Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

pied by servants of the lodging house at
the time. Here is installed library of
400 works and articles bearing on Lin
coin and the tragedy. Through this is
seen the furniture from the Lincoln
homestead. The most conspicuous of the
many items are the Lincoln cook stove,
the walnut cradle in which Lincoln him
SELF often rocked his children to sleep,
his Office chair in which he sat when he
wrote his first inaugural address; two
horsehair sofas, a settee. his favorite
home chair-a horsehair rocker with very
tall back, and little pgeon-holed desk.
upon which lies the framed copy of n
letter from the donor, whose huSba nd.
she says. was once visited by Lincoln,
who entering with the desk in two pieces,
said: ''Will. you take my old desk and
give it room In your house, as it is the
do business for myself? Mrs. Lincoln, in
one of her passions, threw it into the
street because I upset the ink
In this room are also fifty distinct pho
tographs Of Lincoln. the last made upon
the south portico of the White House a
few days before his death. But that, re-
sarded as the most characteristic Of all
his portraits shows the President and
his favorite Tad glancing over book,
in the attitude in which Brady. the cele-
brated war photographer found them
when he entered the room. The book
which the two are perusing has been pro-
claimed over the land ever since as the
Bible, but in reality it was photograph
album. According to Mr.. Oldroyd, who
has traced up the circumstances under
which each of these photographs was
taken. Lincoln had none OF them made
voluntarily. but was good-natured in pos
ing. especially for poor photographers
who, he realized. would benefit financial
~ by having a negative of him. Thus
that known the Gardner photograph
was made one day when the President
was walking up 7th street. Gardner,
who happened to be standing outside his
gallery. importuned the President on the
street and the latter. although not know
ing the hustling photographer. accommo-
dated him by going upstairs and submit
ting to the slow fortunes of the old wet
plate process of those days.
In the front parlor of this house Mrs.
Lincoln rested on the night of the tragedy
when she was not beside tie Presi
dents death bed. Here are shown the
original spur which tripped Booth-caus-
ing him to break his leg while he
was escaping from the Presidents box
and the flag in which the spur caught.
Here are also relics Of the arsenal prison,
in which the conspirators were confined.
as we'll as original portraits Of all of the
cOnspirators themselves. CHASTITY series
of relics nearby are photographs showing
the various steps In the execution of the
conspirators and twists of the ropes by
which they were hanged. Here are also
relics of the barn in which Booth was shot.
and locks cut from his hair while his
body lay in a naval vessel off the Wash
ington navy yard.
A black locust rail. to which is at
tached the affidavit of John Hanks, Lin
coins cousin, that it was split by the
great rail splitter and none other, hangs
in the archway between the front parlor
and that to the rear, in which, on the
night of the assassination were gathered
the various officials of state, who awaited
the death of the President. In this rear