The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-18

49,, an "-4aS4 as Slapped here by way
OF New Orleans Up the Mississippi and
Cumberland Rivers Il represen.s The
Travels Of TIE emachus IN search OF
Ulysses and especially OF his landing
al the Island OF Calypso. The paper Is Of
a Hight blue color and with its great ric-
lures would be considered gau6y to-day
It's colors are as bright as when they were
arst pasted on the wall
At the back OF the hall a MAHOGANY
staircase winds its way 70 the second
floor A. the right as you enter is an
other hall upon which are General Jack
sons bedroom and library. while AT the
left are the parlOrs which communicate
with each other. The dining room.
which is by far the largest room OF the
house is e>>ond these. reached by door
from the veranda-
The furniture throughout IS the finest
Of old mahogany. There are sofas
tables and chairs Of this beautiful wood.
mellowed and darkened by age There
are great brass andirons cut glass chan
deliers and a clock which was in the
Hermitage before the death OF Mrs
Jackson. the hands OF which are set az
the hour that Jackson died. There are
number Of fine portraits o. President
Jackson. his wife and his friends and
the bedrooms are fitted un with old four
posters which were used In tha Hermit
age when Jackson was alive and upon
one Of which he died
Where Andrew Jackson Died.
I spent some time looking at the bed
room In which this. one OF the very
greatest OF our Presidents. passed ovav.
II Is In the same condition to-day AS IL
was then. The same pictures are on the
walls. the same hangings on the bed and
indeed. the very same bedding. even u
the white counterpane which covered
him when be hreathed his last
Imagine a room twenty feet square.
with a great mahogany fOur-poster bed
at one end or it. The bed has sill. banr-
ings about II. but they are so festooned
that they do not shut out the air At the
left Of the bed are three little stems. and
the mattresses with the great feather
tick on top are so high that one must
climb the steps to ger into IT. Those
very steep steps We're used by Old Hick-
DRY. and up them ne climbed when he
entered that bed for the last time Living
on a chair at the right next the yvfndov~.
IS the silk dressing gown with the RULED
shirt within 1t which Jackson used during
his last days. and beyond that is bfs
bureau with the mirror above IL
Just opposite the. bed is a fireplace. with
a brass fender. and antique and. rons So
beautiful that almost any woman who
reads this would sell her soul TO possess
them There are logs on the andirons
ready 70 light. and over the nlantel above
the fireplace Is a long, low mirror in
gold frame. Just above the mirror and
facing the bed is a painting which forms
the life Of the room, the article in II
which Andrew Jackson loved most II Is
an oil portrait OF HIS wife. II is so placed
that he saw 1t drst on entering and SO
that 1t met his eyes the last thing at
night and greeted them when he first
opened them in the morning
The Romance Of Old Hickory.
The love of Andrew Jackson! It sur
passed that Of ordinary men. It shines
out everywhere about the Hermitage.
There are paintings OF Mrs. Jackson ir
almost every room. and he had medal
Hons and other remembrance OF her
We have all read the story OF his mar
riage Of how he protected her from hey
drunken first husband a brute named Ro-
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