Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1893 — The White House Carpets. [ARTICLE]

The White House Carpets.

If any ocular proof of the persistence of office-seekers is needed, it exists in the White House carpets, says Kate Field’s Washington. They look as if they could nevsr be mr.de to smile again. The one on the stairs leading to the office best shows what the impatient feet of 99,000 would-be government employees have accomplished. It is a heavy Axrainster, held in place by long nails with big steel heads, instead of stair rails. The nail 19 fully three inches long, but since the rush there is a decided scarcity of the shining heads, and the tread of the office-seeker has pulled out even these great spikes, and a couple of dozen of them have been picked up and put away. The carpet looks ns is a regiment of giants had been executing a double shuffle on the stairs for the last month. Any extra demand for stair carpet at the White House ought to be granted without demur by the Congressmen who have brought the office-seekers along and helped add to the wsai end tea