The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-10-29
offices FOR PRESIDENT
Dian of the New Building al
Washington.
pFrrER QUARTERS FOR CALLERS

chief Magistrate win Have Three
om. In which He Can See Them.
neut to Contain FireprOOf Fa-
,,,t,es For Official RecOrds-Names
sunrcsted For New White House
Doors.
sor,a question has arisen as to the
n ,.:rration of the new office building
tbe White House grounds now
ooring completion, for the use of the
.osidpnt says the Washington CORE
aondont of the New York Evening
n.,+ The architects are DESTROYS
4,,+ # should be called the Tempo
r.rv Office Building" with an EN-.
nhasis suggesting that this is not a
permanent solution of the question.
Thpv believe that the president of the
Irnitpd States should have more dig
r,sod office home than this, and also
+ho+ he should not become tenant of
orp Of the department edifices.
While this desire of the architects
s ,riu find some response, the con.
,-onionce of the new arrangement is
honnd TO give it considerable perma-
q nancy. The new quarters, although
II smaller than those which railroad
president would occupy, will be SO
GREAT an improvement over those re-
sontlv vacated as to seem generous.
\ president Cleveland said that his Of
foo quarters at the White House
seemed so contracted, after an official
residence in the state capitol at AL
banv as to make it hard to realize
the size of the promotion involved in
the transfer.
There will be three rooms in which
the president can see callers. His
own room will occupy the southeast
corner of the structure and look out
over the lawns and gardens of the
south front. The cabinet room, where
he can entertain other callers besides
those for whom it is specifically de-
signed. opens out of the presidents
room and occupies the northeast cor
per of the building. A little ante
room, Just the right size for a conf
dental chat, separates the presidents
Office from that of his private secre-
tary, and makes a third place at his
B disposal. A telegraph room, to which
( president often has occasion to go,
I in connection with personal messages,
i lies between the private secretary's Of
4 flee and the large room for the clerical
staff. There is, in addition, beautiful
reception room, into which the visitors
Y directly enter from the outside; it is
lighted from a glass dome and pro-
& vided with welcoming fireplace.
The basement of this new building
3 will contain fireproof facilities for the
official files and records, the first time
any security of this kind has been pos
Sible The White House itself, it may
be remarked incidentally, is also being
treated with fireproofng material in
all its first floor partitions. The proba-
bilities are that President Roosevelt
and his successors will so thoroughly
like the new office arrangement that
there will be little motive for change
to more pretentiOus structure. The
quarters just vacated by the presiden-
tal offices have been made part of the
White House chambers; they consti-
tute two suits, each of very large
room, small one and a private bath.
The old cabinet room will be made a
presidents study, while for the library
opening out of it cabinet work book
cases are in preparation.
question over designation is raised
not only by the temporary office build
ing but by each of the four entrances
OF the rejuvenated White House. 1t
might not be bad plan, since the am
Oluous politician has long used the
metaphor, in speaking Of his intimacy
Vi The White House, that he Ibid not
go In at the back door," to name the
new doors according to their uses.
1hefe will be four entrances at as
many points Of the compass. Why
should not the place hunter and ord1-
nary caller, who will go to the tempo
rdry office building during business
nours, be described as visiting "the
"nlte House west?" The persons in
whose honor reception is given might
Ue described as going to ''the White
mousse SOUTH" the rest Of the guests in
,Iled socially will enter at "the White
mouse east" or at the treasury end of
tue new terrace. The presidents per-
sUual visitors will enter 1.-The White
house north"
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