[Illustration: _EAST ENTRANCE OF EXECUTIVE MANSION_ _Copyright 1903, by Bureau of National Literature & Art._] PRESIDING LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL APPRECIATIONS TOGETHER WITH A SHORT HISTORY OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION AND A TREATISE ON ITS ETIQUETTE AND CUSTOMS BY LILA G. A. WOOLFALL WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER ILLUSTRATED WITH SYMBOLIC BORDERS AND REPRODUCTIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE OF THE FIRST LADIES OF THE LAND Published by BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE AND ART Washington, D. C. COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY BUREAU OF NATIONAL LITERATURE AND ART CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 13 MARTHA WASHINGTON 19 ABIGAIL ADAMS 23 MARTHA JEFFERSON RANDOLPH 27 DOROTHY PAINE MADISON 31 ELIZABETH KORTRIGHT MONROE 35 LOUISA CATHERINE ADAMS 39 RACHEL DONELSON JACKSON 43 ANGELICA VAN BUREN 47 ANNA SYMMES HARRISON 51 LETITIA CHRISTIAN TYLER 55 SARAH CHILDRESS POLK 59 MARGARET SMITH TAYLOR 63 ABIGAIL FILLMORE 67 JANE APPLETON PIERCE 71 HARRIET LANE 75 MARY TODD LINCOLN 79 ELIZA MCCARDLE JOHNSON 83 JULIA DENT GRANT 87 LUCY WARE WEBB HAYES 91 LUCRETIA RUDOLPH GARFIELD 95 MARY ARTHUR MCELROY 99 FRANCES FOLSOM CLEVELAND 103 CAROLINE SCOTT HARRISON 107 IDA SAXTON MCKINLEY 111 EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT 115 THE WHITE HOUSE 121 The East Room 122 The Blue Room 125 The Red Room 125