The Washington times., 1905-02-17
PRESIDENT GREETS
ARMY AND NAVY
Last Official Reception of
the Season.
MOST BRILLIANT OF SERIES
Parlors and Corridors of White House
Kesplendent With Uniforms and
Bright Colers.

! that preceded it. Several thousand men
most of them officers of the Army and
| Navy and military and naval men OF the
! Diplomatic Corps greeted the Chief Elk
ecutive.
| The flags CT the various departments
| OF the Army and Navy with the
army and navy flags of the
| President the latter hanging OPP
posite the Blue Room door in the rec
| corridor and the former just over the
! door-with American flags and military
| tunes as the Sailors Hornp:pe,' by the
] Marine Band III fun, put everyone in
| the highest spirits.
| Scarcely two dozen of the people in
/ vfted into the Blue Room to assist were
| there when the Marine Band announced
/ the approach OF the President IRON, his
| private apartments on the second floor.
! Those invited were for the most par
| selected from the Army and Navy and
We're first presented IN regular order and
then passed behind the line.
I-ieutel4si II General Chaffee led the
army officers. and Rear Admiral Robley
! d. Evans. ranking officer present. led
the navy men Admiral Dewey being alb
| sent on account of Illness. All the CabE-
net officers were in the Presidents line
Of march 10 the Blue Room, with the
exception of Secretary of State Hay,
and after seeing their wives into the
Blue Room, at once greeted the guests
there, and all the evening were around
among the officers
Diplomats Were Present.
The ambassadors from Russia. Italy.
France, Great Britain, and Germany
were all present. and with them their
an -
always the center of an admirins crowd
in the Blue Room. was absent, as was
Lady Durand. wife of the British AM
bassador. but all the other foreign rep
resentatiyes who are married were ac-
companied by their wives.
Mrs. Roosevelt wore a beautiful gown
CT white and black lace, Mrs Shaw, a
white lace robe, and Mrs. Taft, a gown
of white net covered with a design in
narrow ribbons. Mrs. Morton appeared
in pale blue chiffon, Mrs. Hitchcock in
lavender silk and white lace, Mrs
Wynne in pale blue embroidered ehif-
fon. and Mrs. Metcalf IN old ivory chif-
fon. Miss Roosevelt wore a gown of
pale blue chiffon with deep tucis in the
fun skirt. Mrs. j. West Roosevelt came
from New York to be present a the
reception, and was attired in & gown of
heavy white satin and lace. Mrs. Fair
banks gown was OF heavy blue bro
cade and lace, while the daughters of
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Nor
ton, Mrs. Potter OF Chicago and Miss
Morton, both wore blue gowns.
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, sister of the
President, was dressed in white satin
with lace on the bodice: Baroness Won
Stefnburg, in a gown of pale blue velvet;
Nine. Jusserand in black velvet with a
bertha of lace; Miss Durand in yellow
chiffon, lace and diamonds: Mrs. chaffee,
in d rich gown Of white satin, with lace
garniture and diamonds; Mime. Quesa-
da. in white brussels net and lace;
Baroness van Tuyll, in white silk net
and lace; Miss Langham, in white satin
and lace: Mrs. Timnlons, in pale blue,
and Mrs. Warren Fairbanks, In a gown
of white silk and lace.
Girl Loses a Brooch.
An incident Of the reception was the
loss OF a beautiful diamond and pearl
brooch by one Of the popular army girls.
who, after much concern, but little ex-
element over the matter, received it at
her residence this morning in excellent
shape, it having been found in the long
east wing Of the residence.
Those invited to assist in the Blue
Room last evening. besides the Cabinet
women and the wives of the Presidents
secretaries were:
Miss Thompson. Col. c. s. BromwelI,
G Co oI1s.I. G McR Wi5nslow. MRS,
Harneo dh DION Rudolph F Farne5 Mrs Mrs
Forster the Misses Gaisberg
Lieut.. Gen. a. r. Chaffee. Mrs Chat
fee, Miss Helen Chaffee, DR.. Thomas II.
Rockwell, Mrs, Rockwell, Mai. Gen. F.
G. Ainsworth, Mrs. AinsWorth, Brig.
Gen Tasker H. Bliss, Mrs. Bliss Brig
Gen. George H Burton, Mrs. G. II. Bur
Gen. George b. Davis, Mrs. Davis, Brig.
Gen Francis S. Dodge, Mrs. Dodge, Col.
Clarence r. Edwards, Mrs. Edwards.
lespie, Brig. Gen. F. D. Grant, Mrs.
Grant, Brig Gen A w. Greedy, Miss
Adola Greedy, Miss Annie Dawes. Brig.
Gen. William p. Hall, Mrs. Hall. Brig.
Gen. Charles F. Humphrey, Mrs. Hum
phrey. the Misses Humphrey. Brig. Gen.
Alexander Mackenzie. Mrs. e. r. Hend-
ley; Brig. Gen Robert M Reilly, Mrs.
O'Reilly, Brig Gen. John p. Story, Mrs.
Story, Lieut. Col. Thomas w. Symons,
Mrs. Symons. Miss Marguerite +. Sy
mons, Brig. Gen. John F. Weston, Mrs.
Weston, the Misses Weston, Brig. Gen.
John M. Wilson. Miss Leila w. Waller.
Some From the Navy.
Chief Constructor, w L. Capps. Rear
Admiral Colby n. Chester. Mrs. Chester,
Miss Tremaine, Rear Admiral C. A.
Converse, Mrs. Converse, Miss Shelby
Converse, Miss Virginia Underwood.
Capt S. " B. Diehi, Mrs. Diehi, Civil
-.
Endicott. the Misses Endicott, Rear Ad-
miraI r. D. Evans, Mrs. Evans, Mrs.
II. ]. SeWan. Paymaster General ii. T.
b. Harris. Mrs. Harris, Rear ADMIRAL
f. J. Higgison, Mrs. Higgison. Rear
Admiral b, p Lamberton, Mrs. Lam
berton. the Misses Lamberton. Rear Ad-
miral Fl, y. Manney. Mrs. Manney. Rear
Admiral n. e. Mason. Mrs. Mason. Rear
admiral and Engineer-in-Chief c. w
Rae. Mrs. Rae, Surgeon General p M
Rixey.
Brig. Gen. c. F. Elliott. Mrs. Elliott.
The Chief Justice, Miss Fuller H c.
Wallace. Mrs. Wallace, Justice Harlan.
Mrs. Harlan. the Misses Harlan. Miss
Edith Harlan Child, Justice Brewer.
Mrs. Brewer, Justice Brown, Mrs
Brown, Pitts Duffield, Mrs. Duffield, Jus
tee White, Mrs white, Justice Peck
ham, Mrs. Peckham, Justice McKenna,
Mrs. McKenna. the Misses MeKenna,
Justice Holmes. Mrs Holmes, Miss Dor
othy @ JJphanl. Justice Day, Mrs Day,
Luther Day. Mrs. Day, Rufus s. Day,
Justice Shiras, Mrs Shiras
The Hon William p. Frye, Miss Emme
Frye White, Miss Caroline Frye Briggs,
William Frye White. Mrs. White, the