Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
DESIGNED WHITE,H0USE
IRISH ARCHITECT MADE PLANS
FOR PRESIDENTS RESIDENCE.
Special Cablegram TO The Star.

Special Cablegram TO The Star
DUBLIN, June 19.-The Freeman's Jour-
nal Is authority for the statement that the
White House. the official residence of the
American presidents, was the work of an
Irish architect, James Hoban, who was
born in Kilkenny in 175S. When only TWEEN
ty-two years of age, according to that
newspaper he won a medal from the Royal
Dublin Society for drawings for brackets,
stairs; roof, etc." which is now in the pos
session of his grandson, Mr.. James Hoban,
a resident Of the United States. The popu-
lar name of White House." the Freeman's
Journal says, is really due to Hoban's
thought OF painting the crown-stone 'front.'
ing the exterior wall white, due to discol-
Grafton caused by smoke and fire. The
White House was built according to- Ho-
bans designs and under Lis supervision
both before and after the destruction of
the newly created public buildings of WASH
ington BY the British in 1914 The White
House was not completed until 1920 and
Hoban lived until 1881. According to the
same authority four other Irishmen were
associated with Hoban in the construction
of the building of which he was the archi-
tect Cornelius MacDermott Roe, Patrick
Roe and John Delahunty had the contract
for the brick and stonework and John
Kearney for the plastering.
Like the city of New York, Dublin has
been having considerable trouble in finding
location for a home for consumptives.
The South Dublin union guardians are still
making a praiSeworthy effort for the eS-
Establishment of a consumptive sanatorium
for County Dublin. But the wealthy dis
tricts like Rathmines and Pembroke have
refused to come into the general scheme
and there is considerable i'll feeling in con-
sequence. 1t is argued that nowhere have
the people suffered much from conSump-
ton as Ireland and that all should assist
as far as is possible in the efforts to check
the ravases of the white plague.
Oldest Museum in Ireland.
Mrs. McGuckin. the mother of Mr. Bar
ton McGuckin, has just celebrated her
ninetieth birthday. She is perhaps the old
est musician now alive in Ireland. Born in
Dublin she spent great part of her life
in Armagh and has won high reputation
as pianist 1t was she who gave the first
lessons to her now distinguished son, and
she has many other pupils who attained
success. She was well known at time
as an organist and used to play the organ
of the Duke Of Manchester's place at Tan
dragee.
The registrar generals return of emf
grants who left Irish ports during the
month of April gives some little bit of sat
isfaction, for it shows falling off in the
exodus during the month during which the
greatest emigration takes place. Last year
the total for the period was S,451; this year
1t was 1,S14, decrease of G'1. In February
and March there was an increase of 260,
but in January there was a decrease of 145,
thus showing on the first four months OF
the year net decrease of so. This is re-
garded as encouraging in view of the fact
that in 1905 there increase over
1905 There has been during several years
past tendency downward. Mr.. J. H.
Campbell only the other day declared that
it was the tyranny of the United Irish
League that was driving Irishmen from
the south and west of Ireland to the emf
grant ship. 1t is shown, however that
there cannot be much in the favorite phrase
of Mr.. Campbell the south and the west
for there was last month a decrease in
Munster as against April of last year of
132 and in Connaught of $50 while in Ul-
ster there was an Increase of 100
The Irish Packet. just out, devotes a con-
siderable portion of its pages to the life
and death of DR.. j. X. Ingram, the author
of the celebrated poem, THE Memory Of
the Dead better known to Irishmen the
world over as Who Fears to Speak OF '9S?'
Row Among Animal Friends.
Irishmen have reason to be proud of the
fact that the act which for the first time
constituted cruelty to animals was intro
duced and carried by an Irishman, Dick
Martyr. who in those days ruled the wilds
of Connemara. 1t Is therefore greatly re-