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THE WHITE He LrsE TOO SNIALL
The family oF President Roosevelt
Is the largest that has ever occupied
the White House at Washington. As
"the house has only five bedrooms the
Roosevelts with their six children and
several servants are said to be suffer-
ing great inconvenience.
How these people are going to be
accommodated in a house which only
• contains five bedrooms, a sitting room.
a dining room and a parlor. Is one of
the mysteries which confront Colonel
Theodore Blngham, U. S. A.
He, by the way, also acts as master
~)f ceremonies at the President's pub-
lic receptions.
The White House was the first pub-
]ic building erected in Washington,
and its first cost was paid by the states
,of Maryland and Virginia. President
~Tashington selected the site.
A prize of $500 for the design was
awarded to a young Irish architect
named James Hobart. who modeled his
