The Restoration of the White House 
it, indeed, that—so the 
story runs—one of the 
minor officials, on a first 
view, considered that here 
far too much knotty wood 
had been worked off upon 
the architects. There are 
fluted pilasters and broad 
panels, a carved frieze and 
cornice; and, here and 
there, have been set tro¬ 
phies of moose and elk, 
bison, cougar and big¬ 
horn, fallen, presumably, 
to the President’s rifle. 
Upborne by eagles are 
serving tables built 
against the wall. Over 
one of these hangs a large 
tapestry, and above that 
the great head and horns mantel in the red room 
of an elk. 
From the door of the 
State Dining-Room a 
broad corridor extends 
about eighty feet to the 
central doors of the East 
Room, opposite. It is 
well proportioned, well 
lighted and very digni¬ 
fied. The columns and 
pilasters and their entab¬ 
lature are in the mutular 
Doric order and academ¬ 
ically rendered. The 
wall surfaces between are 
painted in the “ colonial ” 
yellow, above a dado of 
deeper tone. The rest 
is white. I'he ceiling is 
slightly concave, which 
gives a pleasing uplift to 
the simple panelling in 
plaster upon it. The 
THE RED ROOM 
OF THE WHITE HOUSE 
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