The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-16
SOCIAL SEASON ON
AT WHITE HOUSE


stand in line Another subject which
abe discussed and partly carried her
point, was breaking the old custom of
cabinet women serving refreshments
at their regular Wednesday receptions.
Mrs Taft will leave all of these
things to the personal taste of cabi-
net women, and at least until the first
of January, when really formal af-
fairs begin. they will each have
coy tea table with which to cheer
their callers.
Mrs. Sherman, wife of the vice.
president has also prepared for an
extensive social season. She will re-
ceive at the Gurley house, in the
heart of the fashionable residential
section, which has been leased by Mr..
Sherman. Mrs Sherman and the vice
president will attend tonight's cabi-
net dinner at the White House.
The vice presidential mansion is a
being large and commodious. In adj
dition to the drawing room, originally
ing-room and the reception room,
makes it possible to throw the entire
first floor together for entertaining
The dining-room faces on o street.
and has a southern exposure, making
it particularly desirable for a Wash
iagton winter residence.
Among the former occupants was
the late Senator Alger. of Michigan
and his family The vice president
wall have many distinguished near
neighbors. among them being the At
torney General and Mrs. Wickersham
and the Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs Meyer, both of whom have Six
teenth street residences. Former Sen
ator Joseph B. Foraker still retains
his splendid winter home at Sixteenth
and P street, as does former Secre-
tary Of the Navy Newberry. Mr.. and
Mrs Robert Roosevelt, of New York,
are also near by, having leased the
Fairchild Carpenter house
A social event of considerable i'm
portance was the opening today of
The loan exhibit at the Corcoran Gal
Iery of Art Many pictures by prom
inent artists were shown, and social
leaders of the capital attended the
opening in large numbers. Ques-
ton which has interested Washington
officials related to the working ca
pacity of President Taft Many held
that fat men are always more or less
lazy, and that the president would
put much Of his work on the shout
lers Of subordinates They were mis-
taken. Mr.. Taft is proving one Of the
hardest working men whoever held
down the presidential chair. While
he doesn't work as intensely nor as
fast as did his immediate predecessor,
he puts in more hours each day than
did Mr.. Roosevelt
Mr.. Taft's working day begins at
$50 and lasts until s. Before he
comes over to the executive offices he
takes his morning exercise and of
course, has bit of breakfast. AS
rule the president takes little time
Cor luncheon, possibly half hour,
sometimes more. AS a general rule
President Roosevelt did little work
after 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
especially when it was a good day for
tennis or a fine drizzly time for walk
ing through Rock Creek park. Mr..
Taft differs in that; he usually does
much work after luncheon, frequently
coming back to the executive offices
for special conferences with cabinet
members or transaLting business in
the executive mansion. Mr.. Taft has
also formed O. habit of working at
the mansion after dinner.
Notwithstanding all the time he de-
votes to work, he takes some exercise.
He never misses the morning Gales
themes, it is said, and whenever pos
sible takes a walk or ride.