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VOL- XIX.
PITTSIJOKO, CHATHAM COUNTY, TIH USDAV. MARC II 18, 1117
NO. 29
Fur largr-r advertisements liberal
contracts wiil Iks ntal.
The Vicar's Daughter.
Cyril 11'irdingu entered Lis West
End chambers nil ut 1 11. in. in a very
self-satistiod fr.i:no of m in 1. Pre
vious to that evening. For tu no had
treated linn in iioini too generous a
fashion, lmt 11 iw tho tickle goddess,
seemingly rt)(!iitunt, had ;n nlo amends
by placing fume uiiil fortune well within
his grasp. His three-act np-to-duto
society p!uy 1m l b-ou received liy a
London mi 1 i-ii in n stylo never an
ticipated by the author, nntl when, in
response I the ivp .utoil calls of the
c li t li ii in r-1 io t heatre-goers, ho stepped
before the curtain nml bowed his ac
knowledgments, he felt that t ho hour
of triumph 1 1 til arrived.
All recollections of his previous
failures faded from his munory, an I
his life seemed to il ite only from that
moment. Ileing possessed of a mod
erate income, he h id never felt tho
pinch nl' being hard up, an. I had met
hm uuiiit rit'.H reverses with commend
able foriiiu le. Hit now all the
wolldwisut his feet; his name was
maili', lus future productions would bo
eagerly nought after, and, consequent
ly, the glow of pnd) whieli sulfiisod
his whole frame wis pardonable.
Alter til.; play, he had received the
eougi 'iituUtii'tis of a uiiiuber of men
whose names were foremost in the
literary world; men not actuated
by any feelings of petty jealousy,
but men w ho res jlut-'ly encouraged
any promising aspirant tj iiuiuor
tal faille.
On eutei in j; his room, ho turned up
the liguts.uud no! lo ! ug any inclina
tion to retire, he emu illy took down
a largo t.'uaeej j ir from the uiautel
picea mi I proceeded to load nu ol.l
briar. Throwing himself into an easy
chair, he lit his pip1, and, with cx
tended limbs, piilt'd clouds of pile
bin..' huh il-.e toward tin coiling. II;
was a man of about 11 an I not a fleet
ing t'.iu in iiiii ris n of others of his
cult, wore a dark beard trimmed in
the stylo inr.iiui t ill, d by the genius
id' Van Dyke, a fact which male him
look considerably older than ha reuily
was.
He nut an 1 smoked for some time,
mi I t in-ti Ins eye rested on tho table
by his side, on which lay an envelope
a I lies;, d to him.. Ho tonic it up iu il
listless fashion uud lazily scrutinized it.
He haw tint it had been written by a
female hand, and had not been through
tho pos', and ho therefore concluded
that it had beeu loft by u caller. He
broke it open and read the folljwing
episti" :
"li:.i! Sui Please pardon the lib
erty I i ike in writing to you. 1 have
just w it ne-so I the great success of
your play. Vou h ive now made your
name, and will be much sought lifter.
WlM Vol! glUIlt II1C 1 1C pi-1 V i logo of in
ter v lo w i ii g y o u ? lam endeavoring to
net my loot upon the first rung of the
literary ladder, hut so far have not met
with success. 1 am not connected
with any paper, but feel Coiilideiit that
.tho report of an interview with you
Nvonl l bo necpted. 1 hhall call to
morrow to leai ii your decision.
Yours, very truly,
Annie Uai.kuui."
Hardinge read this c juiiuilLication
with much interest, but never looked
ut the signature. Ho put the letter
ou one si l1, pressed dow n tho tobace
iu his pipe, uud between the w bill's
muttered :
"1'oor girl, no success well, surely
iu tho hour of my triumph I can do
8OID0 ono a good turn call tomorrow
uiiiph, persevering too woil, well
I hnto to bo bored aud by a woman
too however, I think I'll moo her I
woudor who she is," nud ha took up
the letter again.
"Annie Raleigh," he cried. "(loud
bciveus! surely 'tis not no it cauuot
be sho is married long ago, and vege
tating somewheio iu the country lone;
erothis; but what a curious coinci
dence. "
The namo seemed to have wrought
a flood of reminiscences, and with
dreamy eyes he conjured up a Bcene of
ninny years back when ho was the
happy lover of a young girl of H.
