The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14

aid going west, they are the green room,
the biue room and the red room
Marked changes have been made In the
State dining room. which is If the south
west corner of tho building. 1t has been
enlarged considerably by extending II
northward until 1t takes up what useo
20 be a small hall between the State an
ing room and the family dining room on
Tie northwest corner of the building. ana
part OF the family dining room rms IS
a decided Improvement in the matter OF
size. as the State dining room has here
tofore been entirely too small for the
demands made upon It. It is now ncar!3
as large as the east room, which eSleHus
entirely across enc end Of the White
House. from north to south.
STATE DINING ROOM.
It is upon the furnishing and hitting
out of the State dining room. however
that the greatest amount of ridicule is
being heaped by architects, artists s1-1
other authorities whose opinions are
worth con ider!ng. Instead OF being cone
in colonial style TO haImonlze WIN inc
rest of the interior changes. the DE
dining room, is of English bsronial stSie.
| n is a ccpy of q hall in the home OF 'hc
| Duke of Devonshire, OF the iCool ST.
| which antedates the colonia! period. Ifle
| ,,ancls are of oak, and the frleze carved
oak leaves and acorns. producing DRUID
| .so,e effect Upon the walls are set TIE
| heads OF game to be found in the oflteu
| states Occupying the most cohsP4cuous
! ,,laco over the door is the enormous ana
| very handsome moose head presenter ~
! President Roosevelt not long ago uS ~
! Cowboys Association Of South D%ao'a-
/ IN addition 10 this are tie heacs OF pisoii.
,,,o,r.a;n rams. deer and the head Oh one
/ cinnamon hear. which is said TO nave -
49, 49,. .re[7S,- himself There is noth-
F.! ing from Mississippi -, ,r,o chairs
/ arn of striped brocaGe Of the htllo "
seem at Mount Vernon, and -
nsacinr nj colonial furniture IN an E-ls
! lish baronial hall that has orous5L1 "a -
/ ca,.etic comment from tlis - go hoan
/ I-nstairs the only changes nave Iii nee.i'
! +,,a s5aiticn Of two bis bedroom lhers
,as bean much complaint OF me co!ol
scheme of the interiors and the !ncst
ornnba+ic complaint has come from N.>'
,Ii,. roosevelt herself She says ~
/ ,oo,,, is q nightmare in blue ana Se..
/ low and she. knows she "oaiu :.
/ sf. slept in it and for any ie.,sl
80, 9f;ss Roosevelt has refused to oc-
! cupv her room as it STANDS any Nc 100
or5ars /, a local upholsterer 10 c'laiiss
49, -r1,o1e room 1t is TO be done IN req.
/ Sh-, 1,,s taken herself off TO Ne" Y OK
| ~ .,,a meantime TO visit friends uf1th lhe
! necessary changes are completed.
p,,+ The thing that has incensed the
/ ,-,or;can nat on from the north 10 tae
/ south and from the east TO the We 1
s The taking away from the man NO.
Of every single one OF the hlstoiicai poi-
traits that formerly nuns on BE .1Ts
T, the east room the extension OF the
,,,a,,aIs has left no room for the por-
.rai-s that formerly hung on the walls
trare and the famous Stuart portrait OF
| washington. which is the only portrait
| +o,. which Washington actually sat or
| ,.a+be- stood. for the painting Is a fuli
length affair, has been removed lhls
is = COPY OF the famous Landsdo"ne
stuart portrait, which was pa'hteo loT
| 1hn MARQUIS OF Lansdowne, and was
| -a,-ad nv Dolly Madison when the British
! canle. The portrait of Martha Washing
ta1, Is BIZ Andrews as is also that OF
! ,-ho,,las jefferson. which hung in II , east
| room. while the portrait of Linco's by
| Iro.peebalI These. together wi por-
| rats of the other Presidents. ard of the
| Presidents wives. which have always
heer objects of interest and admiration TO
visitors. have been moved to the base
| ,21ent. where they Will hang along the
| walls of the long corridors OF the wings.
and in the dressing rooms which have
! been pTcEided for those coming 10 pupAic
/ recaDtions.
Many of the portraits of the ladies of
! +I,a White House are the gifts of differ
| ant xor,lerl's societies throughout the
| country. and since il has been known that
| they are removed TO the basement, Mrs.
Roosevelt has been the rectnient of M
! ,nerous letters Of p otest against the TAX
ing awav of these pictures from their
places OF honor and RELOCATING them to
| the basement.
1t had been promised that the two
| Washington pictures should be put back
in the east room but when that room
| was comnle-ed it was found that there
! was no room for them.