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woman and, like her great husband
was born in Kentucky. She loved
her Southland. where there were
so many ties of blood, but she loved
above all else the Union and the
cause for which her husband stood.
Lincoln's Bed.
One of the most interesting things
in the White House is the bed in
which Lincoln slept. When last
heard from it was in the Lincoln
suite on the Pennsylvania side
of the second floor of the build
ing. 1t is a huge walnut bed and
this and the room were occupied
by British Premier J. Ramsay Mac
Donald for three days during his
visit to Washington in October, 1929
In April of the following year Pres
ident Hoover's big brother Ted
occupied these quarters when at
tending in this city the annual
meeting of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers
Naturally, all the rooms in the
White House are historic, so far
as Lincoln is concerned, but the
spacious bedroom on the south
front is the one in which the
Emancipation Proclamation was
signed on January /, 1868, and the
event is commemorated by a bronze
tablet affixed to the fireplace.
The act prohibiting slavery in
the District of Columbia was signed
by the President on April Is, 1862
but the Emancipation Proclamation
declaring freedom to all the slaves
in the seeded States. was not signed
until the following January l. The
original draft of this document was
drawn in July. 1862. The second
and final draft was drawn while
Mr.. Lincoln was staying at the
Soldiers Home in Washington.
When Ambassador Harvey re-
turned to this country. and to this
city, in 1923, while Mr.. Harding
was still President, the emancipa-
ton quarters were assigned to him
Another distinction was accorded
the American Ambassador to Eng
land during his stay when the An
drew jackson four-poster canopiee
bed was put at his disposal, and thu
spirit of "Old Hickory" is said not t.
have walked, so far as Mr.. Harvey
knew.
OF course. there are many re.
minders of Lincoln, one of the bes'
being the Lincoln Museum at 51l
Tenth street NV, where the marty
President received his mortal wounc
on the evening of April IA, 1865
Across the street from this is tht
house where Mr.. Lincoln died. Thl:
building is known as the Petersen
House, since it was occupied at thu
time of the death of President Lin
coin by William Petersen. tailor
This house was erected in 1849
and was sold in 1879 to Louis Schade
who resided there until 1893, ant
who sold it to the Government il
1896 for $4,000. In this residence
were born four of the five children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Schade. Miss AMT,
Schade, the first child, was born il
Virginia. Fred Schade, known II
old-timers as a champion amateu
bicycle rider, is now prominen
lawyer in the State of Washington
and, so the writer understands, i
to deliver this year the principa
address at Olympia during tn
Lincoln Day exercises. Louis Schade
the father, was cultured and prom
inent man in his day. though he
probably best known for his defens
of Capt. Henry Wirz, convicted b
military commission on charge
of numbering United States colder
at the Andersonville (Ga) Militar
Prison, and executed in Washington
The New York Avenue Presby
terian Church on New York avenue
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets. Is another Lincoln landmar
that stands intact today, and thougl