His la i:d rambled for n:: time
iimoii'.; tli i;e days of lorn; a.,'o, nud at
length he r.we and opened a cabinet
Btutiil iiJ oti the dreeing tabic, lie
rooted out a bundle of old letterB.nml
from nmoug them took out tt slightly
faded photograph. It was a photo of
it young lady, attired in a pure whito
dress. It was n dainty little figure,
slim n nd in 1 1, with n pair of laughing
eyes, Biirmoiinteil by a mass of beau
tiful hair.
Ho held it iu his hand for some
time, nml gaz.-d on it us though spell
bound. At length his lips parted, and
iu a voioo of ngony he groaned:
"Oh, Annie, Annie, why were you
not true? Oil, he'iven, how I loved
you, loved you with a love which wus
my very existence. I thought fool
that I was yon loved mo too; but no.
no, no, you did not. I was nimply n
toy a toy to bo played with uud
wneu tired of thrown ruthlessly usidj.
Ah, well, I was foolish to bo entangled
by a pietty face; and yt t no 1 was
not. A man loves but once iu his life,
and truly 1 loved then. It was des
tiny, destiny, and shaped to n curious
end. t surely its timo I hud got
over that feeling; and yet, Annie, iny
blood rises at this cold picture of you,
and I lovo with tlio same intensity as
of yore. Tiiosi r ii d I happy
days days when 1 i;vi.i i i il fool's
paradise." He laid the , liiotogruph
down nud pondered. "I wonder
where she is now d ics she ever think
of me does she feel any pangs of re
gret? l'osibly she thinks mo dead,
perhaps it would bo hotter if 1 were
so. She would not reeogni.o mo
now," uud he carelessly Ktroked his
beard.
11.: put the photo liaci. in tin) cabi
net and threw him eif into his chair
again. Hut the gates of memory had
been opened, and iu that night he
lived again the life of years ago. He
revelled in tho self-torture, nud
wliipp-. d with unsparing h ind the
cruel sores whieli time could never
heal, and the deep groans which oc
casionally burst from his compressed
lips revealed the agony of tho buh
within.
When he rose from his chair and
went to bed it was i a. in.
"A lady wishes to see you, sir."
Har. lingo was seated ut liis table
with a pile of "dailies" bolero him,
studying with uomovabie fueo the
press notices of his play. Ijii'ting his
eyes for a moment, ho briefly ex
claimed, "Ah! w hat niiuie !''
He look the piece of cardboard
hau led to hi:n, nu 1 the color rose to
his pale face as he read the old famil
iar ii i:ne.
"Wry well, tell tho Inly I'll ha-j
her. Sho iv her up."
"t'urious," he .-ohlo.piized, "none
of these crit icisuis c ui raisj the slight
est emotion, but that namo" and lie
stopped.
A few in iments later thi la ly en
tered, au las hi turned to greet her
he caught sight of her face,
"(end heavens!"' ho gasped, "'tis
Annie!" uud then ho became cool
again.
lie offered her a chair, and, seeing
that she was ut a loss as to how she
should conitiu'iic opened the conver
sation, "So, Miss Viikigh, you wish to in
terview me?"
"lam afraid I cmuot nleipritely
express my sense of gratitude," tdui
replied, with a sweet smile, which
caused his heart to li. mud again ; "you
are indeed too kind."
"Well, I am afraid you have chosen
rather a p r subject," hiiid Hardinge ;
"you see I mil hardly yet a celebrity,
but if I can assist you iu any way I
shall only bo too p! -as 'il. Cross-examine
ni'3 as you like, for, us you
know, it will be unite u novel experi
ence, us far as I am concerned."
"i'h.itik you. Dut, Mr. Hardinge,
I really don't know how to commence.
I suppose I had better jot down u few
particulars about your surroundings,
etcetera. "
She took out a notobook and pencil,
and, as sho bent forward to write,
llirdiiigo carefudy scrutinized her.
She was still the sumo sweet Rirl he
hud loved. True, sho looked older,
and a great deal more serious, giving
him tho impression that her life had
not altogether been cast iu pleasant j
places.
"I wonder how sho came to this,"
ho thought. "iter husband must
either bo n was re', or he must be
dead, nml in t.ik ng up literature sho I
has gone back to her maiden name.
