Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-12
First Lady Makes a Coverlet
BY MRS. CALVIN COOLIDGE.

| TN the White House there Is a mas
| sive black walnut bed which Is
! known as the Abraham Lincoln
bed. There appears to be nm
/ record which authenticates tins
/ designation, but because OF It's unusual
length and proportional width and
the fact that at the time President
Lincoln lived there black walnut was
much IN vogue. the tradition Is rea
! sonable.
| The bed Is 9 feet long and feet 9
| inches vide. The headboard, heavily
| carved. rises to height OF 10 feet In
the center of II Is a large oval panel
! within which are two smaller oval
! panels. beautiful in curves and propoi :
| tons. The carving At the top is pierced
! and the design In Of branches and
! leaves. with two large birds perchcd
! thereon.
| The footboard Is low. higher In the
| center, where II measures feet 3
| inches. curving down To the slightly
| lower corners. On the face OF the foot
| board is more carving In bold relief.
| and here another large bird sits lightly
amid the foliage Of a spreading vine
| The sideboards are heavy and are not
| carved. Al the points where they Join
| the headhOard there arc heavy arms
| ing.
| This bed now stands In the south
| west chamber, where two large windows
| afford a view across the south grOunus
! 10 the Washington Monument tower
! ing beyond and the Potomac Riim .
/ merng In the sunshine In one small
| spot still farther on. A braas plate
| attached to the mantei In this room
! records:
/ In this room Abraham Lincoln
! Flept during his occupancy Of The
/ White Houhe~March 4. 1851. 10 Ap,ii
/ a. 1893"
! As the years pafs into history these
personal touches become increasingly
| clii.tered around this Home Of the
! Nation make Of It a veritable shrine
| Too few Of them survive, and out of
! n desire that the years 10 come MAJ
! add an increasing store of such memo
! ries this cOyerrt for The Lincoln he'd
/ has been mfde by the wife Ut the
! thirtieth President Of the United States
! stitch by stitch and hquare by square,
! with the hope that each mistress Of
| the Presidents House VII! leave there
some token which shall go down
| through the ages 10 serve as n definite
and viftble link connecting the pfeAeni
and the past,
The making Of The c0Verirt was AZ"
! eompIshed IN two years, the greater
part being done IN the White House
| and the final stitches taken on board
| The a. H. r. MayrOwer during The
| Presidents review 0f the fleet al ttamp-
ION Roads IN June, 1927.
| II H. impossible 10 give detailed III
! tee,ions tor the making of ihis covefIe'
! but with a few general directions an
experienced srtlai with the crochet
| hook would have no difficuily IN exc
cutting 4 coverIet NJ similar dehiRn
| which would NJ The particular bed fo'
which ~ Is intended
The main thing IL i1 ahce'ialn how
many squares the individual who Ia cfo-
Gheiine the GOyeiiet makes D The Inch
anu then VIZ, little counting and
planning 60 ahead.
| In thf eoveriet there are ~ hqiaIea
| 10 y incties The material used IL
shoe thread, which IL little finer
ihsn carpet warp. but ~ The aame
feature. The hook WAS Mo The
WORK should tle done tifmiy
The three larger books were
Ctneiieied separately M WAS aiao the
strip ~ Plurib,is unnm" and kswn
together over aud over with a double
strand u The material This method
save mare ease IN handling The In