Evening journal., 1911-01-02

government officials in plain citizens
clothes, filed in, in the following or
der:
The Solicitor-G General, Assistant At
torney General; Assistant Secretaries
of the Departments, Assistant Post
masters General the Regents and Sec
retary of the Smithsonian Institute,
the Civil Service Commissioners, the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners,
the Tariff Board, the Railroad Secur-
tiles Commissioners, the Isthmian
Canal Commissioners, the Commits
sioners of the District of Columbia, the
Treasurer Of the United States, Lii
brarian of Congress, the Public Print
er, the heads of bureaus in the several
departments. the President of the Co
lumbia Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb.
Then followed the various patriotic
societies, who are accorded special
recognition at the New Years recep-
tion. Members Of the following organi-
cations were in line: The Society of
the Cincinnati, the Aztec Club of lS47,
the Associated Veterans of the War OF
1S46-47, the Military order of the 10y
al Legion of the United States, the
Grand Army Of the Republic; the
Medal Of Honor Legion, the Union
Veteran Legion, the Union Veterans
Union, the Society Of the Army of San
tiago. the Spanish War Veterans, the
Army and Navy Union, the Minute
Men, the Sons of the American Revo-
luton, and the members Of the Oldest
Inhabitants Association of the District
of Columbia.
President Greets "COmmon People"
The last of the official visitors had
left by ] o'clock Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Sher-
man. and the ladies of the cabinet
then withdrew from the reception line
to the State Dining Room, where re-
freshments were served. In the Blue
Room the President and his cabinet
squared their shoulders and prepared
to receive the long line that for hours
had been gathering along the White
House walks. The Presidents smile
broadened, the bugles sounded, the
/ band broke into a lively two-step anC
| the common people" entered.
A heterogeneous thrOng-typlcally
/ American-filed in to the lively music
of the band, quickened to hurry then
! along. The line moved fast until i
reached the President, but there 1t wal
delayed by each individual endeavor
ing to obtain a distinctively persona
greeting from the host
A few feet down the line from th'
President stood several well-groome'
and well-built men apparently loung
ing carelessly about, but keeping
careful eye on the moving line as /
approached the Executive. They wer'
the secret service men, and not per
son reached the objective point OF tn
line without their close scrutiny
There we're no hands wrapped Il
handkerchiefs, no packages were car
ried in the line. and no one approache'
the President without keeping tnei
two hands in plain sight
The band quickened its tune. shifte'
from the lively two-step to more iivel,
rag-time; the attendants We're NOR
persistent in keeping the line moving
1 but still the common people came on
Until the gray of dusk he-alded IN
ending of the winter day they hle'
through the Blue Room.
Not once did that famous TAFT smil
droop There was a word for every
one. AS the President shook hand
with each citizen he exemplihed tn
holiday spirit Of good cheer. With tn
handshake and the smile he general
repeated the callers name, as an
nounced by Captain Archie Butt, hi
aide. OF else said he was glad TO see
him-and he looked the part too.