Ah, well; I suppose I ought to feel
highly deli jlited to see ono who
seoined ui" br night to this state; but
upuu my word I don't. My heuit
goes oni to her again. How I should
liko to know whut has happened dur
ing the last eight or nine years; nud,
as Providenco lim placed tho oppor
tunity in my power, I will imko a
bold effort to fathom oil before bho
leaves."
Tho interviewer looked up, aud iu
rather n beseeching tone Hiiid:
"Mr. llnrdinge, I havo very erudo
ideas ns to how I should go about this
interview. I wish you would givo mo
a few details about yourself,your work
and methods, and then perhaps 1
could jot down a few particulars,
which I could wonve together after
ward." He smiled sadly, ami thou gave her
tho information required. She mude
Home notes, unit then ut the conclusion
put away her book, nud, after thank
ing him again, made a movement us
if preparing to depart. Hardingo
noted this, ami at his wits' cud, blurted
out, in a desperate fashion:
"So you arc endeavoring to adopt
literature as your profession, Miss
lialeigh?"
"Yon," she replied, "but I I'm 1 it
very diflioult iudeed to get it foot
hold." "Do you writo stories? F.xc iso tho
liberty I take, but I feel ipiito an in
terest iu you. "
"Oh, thank you. Yes, I do try my
hand occasionally at a short story."
"Well, Miss lialeigh, what d) you
think of this for a plot? Do you
think it could be woven into a story?
I can only give you the incidents us
fur as I know them, so you would havo
to make your own conclusion. Above
all, it has tho merit of being true.
Shall I give you the incidents?"
"If you would be so kind, I nhould
be extremely grateful."
"Then hero they arc. I!y a curious
coincidence your name is that of the
heroine, uud it is that fact which has
recalled everything to my mind."
Hardinge proceeded with his tale.
lie dared not look at his visitor ns he
reiiiorsefullyweiit ou ;perhaps it was us
well he did not do so, as the indescrib
able ugouy whieli overspread her fea
tures would have acted upon his
chivalrous instincts uud forced him to
stop. Hut ns he did not look iu her
direction ho did not notice this, uud
cruelly commenced :
"Some years ngo I forget ho.v
many a young fellow, who was my
chum at Oxford, spent his vacation ut
Mdilleid. a little village iu tho north.
While there Fred Fred (lower was
his name met and fell iu lovo with
the vicar's daughter, Annie lialeigh.
They became engaged, tin I shortly
afterward ho went out to India, iu or
der to represent his f ither's buduess
house in Calcutta.
"For souio mouths a correspond
ence passed between the two, but nt
length Fred received word from Home
friend in the village that the sipure's
sou was paying close attentions to Miss
Kaleigh, an. I it was rumored that they
weio engaged to be married. In a lit
of passion, Fred wrote breaking nil'
the engagement, even before he re
ceived uuy corroborative evidence.
The lady was either stung by the let
ter, or the rumor was correct, us the
did not reply, and from that day he
has never seeu or heard of her. He
did not make any impiiries, ho did
not write to his informant, but simply
waited ut Calcutta until he had set the
business uffiirs iu order. He then
went oil' into the lulls, intending to
lose himself there, nud cut himself off
from all things which would bring to
mind his iiiifortuuat ) love.
"Four fellow! I often wonder
what has become of him. He has not
written to any of his old friends, and
is, I suppose, almost forgotten by nil.
Lint really. Miss lialeigh," ho added,
turning to her and noticing her ngi
tated countenance, "you don't look
well. Cuu I got anything for you?"
"No, tlnuik vou, Mr. Hardinge. lint
no doubt yon wiil think me foolish
your story lias ipiito upset mo. "
"I am awfully sorry. 1 would not
have related it hall known. Hut
why should it upset you? '
"Well," said tho lady, her palo lips
trembling, "lam tho Annie ililcign
you have beeu speaking of. Fred
(lower wiii my lover. I'oor Fred," she
added, meditatively, "ami all through
a misunderstanding."
"A misunderstanding!" sail Hard
inge in nu incredulous tone. "How
was that? I'lirdou my curiosity, but
no doubt you will understand why I
should bo curious."
"Well, as you were a friend of his,
and know one part of the story, per
haps it would be us well if you were
acquainted with tho other part." Sue
sighed deeply nud went ou: "It is
true that tho squire's sou did pay me
attentions. We were busily engaged
iu organizing some amateur theatricals
ut the time, ni,.l us we were both
takiug prominent parts, wo were
thrown into each other's society a
great rich?. Hut I was entirely faith
ful to Fred, and when Hiutoii did
mako lovo to mo I promptly gnve him
his answer.
