Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1897 — A Famous Set of Dishes. [ARTICLE]

A Famous Set of Dishes.

The most famous set of dishes in the .vorld is in t e White Bouse. It was begun by Martha Washington and completed by Mrs. Harrison, whodecoaed with her own hands enough p eee to li dsh out the missing num burs The largest addition to the set «ai made by President Arthur, a: d was paid for out of his private purse >v.d Mrs. Cleveland, during her first P rm as first lady 'n the land, present(d to the White .Sou e a few ve j ,;.ige pieces which had boon given t her s w. dding gifls, svidentiy with t e Me , that they w< u d remain in the Pro ident’s hou- o as they were far t c largo t ■be used upon an ordinary pri yate table.