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have contended that it is only a copy. In any case, its connection
Funeral services were held here of Presidents William Henry
with the oldest White House traditions seems established. The
Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Here Buchanan received the first
portrait of Martha Washington is by E. F. Andrews.
embassy from Japan in 1860; also the Prince of Wales, later Ed-
The east and west walls are broken by four mantels of French and
ward VII. During the Civil War, the East Room saw many famous
Belgian colored marble, surmounted by tall, gilded mirrors. On the
Union generals at the New Year's receptions. The bodies of Abra-
respective mantels are Sevres busts, gifts of the Government of
ham Lincoln, of William McKinley, and of Warren G. Harding lay
France, representing George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ben-
in state here before being carried to the Capitol.
jamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. In the corners are bronze
Theodore Roosevelt used this room for physical exercise. Once,
light standards. Draperies and upholstery are of gold brocade. The
when Secretary of War Taft entered, a Japanese expert was teaching
most striking article of furniture is a concert grand piano, decorated
the President jiu jitsu. After watching for a time, the future
in gold leaf by Dewing. Floors are of old parquetry.
President ventured the opinion that the Japanese could not throw SO
The East Room is rich in memories of assemblies, festive and
heavy a man as himself. On Roosevelt's suggestion, Taft undertook
tragic. In earlier days many Presidents used it as a reception
to prove his point; suddenly he was flat on the floor.
room for New Year's Day visitors. Here guests were entertained
A doorway in the east wall opens upon the promenade roof of
following the marriage of the President's daughter, Maria Hester
the east gallery. The west wall has three doors, through one of
Monroe, to Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur, and here Monroe received
which visitors enter from the basement stairway. A central door
Lafayette in 1824. Several other notable weddings took place in this
to the central corridor, and one to the formal rooms adjoining,
room, including that of Nellie Grant to Algernon Sartoris in 1874,
are closed to the public except by special permission, usually ob-
of "Princess" Alice Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth in 1906, and
tained by a card from a Senator or Representative. The rest of
of Jessie Woodrow Wilson to Francis B. Sayre in 1913.
the main floor, although described here, also is not generally
accessible.
Passing down the central corridor from the East Room, one first
reaches the Green Room, used for informal receptions. In Monroe's
day it was a cardroom. Some 30 feet long and 23 feet wide, it has
but one window which, with the glass door, opens upon the porch
of the southern portico. Doors of inlaid mahogany lead to the East
Room and Blue Room, respectively.
The Green Room has undergone many redecorations, the last being
in the Coolidge administration. At present the furniture is mainly
Early American. A green Aubusson rug bears the coat of arms of
the United States. The crystal chandelier is supplemented by metal
wall sconces. The white marble mantel was brought from England
in 1792 for later installation. On the mantel is a clock, said to have
been brought from France by Benjamin Franklin.
The portraits are of James K. Polk, attributed to G. P. A. Healy;
Martin Van Buren, by G. P. A. Healy; John Quincy Adams, by
P. A. Healy; Thomas Jefferson, by E. F. Andrews.
The Blue Room, decorated in the style of the first French Empire,
was once widely known as the Elliptical Salon on account of its
shape-an ellipse formed by continuing the curve of the room's
southern wall. It always has been considered the most beautiful
room in the White House.
WHITE HOUSE, EAST ROOM
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