El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-11
Many Traditions
Cling About The
US. White House
Wilson Receives Prince IN
Tom Sweater and
Adds to Number.

rs washington ID. c. Dec H. NJ lrA
president Wilson. because OF his ill
ness, received The king Of the Bel
gians while propped up in bed, with
torn sweater about his shoulders,
and told the prince OF wales that
The bed in which he lay had been oc-
cupied by baron Renfrew. later king
Edward VII and Abr--ham Lincoln,
he added traditions TO the host tnal
already cling about the white nouss-
With this Introduction the National
Geographic society has issued bull
letin on the home OF the presidents
which il says. has more tender nl-
man memories than any other pupllc
building in America
From cellar Where neAro mani
mics have cooked. for presidents, pies
like mother used to make. 20 alllls
where the Roosevelt children played
and r0mped, there are associations
which range from the quaint 20 the
Jefferson Wore Old suit
president wilson's enforced d.
shabiIle recalls the premeditated neg
ligee-worn slippers, yarn stockings
and old suir-by which JEFFERSON
sought to impress the BRUSH anna
eador with American democracy WneL
that official arrived in full official
dress 10 present his credentials larry
morning callers on John Quincy
Adams had 10 cool their heels until
that president finished three chap
tiers in the Bible and4walked down
back Of the white house FOR swim
in the Potomac To drop in AZ the
white house evenings, quite the so
ciable thing 90 do, during Jackson
terms. meant finding the cniet e1-
ecurive before an open IRE lll, an oi1
Loose coat doing duty as smoking
jacket putting at long pipe with
bowl Of red clay
abounds in history The oak aneleQ
state dining room knows dinners OF
the homelv sort that jefferson gave
when the Washington village DuIcneE
brought along his son because ne
heard there was 70 be an extra place
ar the table. Of the picturesque kind
like one given more than a century
ago 10 the Tuuisian ambassador, VINO
was aggrieved because everyone
would not withdraw while he smoked
his pipe, though his secretary showed
his good VIII by ceremoniously kiss
ing the ladies present. Of the bizarre
kind given by Theodore Roosevelt %
COW punchers, expire fighters ana
distinguished men Of letters not 10
mention the famous one with Booker
7. Washington as guest and many
memorable banQuets ike Lnose 70
Marshal 5Offre and Sir Arthur James
Balfour. when the china set OF l7ue
pieces ard the famous cut glass every
piece Of which Is engraved Win tne
Arms Of the United states, were used
East Room Is Famous
no room is better known TO the
public than the east ROOM OF late
years the scene OF brilliant recep Lluns
and white house weddings Il, too,
iss memories Of 2. cruder democracy, /
when all washington locked there 70 !
follow about the servants who car
ried refreshments, selzing upon Wnal-
ever they could get ana upon one &C
aH-ar hafH
chimney piece TO get q better view OF 3
the colortul scene
Recent discussion Of gifts received I
bv the president and MS wilson
while abroad lends interest 20 specl- !
mems Of those made TO other presl-
dents and first ladies, which remain ]
in the white house The blue room /
contains the most famous Of these, ]
the gold mantel clock, presenter 70
WASHINGTON By Lafayette, who re- Z
csived ID from Napoleon. In the green I
room is the GObelin tapestry, MADE Dg
q urocess which now is lost arr, ana
framed in gold when the emperor
OF Austria gave Mrs Grant Near ~
is a lacquer cabinet, gife Of Japan
upon the occasion Of the first visit 70
fts norts by American ships. And
there are many more
sir-Horse Team HauIs Cheese.
strange were the gifts OF earlier
years S-rauEest OF all, perhaps, was
the cheese sent 70 Ll0Ela6 aH--tAall-s
with the admIrinE inscription, the
greatest cheese in America for the
Greatest man in America It was con-
veyed 20 Jefferson by a siZ-horse
team. He insisted upon paying for Il,
AID it lasted for more than a year
being the piece de resistance OF many
a state dinner IN the meantime
VERY quaint all this seems now
but cheeses seem TO have been IA
vorfte personal gift IN those days, as
Thanksgiving turkeys have been IN
more recent years. Andrew Jackson
was the recipient Of such gifts as a
whole hog' from Kentucky. whisky
from Pennsylvania. beef from New
York, and. from England, a cheese
which weighed half a ton or more
Jackson had no compunclions about
receiving the present, but apparently
he opposed boarding Of food Either
that Or since his second term was
nearing its close. he feared a nam
moth cheese might be a white ele-
chant. anyway, he served u at MS
last public reception. a nose Wit
ness relates- The whole atmosphere
Of every room. and throughout the
city. was filled with the door We
have met 81 at every turn-the halls
OF the capitol have been pertumed
with IT, from the members VINO par
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