Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-02-08

sion. The Octagon house is one of the historic
homes of the District Of Columbia. The chances
are that the spirit of patriotism will see that the
structure is preserved for all time. Whek the Brit
!sh entered Washington Dolly Madison Led from
the White House just before the Red Coats arrived
to apply the torch. Mrs. Madison went to the Oc
tagon house, which was the residence of the Tay-
loe family Suddenly she remembered that the
Stuart portrait of George Washington had been left
hanging the wall of the White House. She ran
back and cut the picture from its frame and es
capped with it Just as the British soldiers crossed
the threshold -f = h.
On Sixteenth street hill in Washington is tho
house known to the populace as Henderson CASTLE
It is the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson,
who have lived in Washington ever since Mr.. Hen
derson was, years ago, Republican senator from
the state of Missouri The Henderson house has
every appearance of castle. It is of brown stone
turreted, and 1t stands commanding hill. The
Henderson home Is the scene of constant hospital
tty, and the diplomats representing foreign govern.
ments In the capital are frequently dinner guests
OF the castle" host and hostess -
Larz Anderson, a relative of Nicholas Long.
worth, lives on Massachusetts, avenue in huge
house about which the lecturer" on the big sight.
seeing automobile calls out interesting information
to the passengers eight or ten times day. and the
megaphonic tones of the information giver pene-
trate to every recess of the Anderson family man.
sion. The automobile barker tells his bride and
groom passengers and other sghtseers that "This
Is the Larz Anderson house; it has 12O living rooms
and 60 bathrooms; it is truly regal residence"
Only the initiated know how much of a romans
Ger the lecturer Is but in very truth the Anderson
residence Is as large ordinary hotel Mr.
Anderson is forever looking out for novelties and
he has just obtained from the manufacturers an AM
tomob1le nearly as large the sightseeing affair
which goes crunchfng by his home every day with
the leather-lunged lecturer bowling aloft.
Should Mr.. Anderson or any of the members
OF his party become hungry on the long stretch ~
road between inns, all that would be necessary -
do Is to push a crank an inch and give little tuu
and out will come cook stove, a supplv If f,,o1
kettles and pans and diningroom table. The foos
Is kept in refrigerator in another part Of the m a.
cnine and anotner little tug brings to view spring
Chickens ham and eggs. bread and butter. coffoa
and the rest. 0De0
AS matter of fact, Larz Anderson's autoro.
bile Is nothing more less than TRAVELLING ho+.1
and at that it is hotel which makes as fast 49,
on the road as Is made by any Of the automobiles
which are guiltless of tavern attachments.
The residence Of Clifford Pinchot Is n.ns,,.
OF course everybody knows that it is Mr.. pnobot
who has made the great American fight to savo -
forests OF the country, and it is he who has heer
one OF the two chief figures in controversy whit
led to a congressional investigation and which -.
It's nrst stage led to the separation of the
ment's chief forester from Uncle Sans service
The Pinchot residence has large rooms. niaenie.
cent staircases. dining room which is almost =
banquet hall, and library which for size ona -.
BOOKS would suit the service of city This hon =
was not built by the forester it is the nronor+ "a
his mother with whom he lives, for he il h..na
lor. Mr.. Pinchot makes the trees his closest cow
panions, and apparently he loves them above -,
other society, although there is large social ola.
ment In his life. The former chief forester ~ ~.
government gives dinner parties regularly at his
residence and fine affairs they are but it is tno1n
that he prefers the campfire banquet-whether -
be served in the Dismal swamp of Virginia or ~
the mountains of Montana