Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — A Famous Set of Dishes. [ARTICLE]

A Famous Set of Dishes.

The most famous set of dishes in the world is in the White House. It was begun by Martha Washington and completed by Mrs. Harrison, who decorated with her own hands enough pieces to finish out the missing numbers. The largest addition to the set was made by President Arthur, and was paid for out of his private purse; and Mrs. Cleveland, during her first term as first lady in the land, presented to the White House a few very large pieces, which had been given to her as wedding gifts, evidently with the idea that they would remain in the President’s house, as they were far toe large to be used upon an ordinary private table.