Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-09
WILL OVERHAUL TIE WHITE HOUSE As Soon as President Wilson Leaves for Summer Capi
 tol Work Will Begin. PLACE COSTS S35,o00 tongreesS Approrriates Large Sam
 for tie snnua! t'pkeep of Building and Premises.
PLACE COSTS S35, ,000
(By Sidney Espey.)

Washington, March S.-Just as soon as President Wilson leaves Washing ton next summer for the summer ! capital, wherever it may be, force of painters and decorators will be put to work in the White house to give it thorough overhauling and to 1 remodel the attic so as to provide more bedrooms for guests. This will ] not have the effect of changing the exterior appearance of the White house, but will fill a want much needed by President Taft. The for mer president often had been incon- Venienced by the lack of guest rooms. and although he did not care to ask i for an appropriation for a change for his own benefit, he did see to it that congress provided for the wants of his successor.
 The sum of $15,000 has been appro- priated for Extraordinary repairs to 1 the great white mansion, including recovering of walls, re-upholstering and recovering furniture, painting, decorating and the purchase of drap- cries and chinaWare.
 At the end of each administration it is customary for congress to make this extraordinary appropriation, enabling the incoming president to put the White house in first class work ing order. There always is at the end of each four years good deal of fur 1 niture, which during the period of the preceding presidential term has been much worn. At present the Things of l great many of the window hangings are beginning to show signs of wear and the same is true of many of the chairs on the first floor and the ground floor.
 i Also great deal of chinaware has been broken. The housekeeper com plains that the silver tea kettle, which has been in use for great many years, has become so thin through constant wear that a new one will have to be purchased shortly
 An obliging appropriations com mittee in the house has made it pos-
 sible for the housekeeper to buy new one.
 There is a large number of other
 articles about the mansion that need
 replacing and the aim of the govern
 ment custodians has been to keep the property in first class condition on ac- count of the great value attached to
 the furniture and other historical relics in the mansion
 Besides the $15,000, congress has
 appropriated $9,500 for remodelllng
 the White house attic. The present
 accommodations of the attic consist
 of four servants bedrooms, one
 emergency servants bedroom and one
 servants bathroom. The remodelling
 is expected to provide six servants
 bedrooms, one emergency servants ! bedroom, one servants bathroom, five
 guest rooms and two bathrooms for
 guests.
 1 Above the first floor, which is en- tirely taken up with dining rooms and reception rooms, are seven large
 bedrooms, four of which have dress
 ing rooms attached. Practically all
 floor will be taken up by the family of the incoming president The presi- dents suite would take two and his
 family three more rooms, leaving only two guest rooms, provided additional
 accommodations were not provided in
 the attic. With the remodelling com
 plete, President Wilson will have
 seven guest rooms at his disposal.
 Another minor improvement at the
 White House early in the Wilson ad- ministration will be the replacing of the present cement roofs on the east and west wings. The present roofs
 are leaking.
 The White House also is going tc have better protection from fire. Last
 summer when the Washington fire de
 partment was called upon to Wasf the walls of the mansion, the firemer found difficulty in getting sufficient pressure of water from the hydrants f in the grounds south of the White