"Hut I am sorry to fuv the tongues
of the villagers hud ulrcudy com
menced wagging, aud I heard some
of the rumors. Then Fred's petulant
letter came, and I felt so piqued and
offended ut his suspecting me, that I
did not answer. At length the feeling
wore oil", and I wrote, explaining all.
lint the letter never reached its desti
nation and was returned to mo. Twelve
mouths later my father died, nud
gradually I was forced to adopt some
means of obtaining a living, and id
ways having a taste for literature, I
havo tried to mako my way iu tho lit
erary world. I'oor I'rod, Lis petu
lance and my pride ruined two lives, I
urn afraid, lbit, Mr. Hardinge," she
said, raising her sweet blue eyes, now
suffused with tears, " have remained
faithful to my lover's mem ry."
"For heaven's sake, Annie, look ut
mo," cried Hardinge, springing to his
feet nnd seizing her hand. D i vo l
imt recognize mo? Do you not know
my voice?"
Startled and surprised, the lady
rose, an I prompted by a sudden im
pulse gii."d into his eyes. She puled,
drew back, and then in a voice of min
gled agony nud delight cried :
"It is are my eyes deceiving me!
no, it cannot bo Fred (lower is ilea I
am) yet oli, merciful heaven il
is!" uud in a lit of passionate tears,
sho threw herself upon his breast.
Hardinge or rather (iower
pressed her closer to him, nnd in u
sweet, low voice consoled her, beg
ging her forgiveness for (ill ho had
done.
"My life, my love, my nil. Fate
strangely parted us. Fate has strung. -ly
united us. You ure mine now for
ever." "Forever," was the almost inaudi
ble reply, as she raised her glistening
eves to his. 'fit- Hits.
Co-(II !l 'Hill' tlio SirtMMvalil.
Coiisiil-l r .'iieral de K iv writes n
paper untitled "An Inland Venice" for
the Century. It is a description of
life in the Serbia.. S ,np, Vend! unl.
Mr. do Kiy says: "School out" at the
village school of Hurg is a pretty
sight. Tho substantial brick building
overlooks the ever-iuurniui ing high
way, and tho boys uud girls, instead
of stringing up a dusty road, tumbie
into punts uud polo aw iv for dear life
j the boys much like other boys, but
the girls reduced facsimiles of their
I mothers uud elder sisters, clad in
1 bright, but short raiment, and visible
j a fir off through their strange, inob
I caps with wings. As mi i moves down
' stream from Uurg by l.eine to l.ul
j beiiau, these wings grow smaller uud
collapse, while tho skirts grow longer
! and more resemble the ordiniry dress
j of women. At a dance the Spreowul
I del' knows instantly, by the peculiar-
itns of her costume, from what vil
lage a woman or girl h is come. At
Leipo the multitudinous skirts oi
alarming i;irth are no more, tho gow n
i reaches the ankles, and tho cap fit
close to the head instead of resting ou
u framework us iu Hu;g. Thus tin.
dress iu L.'ipo is perhaps nine grace
ful, but it is more e iminonid iC ! ; it
no longer testifies to that pride of the
peasant father or husband which is
short n by the uumber of yardi iu tiie
i skirts of his wiimaiiioik un l the v i
! riety of their c ips, by t!i i :c'iiie-s of
I their dress ns well us t .eir j welrv.
i
Mie Has I'orlv-one Kimrers anil Toes
i Little, foiu-yenr-old May Hiil is one
, of the queerest humuti freaks iu the
matter of lingers and toes that u pet
sou sees in a lifetime, says a Foil
Worth (Texas) correspondent ot 1 iu
j S:. L mis (ilobc-Democrat. She was
! brought to Fort Worth by her f ither,
1 J. W. Hiil, w'no, with her mother, is
carrying her back to their home in
I Cass county. The child has on her
left foot iiitui toes, ono growing from
the top of her foot, nnd and on the
right toot eight toes. Sho has nim
lingers and three thumbs ou the right
1 hand, and seven lingers uud live
thumbs ou the left. F.ueh hand i
divided into two phalanges, each c u
tiiiuiug sever il lingers. Tho thumbs
: grow on the hand where one thumb
j of normal persons grows. The tingcis
j are grown together like webfeet. In
nil, the girl has forty-one toes and lin
gers. flxtingni-dicil Kxt rn ugaucc.
