The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-02
The LARGER White HOUSE
will Be Monument Left by Capital Ctys Coming Cenen
nia-Detais of Enlargement to Be Shown in Model to Be
Exhibited in Old Mansion on Centennial Day.

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic
Washington. Dec. An expanded White
House proportionate to the needs Of IN eN-
panded Republic. will. IT is safe to Isedi't.
. he one of the monuments left by the Ma
tional Capital Centennial OF December II.
A new movement TO improve the presiden-
tjal abode has been closely linked with the
centennial enterprise almost from its start.
Congress offered its first encouragement III
May by appropriating 5000 for the preln!-
nary architectural work. a plaster model.
showing the proposed Greater White
House" in miniature. and a series of draw
ings showing its construction details are
fast growing TO completion. ON the morn
ing of December l2-the centennial day
they will I've removed to the Presidents
house Colonel Theodore \. bingham. L $.
A. master of White House ceremonies. and
engine crinC officer in charge of the mansion,
will display them In the presence Of the
chief MAGISTRATE himself. to the Governors
q: the States, members of Congress and
other distinguished guests. He and other
centennial orators there and later al the
Capitol. will draw such vivid contrasts be-
tween the capital city Of 1870 and that of
1870. the nation Of century ago and that
Of to-day. as will emphasize the fact that
the presidency has outGrown its official
headquarters.
Details Of New Model.
Every citizen of the United States will he
n part owner OF the enlarged White House.
Hence every American will await the ex-
hbition of Colonel BinCham's model with
interest. 1t embodies the present White
House. unaltered and standing out in con-
spicuous relief. Colonel bingham combines
his original ideas with Mrs. Harrison's
scheme for an enlarged mansion. with
wings. Mrs. Harrison's plans. as worked
out by Mr.. F. II. Owen. an architect con-
nected with Colonel Binsham's office. COM
prise two new buildings like the old one.
but placed at right angles thereto and con-
nected by coionnades or wings. The model
to be shown AT the White House will in
clude only these connecting wings. added
TO the White House as il now appears. The
larger buildings can Ice added at a later
date whenever Congress sees fit. The con-
meeting wings will he complete in them
selves until such future improvements are
made. Their exterior architecture. as
shown in the model. is In tn. form of col
onnades sweeping around To the rear. with
Ionic columns similar TO those that support
the main portico. Behind these may b.
seen "A curved extension of the original
White House walls At the extremity Of
each colonnade wing will be shown a new
entrance with porte cochere facing square
ly south. The wings will be two stories In
height their columns extending TO the top
all around.
New State DininS.ROOm.
The new wings will be- divided into var-
which may be removed to afford a clear
81 ace when the larger additions are built TO
complete Mrs. Harrisons scheme of utilz-
irg each colornade wing as i passageway
with central rotuEda. for reaching the
greater adjuncts. The extension on the west ,
} side of the new model is designated as the
"oftlcial wing: that on the east the pub
hc wing. In the latter and extending from |
the east room will be a new recepton-rc1m
and ample office apartments connecting |
with those now or the second floor Pro-
vision is also made for a. new circular state
GininJ-room sixty feet in diameter I'm the
west or official wing" on the second floor |
of this will be provided five additional bed
looms.
None Too Large for Adams.
The White House of 1890 is no larger than |
that of 1900. although Washington especial |
ly designed il To be enlarged from time TO |
time. When John Adams moved in a cer- |
tury ago, 1t Was none too. large for his \
needs Mrs Adams said that il was VERY !!
we'll proportioned TO the Presidents salary" |
tEen $1,000 a year, or half that which mol 1
ern Presidents need In dispensing executive :
hospitality, the demands upon which have
more than doubled within the past century
AT his state functions Adams received but /
thirty-two Senator's whereas William Nc
kinley must be host to ninety. The apart |
mentS in which were entertained but los
Representatives in 1900 must now hold 80 /
at White House receptions. The Cabinet.
now with eight members. then had but five. |
The diplomatic corps Was small handful !!
of foreigners. Adams could entertain his |
entire Senate and Cabinet together in the
state dining-room, built to accommodate
but forty guests. To-day President Mckin-
ley must abandon this well-lighted room in
tended for state feasts. He must spread /
his board In a long, narrow corridor run
ming east and west through the center Of |
the building. This has no windows Ladies'
in evening dress cannot escape the chilling
drafts issuing from doorways opening upon
them in every direction. In Adams's time all |
off1cials in Washington could gather in the
White House. forming large family party