The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-12
White Houre Portrait.r of
 Prerident.r.

Eastman Johnsons portrait of Presi- dent Cleveland.
 President Andrew Johnson is repre- tented by a bust portrait. The portraits or Fresident Polk and President Pierce ane three-Quarter length figures painted oy Healy and the same sized portrait of Fresident Hayes was painted by Hunt ington. The portrait of President Buch- anan, the bachelor President. is a recent eift from his niece. Mrs. Johnston. for meriy Harriet Lane. the accomplished mistress of the White House in her uncie's administration. The portrait is the work of William M. Chase. and as a likeness is considered by Mrs John- ston much superior to the portrait of rresident Buchanan, which was formerly m tne White House. The Chase portrait is in the Green parlor.
 Tne portraits of women of the White rouse are few in number. There is lit- ue 70 DC said about them except that inoAnerence counts for much in lack of sentiment which would hold in tangible memory women who, more or less help iui' shared with Presidents many duties oI the highest position in the gift of the nHeIican people The wives of eighteen residents have been mistresses of tn nbTe House-nineteen women, including I yiCi two WlNeS, MrS- Letftia Iyier, mistress of the White House a, year and half, and Mrs. Julia Tyler who went into the White House a bride III the last year of President Tyler's ad ministraton. -'-0' "'
 efe are hung, however, but six por- or women who have presided over ,ne White House. Not one was purchased ~. uy congress. but all were gifts, therefore eney cannot be regarded strictly as an oiHciaI collection. Five of the portraits represent wives of Presidents. including me portrait of Mrs Roosevelt. The DOT Hail of Mrs. Polk was presented by the ~oineh or Tennessee" as the words on 1iie frame state. The full length portrait Nis. dayes was presented by the christian Temperance Union,' e"u the portrait of Mrs. Harrison. also iuil length. was presented by the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution. !" The portrait of Mrs. Tyler, the second wife of Fresldent Tyler, was an individual gift. as also was the portrait of Mrs. Angelica van buren, the daughter-in-law of Presi- uent van Buren, who was mistress of the "hite House in his administration.
 Hung in the East Terrace.
 1hese portraits hang in the east en- trance hallway. by some people called the new basement picture gallery" and Dy the architects who made it, the least terrace" The name signifies nothing. the location everything. No more unfayor- able location could be found in the White House for these portraits. They are so lew In number that one wonders why they are down in this basement hall a place so inappropriate.
 The portraits of Mrs. Hayes. and Mrs. Harrison afford an interesting study to visitors because of great strength and sweetness expressed in the faces. The evolution of fashion is partly responsi ole for the general admiration bestowed on these half dozen portraits-visitors of ten saying of Mrs. Polk: That is the prize picture" Perhaps it is the sweep ing folds of the crimson velvet gown, low cut bodice and short sleeves reveal ing beautiful neck and arms, or boise of the head, with dark side curls and droon- ing feathers at the back-altogether a certain stately grace that wins admira- ton for Mrs. Polk
 The portrait of Martha Washington the wife of the first President, but never mis- tress of the White House, hangs in the Red Parler. where the portrait of Presi- dent Washington IS placed The head of