edith wilson was particularly fond of mock turtle soup. there were always cheese straws and various other tid bits on the table. and each meet was followed by a light dessert. wilson wasn't fond of heavy cakes and sweets, however, he did enjoy a simple custard or a pudding at the end of most of his meals. certainly, you know, this room has been called one of the most beautiful serving spaces in all of washington, d.c. the butler's pantry here on f s street enjoys this beautiful palladian window in order to maintain a balance on the front of the house. the architect thought he would -- felt that he needed to include another full palladian window. this was not a public part of the house, it was a service space. he didn't, however, want people to be able to look in from the street and see folks washing dishes, so he moved the sink into the room a little bit, and to maintain the sense of symmetry, that was one of the hallmarks of his work. he made sure he created balance by putting two pipes. one does absolutely nothing, the other does vent the

the tapestry was a wedding gift since wilson married edith in december of 1915. he chose not to have a large, elaborate white house wedding. they had a small private ceremony from edith's house on 20th street, however, the gifts were certainly quite magnificent. the french ambassador sent this tapestry over to mrs. wilson to chose after she returned from her honeymoon. ike hoover who was the famous celebrated usher, chief usher at the white house for over 40 years called mrs. wilson down and said, madam, the french ambassador is here, and he has some gifts for you to chose as a wedding gift. edith says, oh, well, by all means, escort the ambassador upstairs, and hoover said, no, madam. you'll need to come down to the east room. that should have been an indication that it was no small gift. the ambassador had brought along three tapestries here at the united states at the panama pacific exposition in san francisco in 1915. wilson, we may add, opened the panama canal in 1915 to trade. in the french pavilion were these works of france including these tapestries. so

woodrow wilson had gotten really sick, his wife had basically signed things and taken over pretty much until he died in office, i guess. of course, eleanor roosevelt. host: our last caller says edithled wilson. in the meantime, let's take a look at the gop race for the presidential nomination. rick santorum defense remarks on obama. he says he has a world view that elevates the earth among man. here is the "l.a. times" story. host: us take a listen to bring santorum on "face the nation." [video clip] >> when you have a world view that elevates the earth among man and says we cannot take those resources because we're going to harm the earth by things that are frankly not scientifically proven. for example, the politicization of the whole global warming debate. it's all an attempt to centralize power to give more power to the government. it's not questioning the president's believe in christianity. i'm talking about his belief that man that should be in charge of the earth and should be good stewards of it. host: that is rick santorum on cbs's "face the nation." yesterday. robert gibbs weighed in. caller: -- [video clip] >> need to get rid of this mind set that if we disagree we hav