The National tribune., 1902-08-28
THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION.


and paid their respects to President and
Mrs. Hayes. L picked up her wrap. and
started upstairs from the Blue Parlor witt
her and the President. When we got up
stairs l started to show them the various
chambers i'm the hOuse-bed chambers, etc
After l had showed them all the bed
chambers we went into the library. which
is directly over the Blue Parior. 1t is IN
oralsbared room, the same as the Blue
Parlor.,, We proceeded into the. Cabinet
Room. and explained that to, them, AID
from that into the President 'office, and
showed them the rest of the official part
of the house, in the meantime Introducing
them to an employees who were at that
time connected with the official household.
The President and Mrs. Hayes then re-
turned to the private part of the house
and rested little while; then their friends
commenced calling. and continued to ar
rive until 10 o'clock that night. We were
all very tired when we got through.
The next day a great many delegations
called on the President, and with ladies
calling on Mrs. Hayes, we had our hands
full. When the Glee Club Of Cleveland,
Ohio, called. the President and Mrs.
Hayes came down to receive them in the
Blue ParlOr When the members had
been introduced and had shaken hands
with them, they stepped out into the main
corridor opposite the Blue Parlor, and
sang that grand old hymn, 1.-The Sweet
Bye-and-Bye." The President and Mrs.
Hayes both enjoyed it very much.
Mrs. Hayes was a grand lady, and the
White House will never have one to sur
pass her. After they got settled down and
the crowds had left the city. 1 then had
a better opportunity of finding. out the
character of both of them. And the char
acter of both was beautiful! As she
would be going. out to breakfast through
the upper corridor of a morning how often
T hive heard her singing beautiful
hymn How kind-hearted she was; al
ways had kind word to say to the
humbiest employee at the White House.
Notes would come to the White House
time after time from the destitute and
poor, wanting help. She would have me
come upstairs to see her, and would
say, MIR Pendel, here is some money. and
here is a note Take this, and find out
where they live, and give it to them
ron one occasion. out on Massachusetts
avenue, Il young girl, about % years of
age, was down with consumption. Mrs.
Hayes said to me, "Pendel, want you to
take these oranges up to that young lady
aid give them TO her"
The doorkeepers at the White House
fired well, for hardly an evening passed
but We were told to go into the parior,
and take that magnificent bouquet that
was standing there.
1t was during this Administration that
Gen. Hastings and Miss Platt were mar
ried in the Blue Parior, under a beauti-
full marriage bell. 1t was very quiet,
but beautiful wedding.
I During the Administration they gave
the largest banquet in the White House
that l ever saw given. Three thousand
invitations were sent out, and $500 ac-
cepted. The state dining-room was set
with small tables laden with bounteous
repast, as were also the tables in the pri-
vate dining-room.
During this Administration my wife
and / celebrated the 25th anniversary Of
our marriage. Mrs. Hayes presented us
with a half dozen beautiful silver tea
spoons and sugar spoon lined with gold.
Mrs. Gen. Hastings also presented us
with a beautiful silver butter knife in
handsome case lined inside with beautiful
white satin. / have them at my house,
and can assure you l am very proud Of
them
When they first came to the White
House, their youngest son, Scott Hayes,
was little chap running around. Miss
Fannie was a little girl. Webb Hayes
and Burchard and the other son Il cannot
recall the name) were all older than Scott.
The young people used to have a fine
time. Since that time Miss Fannie has
matured into wOmanhOod and married n
naval officer. called upon her once when
she was residing in the Navy Yard, and
had the pleasure of looking upon the in
teresting little baby, of which she seemed
to be very proud. She was very much like
her mother in her disposition, being very
affable and pleasant. Scott Hayes has
long since matured into manhood, and is
very handsome and gentlemanly in his
manner. Their whole Administration was
very pleasant indeed. Sometimes / would
be showing strangers through the house,
and would come upon Mrs. Hayes una
wares in the Red Parlor. / would almost
invariably introduce these ladies and gen.
tlemen to her, and they would go away
very happy.
The Steward of the White House, Mr.
Crump, lost his little son. l had gone
out 10 see him, and while / was there adj
dressing the father. the Presidents car
riage drove up, and Mrs. Hayes came in,
saying. why, Mr.. Pendel. how do you
doT just as friendly as though she had
been one of my OWE sisters. After she
had conversed with Mr.. Crump and his
wife, and was about to take her depart
ure, she said: "Mr. Pendel. come out and
get into the carriage, and ! will take You
down to the White House" / thanked
her very kindly, and told her / was off
duty, and was on my way home, in q
different direction.
Toward the close OF their Administers
ton the callers increased. For the last
two days I had never seen anything like
it. There were more weeping people
when they were about to say good-by than
j ever saw in the White House in all my
life, and at the outgoing of their Admin
istratiOn and the incoming of the Garfield
Administration / was so very busy that
/ did not have an opportunity to shake
hands with either the President or Mrs.
Hayes. They became the guests Of Sen
ator Sherman. Secretary of the Treasury.
and of Mrs. Sutton. The next day | went
over and had the pleasure of meeting the
ex-President and Mrs. Hayes. That was
the last time that l ever saw her. Presi.
dent Hayes called at the time poor Gar.
field was suffering at the White House
from the effects of being shot, and tina,
was the last time / ever saw him.
During President Hayes's Administra
ton there was newspaper man who used
TO slash him right and left, through The
paper with which he was connected, in
the most abusive way. The President die
not know who it was at the time, but af
ter he left the White House a commits
sion was appointed to visit the different
prisons throughout the United States.
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