The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-07-24
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, July al, 1902.

From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, July ar, 1902 a
"No admission" is the greeting T
that meets the visitor in Washington {
who attempts to enter the WHITE t
House grounds, and many have ex- a
pressed serious disappointment al +
their inability to inspect the home OF
the President. But it should prove t
some compensation to loyal Ameri- {
cans to know that for the first time
since 1881 the White House is re-
ceiving thorough renovation. Those
who have visited the building In
recent years can testify to the necessl-
tv for such an overhauling. AS the
wealth and greatness of the country
have increased the demands on the
| executive mansion have grown and
for some years its accommodations
have not been sufficient to secure to
| the President and his family that COM
fort and privacy to which they are
entitled. The office force has grown
constantly and new rooms have had
to be converted into Offices until but
small portion Of the second floor OF
the building was available for resi-
dence purposes and ordinarily more
, than half Of the first floor was open to
, the public during certain hours OF the
day. When the present renovation is
l. completed and the new Office build
; ing, which is being erected just west
: of the White House, is finished the
: entire second floor will be restored to
. its original purpose, residence Tor
II the President and his family.
= In the basement, on the East END
of the building, there are to be re-
ception and cloak-rooms and the
present entrance on that end Will De
ri greatly enlarged. There all persons
having occasion to call at the Presi
~ dents home will enter, the forme
~ main door being reserved for the eX
, elusive use of the family. Person
to who have occasion to call on tn
of President on business will be direct
VS.. ed to the new Office building at tn
a west side of the grounds. This bullc
es, ing will have accommodations tor IN
en- entire clerical force heretofore locate
Oh in the White House and will also b
I'M in provided with large Cabinet room
' a private office for the President an
ost one for his secretary. a receptlo
me room of generous proportions, roo
vas for telegraph and telephone purpos
e 1 and a comfortable room for the use
l newspaper correspondents, whe
re- every convenience will be afford
nhu them for obtaining and preparing t
and news.
ent-
the At present, the clerical force OF
leu President is divided between Oys
10 Bay, where a few rooms in oa
,,". - . building have been rented tor
los purpose, and rented residence
Sc Jackson Place, across Lataye
him Place from the White House groun
last where the major portion OF the TO
r his is installed. This, by the way, is
ap- first time that the White House
gave been completely vacated since 1t
WIN WIN entered by President Monroe on
az az day of his Inauguration Mar. 4. 10
ith The White House was originally c.
,ried. pleted in the fall of 1900, the cor
|, cell. stone having been laid eight y
before, but, as every American
and girl knows, it was burned by
on;r, British on August "a, 1914 an
On in was not until 1917 that the reb'
have ing was completed.
and -"
rsons The interior of the White H
=. % rei. looks today as if it had been the
III the tim of Kansas cyclone, even
our if floors having been removed.
staircase at the East end of the le
wash up which have toiled so many
on it, sands of anxious Office seekers,
gram been removed and, while 1t is iml
80 A.. BILE to secure from the architec
,at 81 HE the details of their plans, 1t i
on the lieved that the space formerl!
ere the cupied by the old staircase W
e dog occupied by far more elaborat
least leading up from the basement
he tail the recention and cloak rooms lC
be as .hare;o The interior decorate
by the ~ L..nd;r .re ~ he elabora,
beautiful and it is promised that
;. completed the interior OF the
les and House will possess most atti
,ples to and artistic appearance. An
If those have attended the presidential
rned to t,onc will annreciate the conve
by is it H.. iii ,>a der;ve6 nv the n
'A' ''' trance for, heretofore, the cr'