The Wallace House/Truman Home of Harry and Bess (it belonged to her family) was a monument to detailed frugality, as evidenced by a torn kitchen linoleum tile tacked neatly into place instead of being replaced. Harry managed to earn the respect of his mother-in-law for whom no man was good enough for her only daughter. Regards aside, she always sat at the head of the dining table. Truman was indeed a humble man, with the only indication of his presidency being two plates in the dining room cabinet.