The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-25
WHITE HOUSE AWAITS THEM
Homecoming Of the Roosevelts Next Event ON the
Washington Calendar.

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proof In a leas' onr n - I.rt4calaT
Laan when they eft Ii. According II
= ~~nt ordinance. ~ el~.rtr Iirat
"lr"~ have hc"a run through iron
ptT-S which inSur-s sroa.o- prstnc,lun
= tn" rnc-c p~A era uf Isolation
II vlll H. a generally f--sh anG -~so-
waited hoc@s fhu- ~rI~su.x tA>m
home New hanging hayr Zen put
2 ia" Res. Blu AMI Green HarlorA
ard tn Eat rnom has hvt made
- shin" Nth its custom ry h~i.au-y
u upper halls arc hung w!h ncs
blrlap and III ceilings ncNiy ralutei.
and such ~ the bclchAmb>-s aH have
needed new Taper has hc~1 -r.sHr cred
tSwa stairs and out ~ 1n,.= e.. ~
r.dor .cadin= 70 thu i.autrz and en-
CINE ON has h eu ever with \
new Goa 81 asphalt
The home Onmtug OF the H.-s-rVvi,s
win he the awakening 81 th- .ap al
city fo life a=ain al ummcg on: is
broad ST.. cts have lecn almost 4-a IT
81 Of pedestrians. In Washington.
Perhaps more than any ota"T yltg RS
the United States. people So away dur
ing hot weather This is because the
mass Of the peopl" ar" in -as'rnment
service. and your UnC.c I'm .s a E~n-
c~ous employer. giving all his em-
ployes thirty full work days. not
counting Sundays and holidays. n tho
vacation period.
First go he noyeau richc. So ho have
II recent Rears built homes ln Waah-
ln-ton which they usCup o. aston
tijy. They are easily In-ct 10 cTnes
vf grca..r gaNety. Tho 90 grcSzmcn
nd their families follow. and as ION
as the summer j. thoroughly. upou
ono the old. staid families. or such %
can aft I'd the luxury. seek the noun
tains or saishorc. The president stays
until all the demands OF his work arr
me-. and his family. being 4 wc!I-0on-
Ffituted American family. generally
delays its departur" until h. can cave.
During their absenc" thc tourists
give what scmblance Of life thcr" 3s
given 70 he place. Approaching th"
White house from any point on ."
avenue one q see al almost L tHI"
q carriage driving its way ~lctsurcly
along the scmi-circular road that OK
tends from u gatr To Tho other
Probably it is the surrey Of q colure4
driver that has been hired for the DC
casion. for these darky-drivcn surrey
that look as If they might be 80 -f-
of coaches Of oId-tlme ami q afs
typical Of Washington And RlOuS DO
walk on the margin ~ tho road ere
can see groups OF tourists making tho
pilgrimage up 10 the old mansion,
mere nine-tenths Of them VIII stop
In surprise and express their disap-
pointment. They c1pecs 20 find =
grander building than IL r..
These latter DAYS. II one stands on
the curb opposite the White house he
will see. in addition 10 the meandcr-
ing tourist. Il servant. or a workman,
or a clerk come out OF tho Erounds
and board a G a. though on some
crrand bent. The servants quarters
are in the west corridor. The White
house employs twenty. about tx OF
whom. including two maids and TWO
cooks. are whit; The others are col
urrd. From this over corridor the
voices Of rollIcking cnlorcd airlS can
he heard It Is high life bc.ow stairs
for the present.
But the R"osevelts are coming III
October.