The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-26
dent himself couldn't take bath in

aen1 nlmsen couldn't take bath in
his own congested suite of living
rooms without fear of some tntruder's
peeptng at him over a half-partition
separating his tub stall from a part of
the lavatory space frequented by Of
ticeseekers. Mr.. Roosevelt told the
leaders IN congress that the presi-
dent OF respectable nation should
i've respectfully, and he got an appro-
priat1on which he used to clear his
sleeping floor of its workshop annex.
he moved the latter to new wing.
added bedrooms and baths. had the
building restored to ITS original arch
itectural grandure, had its bizarre
furnishings sold at auction and had
1t redecorated and refurnished in sim
pie but classic good taste. The white
mouse today Is the most stately type
OF colonial mansion in the land, and
Mr.. Rosevelt's successor will have no
cause for shame when moving into It..
Thanks to congress also the presi-
dency Is a safer Office than when Mr..
Roosevelt assumed It. Attacks upon
the life OF the chief magistrate are
now federal offenses and an unsuc.
cessful attempt to kill him rs punish
able by death, while mere threat to
assassinate him, or even advising an.
other to do so. is punishable BY ten
years imprisonment. To prevent a
repetition Of the Garfield tragedy a
separate wing of the new Union sta.
ton, now being completed in Wash
ington, is being furnished and appoint
ed for private use OF presidents who
hereafter will pass to their trains
without exposure to platform crowds.
This suite has retiring room where
the chief magistrate may rest II his
departing train be late or where he
may arrange his toilet after leaving
his car. and there Is also an elegant
ly decorated apartment where he can
meet official guests Of the nation or
be met by functionaries welcoming
him to the city, as at inaugural time.
Under the same roof is q branch DO
lice station and another has been put
IN the new east terrace Of the white
house. The public, now admitted to
this wing instead of TO the north
doorway used by the presidential fam
lily, views the museum features in the
space beneath the rows Of bay trees
and Is admitted upstairs to the east
room, but no further; so the president
may now pass downstairs to one of
his drawing rooms without lodging
some crank or zealot who might wish
to buttonhole him. The exterior of
the building is guarded by thirty-eight
policemen.
VIII Have Two Yachts,
So Uncle Sam will take pretty good
care of the man who wins out in the
November contest. His life will not
be all fuss and feathers and humdrum
and grind. II he wants to take a sea
trip to get away from the shop he
will have ever at his command q lux
urious yacht. the Mayfower Of 1000
tons, for which Mrs. Ogden Goelet or
iginally paid 100000, and which she
sold to the government for $3.50, 900
during the Spanish war. This has
been refurnished to meet the demands
Of presidents and their guests and II
has crew of nine officers and 1874
jackies. Mrs. Roosevelt and her chill
dren availed themselves of this craft
several winters ago for trip to the
coast Of Cuba. The next presiden,
will have at his command also the
smaller presidential yacht, Sylph, OF
which the Roosevelts have made oc
casional trips down the Potomac AMI
on Chesapeake bay. Attached to THU
lafter vessel 10 q 17-knot auto boat
designed at the Norfolk yards espec
tally for the use Of presidential fam
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