The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-25

So"
Ro">eyel.s return a. The White aoa~,
October fSt
o. course. October = The mcutn tp-
n" general homecoming % AL wh,
ara So fortunate y - D able "a break
their usual environment; during he
warm weather Bat The Ro-%.ve,is'
Homecoming Is Il different matter
Different Because he o~evclts Ike
In a house o % their own choosing
Ct owniuE-lhat home is II Oyster Bay
but n in which the public has an
interest. both senumentally and pra-
Ideally.
When The Rnosevelts ~turn the
WHITE house will bc opened. Pe-xaps
i viii e npenei just one day before.
IN orter that FL tourists who happen
- Re n Washington at this particular
tine may walk through and see he
very pink OF perfection = the ord
20 which II has been reduced Iu,
until that day. o. the "a lefore
he mans On + closed ~ TIE public
although this j. not with an intention
On the part OF the chief executive uf
the land 10 defraud the peopla { their
rights. The closing has e I n esz3-r
on account Of tn erairs needed.
The White house IS ~.sualls closed
for a few weeks during the summer
This summer. however. It's doors .tys
Been cused since the day fulloW.n-
the departure OF the presidential fam
iIy. All summer long there has ne4a
the mise of rasouuding hammer an ]
III" GU OF IN" Workmen giving ,rt lis
u each other. All summer long The
faithful policemen who patrol The
front Of the building have heen IN
PEELED 10 LAY I'm >orr.. but yoi
can't "a in; the White house : closed
fer .epairs, n au average OF Il
every five minut daily And IN
Te)p-e IRE 50 disappointed.
This is what is being done: 4 new
~ Of is being put o. the eas corridor
TIE one hal was nur on this addition
70 the White house ii 1902 proved q
failure. in tha. later il developed ma
mcr us AXIS. II is being rep! ced ow
by a brand new wafer-tighI paten.
cement roof yOuched for By n Chi ago
company. 4 canvas awning has ae"n
stretched over the roof of the corr I
dor to protect the wet cemenL. and
under tbs covering he co,ored work
men do their sweltering tasks. lor
these are sunshiny days in Washing
ton. The same work of repairing IS
being lone on the west corridor that
connects the private end of the White
house with the executive Offices. II is
along his terrace. lined with Russian
bay trees grown in boxes, that the
nraci1ary c1ty- frln, h. brow, ~c hE-
family and leaves the rollicking fun
for the graver matters hat confront
him at the other end
When the RoOSeveltS come home il
will be a new music that lasounds I'M
der their steps rs Juvenile and grown
up feet strike the stones OF the north
TOrticO. The old stone floor that has
done service here since President
Jackson's time-the great slabs OF Wiz
giRia limestone, still we'll preserved
in the center. but rather GRUMPY
around the edges-are piled in a heap
against the white stone pillars Of the
porch. 1t is being replaced by ii rev
floor of whittier limestone from Illinois.
upon whish as yet no hopes nor fears
nor ambitions Of human beings have
been impressed by mortal tread The
genial policeman who is on dav ser
vice at he front IOrticO WIS amused
a the question If ono woman +n,Iris,
who wished n know how tho old
stones would ho preserved
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