Evening star., 1933-01-30
HOOVERS PREPARE
FOR MOVING DAY
Packing of Effects Begun at
White House With Brio
a-Brac and Gifts.
Sy the Associated Press.

0y the Associated FTeSS
In the quiet of the mourning period
for Calvin Coolidge, the Hoover ar
rangement of the White House. COM
Portable and charming. is being seen
for the last times before breaking up
housekeeping.
Already the Quartermaster Corps
Of the Army is performing its duty of
packing the outgoing Presidents effects.
But thus far the work has been limited
to bric-a-brac, gifts and other small ar
ticleS.
The living quarters on the second
floor still remain the finished express
sion of Mrs; Herbert Hoover's home
making IN the fne old mansion. But
soon moving out" must begin to pre-
pare for the arrival of another arranger
OF the White House picture.
Republicans or Democr2 IS, the mis-
tresses of the White House succumb to
its charm and give it their best efforts.
The Library of Congress chronicles
their appreciation of living with its his
toric memories.
First-foOr Change Slight.
Little change is made, from admins
tration to administration, in the formal
entertainment rooms of the first floor
the huge east room of impressive
chandeliers, the green room and red
room. matching in rectangular shape
and brocade design and the oval blue
room between; the wood -wanscoated
state dining room with chandelier of
silver
The Hoovers were content merely to
change three portraits. Those of George
and Martha Washington were hung in
the east room and Abraham Lincoln's
picture they placed in the state dining
room, where guests might enjoy its in
gpiration.
Head Usher like" Hoover. some 40
years In the White House, says Lincoln
moves with every President. Instinct
lively, each new occupant seems drawn
to the likeness of the Great Emanci-
1t will mean most to him.
Calvin Coolidge placed it in little
nook seldom seen by the public-but
where it first greeted his eyes as he
stepped out of the elevator
For the comfort of guests, however.
the Hoovers made some downstairs
additions-a number of gilded arm
chairs for guests at musicales, room
where women could powder their noses.
But the second floor is different
story. That's where, with a sort of
basic group of substantial beds and
chairs and sofas. each new First Lady
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American home.
Trend of Recent Times.
For several administrations now the
trend has been toward visualizing, as
nearly as possible, the White House as
1t was in Adams and Madison's time
and as rebuilt by the same architect
In Monroe's time (after being burned
by the British.
Mrs. Hoover with the research aid
Of her friend, Mrs. Dare Stark McMul-
lin, has made marked progress. The
rooms termed Lincoln study" and
Monroe sitting room" and Lincoln
bed room" are not "restorations," since
actual duplication of such early admin
1strationS are impossible But they
do depict an appropriate grouping of
existing White House furniture in terms
Of the time when it was purchased.
With her card-cataloged authenticity
Of arrangement, Mrs. Hoover has COM
bined the charm of California in
formalty and that coveted "lived-in
look
Discarding as an anachronism the
traditional ''down-the- middle" table
and chair arrangement of the long
upper hall, Mrs Hoover made of it
series Of sitting rooms, with a palm
Allied sun room" at one end and a
play room for Grandchildren Peggy Ann
and Peter in an offshoot nook Their
tiny chairs and tables are still there
waiting for the moving mani