Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-07-17
LETTER
Tspecial Correspondence.1

I0PNOA0A ~
For the first time since President
Arthur's administration the White
House is to have a thorough renova-
Gcn on artistic lines. So heavy has
grown the list Of favored guests in b
Roosevelt household that it has been
found necessary to turn the great east
room into a state dining room The
present White House dining service, a
strange conglomeration of antique and
modern glass, silver and porcelain,
with many pieces missing, win be SUI
perseded by a new service Of Sevres
porcelain.
The present state dining room will
be used for small dinner parties. Like
the east room, It will be redecorated,
the present yellow color scheme being
obnoxious to the family. The entrance
hall is also to be renovated in order
that in general tone and character OF
decoration it may accord with the en-
bellfshed east room.
In addition to these changes there il
need for additions for lighting facid-
ties and also for a staircase to the at
tic, q very urgent need in case of fire,
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tirely upon the elevator.
Much new furniture Of modern style
is required In place Of the nondescript
types now scattered through the por-
tons Of the house devoted to social
uses.
Building Boom Predicted.
Mr.. William H. Given Of New York,
whose connection with several archt
t~ectural publications has given him n
wide experience In building operations
throughout the country, in discussing
the outlook at one of the uptown ho-
tells the other night predicted a stupen-
dous expenditure for building construc-
ton this season.
THE building work of 1902 set in
with the strongest financial showing
that has ever been recorded on this con-
tinent," said Mr.. Given. "Washington
is likely to pile up a record breaking
total this year, and no surprise need be
oocasioned IL the local aggregate is
close to 100000. The impression
prevails among the leading architects
IN York and In various parts OF
tia Union that the national capital has
&~Kniftcent architectural future and
Faa&4 the next decade win record the
lenaeMen OF splendid federal structures
ihe1 which win make WashfBgton the
most s&rtkinGly beautiful city in tAia
part OF the worAd, considered p9EGay
lfro1n an architectural Viewpoint.
The wMhb1ras In congress.
l. The visit to Washington recently cd
iformer United States Senator william
ID. W&shburn brings to mind the fact
that his family is the only enc thai
lever had three brothers in congress a
the same time. They were Elihu 3
iWashburn Of Illinois, CadwaIader Col
den Washburn Of Wisconsin and Israe
lWashburn Of Maine. They were al
brothers Of the former senator from
minnesota. Another brother, Charles
!Ames Washburn, was, at the breaking
out Of the civil war, editor of The Att
californian of San Francisco. He wa
isent as a commissioner Of the Un1te(
States to Paraguay and later as minis
tier to that country. He was a distin
lguished inventor.
The Two P's.
The phrase "as like as two peas
might in the case of the Pulsifer broth
.ers be made to read "as like a
two P's."
Both brothers have been employee
ION the senate side for many years. Pit
Hlan has been a committee clerk 70
twenty years, and Woodbury. ha
twelve years to his credit They Loo
alike, they walk alike, and they tai
and dress alike, so that they are yer.
frequently mixed up. Pitman Pulsife1
who is the clerk of the naval commit
tee, is often compelled to listen t
Idreary figures about rivers and hal
fbors, while his brother has to hear a.
about the naval controversies. Both Q
the men are from Maine, and if on
should resign and go home the othe
could play Box and Cox and fill bot
clerkships and nobody in the capitf
would be any the wiser.
On the Old Testing Ground.
Between the two cities which Eliza
Morse selected for the first test Of tt
Biography there is now in full operatio
"a system of wireless telegraphy, tn
most recent and possibly the mos
complete development Of the great II
ventor's method of transmitting me:
sages. This>new system is SO far in th
experimental stage only. and 40 a
tempt has been made to convert th
TWO stations n at anu IL
other at one of Baltimore's suburb
iato a commercial enterprise. But fl
several weeks past the two cities hay
been in instantaneous communicable
without the aid of wires or any 9th
tangible mode of transmitting words.
Building For Executive Offices.
President Roosevelt and Secretal
Cortelyou are both friendly, it is b
l1eved. to a recent suggestion for Il
erection of an Office building for tt
White House in the White Hou!
grounds. The proposition is to put
8 structure somewhat temporary