The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-25
Especial to The Times-Dispa t.ch. ]

Washington. d. c.. June 24.-In an
ticipation realization and the echoes
tnat VIII resound through the pages "
White House history, the silver wed.
dinE OF President and Mrs raft was
slperiatire. In the first place. invita-.
llets were Issued with generous prodl
sality. and the company thus Assem-.
pled Included SO many dignitarles tina,
even The wide-eyed. out of town guests
unused TO Washington and Its galuxy
OF the politically great. fnall, forgo,
! 70 be impressed. There were visitors
from the East, the West. the Nprit
and the South: there We're judges !roir
an over the country, specially invited
IN memory of Mr. Taft's judicial days
and political and social friends from
hlther and yon; ambassadors In g.,r.
/ seous court dress, prelates In seVe r..
black, officers of the service" in sum.
mer uniforms of white duck. set or
With gold cords and trappings and
women In rainbow variety OF c-lcr
with the .splendor of jewels in fitting
accompaniment. 3isI
me cards had said the reception
would begin at . o'clock. and fully flve
Of the seven thousand guests vera
there when at the stroke of the hour
nounced the approach of the President
and Mrs. Taft. Greeted by an outburst
Oh hand clapping as they stepped Out
transtiXed for a brief moment by the
iairylike scene in garden and lawn
which the heroine OF the occasion had
~ ~ pictured IN imagination.
Then. preceded by the six presiden.
tial aides they descended the stone
steps. to the music of the weddin.
march march from "Lohengrln," lost in the
lowed by Cabinet officers and their
wives, the presidential party continued
IT'S way around the large oval defined
r by - s g Of carpet to their stand
branches were Joined by the wedding
and silver wedding dates in incanJes.
oents. JOY was uncontined. Guests
eager 10 congratulate the silver br d.
and groom, and one eye out for tho
RESIDENTS Aunt Della, who had jour
neyed from Milbury., Mass. in order
! t@ complete the family circle here for
the festivities. which will not only fur
nish material for many teacup CONVEX
s s ions for the present generation but
basis OF stories retold to grandchildren
by the latter's time, mere man may
nave solved the problem of how TO con.
ceai the eXpanse OF shirt front dis.
to use street cars in lieu Of a ear, az
rage and II is too warm TO wear an
oyercoat. He may even have learned
Swnether II IS best TO take his winter
headgear from its camphorings veal
their straw hats or to go with heads
uncovered, la the women, If they
nave nave not the conventional tile. rhle
Suggestion SUI |; e Is advanced out of consid.
Grafton for hundreds or fine men, who
| evidently unpossessed OF a beaver or
Sear-beaver. wore the hat OF their In
d1vidual choice, and then, man-likn.
wishing TO have their head corares
by something besides the hsavens
went to the festive scene on the White
House lawn, hat In hand. Never were
men more perceptibly III at ease. TO
nave or not to have d hat was the
question. And IL one had 1t, should
II be left In the dressing room. car
RED In the hand or clasped firmly ever
the left breast. military fashion-ln
any case. source of discomfort 20 the
oWner-are questions threshcd out
this week as never before In WASH
ington. and the answers are as indefin
lite and TROUBLESOME as those concern
Ing matters of official precedent. s.
II was hoped to the last that III.
list Of representatives of former
w hite House residents attending tn,
tart silver wedding reception Womb
be headed by Mrs. Grover Cleveland
whose own wedding was celeLrnted
, mere, also, Just twenty-five years aeo
Mrs. Cleveland returned from nbroa RI
/. last week. accompanied by her Oldest
living daughter. Miss Esther, a lovely
girl OF eighteen, and the only child
Of President to be born in the White
House, and her presence in Washing
ton at this time would have added in :
terest. IA ! -
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
u LCnSwOrth represented the poosovn1t