New-York tribune., 1905-02-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[FRoM THE ThInuNE RUREAU.l ]


Washington. Feb. u.-President Roosevelt TOOK
an afternoon OFF to-day. In company with MRS.
Roosevelt and the younger children ne attehaeo
the performance of a magician at the Lafayette
Opera House and seemed to get as much enjoy
ment out of the tricks OF legerdemain as oid the
children The Presidents arrival az the theale
hailed with enthusiastic applause by the mouse
full of and children. and when the ma
gcian presented bouquet OF fresh roses InHa @
lously grown in the twinkling of an eye 20 Afs'
Roosevelt he made the hit OF his performance.
81 came up TO tell the President that the city OF
of Nome gave him q good majority, annouhceo
Representative Lacey. of Iowa. this morning. ny
daughter, Mrs. James B. Brewster, writes me tnat
the people there held an election for PRESIDENT
when the States voted. OF course AIasAai 'o"As
have no votes and it really did not matter much
what they did but they wanted the satlsIac.lol =,
knowing how the thing would have turned OUT mao
they been entitled to vote for the head OF 'he
ticket Seven hundred votes were cast. ana oi
these President Roosevelt received 500.
Senator pepew and Representative DriseoIi. Oh
New-York were two of the callers at the "niIe
House TODAY who made unsuccessful eftortS 10
land constituents in good government oerths
found that New-York already had five more men Ii
the consular service than she was entitled 10 uiue
the rules laid down by the administration s@'o
c.a+or v,erAu, $50 until five now In get
ont there won't be any use asking for eohsuia ~
Jobs have an average or TWO appi1oA,s Iss-iS-, =
T sunpose who insist my seeing the r'oSNe-s ,S,
&, their behalf some of them are inclneo 10 tiiHN
- a.. tho president can see them they VIII 4aiiU
- 1o,,atad nlums So 1 bring them up JUST u
on,,inca them that have told them the tru''i.
THE President disposed Of a large ai' N -,
n,,blic business in the morning hours AIhons .t
oIars a., the forenoon were Senators Culora DICE
F3everidge Perkins Nelson. Gamble ana u
and Renresentatives Powers, Frederich N0liN'
Campbell and Garner. Mr.. Garner, VINO mans IiOlll
Texas was accompanied by ]. L. Morin' OF COiPuS
christi who came to invite the President 10 VlslI
his city when he goes TO San Antonio. The Fresi-
dent rromised to do so IL he could so arrange ms
itinerary Senator Dick called to urge the apPOiH'
rnert Of colonel Robert Fountain Of the 4th Cavalry
., a brtradier ceneralshp Most of the other callers
brought friends
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained To-
NIGHT al dinner which was followed by a musical
The dinner guests were Baron and Baroness van
TuylI Mr. and Mrs. W. Emlen Roosevelt. MISS
Roosevelt Miss Mott Miss Townsend, Miss Morton.
Miss Elkins Miss May. Miss Zaidee Cobb. Miss
MacVeagh, Miss Carlisle, Miss Katherine Brice'
Miss Maude Wetnore. Nicholas Longworth. Mr.
Dering Mr. Won Rubido-Zichy, Viscount de Cham
brun Count Sala. Lieutenant Martin Mr. Ewart'
Major McCawIey and Captain Butt The decora-
tions were white freesa and violets The following
programme was given by Johannes Miersch, vio-
linist; Miss Fielding Roselle. contralto and Mrs
Mignon Lamasure at the piano:
Divinite styx (AIceste). Gluck
Cavatne Joachim Ran
Serenade Pierne
- EiSo Eaun
N onigen ger NacnL Ri, t55eo WoIf
IoW Blow, Thou Winter Wind Laura s Collins
Air and gayotte from AgnOn
'srhe Robin Sings in Apple Tree .MaeDowen
1.-The Bee seauoeLt