The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24

the house are new guest rooms pro-
vtded out Of the ONCE quartArs which
formerly occupied the space over the
great east room. Each has q low
wainscoting and new wooden marte',
as well as new furniture. Between
them IL cosy Sitting room. from
which Mrs Wilson. to complete the IN.
spection Of her new quarters. de0cendo
three steps into the corridor.
After passing the stairway on the
right she finds a pair OF bedrooms
whose windows open beneath the roof
Of the 'preat front porte cochere. They
are directly opposite the oval room and
are entered from a hallway separating
them and running north and south.
Each Of these rooms has In the rear
private bath.
Now passing the elevator. In which
che assembled and returning to the
western sitting room space, the new
cha.ela.ne enters the lasf bedroom on
the north side of the house This. like
the first on. she entered. directly
across the house. has an ample dressing
room with private bath This was the
bedchamber q Arthur and OF Cleve.
land who for some reason preferred
north to south exposure. The dress
ing room used 20 be Mrs. cicvcland's
boudofr. and the suite was the nursery
in the days Of Benjamin Harrison and
Bs.by Mckee The private baths on
this floor are all new. They have mar
Bile floors and tile wall1
There are yet two rooms downstairs
which precedent will permit the VIII
sons to devote to family use. One Is
the private dining room. sometimes
seen by the sAghtseer, although he is
never allowed peep at TN chambers
upstairs Another is the red parlor.
" hEch recent Presidents have used as
an after-dirner smoking room for
guests. Tn. other rooms on this moor
are the state apartments--the great
, east room. the green parlor, the oval
| blue pariOr 'where Presidents receiver
! and the remodeied state dining room
In the basement Mrs Wilson will find
/ q kitchen "a completely equipped as
/ any in the world. for a house OF equal
| siz. and in the pantry she will discover
| a dish heater. controlled by electricity,
! which viii heat 1000 plates at one
| time
| The WILSON,. will be the FIRST presi-
Dental family TO bring three marriage
able daughters TO the White House.
John Tyler had four daughters at the
/ time of his inauguration. but two OF
/ them were married and one was only
Presidents family occupies a separate
/ bedroom there will always be two
such chambers TO spare for guests. and
as some Of the bedrooms already con-
tain twin brass beds. It will be an
easy matter to provide four guest
!. rooms.
i During part OF February the Taft
family will pack all OF their private
belongings IN boxes and trunks tagged
to their Cincinnati! home. and the
White House. for fortnight will un-
y dergo a thorough, housecleaning, from
roof to cellar. that everything may
be spdck and span for the new tenants.
There would be a precedent for Mr..
Taft's inviting the Wilson's to come
stay at the White House during rho
few lays that they viii remain IN
Washington prior to the Inauguration.
, The Clevelands extended such an tnys-
| tation TO the Harrisons IN 1889. bus
the President elect declined the honor
i However ti,As may be. Mr.. Wilson
will call on President TAFT on coming
, to Washington. and President Taft will
return tho call Then. Mr.. and Mrs.
|. Taft VIII entertain Mr.. and Mrs
Wilson on the evening OF March at
|. White House dinner. and this may
be the first occasion on which Mrs
Wilson will inspect the private apart
ments Of her future home The next
, day, after returning iron the Capitol
, President and Mrs Wilson will enter
tain ex-Presadent and Mrs. TAN At
, luncheon In the private dining room
This at least. will be done II the TaftA
!. care to revive the custom adhered to
until four years ago. when Mr.. Rooee-
. Welt declined to return to the White
House with President Taft after the
|. inaugural ceremonies.
Many of us are wondering whether
Mr. Roosevelt would have paid Preet-
dent Taft the customary preinauxural
: call had the Progressives been vtcforf-
. Gus November 5. When Andrew jack
|, son refused to make this call on John
, Quincy Adams. Adams refused to es-
. ! oort his successor to the Capitol or "a
take any part in the inaugural cere-
2 monies Mr.. Taft has said since the
election that he would have done ms
i part, in the exchange of courtesfes
I had Roosevelt been elected
Al Copyright, 1912. by John Esfresh
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