The age-herald., 1901-10-06


 Washington, October 4.-In his new dwelling on "the Pennsylvania avenue oe- tween Fifteenth and Seventeenth streets" as the location of the residence of the Presidents-the White House-was designated three-fourths of century ago. in the little city directories; President Roosevelt will be able to enjoy domestc happiness in a manner which Tell not to the lot of many of his predecessors. Most of them when they became the tenants of the nation under four-year lease or tho nremises, were old enough to be 0randfathers. and young America was at t,n,es renresented in the living rooms of +be mansion either by grandchildren of grand nephews and nieces. More re ouently the children of the monuments had passed their majority when their fathers engaged in the duties Of ch1et magistrate, and sons were at times called upon to conduct the office work or the Presidents as private secretaries. Had Uncle Sam adopted the requirements or some landlords-not to let the White House to families with children-it would have affected but few, though the grand | requirement., at least, been in the way As will be seen, grandchildren, nieces and nephews have found welcome from the President; the prattle of childhood and the joyousness of youth have often been | a relief to those weighted down with the responsibilities of the position
 The first executive Washington, and | Mrs Washington had no choldren or l their own, but the grandchildren or the latter, George w. P. and Miss Eliza Gus tis, were of the Presidents housenoid Tn New York and Pennsylvania, respective ly but they were grown ere the end ol Washingtons time in 1797. They were communicants of. the Episcopal church.
 John Adams. the second President was 62 years of age when called to the seat of government--rhen in PIliladelphia-and had been the head of a family for thirty | three years. His five sons and daughters were all of mature age. One Of the sons' John Quincy, who was destined to oc- cupy the Presidential chair twenty-five years later, was at this period in the diplomatic service in Europe. President 1 Adams moved here as the first tenant Of the White House, in 1900, ere the house had been fully completed, but the term closed in about nine months. Mrs. Adams was unhampered by children, and It Is related that she was enabled to make .as many as fifteen calls per day, though the places were wide apart
 The "Father of Democracy"
 Thomas Jefferson-recognized as the father of democracy, was the father of g son and five daughters. Married 1n 1II2 he had been a widower for about twenty | years when he became President in 1891 and some of his children were married one daughter, Mrs. Thomas Randolph, be ing the mother of about a dozen children Mir. Jefferson's daughters did not tak' to city life, and were somewhat loath t' | make their home in the White House Mrs Randolph was induced to come her from her quiet Virginia home with he | family and she spent about six year under the roof, The children were bein educated by the mother, ana those of an | other daughter, Mrs. Eppes, spent som time with their grandfather, and wer | also pupils of Mrs. randolph. It ha been stated that the school room was | the west end of the second story of tn building.
 So domestic were the daughters In thei habits that though Mrs. Randolph ha the right to preside at the functions O the mansion, the wife of the Secretar | of State, Mrs. Dollie Madison, was ire . uuently asked to do the honors of tn house. There were many visitors to tn White House, and the Presidents hospi tality was unbounded. Not only relative friends and neighbors from Virginia, bu people from every section of the countr, and Europe were entertained at his table and not infrequently lodged there. It 1 | recorded that some were good stayers,
 family of six from Europe once makin a visit of ten months, and at one time tn daughters were called upon to lodge fit guests. MT Jefferson was of no religiou | H..k l1o ,Ia the Presbyterian church in Georgetown.
 Mir. and Mrs Madison, who were mar ried sixteen years before he became Pres ident were a childless couple, but whel | they entered the mansion in 1909, Mrs Madison's son Todd. the c.lid of her frs marriage, and then a grown man, wa one of the family. Mrs. Cutts and Mrs Washington, sisters of Mrs Madison were living here and not infrequentl nephews and nieces, and other relatives gladdened the hearts of the uncle an aunt. Under MT. Madison, who was no blessed with so many relatives as was MI Jefferson, the house was the scene of a much hospitality as the condition of tn country would allow. the war of 1872 en | gazing serious attention. The capture O Washington, including the White House caused the removal of the family to private house. The Presidents househol, was of the Episcopal faith, and wer among the early attendants of St. John g
 Mir. and Mrs. -donroe had been married over ,..irty years when he became Presi dent They had two daughters. The cid est, Eliza, was then married to Judg George Hay of Virginia, and Maria tn younger, soon after married Samuel L Gouveneur of New York. The marriag took place in the executive mansion. Tn daughters, with their husbands and Mis- lNnggold-a daughter of Judge Hay by
 former marriage-formed the Whit House family, which was further aug mented by the arrival of three little Gou veneurs. who became the pets of tn household. Like the Madisons, the Nun roes attended St Johns Episcopa church.
 The Second Adams.
 John Quincy Adams and family took tn house of which his father was the frs tenant in March, 1925, by virture of hi election by the House of Representative The family consisted of Mrs. Adams, t whom the President had been marie