Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-10
SET WHITE HOUSE
| IN TRIM FOR BRIDE
Attic Is Being Converted Into
Living Rooms by Pres
ident's Order.
star Bureau.
Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,


- WASHINGTON, July 10.
: A shower bath and several new bed
rooms are to be put in the White
House for the convenience of Presi-
dent Wilson and his family Work on
the alterations of the executive man
sion will begin soon, and the new
: chambers will be finished in time for
the marriage of Miss Jessie Wilson.
who will in the near future become
the thirteenth White House bride.
Despite its spaciousness. the White
House is rather a small house for
big family, SO far as the private quar-
ters of the Presidents family are con-
lacerned. There are only five good
sized bedrooms, and when the Presi-
dent has much company he is obliged
10 let guests so to hotels for accom-
unodations.
Last winter Congress appropriated
E $4,000 TO enlarge the Presidents Nv
ing quarters, and plans have been
completed for partitioning the attic
of the building and finishing off
number of bedrooms there for guests
end servants.
Refrigerating Plant Put on.
Although he has refused to have the
White House refrigerating plant OPP
Grated this summer, the President
has ordered modern shower bath
placed in the cellar of the mansion.
The refrigerating plant is arranged
TO cool the air throughout the White
House and the offices, but the Presi-
dent announced that since he was
forcing Congress to work in rooms
that are not refrigerated he would
stand the same discomforts himself.
The White House attic, now to be
made over into living quarters. has
been an open garnet and storeroom
since the White House was built. In
former years 1t was used solely as n
storage place for state books and
documents. The White House wine
closets were in one end of the garnet.
While the President is denying him
self cooled air in the White House
this summer the Senate is also cut
ting out a lot of costly and luxurious
frills which have gone with states
nanship for many years. There are
no more Senate baths, with masseurs.
and attendants, where senatorial ten
denotes to corpulency are combated by
massage at public expense. Now
every senator does his own bathing
and scrubbing.
II Was Different in q. o. p. Days.
IN Republican times Senate offices
were furnished daily with liberal
supply of numerous varieties Of bot
tiled mineral and spring waters, some
of them imported. In these days OF
Democratic simplicity and retrench-
ment even the summer supply OF SEN
ate lemonade has been cut off and the
senators drink iced city water or buy
their own refreshments,
i Even in the Senate corridors and
marble room. where senators receive
visitors, Democracy has made
change. In the days that were the
visitor or newspap erman who wanted
10 speak to a senator while the Sen
sate was in session went to chief
siisher in the corridor, offered his card
rand named the senator he wanted to
ace and then walked into the marble
room and waited while page hunted
MP his man. Nowadays when one
wants to see a senator, If he knows
sthe ropes. he walks up to the open
<door OF the Senate chamber, catches
srthe eye of the senator he wants and
goeclxons to him. or snaps his fingers
yfor page and says; Tell Senator
..sBiank want him. II, b. w.