The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
Typical June Day Now
Needed to Make
Incomplete.
PRECIOUS GIFTS
HAVE ARRIVED
Hundreds of Silver and Jeweled
Tributes to President and Mrs.
Taft Will Be Displayed in
5 Mansion-Reception Big
gest Ever Held in
White House.

washington. June 1S.-With the ar
! rival in Washington to-day of Miss
1elen raft the plans for the silver
] Wedding celebration OF the President
4 ana MRS TAFT to- morrow assumed final
/ aoin', lectricians and florists. caterers
ana musicians, dressmakers and Jew
| eierS have done their part The White
| ouse Office staff has worked night
I and day to put out almost 1000 invita-
lons, There have been hundreds of
! gifts OF precious silver and gems for
]; me PRESIDENT and his wife. but they
| want just one more-a typical Wash
ington June day and soft June night
| SO that the reception out under ihe
! trees OF the White House grounds may
| be a success. M $500
Miss Helen TAFT probably will 20
.nroush an ordeal Tomorrow night.
that few young women of her age ever
nave FACED. Mrs. Taft will receive for.
short time. but it Is not expected
that she will be allowed to stand the
strain very long. and when she retires
MISS Helen will step into the line BY
ner father,s side and act as mistress
OF the White House,. 1t will he the
biggest reception in point of numbers
from all 1ndfcat lions that was ever held
in the White House =
Family Party Complete.
All the members of the Taft and
Heron families who are COMING are
now assembled for the celebration.
| They have filled the executive mansion.
and they spent most of the day peer.
ing toward the west and WONDERING n
alter all the rain would spoil the OUT
door plans for the splendid fete
Inc President and his brother, Hor-.
ace, attended services ut All Souls
Church, but the remainder of the
aastlnguished house party remained
INDOORS. INDOORS. discussing arrangements for
to-morrow's event and receiving the
greetings and good wishes which are
| coming tosthe executive and HIS vile
I rom All parts or thea,United States.
! tnlS inclement weather can now mar
any part of Tomorrow nights pro
81 am. II IT Is found too wet outdoors
me guests of the President and Mrs
Taft VIII be received in the house.
Otherwise. the original Idea of receiy
Ing the long line on the lawn will be
carried out. - -
should the weather clear tonight
there Is little doubt that the outdoor
arrangements can be carried out as
now planned The covered stand will
| be used by the President and Mrs Taft.
and the guests will be received in In
formal style. Otherwise, the receiving
party Will be assembled in the Blue
Room and the line Will tle through
the house as in the case OF the formal
receptions of the winter program.
| The family party was complete
| when Miss Helen Taft arrived in
THIS city from Pittsburg. She had
f, been visiting in Cincinnati. but had re-
| turned by way OF the Pennsylvania
! city. The Presidents two brothers
Horace and Henry w. Taft reached
Washington yesterday. Charlie. the
younger son of the family, coming
with his Uncle Horace. Mrs Iaushlin.
OF Pittsburg. Mrs. Taft's sister, and
| Charles p. Taft. of Cincinnati, the
! Presidents brother, will not be able
70 JOIN Inc other members of the fam
lily for this celebration.
Aunt Della Torrey. the most inter
esting member of the family gather
ing. came yesterday morning with
! Robert Taft.
ConErntuIntory Messages.
Several kilograms congra tula ting
the President and Mrs Taft came to
the White House to-day. One was
from the Emperor of Russia. 1t read as
follows: }
"Peterhof. June is, 1911.
MI Taft President OF North Amer
| lean United States, Washing ton:
The dey of the departure of the
! American squadron | express to you
the great pleasure had in this visit
| to our shores l also convey to you
my cordial congratulations for to-
! morrows silver wedding.
! (Signed) i.NICHOLAS"
| Mehmed ", OF Turkey. cabled his
| consolidation and wishes for the
| prosperity of the United States"
! Hundreds OF congratulatory letters
| are coming to the White House, some
! in verse and others clothed in Biblical
| languag e.
The presents will he placed about
| the mansion tomorrow night so that
/ the guests may see ut least as many
| OF them as they can lind in the crowd
] ed corridors and rooms. TIE Presi-
/ dents class, yale rs" has given a
/ solid silver fern dish twenty inches in
4 diameter. ma rked with the Initials of
/ the President and Mrs. Taft, and bear
| ing the inscription. From Yale. 1875
| The Psi Epsilon Fraternity, to which
the President belongs, sent solid sill
YER platter inscribed william II. Taft.
!, Beta IS and From Psi Epsilon Fra
ternity. June 10. 1911
/ The Philippine party, called "'rhe
Z Tafters," has gwen two solid Grecian
! ewers. Each memper of the PresI-
dents Cabinet has given present,
! From the Presidents friends at
I Augusta. Ca, came a fine scroll de-
sign, heavy tray. large punch bowl
and a heavy ladle.
/ fIift is7.se =