The Washington herald., 1909-11-14

OF tucan-calaO wood from the Philippine
Islands, which makes a beautiful contrast
with the oak. A picture OF AlphOnso
Taft. father OF the President, which was
found about a year ago IA an almost for
gotten storerO0m IN the Capitol, Is tho
chief decoration. AS in the Cabinet room.
President Taft viii occupy a solid WOOD
chair. The chairs OF the Cabinet mem
beers are all high-backed and covered with
leather. but President Taft prefers
heavy, solid mahogany chair which
swings on a swivel.
An innovation has been made in the en-
, frances to the Presidents room They
are in the corners OF the ellipse, along the
north wall. standing about twenty feet
| apart. There are double doors az both
I entrances. and between these double
/ doors Is a sort OF wedge-shaped passage
way. I'm the corner OF which the Secret
| Service men can stand when the Presi-
| dent Is receiving a long line OF tho gen
/ eral public. IL is possible for the PFesi-
/ dent hereafter 10 hold these public recep-
/ tions in the extreme north end Of his
room. the pathway for his callers lying
close along the north wall
The Cabinet Room.
/ The extreme southeast corner OF the
] new ONCE building. and Just TO tho left OF
/ the Presidents ONCE as one enters the
building. viii be the Cabinet room. This
| room will be as spacious as the one for
/ merly used by the Cabinet. and It will be
wholly private. as II is not proposed 70
/ use il for any other purpose than meet
/ ings OF the Presidents official family
/ Hereafter members Of the Cabinet may
| go direct 10 their room on Cabinet days
] ~. 49,
/ an the President is free 70 meet with
them. This room overloOks the lovely
I old garden Just west OF the White House
/ proper
Between the Cabinet room and the
/ Presidents private Office is a small room,
the smallest IN the entire Offices This IS
\ 20 be a retiring-rOOm for the President.
\ where ne can talk privately with a caller
when the Cabinet is IN session OF his own
Offices full OF people
To the right Of the Presidents ONCE IS
the Office OF his private secretary. This
office like the Cabinet room, connects di-
rectIy with that or the President by a
private entrance Mr.. Carpenter and his
assistants viii have ample space in which
90 do their work and az the same time
: enjoy a reasonable amount OF privacy
Immediately in front Of the entrance 10
j <
ridor another corridor ten feet wide runs
northward 30 the main reception hall
, Immediately 70 the north OF Mr.. Car
penter's Office. along the west wall, is tho
executive telegraph once and the offices
, OF the executive clerks. On the extreme
north wall. just 70 the right OF the main
entrance. is the pressrOom for the use or
the reporters who are assigned 20 cover
. the white House.
, Cost OF the New offices.
0 The cost Of the new Offices, combined
81 with the cost Of the Offices erected during
{ the administration OF President Roose-
vell, viii represent an actual outlay OF
. about Sloo,0oo. exclusive OF the cost OF
! tearing down the old building preparatory
, 10 erecting the new addition. The origi-
nal cost OF the old executive Offices was
a $500 including the furniture they con-
tained. For the recent addition Congress
r appropriated the sum OF $500, which
/ amount included $500 or $500 worth Of
= furniture, and also the cost OF alterations
al Il r.rrffH Hrnu