Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-20

| sentative Clayton, cream messaline. with
gold-beaded chiffon overdress; pearl ana
/ diamond necklace.
Mrs. s. Hubbard Dent, jr. wife Of Rep
| resentative Dent. cream embroidered chlf-
! fon over messaline
Miss Mary Clayton of Alabama, black
crepe de chine, with rose point lace: dla-
mond necklace.
| Miss Eleanor Davis of Kentucky. ca
nary embroidered chiffon over canary
i meSSaline.
| The Presents.
Scores and scores OF bouquets arranged
on the piano tops. the mantels and every
other possible space represented the
floral tributes sent the couple The sill
yer presents were not shown, but the
number runs into the hundreds OF their
value speculation stops at nothing. The
Vice President and Mrs Sherman sent
/ silver vase. So did Secretary and MRS
! Knox. Other gifts from the cabinet con
sisted of an epercne for flowers or
center ornament more than two feet IN
! diameter and lined and bound with gold
| from Secretary and Mrs. MacNeagh.
silver vase from the Secretary OF War
and Mrs. Stimson. from the Attorney
General and Mrs. Wickersham, ii large
| jeweled treasure box of silver lined with
gold and of artistic workmanship
The Postmaster Generals gift was a
| tall ever lined with crystal. and the Sec
rotary Of the Navy sent a silver loving
cup.
The Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs Nagels gift WAS an antique
/ silver ia sket dating before the building
/ of the present White House.
The Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs.
/ Fishers gift was tall compete or solid
silver, Handsomely chased. The Secretary
& Agriculture and his son. Jasper Will
son. sent large piece of silver for the
table.
o., 80 Me- po..or.y& ANTIQUE civ
| bowl.
United States Senate, silver tea service,
| engraved wv. II. & II. H. T.. 1Ss6-1911. :
| House of Representatives, three dozen
silver plates, appropriately engraved.
| Presidents Yale class of 1873 twenty
1 inch fern dish.
| Psi Epsilon Fraternity antique silver
platter.
| Officers Of the United States yacht
Mayflower. silver platter.
| Officers of the United States dispatch
/ boat Dolphin silver centerpiece.
| The Tafters'' Philippine party OF 1905.
| two twenty-inch silver Grecian ewers and
silver tray.
i Newspaper men at White House. silver
| ba sket.
| Washington newspaper correspondents,
| antique silver fruit dish.
| Gridiron Club. silver pitcher and waiter.
| Army officers who served with Taft in
the Philippines. beautiful silver piece.
| Cincinnati Commercial Club, great
| silver loving cup
! Wives. daughters and widows of army
| officers in Washington. light blue enam-
| eled watch. with wreath of diamonds and
| platinum chain set with diamonds for
Mrs. Taft.
Speaker and Mrs Clark, twenty-five
American Beauty roses.
Mrs. Henry c. Corbin. half dozen silver
side dishes.
William Berry of Brooklyn, silver vase
| for roses.
John Barrett, a copy of his latest DOCK,
ornamented with silver.
Lee McClung, treasurer OF the United
States, glass pitcher incased in silver.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Norton, silver
| jewel case.
Former Speaker Cannon, American
beauty roses.
Friends in Augusta, Ga, massive silver
punch service.
Rev. Rabbi p Jacobs of Jacksonville,
Fla, a silver pitcher and tray from the
Jews of Jacksonville.
Senator Works, ten boxes of California
oranges.
Mr.. and Mrs F. ". Cram of Bangor,
Me-, fresh salmon.
President of Cuba, a chest Of mahog-
any bound in gilt brass, containing silver
service with various spoons, knives. cary
ing sets, etc, all marked with an old
English IT" On the nameplate OF the
chest, is the following legend: Mrs. w.
n. Taft. from Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez,
1ssti-1911."
The Cuban minister and Nine. Martin
Rvero a fruit dish of repousse silver.
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
handsome oak case of table silver, con-
sisting of sixty-seven pieces of solid sill
yer, spoons. forks, knives and accessories,
inscribed as coming from His fellow
members Of the Chamber of Commerce,
In which body President Taft holds hon
orary membership.
Gov Mann of Virginia. five silver vases.
Citizens of Maryland, silver punch bowl,
tray and ladle.
Rabbi Peter Jacobs, representing the
Jews Of Jacksonville, Fla, presented to
the President today a silver pitcher and
tray.
President Taft is soon to receive one
Of the most unique silver wedding pres
ents ever presented to chief magis-
trate.
At the suggestion of L. s. Gottlieb.
we'll known newspaper man OF this city,
who Is correspondent in Washington for
the Jewish Morning Journal of New YORK
city, all the Jewish rabbis who received
Invitations to the silver wedding cele-
bration of the President and Mrs. TAFT
will order a massive silver piece which
will have the unique distinction OF pelns
made in Jerusalem ,
The silver piece will be made oy Sill
yefsmiths in the ancient city in the quar-
ter where the silversmiths have carried
on their trade for a thousand years. The
rabbis will present the gift in a body
when il arrives from the holy land.