The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-02-28
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPENDS
ALL HIS SALARY IN ENTER
TANNING,
Guests Always in the White House
- Ex-S1ave Gives Former
Master Seven Million Dol
1ars-Cole Younger
Other News.

hams remark IN his letter to Con-
gress explained why it will cost
$50, 900 instead of the usual SIS 900
to MAINTAIN the White House next
year, that the President does more
entertaining than any of his pre-
decessors. Is fully borne out by the
facts, although the attempts made
by some members of Congress to
show that the President is using
Government money for his hospi-
talities is unjust and untrue.
Z The $4,000 will pay for the up
keeps of the White House-thee ser.
vice, the linen, the china, the flow
ers, the new furniture, the fuel and
all that. The President pays for
the food and drink out of his own
pocket.
Even with none but the food and
drink items to provide for the Pres
ident will have but little of his sal
ary left when he goes out of office
if he continues to entertain as Law
ish!y as he has done since he re-
turned from Oyster Bay last fall.
Since the President and Mrs
Roosevelt opened the remodelled
White House there has never been
a day that friends have not enjoyed
their hospitality. Baron and Ba-
roness Speck Won Sternberg gave
the new guest room their first war;
ming last fall. Since Thanksgiving
there has not been a day when
President Roosevelt has not enter
tanned a large house party. In
this connection there is good new
story.
At the Cocknell breakfast in
honor of the newly wed Mr. and
Mrs Edison Gallaudet, President
Roosevelt fell into conversation with
the hostess and aunt of the bride.
The lady regretted that there were
no good hotels in Washington, and
'waxed eloquent in defense of her
theme. The President listened
and then exclaimed:
''No good hotels in Washington!
You must be mistaken madam;
surely you have never stopped at
the White House.
In the last twelve weeks the
President has entertained as house
guests upward of two hundred per-
sons.
The lavish entertainment at the
White House does not halt at house
parties OF two. four, six and even
eight persons at time, but has in
cluded the greater number of mu-
sicales, athomes, dinners, luncheons
and conversaziones ever attempted
by any host or hostess in this city.
Besides the three state dinners
and the five state receptions, there
have been six elaborate musicales,
and cards are now out for three
more. These musicales are always
preceded by dinner from sixteen
to twenty guests and are followed
by supper at which all of the
three to five hundred guests are
entertained with lightrefreshm ents.
At the White House this does not
mean that the guest is handed the
traditional cup of weak bouillon
and wafer. The President and
Mrs Roosevelt offer their guests
a dainty repast not to be exceeded
by elegance or plenty by the richest
nabob in town. -
At least three times a week the
President and Mrs Roosevelt invite
from dozen to sixteen persons to
luncheon. In addition the Presi-
dent gives at least five elaborate
dinners each week.
The capacity of this family for
generous home intercourse with
their friends is not exhausted by
these entertainments. Mrs Rcose-
velt has given five large afternoon
receptions, to which about twelve
hundred guests were specially invi-
ted by card on each occasion, and
with these went a dainty collation.,
never stingily served, and replete
with delicate and costly food.
The President and Mrs Roose-
velt seldom accept invitations to
dinner. but thew have fonnd time