Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-16
President Shakes Hands With
Bevy of Stage Beauties.
PRONOUNCED REAL NICE
Such a Time the White House Has
Rarely Seen.
THE B1SHOP-ELECT A VISITOR
DR.. Harding and Harvard Athlete
Received at Noon-owen Appoint
ed to Panama Judgeship.

Within the short space of twelve min
ltes today President Roosevelt made
twenty chorus girls happy, talked on per-
sonal and religious matters with the new
ly elected Bishop of Washington, Rev AL
fred Harding, and revived college days by
Wr1nging the hand of a famous Harvard
athlete who beat Yale by one of his touch
downs
1t all occurred at the MONDAY recep-
ton to those having engagements. The
chorus girls, attractions at local thea
ter this week. have been on tiptoe ever
since they ascertained they would get to
see the President. Well they should be-
for the President has never before had
time for such large body of stage
beauties
The girls wore their biggest hats and
their best dresses. They willingly adj
united that they all looked like stars
Prior to falling in line to pass before
the President they engaged in great
nutter OF conversation. Between the
noise and the big hats it was impossible
to see or hear anything.
, i M Just dying to see the President.
I'm SO thirsty I could almost take a
drink said the tall blonde
On, Mabel. you must be dreaming
about that jug of South Carolina corn
the President hasn't received" was what
the little girl with black hair and eyes
answered.
Every One Delighted.
Then the line formed. Breathlessly.
the girls filed into the executive offices
with eyes and ears wide open. The Presi-
dent opened up his full repertoire Of
happy salutations. "Glad to meet you"
Delighted" Happy to see YOU" I'm
so pleased were few of the greetings
he handed to the girls as they filed by
They chartered like magpies outside
the executive offices about the incidents
Of the inside.
How sweet he is
He's just like Eddie Foy.
He has such fatherly way about
Where was the big stick: 1 looked
all around for it,
Yes. he told us We We're the sweetest
lot OF girls he had ever SEEM
II just wish l could go back In and
shake his hands again and many other
expressions filled the ozone. while the
young reporters from various papers how
cred around with approving smiles.
II told the President that it was a
selling Red Cross stamps declared the
cutest little girl in the whole bunch. land
the President told me he would see what
could be done.
Bishop-Elect Harding Next.
Right behind the chorus girls were a
number of others who had noon appoint
ments, and DR.. Harding was one of them
He was accompanied by Chaplain Brown
Of the Engineer Corps of the army. sta
toned in Washington. The President had
a long talk with the bishop-elect, others
in the line waiting until he got through
1t is now considered probable that the
conservation of the new bishop will take
place some time about the 25th of Janu-
airy. The required number of consents OF
the standing committees of the Episcopal
Church have been received in Washington
1.-THE notification of this fact will be sent
in a few days to the house of bishops,
which will act. The conservation will
shortly follow the decision of the bishops.
Senator HemenWay and Representative
Watson of Indiana were among the White
House callers today. Both of these men
will rank in the ex-column after March
next. Both are being discussed as cab
met possibilities in the Taft adn1inistra-
ton. Jim Watson smiled about the
talk of his going into the Taft cabinet,
and declared there was nothing in it.
Senator Hemenway declared that he did
not wish to be considered as turning
down some Office that had not been offered
him and might not be offered but he did
not propose to accept any federal appoint
ment in Washington. He is going back
to his law practice SO as to make some
money for his family.
President Roosevelt today told Sem
ator Hopkins and Representative Ster-
ling of Illinois that he had appointed
Wesley NJ. Owen of Leroy, ILL.,, as an
associate justice of the supreme court
Of the isthmus of Panama. The terms of
the chief justice of the court, Nuts
Duran. will expire next month and he
will not be reappointed. He will be
succeeded as chief justice by II. A.
Gudger Of North Carolina and Judge
Owen will take the latter's place.