America, picturesque and descriptive . Van Buren unless they were enter-tained. This, with the fact noised abroad that he hadbecome such an aristocrat that his table service in-cluded gold spoons, then an unheard of extravagance,proved too much for him. Van Buren was beatenfor re-election by Old Tippecanoe —General Wil-liam Henry Harrison. A corridor leads westward from the East Room,through the centre of the White House, to the con-servatories, which are prolonged nearly two hundredfeet farther westward. A series of fine apartments,called the Green, Blue and Red Rooms, from thepredominant col
America, picturesque and descriptive . Van Buren unless they were enter-tained. This, with the fact noised abroad that he hadbecome such an aristocrat that his table service in-cluded gold spoons, then an unheard of extravagance,proved too much for him. Van Buren was beatenfor re-election by Old Tippecanoe —General Wil-liam Henry Harrison. A corridor leads westward from the East Room,through the centre of the White House, to the con-servatories, which are prolonged nearly two hundredfeet farther westward. A series of fine apartments,called the Green, Blue and Red Rooms, from thepredominant colors in their decorations, are southof this corridor, with their windows opening uponthe gardens. These apartments open into eachother, and finally into the State Dining Hall on thewestern side of the building, which is adjoined by aconservatory. North of the corridor the first floorcontains the family rooms, and on the second floorare the sleeping-rooms and also the public Cabinet Room, about in the centre of the build-. TH RK PUE ARY : and ATIONS L ELABORATE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 21 ing, is a comparatively small apartment, where theCabinet meetings assemble around a long table. Onone side of it, at the head of a broad staircase, arethe offices of the secretaries, over the East Room;and on the other side, the Presidents private apart-ment, which is called the Library. Here the Presi-dent sits, with the southern sun streaming throughthe windows, to give audience to his visitors, whoare passed in by the secretaries. One of the desks,which is usually the Presidents personal work-table,has a history. The British ship Resolute, years ago,after many hardships in the fruitless search for SirJohn Franklin, had to be abandoned in the Arcticseas. Portions of her oaken timbers were taken backto England, and from these, by the Queens command,the desk was made and presented to President Grant,and it has since been part of the furniture in theLibrary. An adjacent chamber, wherein t
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