The Washington herald., 1909-01-02

rom rage the-
FOR fifteen minutes or so the scene was
marked BY a display Of wonderful court
uniforms and striking foreign-made
gowns.
Baron Mayor des Planches. the Italian
Ambassador. who is dean OF the local
diplomatic body. led the way with the
baroness. ard after them came the Aus
TRAN Ambassador and Baroness HenzsI-
muller The absence or W. Tfng-farg
Minister from China, was quickly noted.
and then Il was recalled that the Chinese
Legation IS IN mourning for the late
Emperor and Empress Dowager.
The new German Ambassador Count
Johann Bern5torrT. who was formally re-
csived b. the President last Wednesday.
was present with the Countess BernstorT.
Standing back Of the receiving line were
the Vice President and members OF tha
Cabinet. surrounded BY bevv os
women from Official l!fe who had been in
vited 20 the Blue Room Among them
were Mrs. LongwOrth. Miss Roosevelt.
Mrs John ". Timmous. Mrs. Warren
{. Fairbanks. Mrs. Oren Root. Miss New
berry. Miss Meyer. Mrs. Loeb. Mrs. Rob
Harlan. Misses Harlan. Mrs. McKenna.
Mrs. Day, Mrs. Holmes. Mrs. Elkins. Miss
Elkins. Mrs. Burrows. Mrs. Crane. Mrs.
Foraker. Miss Foraker. Mrs. Knox. Miss
Cannon Mrs. = Franklin Bel. Mrs.
R:xey. Mrs. CowIes. Mrs. Lodge. Mrs.
Wyune. Miss Wynne MIS- Herbert
Wedsworth, and Mrs. James wadsworth,
IT.
C-rfas v-,r4fco r-r,r=sv Lo,zoz -h, g
preme Court party, which followed the
court were present with the ladies OF
their families.
Champ Clark One of the First.
Representative Champ Clark. Of Mis-
souri,. the Democratic floor leader. was
one Of the first members OF Congress 10
greet the President The representation
from the Senate and the House was the
smallest In years.
Speaker Cannon arrived after the line
Of legislators had formed and with some
difficulty eIbowed his way 10 the head Of
the line. He was in splendid .humor and
exchanged jokes with President Roose-
welt.
Among the Senators IN line were
EIkins. Of West Virginia; Warner. OF
Missouri. Lodge. Of Massachusetts,: Car
Ter. Of Montana. Brown and Burkett. Of
Nebraska. and Borah. Of Idaho. The
House members included Olcott. OF New
York: Parker. OF New Jersey: Lands. of
Indiana: Green OF Massachusetts,. Dal-
eel. OF Pennsylvania. and BarthOldt, Of
Missouri.
One 0f the most striking features Of
the event was the display Of army and
navy uniforms The army was well rep
resented Lieut.. Gen. S. B. NJ Young
and Lieut.. Gen. John c. Bates, both re-
tired. headed the column. The navy.
which came after the army. was led by
Rear Admirals Hemphill and Leutze.
Admiral Dewey. for the first time since
his return from Manila. was forced to
stay away on account Of Illness.
Officers from the civil departments OF
the government came after the navy and
Marine Corps. They were led by the
regents Of the Smithsonian Institution
and were followed by the various local
patriotic societies and veteran CORDS
Then the public" came The hour set
for its reception was / o'clock It took
more than two hours for the President 20
shake hands with the thousands Of his
fellow-citizens who were not connected
officially with the government.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the line Of Cabinet
hOstesses. contrary TO their custom on
New Years Day in this administration.
remained throUghOUt the reception until
the last person in the public line had
passed through. with the exception OF
Mrs. Fairbanks. who was obliged TO leave
early 70 take short rest before her. own
reception began, owing 70 her lack OF
strength. and Mrs Bonaparte went after
ward for tie same reason. Mrs. Wright.
Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Car
field and Mrs. StraUs remained until the
end with the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt They had a hasty luncheon in the
state dining room. instead OF returning
upstairs by way Of the corridor. as Is
their custom. Mrs. LOngwoTth came back
70 the White House Just at the close Of
the reception. in the most bewitcking
street toilette. OF London smoke soft.
elinging cloth. with narrow skirt. long
cutaway coat. and the most demure hat
Of the mushroom variety. and dark furs
During the long period of the public re-
ception Barnes and Phelps Newberry.
twin sons Of the Secretary Of the Navy.
who had been in the Blue Room and the
East Room all the morning, slipped out
into the line with their overcoats on and
coat collars turned up. They shook hands
with ali in the line. and when they reach
ed their mother she formally shook hands
with the first one before she realized Il
was her own son. There was a general
laugh all along the line then. and no one
enjoved the Little joke as much as the
twins,