! "My mother says," the youos
woman observed to her fiance, "that
she does not approve of a young mim'.-
! giving a girl expensive presents belou
they are mai l ie I."
I "That's veiy uuroasouable."
"I don't see whv."
! "Heciuse, sj far as 1 can learu
' from obsei v itiou, after marriage the
desire to give expensive presents be-
' comes totally extiuet. " Washington
j Sur.
i: Tine Wnrm Housii
A Description of thu President's Mansion at tho Naiiflji's
Capital as It Appears To-Day.
1M'. White House has been
I'l'intly change I within the
past lew years, writes Frank
(!. Carpenter iu tho Detroit
Free Press. Ail kinds of improve
ment have been made, mid tho whito
hair of John (luincy Adams' ghost
mu.st rise in holy horror ns he looks ut
tho nmenii'a 'i,t furnishings. Mrs.
l'residiiit lli'iri.-on expended Koine
thing liko s i ;i)0 u improvement--,
uiiil a liiimln r of changes havo been
mndo by Mrs. 'h velun 1. Tho Harri
sons spent h lol ou the kitchen. When
thoy came iu the bu.-cmeut was full of
ruts. One kitchen lluor had been laid
ou top of anothi r, and they were all
rotten. Mrs. Hurrisnu ordered the
wooden lliuir-. taken out and Lad the
pround covi red with concrete. Fpou
tho top of this shu put porcelain tiles
uud walled nil the rooms of tho base
ment ns high as one's idiouldcr with
the same material. '1 ho White House
is now lighted with electric lights.
The chandeliers havo electric globes
and tho lights are kept burning iu the
basement nud in most of tho rooms of
the building nil uieht.
I think it was Martin Van Ilureii
who was denounced nil over the coun
try for buying a set of gold iqioons
for tho White House. Tho new china
which lias bun rtcontly bought is
worth iilmo.'d its weight in jrold. 1
kuow nothing nbout tho Into purchases
of Mrs, Chveland, but there is
a now set of cut jlass iu
tho cupboards of the executive
mansion which co-t stl:7:t, uud I
liuppcn to know that Mrs. Harrison
tent one order to Fnrope fnr twenty
four dozen china plates and live dozen
colfeo cii s of a special design. Con-
press allows i nch 1'iesident something
liko 8 bl.ooil a year und more to run
tho White House, und n large part ot
this giis into new furniture nnd
dishes. The linen costs a small for
tune. The table cloths are of the finest
daiuii!:k, uud the napkins thine like
bilk.
New carpels arc bought about evi ry
hix yenrs, and though the ones which
I found on the itiiHTi lit parlors nre
good, .Mis. MeKinhy will probably
havo n chance to sob ct new ones. 1
dou't belie vu i-he will care to reilcinr
ute the rooms. When the bluo room
was hut fitted up thf; art i.'ts received
more than j-.yi.iu le.r the work. The
wails of the bin.: room nre now padded '
nnd draped with i-ilk ns lino as that j
of the ball dres.-es of the ladies who
will come here to shi ke hands with j
President -UeKiidev. Tho silk is of )
tho ino-l. delicate blue, and it is inter- j
woven wilh l ilver. It is the wuno j
with the red room, which is nluo htu.g j
with bilk and w hose furniture has beeu j
dosigi cd nud cushioned to mutch. !
'I he cuipi ts of nil tiie ground lloor
parlors arc line. Thai n the east i
loom is m so.t that one's foot sinks !
into it ii.-- if it were a bed of inos.-. It !
lakes almost '"' I yardi of enrpe t to 1
rover the lloor, mi l the one now !
tneke 1 down cost It takes more-j
than a th. nsi.nd y.u.ls to carpet tiie
line House piirlor-an 1 . lining rooms,
and the carpets i v: rywl ere match the
furniture nud bint-.,':::;
Hut let me I'll m i Ju t hoc; the
White House looks in this ye ir of our
Lord Is. '7. It is bini-erthiui it seems,
for it covi r.i tho third of en acre. You
do not see-, the b.-.-.oiiient us you look
at it from the slr. et, uud the base
ment is almost a luuic in it-i if. Its
rooms are liLh, an I, with its recent
iiiiprovciiii nt it is iiow.es dry as a
bone'. The Whiij llou e i- twine dis
lance back from the street. A big
park burrouudb it, and going up to
ihe flout door you walk about a drive
which leads iu the shape of u half
moon to Pi uieylvi'ii'-i uv. nue. Ou
i'Uu side of this drive tin re is a tl.-ig
pavement, and in coming into the
side of the Mild iicarest the 'I r- a-ry
you walk half ihe it m l li of the 1 u.l.l
iug I e lore you reach the iroiit porch.
