In March, 1889, Benjamin Harrison became Chief Magistrate. The first Mrs. Harrison was a woman experienced in Washington society, and was much loved by a very large circle.
In 1893 Grover Cleveland again became President, and in 1897 William McKinley, probably the best-loved man by the people of any President since the days of Mr. Lincoln.
Mrs. McKinley, altho an invalid, with the assistance of her nieces, kept up the reputation and social festivities of the White House.
Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States in September, 1901.
What a goodly company they are, our Presidents and their families! No scenes of unseemly revelry or base debauchery such as so often disgrace the courts of Europe mar the reputation of this stately company.
“Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.”
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INTERESTS IN WASHINGTON WHICH CAN NOT HERE BE FULLY DESCRIBED
In the third story of the Congressional Library strangers can find two papier-maché models which are of great interest. One represents the City of Washington in 1902, the other represents the Washington of the future.
Congress has called the great engineers of the War Department and four of the leading artists of the United States as a committee on civic improvement for the capital city. The artists are: Mr. Daniel H. Burnham, of Chicago; Mr. John C. Olmstead, the noted landscape artist; Mr. Charles F. McKim, and Mr. Augustus St. Gaudens.