The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-04-17
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Arrangements of the Omcial Quar-
tiers of the Executive.

Arrangements of the Omcio1 Quar-
ters of the Executive.
At ten o'clock a hardly discernible
sign against the glass of the barrier am
nounces to the citizen who has arrived
under the grand portal that the execu-
tive mansion is "open" to visitors; at
two o'clock the sign is changed to
CLOSED" The ~doorkeepers swing the
doors open to everybody. Within the
large vestibule nothing is seen which
indicates the arrangement and purposes
of the different parts of the mansion.
1t was not always so, 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 middle columns'are
closed with colored-glass partitions, and
the vestibule is simply a large square
room pleasant to get out of. No way
appears to open to the state apartments
in the center, or to the west wing, which
is devoted to the private apartmentss
yet glass doors IRE there, though as
imperceptibletothe strangeras aswing-
ing panel. To the left there is a door
which is always open. 1t admits to a
small hall across which a similar door
is the side entrance to the great east
room. About this splendid room, COM
prising the whole east end of the
sion, the visitor may wander at win be-
fore the portraits, or enjoy from the
windows the beauty of the treasury
building to the east or the impressive
landscape to the south, including the
towering shaft Of the Washington
monument, and, beyond, the yer
charming Potomac spreading with en-
larging curves toward 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 older daughters, with a few
playmates belonging to a kindergarten
class.
From the small hall between the yes
tibule and the east room a stairway as
cends toward the medal line of the
building to a wide middle hall, on each
side of which are the offices Of the
president. The arrangement is simple,
and in the foor-plan covers the space
occupied below by the east room and
the green room, the latter being the
counterpart of the small hall with tha
public stairway, just mentioned. At
the head of these stairs, over the green
room, is the cabinet room, which is the
first apartment in the south sideof the
hall; a jog of two steps, at the private
door into the presidents room, mark
ing the raised ceiling of the east room
below. The president reaches his of
fee through the cabinet room, entering
the latter from the library, which CORE
: spends on the second floor with the
blue room of the state apartments. Pres
ident Arthur, indeed, used the library
as his office and the cabinet chambei
for an anteroom, while his private see
retary was domiciled in the traditions
office of the president. During his frs
! term Mr.. Cleveland preserved the sam
arrangement; but Gen. Harrison wen
: back to the Office hallowed by Lincoln
, occupancy, and Mr.. Cleveland, on his re
! turn, found the arrangement so salts
factory that he continued it.-Century
: Employment OF Wet Nurses.
1t is said that if q mother is CON
/, PEELED to allow another to nurse he
child, if the nurse does not remain b
yond the first year and the mother
. closely associated with and devote
to the child, it's love is not appreciabs
: affected. But If the nurse is allowed |
practically take the mothers place.
: will reflect her manners, ideas and il
: dividuality, and may even become indi
ferent to the mother. Mental and phi.
> steal ailments may be asquired fro
!" a nurse, hence she should be selecte
:, with great care. She should be health
y and near the same age and complexie
as the mother and be fed liberal
with food best suited to her needs al
y the development of the child. TT
y strength OF a nation is in the care
Z its children"
No JOY in His CUP.
Wyld-Tke paper says Easter win
4. pleasant.
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