The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-03

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The White House will be thrown open
B tn $, winter for season of greater festivi-
ty than Washington has ever before seen.
In the light of our triumphant victories
. afoat and our marvellous triumphs afield,
great fetes are expected. says the Phila-
qephla Press, and all Washington must
dine and be dined
Many foreigners are expected in this
country. The Diplomatic corps has been
incF ased greatly. Nations that up to this
time have sent us only one small repre-
sentative now send two, and those who
have sent two previously have increased
8the number to three and four
Every extra foreigner calls for an extra
&coYer at dinner. and every cover calls for
&eXtra table space-and just what extra
table space calls for in the White House
only the lady of the White House can
#tell.
During Mrs. Cleveland's reign the dip
lomatic corps increased so that when the
state dinners were given the dinner table
had to he placed in the red corridor. be-
8Gfause me dining room would not hold it.
was found that. when the table was
SCI out IN he dining room, the guests
could scarcely. seat themselves and no
SeryaGt was hin enough to squeeze be-
In the hall the table was, therefore, set.
with he stairway at one end, and barely
room on each side of the table for the
waters to pass.
What this meant to the guest and to the
hostess can be imagined. for there are
doors opening from this hail into the east
room the red room, the blue room and
the green room. There are also doors
into Two or three other halls, and there is
a fearful current Of air coming down the
great old stairway.
It is~etiouette that all the doors should
stand open, and the White House has
never placed portieres at the doors to help
matters. The air has full sweep, and on
many night the cushions have been
lifted from the dlvans to keep the ladies'
feet from ehilblains.
1t requires herolsm to sit through
I long dinner under these circumstances
wiz bare neck and bare, arms. but Mrs.
il. Cleveland was equal to it. She was so
4 young and stronT chat it was impossible
/ to break her down
Mrs Mckinley proposed to have the ta-
Bile old in the east room rather than the
hall but it was found that things got
cold if they had to be carried across the
Mrs Harrison who was the best house
. herself master Of the situation by pro-
( vid'n~ covers for al the dishes. so that
W thou' cOolinq the food Mrs Harrison
went into the White House as though it
/ We're her own little home and she pene
F. trato' The 'nmost receSses Of the kitchen,
soul'ery ard pantry and brought about
reforms which are appreciated to this day,
Mrs Cleveland contented herself with
the outside appearance. She ordered the
table to be set here ami there with so
many covers, but she did not go into the
internal WORKINGS
Mrs Mckinley has been trying to get
strong all summer. She saw what was in
store for her this winter and her friends
promise that she will he well enough to
give Washington the most elaborate en-
teTa'nments ever known at the White
House.
IT may be news to many to know that
Mrs. Mckinley has no secretary. Occa-
sionally one of the executive clerks as
sists her in the capacity of secretary. but
she has no one to take the place of the
social secretary, so INDISPENSABLE to many
ladies' She works hard at her desk and
keeps her own lists. She does this with
out Numbers and her card receptions are
marYelS of selections