The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03
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dnjor Archibald Butt who, in full uni
FORM. Is familiar figure in the back.
GROUND of all snapshots of President
TAFT. has filled this post with ndel,tv
curing the past three years. He is IN.
guardian of tho chief executives mem.
Dry string, the keeper OF his priv
Pulse ana tho custodian of his en-.
sasement calendar. The PRESIDENTIAL
household is entitled also TO the snr.
VICES, upon state occasions, of a detail
OF young officers. who act as ushers at
mo oinclal Flevees. In command of this
social staff" is master of ceremonies
the Same colonel of engineers who az
ercises mechanical supervision over
the house equipment and appointments
Whenever next November's victor and
MS family desire to go out for a spin
they will find two big automobiles-
one OF the Limousine and the other Of
the touring car type-ready and wait-
Ing for them In the executive garage
The head chauffeur who will drive
them about receives 500 a month. and
ne has the assistance of a second mn
also upon the government paw roll.
When the cars wear out Congress will
appropriate for new ones. The two
now in use cost $4,000.
, EHcnpes housekeeping Details.
She who assumes her station as "frst
LADY of the land" next spring Will bo
relieved Of all petty details of house
Keeping. The government Will give no,
her choice of bonded steward or
housekeeper to take command of tina
domestic force and supervise the mar
keting.
housekeepsr is in command of the
Iatt cuisine, as was the case during
the Mckinley regime, while Presidents
Cleveland and Roosevelt seleor.d
steward, who received $500 a wear
from the government. and who gave
bond for $4,000. The cards of he,
guests will be brought to thu chate.
laine Of the mansion by ushers and
buffers paid out of the United States
Treasury. She will have to return nc
calls whatever, unless some foreign
ruler brings his wifs to Washington
and all of the details of her social cor.
Tespondence will be attended to by he,
own private secretary.
When she goes upstairs sho will be
carried by an electric elevator In mo.
ments of leisure she can sit down at
golden plano Gift to the nation,
which cost $4,000.
As she steps from room to room
she VIII inhale the perfume of the rar.
est of flowers, daily renewed In tn.
vases. and her eye will fall upon ar
ticies of vtrtu presented to the gov
eminent by several generatione of the
proud rulers of the world. At her en-.
tertainments the Marine Band vii, dis
course whatever music she selects
And many of the great musi,al eani-
uses OF the world will vie with one
another to entertain her guests. with.
out cost. Whenever she wishes a boz
at the theatre one will be provided for
her and her guests without cost. In
fact, one of the Washington theatres
employees Social attache" whose funt~
tion 1t is to invite the families of such
high functioneries as til, President.
Sice-Presidcnt and foreign ambassadors
to fiji Its boxes
White House More Comfortable,
The family which assumes possession
OF the White House next year will en-
JOY far greater living space than Mr..
roosevelt and his large family OF chill.
dren found there when they moved In,
Thomas Jefferson. the first tenant Of tho
finished building. had the use of an
oiflce upon the sits where Mr. Taft's
now stands, and the White House prop-
or was used for residence. But lat
er Presidents encroached upon the up-
stairs portion of the mansion for office
space until Colonel Roosevelt called
halt ana moved tho offices and Cabinet
room to tho new western annex. W
So the upstairs space now includes