The White House Is Too Small

WASHINGTON, Dea 17.- In his recent annual report Colonel N. J. Wilson, in charge of public buildings and grounds, expresses an earnest bope that eongress will givrf speedy attcntion to the matter of providing suitablo oflices for the president outside of tho executive mansion. Spcaking at length on this subject ho says: "ío steps have been taken for enlareing the executive mansion, which today, with the excoption of interior and exterior ornamentation and improvement, remains u it was when flrst occupied bf President Adams nt the beginning of the present centuary. "It is a fact woll known to all that the enurmous crowds assembling at official evening receptions, as well as the demanda for more rooms for the entertainment from time to timo of the nation's guests, longsince required either the enlargement of the White House or the transfer of the otticc rooms of the president to some convenient localitv. Kfforts to enlarge the mansión liavc failod, und agaln 1 earnestly suggest that a structure sultable for oltice purposes shall be provided at an early day.