THE WHITE HOUSE NOW.
After the War—A Contrast—Secretly Burying the Dead—A Wife of
Seventeen Years—Midnight Studies—Broken Down—A party of
Grandchildren—“God’s Best Gift to Man”—The Woman Who Taught the
President—Doing the Honors at the White House—Traces of the
Soldiers—A State of Dirt and Ruin—Mrs. Patterson’s Calico
Dress—In the Diary—A Nineteenth Century Wonder—How the Old
Carpets were Patched—How $30,000 were Spent—Buying the
Furniture—Working in Hot Weather—Very Good Dinners—Doors Open
to the Mob—Sketching a Banquet—The Portraits of the
Presidents—The Impeachment Trial—Peace in the Family—The Grant
Dynasty—Looking Home-like—Mrs. Grant at Home—What Might Be
Done, if—How a Certain Young Lady was Spoilt—Brushing Away “the
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