide entrance 20 the great East Room.
About this splendid room. comprising
the whole east end OF the mansion. the
visitor may wander az will before the
portraits. or enjoy from the windows
the beauty OF the Treasury building 10
the eIst or the impressive landscape TO
the south. including the towering shaft
Of the Washington monument. and. be-
yond. the ever-charmlng Potomac
spreading with charging curves to-
ward Mount Vernon: and In the private
garden under the windows he may
chance TO see a merry band OF little
ones. two Of them the Presidents old
est daughters. with a few playmatel
belonging to a kindergarten class.
From the small hall between the yes.
tibule and the East Room a stairway
ascends toward the medal line OF IN,
building TO a wide middle hall. on each
side Of which are the ofices OF N,
President. The arrangement IL simple
and In the hoor-plan covers the space
occupied below by the East Room ant
the Green Room. the latter being the
counterpart OF the small hall with IN,
public stairway. Just mentioned. At IN,
head OF these stairs. over the Greer
Room. Is the Cabinet Room, which Il
the FIRST apartment In the south sid,
OF the hall: a JOG Of two steps. AZ IN,
private door into the Prealdent's room
marking the raised ceiling OF the Eas,
Room below. The President reaches
his once through the Cabinet Room.
entering the latter from the library.
which corresponds on the second floor
with the Blue Room OF the State apart.
menis President Arthur. indeed. used
the library as his once and the cabl.
net chamber for an anteroom. while
his private secretary was domlciled IN
the traditional ONCE OF the President.
During his hrst term Mr.. Cleveland
preserved the same arrangement; but
General Harrison went back % the
once hallowed by Lincoln's occupancy
and Mr.. Cleveland. on his return. found
the Arrangement so satisfactory that
he continued H. Beyond the Presl-
dent's large square ONCE IA the corner
room where Private Secretary Thurbef
Il always either wrestling with the de.
tails OF executive business or standing
with his shoulder braced against the
crowd struggling TO see the President
Il IL a narrow apartment. and might
be called appropriately the Hall OF IN,
Disappointed. the suggestion being
emphasized by portraits Of the greatest
Of presidential aspirants. Clay and
Webster. to which Mr.. Thurber ha,
added. a. his private property. an en-
craving Of the closest contestant fol
the once. Governor Tilden. On IN,
north side Of the hall there are two
rooms which correspond TO those OF
the south side just described. the small
one being occupied by Mr.. o. L. Pru'
den, the assistant secretary since Gen,
erai Grants time. and the custodian
OF the once books aa well a. OF n,
traditions which govern the public 90.
ciai routine OF the executive mansion
In hls room ats the telegraph clerk al
his instrument. and by the window Il
q telephone. which saves a great
amount Of messenger service betyseeu
the President and the departments
Occasionally a congressman. with lesl
ceremony than discretion. attempts q
get an appointment with the ear Of
the President over the telephone. and
there IL a record OF a stage earthquake,
produced IN the private secretary
room By a furious congressman wh'
found the telephone Ineffective. an1
HIS o'ymplaa style even less 80. Not
withstandlng that Il IL almost the SOLE
modern Improvement In the Whit
House. the President has been seen al
the telephone but once. and then, need
less 10 say. not on call