As you do this yi u eau look right
down into the let -cnii'lit and see the
servants ut work. ihe loom below"
you is dev ted t. ih.- bmndry, nnd
you may see ci iio::ii u her:- al
most uny .lay i. the v.-.k x : i -1 . t ;
iiwiivnt our Pre-ub tit's sh.i t Pa-Mi.g
the.-.) yell lil'e'.i Ihe huge JOlte
cochere. The Coi'i'uns w!.:c: uphold
this are as lug us ihe hi gu'.'-t oak tree,
ll'ld tin- sto"e Ii at'i.l'.l withill till"!!! is
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f .slV--V 'fVV-KiSr iS ZamryT & i ' i Mrs. Cleveland's vitchiv to limbic hr-r
i': h Y ' ': -.JS 1 If""H i W to carry out her pint during her lint
i Itiii' V V ',i '-OTr r'-l1??-! 1 ' JW't venrs in the Whito Hns,.. I know of
f . y-v-.y" v ':H'fiv;'';,Mvfe Wif- t winch she ,a.oou hand
y: ."' ' : 'C'e-v'-O which it seemed to i-ioshe gave
.:vv- I' ": H ifl $J, WlS' lilK- riif' imile toeae'.i ono and no two alike.
VJ'Y- T, 'i tyi ? h',14; M i llurrisou tried to save herselt by
-:'V ; K not shaking hands, andnt some of tto
.'W, s.iVis.-,-W' ! t.'lit't '.. .-,?.,- f-.V7.e! jlillll 4-1 , V? : -. i 'I'f-
wiiui' iPT -r: vi'siip.r! r. ui;."i'.vi: of r..vi'tlN."
before tho front door of tho WLilo
House.
Tho front door of the White Ilonse I
What stories it could tell of griff us
well ns joy. Through that door Abra
ham Lincoln wus brought after Lo win?
bhot by John Wilkes Jiooth. Step
with me to Unit side window and I will
show you an old man wh'j was one of
tho White ilouso messengers nt tho
time, and who is still stationed ul tho
door. His name is Peudle. Ho told
me once how littlo Tad l.inool; came
running to him tho morning a'er tho
shooting nnd cried :
"Thev have killed my pupn ; thev
have killed my pupn!"
He will tell you how ho picked up
Tad and tried to comfort him, uud
how he carried him upstairs to his
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room nnd talked to him until Lo
dri pped oil' to sleep.
It was through that sunc door that
(lurlield wus brought after ho win shot
by (luitcnii. Ilo had been but u few
weeks in tho Whito House, nnd, tired
and worn out by fighting with the of-lice-.seekf
rs nud tho Senate, was just
uboitt to go to Long liraucli for a few
lavs ot imicli'iieeileil rest. lie enm.o
out hero and took tho carriage for the
depot, not half a mile away,' nntl was
waiting for the train to tdart when the
assassin's bullet brought hint back.
He was carried iu through this door
nud lay here for weeks, r.ici;od with
excruciating pniu.
Wo passed policemen when we enme
into the yard. Thoy patrol the f-trects
idiout the White House night nud dny.
There an; now more than n dozen on
duty within the White House ; rounds,
and President Mckinley will l e
w.d.'hed ulmost as cureful'y ns any
king. Thero are guards within the
vest ibulo on tho other side of the
dour. 'There nre. guards iu thr b ise-
incut, nnd tho messemprs who con-
luet you from room to room, though
they look very htirmh s-, have by long
watching become expirt delceiivcs,
nud can tell a crank aiineist at a glance.
There ure only four hours of the
day wheu Strang, rs without, urgent
biisiuess can be admitted to the Whito
House. 'This is from 10 a. ro. till -p.
in. Atter thi;;, if yon call nnd ling
the bell, you will see a guard's face nt
the little round hole filled with plate
glass iu tho mosaic window of the
door nnd a pair of sharp eyes will ex
amine you before tho kuob is turned
which lets you iu.
