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GIFTS OF SILVER
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White House Ready For Wed
ding Anniversary.
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THOUSANDS WILL ATTEND

The illumination Will Be the Most
Elaborate Ever Attempted, the White
House to Be Outlined In Streaks OF
Fire.
Washington, June 19-Folks in this
city now realize that President. Taft's
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary a,
the White House tonight is going to be
UNIQUE in the annals of the national
capital.
Thousands of the, curious stood
along the high iron fence enclosing
the grounds of the executive mansion,
while dozens of workmen strung miles
of wire around the lawns and gardens
and socketed the thousands of electric
lights that will shed their radiance on
the 5000 guests expected to attend the
function.
The illumination of the White House
and grounds will be the most elabo'
rate ever attempted. The historic
structure itself will be outlined IN
streaks of fire, thousands OF incandes'
cent lights will glow in the oaks and
elms, strung about the executive man
sion for the flooding of the lawns with
light. On the roof of the state, wal
and navy buildings ref1ectors Will
throw colored beams of light on the
playing fountain directly in front OF
the great porticochere of the White
House.
Practically all of the preliminar1es
have been completed. The lawns have
been newly clipped, the trees and
shrubbery trimmed, the stand for the
marine band completed and the GOV.
cred canopy under which the Presl
dent and Mrs. Taft will stand to re-
eeive their guests made ready and dec
grated for the occasion.
The White House Conservatives
will be practically cleaned out and the
interior of the White House decorated
with Wagonloads of cut flowers. The
shops Of Washington have been swept
clean of Japanese lanterns to enclose
incahdescent globes which have been
strung in great square around the
grounds, just inside the iron fence that
will divide the guests from the equally
interested public.
Dozens of tables scattered here and
there among the trees will bear the
bowls of punch and light refreshments
On the lawn the marine band will
play. In the east room the engineers
band will serve the dancers. 1t will be
q long remembered outdoor fete ii the
tickle weather of Washington holds
kind and true.
Gifts DeIuge White House.
The presents which have been sent
to the President and Mrs. Taft form
the most splendid collection of silver
Washington has ever seen. They are
banked in the red room of the White
House and the pile grows higher and
higher every hour. Some of these gifts
have come from foreign countries, but
the great majority of them were given
by friends in Washington. Those pres
ents which were sent by organizations
are particularly handsome. The tea set
presented by the United States senate,
the three dozen silver plates from the
house of representatives and the sill
yer service from the United States SUI.
preme court are the first gifts ever
made by these bodies to an individual,
the president or private citizen.
From Cincinnati, the home of the
Tafts, have come numerous gifts. The
Commercial club of that city, which is
coming in a body to attend the cele-
bration, has sent gorgeous collection
Of silver. The people of Maryland have
presented a silver punch bowl, tray
and ladle, while many organizations
have remembered the distinguished
couple with gifts. The members of the
cabinet sent individual presents, as
have many others in Washington init
mately associated with the raft ad-
ninistratiOn