The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-09

] l''"N"'Il"N us lueull'N ny llS likeness
TO the familiar portraits OF old Tip
pecanoe.
Inc renovation OF the old man
sion accomplished 10y Mr.. Roosevelt
NJ an expense OF over haif a million
dollars involved some rather compro.
n'hslNF cNaur's. among which was
the transfer or the servants quarters
rom 'n' basement To hie attic. Thus
,,. .a,..'...,..., ',,.' ''',',' o' i"'''', ""ys'
.,S H'I'' IONS OF odus ana ends
,.'"N" "'' mus become supple.
"''",''E .'7'''nllal moor. anordins
''.''''i'I' "'.Iohs Tor the White House
pu'''r 'hho"n oihcially as the stow.
Nu' 'I' h'useh''ptr the cook and
'S7' s'"nl coon couple OF men ser
'n"' """ uaI' " do<'n parlor ana
,,.,,,. ,'''lS' 'N'h th' Ehost oi
,,', !" ",,''',''' ,',"'E harrison seems To
,'',v . u,'n 'os' III 'h' shuhle OF aren't
,',,u."l ''''Ilt'S' NJ an events,
n"'nlnE mas oe'n seen or heard Of
.ne pn'l',"m since the alterations
"',e ,%naue' %
=" ",'l' is popuarlv known about
.n' upstairs part OF the White House
,n', IeW people are aware OF the
IIo' t'"' Mr. roosevelt has another
"n,e ~" '"e second or bedroom floor.
l,S ~ 'n' oid canlhet room. and In Il
''''a'"s 'he lohg tahle or pol
'Sn'u U'ahotahN AT which through
s'''SSI't administrations so many
u's'i'EuIsued men nave sat.
lore interesting even than this
,auIe, however Is the desk which
MI Roosevelt uses In his private
ABo -GN'' aIauJ sMH' IpSu rppIm
sahc'hhl' II Is very massive at
ialr' OF the knee-hoie pattern, and
Is adorned by silver, plate which
'teIls ITS curious history Most strik-
ing lhdeed' Is me story told by the
sllVer plate; for It appears that the
desk Is made OF the timbers Of
shln called the Resolute. which more
,nah nan century ago voyagcd in
Nrcuc regions In quest Of the lost
expedition Of Sir John Franklin.
Adjoining Mr. Roosevelts study
'as u is called, which was the o..
|cahnet room. Is room twice the
SIZE used as business Office by
MI MCKINNEY ny Beniamin Harm
son and by GsNver Cleveland -nll
three OF whom did their work at the
u'sk IN question. But the large
apartment has now been converted
INTO guest chamber, like all the
Ioiher rooms IN the east end OF the
second -.oor Of te White House. Next
TO II is the old war room. occupied
hv busy telegraph operators during
the spanish coniict-at present a
bedroom with n bath partitioned off
at one corner. Opposite. across the
main corridor, is similar bedcham-
ber' with a bath. Which leaves un-
mentioned only one room of large
size directly across the hall from
Mr. Mckinleyis old office, and occu-
pied in n.s time by his secretary. It
Is today the handsomest bedroom in
the dwelling.
When Mrs. Cleveland first came to
the WHITE House, a bride. she eN-
pected to DO great deal of enter
tanning and to invite many OF her
girl friends TO come and stay with
her, knowing as she did what an
event such n visit would be in tie
life OF any young woman. Her dis
appointment was correspondingly
great when she found that the avail
as shecould find beds In the domicile
stricted as to render such hospltali-
, ties practicable only on very small
scale. nat Is TO say, three or four
people AT time were about as many
as could ma beds In the domic.Ie
OF the president
Likewise Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
bitterly complained Td her friends
mat she had left house containing
twelVe bedrooms TO occupy one with
only hVe' When one comes to think
OF u, II was an absurdity, and It Is
certainly matter for congratulation
that te presidents house dts origi-
mai ofhcial designation possesses to-
uay total OF nine bedrooms, with
SIX baths thanks 10 the changes made
by MI. Roosevelt. or course, the
Roosevelt family Is large, compris-
ing teyen now that Miss Alice is