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Here, among other curios, is a set of Mount Vernon Cincinnatus
great porch is another. West of it the State and private Dining
plates; a sugar bowl and a coffee saucer of Van Braam china which
Rooms, with their attendant services, balance the East Room and
belonged to Martha Washington. There is a celery glass which
form a third main division. Lining the south front, behind the
belonged to John and Abigail Adams. A fruit bowl with three sup-
reception hall and between the East Room and the State Dining
porting figures in French bisque comes down from Mrs. Madison,
Room, three formal reception rooms, familiarly known as the Red
and is supposed by some to have been saved by her when the British
Room, Blue Room, and Green Room comprise the fourth section.
burned the White House. Andrew Jackson's great coffee cup is here,
These three rooms open on a central corridor which runs behind the
with some of his American china decorated with a motif of Southern
reception hall from the East Room to the State Dining Room, thus
foliage. Van Buren's table is represented by a water pitcher. The
giving common access to all the rooms on the first floor. The cor-
Sheffield candlestick once belonged to President Taylor. There are
ridor floors are of Joliet limestone. Walls are buff and white, and are
several pieces of Saxonware which belonged to the John Quincy
decorated with pilasters and a classic cornice. In the north wall is a
Adams family. The purple-bordered Limoges-Haviland pieces bear-
niche containing a bust whose origin and identity is a mystery. For
ing the arms of the United States are from the table of Abraham
decades it has been christened "The Unknown Man" though irreverent
Lincoln. The Woodrow Wilson china is from a set of 1,700 pieces
reporters of the last few years have advanced the theory that it is the
made in New Jersey, the first full dinner service of domestic manu-
evasive "White House Spokesman" of journalistic fame.
facture to grace the Presidential table. All the pieces on exhibition
Six marble columns on the north side of the corridor separate it
here are labeled.
from the broad main reception hall that opens upon the great north
The third room on the south, once known as the Diplomatic Room,
portico of the White House, and is used only by members of the Presi-
is elliptical in form. This is the room from which the President
dent's family and their guests, and for receiving visitors of state.
now speaks to all America over the radio. It has a clock from the
Inlaid in the floor is the presidential seal in yellow bronze, and an
San Francisco Exposition of 1906, and on the walls the following
ellipse of 48 stars enclosing bronze figures, giving the dates of laying
portraits: Ulysses S. Grant, by Henry Ulke; Mrs. John Tyler, by
the cornerstone (1792), and of the reconstruction of the Mansion
F. Analli; Zachary Taylor; James A. Garfield, by E. F. Andrews;
(1902). On the walls are portraits of Warren G. Harding by Mara,
Chester Alan Arthur, by Daniel Huntington; Marquis de Lafayette
Calvin Coolidge by Hopkinson, William McKinley by Murphy, Wil-
(marble bust).
liam H. Taft by Zorn, and Woodrow Wilson. Over the main portal
A fourth room has access, not from the corridor but from the
is a fanlight. On either side are windows hung with red silk dra-
Diplomatic Room. It contains furniture used in the White House
peries. The Hall is lighted by lamps on bronze standards and a
by Presidents Johnson and Arthur. Most of these pieces are pre-
central bronze lantern. On the right of the main entrance is the
served as mementos of the past.
office of the Chief Usher.
At this point a curtain closes the rest of the corridor to the general
The East Room is the "great hall" of the White House, the scene of
public. The corridor, however, passes clear through to the West
major state gatherings. It is magnificently proportioned-871/2 feet
Terrace, past a private staircase, an elevator, and several service
long and approximately 45 feet broad. Three immense crystal chan-
rooms. Beneath the west terrace is the swimming tank recently
deliers with thousands of glittering pendants, hanging from an elab-
built by public subscription for the President's use.
orately decorated plaster ceiling, greatly add to the decorative effect
From the corridor a wide stairway leads up to the main floor. It
of the room. The color scheme is predominently white and gold. The
reaches a small landing which opens upon the reception hall on the
walls are of paneled wood, enlivened with Corinthian pilasters and
left and the East Room on the right. The reception hall door is closed
bas-relief panels (by the Piccirilli brothers) showing scenes from
to visitors; only the East Room is publicly accessible.
Aesop's Fables.
Main floor. For descriptive purposes, the main floor may be con-
On the walls are two notable pictures-full-length portraits of
sidered in four sections. The great East Room, occupying the entire
George and Martha Washington. The painting of the first President
eastern wing from north to south fronts, is a section by itself. The
is the one rescued by Dolly Madison when the British burned the
reception hall, occupying the north front center and opening upon the
White House in 1812 and is attributed to Gilbert Stuart, though some
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