The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-02

Brun, the repreSentatfVe froU1 DeHHihIhs and including Senor Qnesada from Cuba and Senor Deobaldia, from Pan6ma. Be- cause of the death of the Ministers mother, requiring him to so int mourning for period of one hundrv . days, Sir Shentung IianE Cheng, the Chinese Minister, was net present.
 Most of the members of his stan, however. were in attendance in their oriental dress.
 The Kingdom of Sweden was rcp- resented by A Ekengren. its Charge d'Affaires ad interim. MT. c. Hauge to- dey appeared for 5ih.. first tirie at a News Years reception as the Minister from Norway.
 Among the bew faces In the corps were Senor carb,. Minister. from Ecu ador and Ssapr -Cortez, Minister from Colombia. and Dr. Don Lu.s Lafinur. the newly appointed Minister from Uru- quay. King Edward was represent ed today Esme Howard, Charge d. Affaires.
 Following the diplomatic corps came the representatives of the judicial branch of the government at Washing ton. headed by the justices of the Su- preme Court. Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller came first, each of the asso- ciate justices following. For the first l time in his new capacity as an asso- ciate justice of the Supreme ~Durt. Will l liam H. Moody was present at special function at the White House. Following the Supreme Court were the Judges of the Court of Appeals | trict of Columbia. the judges of the Court of Claims and former members of | the Cabinet Ambassadors and Ministers of the United States
 | Many of the members of the House and Senate had gone home for the hol- idays The commissioners and various officials of the District of Columbia were in line.
 i Dewey Pays Respects.
 The officers of the army. navy and marine corps and of the District Ma tional Guard in special full dress pre- sented an imposing spectacle. Lieu i tenant John c. Bates, retired, headed the army line, and Admiral George w. Dewey, with his secretary, Lieutenant Crawford, the navy. The general and staff of the District of Columbia Ma l tional Guard followed the regular arr my and navy guests. A civilian contingent made up from | members of the various independent l bureaus and commissio ons and assistant secretaries in the executive depart l ments was followed by the members of the army and navy societies in Washington. | Last of all came the general public, thousands of whom had been in line | several hours, waiting their turn, and | for the time being the door of the ] White House were open to all. There l were old and young, white and colored I men and women.
 The plan of floral decorations was simple, the desire being to give as much room as possible for the free movement of guests. Better weather | for the occasion could not have been desired. The sun shone brightly and | it's warmth dispeifed the dampness ris- | ing from the ground as a result Of the recent rains. To the thousands who | stood in line for hours this was par- ticularly agreeable. | Mrs. Roosevelt wore gown of brown and white hrocaded satin, the panels in the skirts showing full fall
 of brown chiffon trimmed with appli-
 dues in blue. The bodice was of the brocade and the sleeves of brown chif-
 ton. She wore diamond ornaments. s Mrs. F'airbanks wore white chiffon
 brocaded in pink roses. The gown had insertions of lace
 Mrs. Root was gowned in very pale blue chiffon velvet with point lace, the panels of the velvet falling over lace
 fiounced skirt and pinafore effect on
 the bodice.
 Mrs. Shaw wore light blue chiffon
 velvet with point lace.
 | Mrs. Taft wore @ delicate white iaco robe over pale pink.
 Mrs. Bonaparte wore a pale blue vel-
 vet dress. very profusely trimmed with
 pearl and gold passementries. Mrs. Metcalfs dress was of white lace. very modishly trimmed.
 Mrs. Strauss. who made her first ap- 1 pearance at New Years presidential reception as the wife of a member of
 the cabinet, wore gown of soft shim- mering yellow satin with an insertion of Irish crochet lace and bodice trim l med with the same kind of lace. A deep collarette of pearls with diamond bands also was worn.
 Mrs. Longworth. the Presidents daughter, wore pale yellow lace She
 also wore her wedding jewels.
 Among the first congressional party
 to reach President Roosevelt was Sem
 ator Foraker of Ohio. The greetings
 between the two were very cordial.
 Edward Everett Hale. the venerable
 chaplain of the Senate. was a no-
 ticeable figure at the reception. He
 had with him Herbert Dudley Hale of
 New York City, a relative, whom he introduced to the President. pr. Halo
 said his first appearance at a White
 House New Years reception was sixty
 two years ago, when Tyler was Pres
 ident. .