. Dreißig Jahre in Washington; oder, Leben und Szenen in unserer nationalen Hauptstadt. Porträtiert die wunderbaren Operationen in allen großen Abteilungen, und beschreibt jede wichtige Funktion unserer nationalen gehen Vernment ... Mit Skizzen der Präsidenten und ihrer Frauen ... von Washington bis Roosevelts Verwaltung . ncy Adams. Keine anschwellenden Baumkronengeländer, keine Grassyglades könnten für den Anblick friedlicher sein als die Südgründe des Weißen Hauses. Seine Fenster blicken hinunter auf diesen rollenden Park und erreichen den Potomac, begrenzt von seinem ruhigen Wasser, auf dem viele Boote faul treiben, ihre whitesa

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. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . ncy Adams. No swelling tree-crowned knolls, no grassyglades could be more restful to the sight than the southerngrounds of the White House. Its windows look down uponthis rolling park, reaching to the Potomac, bounded by itsplacid waters, on which many boats lazily drift, their whitesails idly flapping in the languid summer air. The inadequateness of the White House as a residencefor the President of the United States has long been recog-nized. It is inconvenient and ill-adapted to such dignity andoccasions of public ceremony as the nation demands of itsChief. There is no adequate accommodation for visitors, sothat guests of the nation must be sent to a hotel. Manysuggestions, and more or less elaborate plans have beenmade for a new and proper Presidents residence whichshould be entirely separate from the Executive offices. The late Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, during the incum-bency of her husband as President of the United States, carefully studied this subject, and plans were drawn under. MRS. HARRISONS PLANS. 161 her direction for the enlargement of the present ExecutiveMansion. This was in 1892. Nothing has, however, yetbeen done. In 190U Congress made an appropriation fordeveloping plans for the extension of the present ExecutiveMansion by the Officer then in charge of Public Build-ings and Grounds, Colonel Theo. A. Bingham, EngineerCorps, United States Army. This Officer called in theassistance of Mr. F. D. Owen, the architect who had drawnMrs. Harrisons plans. The Harrison plan was restudiedand developed and all the necessary drawings made, to-gether with specifications and a large model. At the Centennial Celebration -of the establishment ofthe permanent

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