The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-07-18

IDEA held oy many minds hat as ~
years pass a new residence % uae
president OF the United ST. % NJ, ,Dr tae
come a necessity. So uarr - Oe'
rooms OF the White House a. - 'Ae
have always been devoted 10 ru puO
and ohicial business that Co.,. rr,s tsO'le
and their families. the tep,rrs . =.
Of the people. have always baoD T %A
tied as to sleeping rooms. -4'
A Future Possibility
The cloudy idea which g.. tho TO-.
may be embodied In another s,rno, ,-le
Is that the nation should sr7rIv ~, .I
residences for the chief executive ". W
official and personal one.
The White House, rich rs fl e Ink
toric associations, could ra rsoJ :.
the public Office building Of the r,.'1
dent, be more accessible To The gcr -,
public than It now is and hp tba ~
fetal theater Of state f-r.rf,rs =
addition, and separate from this -
executive and his family sborIJ ~ -
given a private residence IN some A
sirable section OF the CITY
The Item in the appronrf tons hin
which some interpret as cooking n.
ward to this provides for THE purrbss,
Of a tract OF land for pa, nrrro.a,
This tract is about two niles ro,.S
/, Of the White House and ea>l-r AGO.,
bic by the Sixteenth street ..auIav,,5
Over a Century Old.
1t Is almost log years SIM, Cso,,.
Washington presided at tho IavIn, !,
the cornerstone Of the executive ma,
sion In the federal city" a~ he c,no5
the city which was afterwarl 10 bs,.
his name. This ceremony t.lk nl,,.
on Oct Is, 1872, the three lundradts
anniversary OF the landing Of Cbriy,n
pher Columbus. Eight years were ca.
sumed In building the ''prcsiFant's nal
ace" and Washington had been deaf
almost year when the SECOND pre5
dent. John Adams, and his wife. Ali.
gail. took possession of the mansion.
Despite the cries Of extravaclDoe
100000 had been granted Ily congress
for the building and furnishing Of the
house. in those days no small sum.
Architect Of the White House.
The plans of the building. submitted
IN a competition for a prize Of sou
were drawn by young Irish architect
Of Charleston, S. c.. named James Ho-
ban. Since 1t gained its name, the
White House, from a coat of white
paint bestowed after its sackiug and
burning by the British in The war Of
1872, some inlanders Of rrvcrental
mind cherish the fond idea that the
building Is Of marble. 1t may lose in
artistic and poetic value when they
learn that II Is built of sandstone from
Maryland and Virginia quarries.
1t was not HOban's fault that the Oc-
cupants OF the nations house had space
limitations placed upon their WelcOm-
ing and social instincts. His first
plans called for three story building
and IN the third story were To he the
sleeping apartments. An economical
democracy decided that this was civ
ing the executive too much; that two
stories and a basement should satisfy
all requirements. That Hoban planned
well is shown in the fact that Until
1902, when the executive offices Wen
removed to the annex provided for
them. the building was UNCHANGED eI
cept for the addition Of pOrches and
Conservatives and for repairs.
a Historic Herb Patch.
Close TO the Dutch garden which
decorates the south side Of the White
House Is a little space where herbs
have been raised ever since the fist
mistress Of the executive mansion
marked on a spot for a flower n
closure. There grow minis. savory
and other plants, many Of
which, tradition says, still come from
the roots originally planted. All The
dishes for the presidential table az
with the products Of this =
tie patch. and the present mistress
the White House Is as careful Of tbs
section OF the grounds as of the hand
soonest flower bed. She has taken
roots Of spearmint, marjOram. SWEEP
bash, tarrsgon and thyme TO Oyster
Bay, and she now has at the summer
place one Of the best herb gardens u
Long Island. Parsley, Of course ng'
ures In the collection. including
French variety, unusually pUngenL
New Treasury Pillars.
Long Delayed work of tearing out
the thirty ionic pillars which ornament
the east front Of the treasury building
and replacing them with granite cor
1mns is now going on, and soon lHs
last OF the sandstone work will nave
disappeared, and the entire structure
win be OF granite and marble.
The contract was let for S2)s, 800 anu
calls for the replacing Of the sandstone
pillars with mOnOlith granite.
The granite must match that u
which the north, south and west WInss
are constructed and was quarried |"
Milford. N. II.
A Costly Building.
The contract calls for the cOmpleuOH
u the work by the end of this yea;
bat In view Of the delay the tine WI
be extended
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