Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-07-27
NOTES BY THE WAY
Mrs. II. E. KOzer Writes Entertain
ingIy of Her Recent Visit to
the National Capitol.
P1TTsBURG, Pa, July 16, 1906.

Dallas for my Pittsburg home. We
may wander away and mingle in the
worlds fierce strife" form new asso-
Citations and friendships, and fancy
we have almost forgotten the land Of
our birth, but there is something in
the word Home" that wakes the
kindliest feelings of the heart. The
remembrance Of other days comes
over the soul, and fancy bears us back
to childhood scenes.
After few days of pleasant greet
ings among old friends here, we
again took up our grip and landed in
Washington, D. O., where we spent
several days doing the Capitol City
and surrounding towns. While there
we called on our genial Senator from
Oregon, Hon. G. w. Fulton, and
through his kindness, were permitted
to pay our respects to '"Teddy."
The President receives his visitors
in the Cabinet Room. The door of his
private office was thrown open, and as
he approached us, dressed in suit Of
white duck, we were introduced by
our Senator. He gave us big hearty
handshake, and after assuring us Of
his delight, added: "And Oregon is
all right, too"
We were in the Senate Chamber
about half an hour, listening to a
dissertation on the Panama Canal by
a Senator from Alabama The room
is surrounded by galleries, where one
may watch the proceedings. The
walls are richly decorated, and the
glass of the ceiling is filled with
symbolisms, War, Peace, Union, Art,
etc. The mahogany hall clock has
been in the Capitol since 1903. Its II
stars were for the II states then con-
stituting the Union.
We had the pleasure (not usually
accorded to visitors) of looking
through the private rooms of the
White House, and, as everything was
in perfect order, we voted the "First
Lady of the Land" model house
keeper.
The East Room is used for recep-
tions. It is magnificent room, so
feet long and 40 feet wide, with cell
ing 22 feet high, from which depends
three massive crystal chandeliers.
Here is a richly decorated gold piano,
which was made at cost of $4,000,
and presented by New York firm Of
piano makers. The decorations of
walls and ceiling are in white and
gold. Four carved mantels are sur
rounded with mirrors, and two royal
blue Serves vases about three feet
high (presented to President Mckinley
by the President oil the French Re-
public in commemoration of laying
the French-American cable adorn the
hearth.
The Blue Room is the Presidents
reception room. Oval in shape, the
walls are covered with blue corded
silk and the window hangings are
blue, with golden stars in the upper
folds. On the mantel is the clock Of
gold, presented by Napoleon l to
Lafayette, and by him to Wash
ington. Here are also two triple gold
candelabra, which we're given to Presi-
dent Jackson.
In the Green Room, the walls are
covered with green velvet and white
enamel wainscoting. In front OF the
white marble mantel is screen of old
Gobelin tapestry in frame of gold,
surmounted by a spread eagle. The
screen was presented to Mrs. Grant by
the Emperor of Austria. A beautiful
LACQUER cabinet was presented by
Japan in 1858, when the American
ships first entered japanese ports"
The Red Room walls and window
draperies are of red velvet A cabinet
Of mahogany and gold contains seven
exquisitely dressed dolls, presented to
| Mrs. Roosevelt by the japanese minis
ter, and a lovely case of Chinese
dolls, presented to Miss Roosevelt on
her recent trip abroad.
The State Dining Room is paneled
in dark English oak and decorated
with heads of American big game.
The massive mahogany table will seat
100 guests. Specimens of the historic
White House China are exhibited in
the corridor. The prevailing char
! acteristic of the White House is stately
simplicity and is becoming OF the
home of the President.
The Congressional Library, the
! Treasury, State, War and Navy build
ings, Foreign Embassies, etc., were
sources of much interest, but time will
fail me to tell of all in detail.
We were we'll repaid by our visit to
the Washington Monument. Gowhere
you will, an ever important feature OF
the landscape is the monument. 1t is
seen towering against the sky long
before one reaches Washington. In
the city, its tremendous height con-
fronts one at every turn. From the
hills Of the Soldiers Home, the heights
of Arlington, and far down the
Potomac on the way to Mount Vernon
it suggests mountain peak.
The monument is an obelisk o.
white marble and the highest work o.
masonry in the world. 1t is exceeded
in height only by the EifEel Tower o.
iron. The interior is lighted by elec