Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-03-05
CITY D0NS BEST
BIB AND TUCKER
Beautiful Decorations Greet
Visitors to National Capital
OCCUPANCY OF WHITE HOUSE
1t Will Be Begun by Taft and Wife
Tonight, as They Will Remain
There After Dining With Roosevelt
Many Relatives of President
Elect viii Enjoy Family Reunion
After the lnauQuration

Elect Will Enjoy Family Reunion
After the Inauguration
Washington, March 3.-The popu-
lation of this city this morning is
from rs, 900 to 100, 900 greater than
usual, and by night this surplus prob
abaly will have been doubled.
Of the 81 900 members of civic and
military organizations who will par
ticipate in the inaugural parade,
about one third already have arrived
and this evening fully nine tenths of
them will be here
While predicting fair weather and
moderate temperature generally over
the east portion of the United States
for Thursday, the weather bureau re-
fuses to make any special forecast for
Inauguration day in the District of
Columbia. There is every indica
ton, however, that the weather will
remain mild.
Had the sun shone down last night
on Pennsylvania avenue it's own
brightness would have been dimmed
by the brilliant illumination along
the avenue. Long golden ropes of
gorgeously glittering electric lights,
waving American flags done in red,
white and blue lights, shields bearing
in the midst of lights the beaming face
of the president elect and other SINH
lar devices, made the fronts of many
buildings pictures of fairyland beauty.
A gentle breeze quietly futtered the
flags which floated from thousands of
windows. In one tall building the
the middle floors of white and the
lower floors of blue.
Military uniforms are thickly scat
tered among the thousands who
march in pre-inaugural parade up and
down Pennsylvania avenue, crowding
into the street.
AS the guests of President aid Mrs.
Roosevelt, President Elect and Mrs.
Taft will begin their occupancy OF the
White House tonight, going there for
dinner and remaining.
reunion of the various members Of
the Taft family at the White House.
The details of the gathering and the
time have not yet been arranged, al
though the entire Taft family will be
in town.
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, his
wife and two daughters, one unmar-
ried and the other the wife of Albert
Ingalls, and her two children, are
quartered in a house taken by C. P.
| Taft for the occasion. DR.. William
A Edwards and Mrs. Edwards, who
is the president elects sister, of Los
Angeles, are at the New Willard to
remain for the Inauguration. Henry
w. Taft, brother of the president
elect, his wife, daughter, and two
sons, are also at the New Willard.
Miss Helen, Robert and Charles
the three children of President Elect
and Mrs. Taft, arrived here last
night and are with their parents al
the Boardman residence, as also is
Miss Della Torrey of Milbury, Mass.
Taft family of the last generation.
Miss Torrey is in her SIND year
She is a sister of Mr.. Tafts mother
and has lived with his parents since
his boyhoCd, There is peculiarly
strong affection between the incom
ing president and his maiden aunt
Her life has been an inspiration tc
him in a number of speeches he has
delivered to young women students
particularly in his advice to them moi
to consider marriage the only object
to be attained. To enforce this argu-
ment Taft has stated that the love-
ableness and character developed by
self sacrificing unmarried women has
shown to him that there may be muct
in a single life.
Horace d. Taft, the other brother
of Mr.. Taft, and his wife, are here
from WATERFOWL, Conn, and are
guests of Secretary Garfield of the
department of the interior. The
Garfield boys are students of the
school maintained by Horace Taft, a.
is also Charles Taft, the youngest sol
of the president elect.
Mr.. Taft enjoyed a golf game OF
the Chevy Chase course Tuesday anC
said he felt much better for the ride
to the club and the four mile walk en-
tailed by the game. He defeated hi
opponent, General Edwards. Mr.
Taft is member of the Chevy Chas'
club and intends to play golf when
ever opportunity may afford, but a
present he sees little chance TO
recreation during the first few week
of his administration