If you are so fortunate ns to pfs
this iusii.'etieiu, yon will see the doors
open inward nud it moment later yen
will find yourself stuudiug iu what
might be called a very cave of Ala 1-
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about the east room aud the v.ondei s j take tho lute House t.rnle ami groom
of the parlors of tho Whito House. I to their houeymcon cedlage at Deet
The most beautiful part of tho who'." j Fark.
building to my mind is this great v I ... "
tilmle. with ltd frescoed ceiling, in " inli isrcen W.
la autiful walls covered with the co t Distilling oil of wintertreen
of eriu-s of tho l uite l States, its floor j now carried ou to a small extent- iu
ot many colored tiles, and tho jewel- I ; uortL- ri Maine, but recent lice? .--wall
which separatesit from the coir; j paper ii ports of its magnitude tiiti
dor opening into tho bluo room, l ro no doubt exaggerate I. Th i bulk
nd room and tho green room beyoti I. j o; all the wiulergreeu oil comin:; o i
(ue of the great monarch of luoi i the market is still produce I iu I'ei."
mad.) a throne o; gold, tho back oi sylvaliia, while r ictieally nil of t i
which as set with jewels to i'ei res.-ut oil of birch, wloeli is both ehe!uii'aily
the t'eatlers and colors of the pe i -' und cuiiiicrciull r the s.i'uu thing, is
cock's tail. 'The throne cost shipped fre-itt No'tu t.'atolina,. NeMT
i.'i.".1,'. d , uud it is described us havii-g ! Englun l HoLuestea 1.
been wonderfully beautiful. It was,
however, not much larger than it
chair. 1 visited tho loom where it
stood during my stay in Delhi souio
years ugo. Tho throno room was, 1
venture, not as large as this Whito
House vestibule, nnd here', instead of
a cliuir of jewels, there is ii whohl
wall made of bits of glass nnd costly
rtoue put together iu tho form of a
mugnilicent mosaic. It haa cost not
as many thousand dollars us the pea
cock throno cost millions, but when
tho electric lights i-hine behind it. it
is, f venture, far more beautiful. Jt is
in this vestibule that tho Murine Hand,
dressed in their gorgeous red uni
forms, with their brazen instruments
shining like to much gold, pluy ut tho
President's receptions, und over this
mosaic lloor step tho diplomats of u l
tho Nations of tho world, clad in their
gold lace ; the guy uniformed ufliet r.
ot our army utxl navy, uiul flic pow
dered uud bejcweled throng
makes up whi.t is; known ns Wi
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You will go to the left through this
vestibule to reach the second lloor of
tho White House, where tho oliiecs
are, if you havo busim. , ,s with Presi
dent McKinley, but if you wi; h to see
Mrs. McKinley and nre to fortiiiiaLi
ob lo bo a friend of tho family, vou
will be taken right iieivss the ves
tibule, and a door in that womlcr'ul
wall will open for yon nnd admit yon
to the parlors c.f the White House'. At
tho President's evening receptions thu
rooms to tho left of the White House
will bo fitted up with shehef, where
the hats aud coats of tho men can bo
put away, while tho wraps of the
ladies will bo stored for tho time in
the state dining room.
it wiil be in the blue room that
President MeKinl y will receive n'
such time-. 'This has b. en tho eusiont
troiii ir.no immemorial, end it vill not.
be cli'iu 'cd. 1 w.'uV't, however, whi til
er Mrs.' MeK'nl- y will be iddc t, bo
with him. She i. not m all i trong, and
she could not stand the wear and tear
it took all
ptions hhe c.iiind n bouquet iu
order to show the people that (-ho
cou'd Hot de thi-". Some think thai,
if was the care, overwork nud worry
of the White House that killed her,
and the same is sai l to have can -e '
the d: nth of the fn-t Mrs. Tyler mi
alto of Mrs. Fillmore, although h
.survived, I believe, until a few weeki
after she left tho White Itouvp. 'H
was in the blue room that Mrs. Cleve
land was married, and hero sho bade
goodby to her guests and took the
carriage with the President to tho
special car on tho Haltimore uud Ohi
road, which was secretly waiting ni
nu'st half a mile from the station t
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