The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-05
annual GREETINGS
BY PRESIDENT TAFT
GIVEN TO THRONGS
Reception Given to
Dignitaries and Also
"Common.P People"
COURT UNIFORMS

|OI FOIel8n Embassies ana
Full Dress of Soldiers
Form Brilliant spectacle.
Washington, ID. C.-President
Taft smiled his New Years greeting
to the world Monday.
1t was the second time that the
President and Mrs. Taft officiated as
host and hostess at that time-hon-
ored funcion. the White House New
Years reception. In defiance of the
weather, crowds gathered outside
the White House hours before the
buglcr of the Marine Band trumpeted
the entrance Ut the Chief Magistrate
and the First Lady of the Land to
commence the reception Of the gild-
ed diplomats, the judiciary, and the
government officials, all Of whom
we're received before the latch was
lifted to the common people.
| There was character for every
role in a world drama among the
crowd the twisted in persistent and
stamping line from the White House
door down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Possessers of shiny elbows jostled
bloods in fur-lined overcoats with ia
maliar contemptuousness; matrons
of determined physiognomy kept a
haw-like watch for advantageous
places in the line. There were lean.
there were fat, there were tall. there
were small, in the thousands that
came to shake the hand of President
Taft and to wish him a Happy New
Year.
With the first deep boom of the
great hall clock at eleven, four bug
lers stepped out from the band and
sounded the Presidential call. The
President and Mrs. Taft appeared at
the top of the broad winding stair
and came down to receive the Vice
president and Mis-. Sherman, and che
members of the cabinet and their
wives. The party then moved to the
southern end of the Blue Room,
where the President and Vice-Presi-
dent and the cabinet members form
ed a receiving line and the ladies
took up their places to the right OF
them. Then commenced the recep-
ton of the diplamtic corps.
Brilliant Spectacle.
This is one of the most gorgeous
spectacles that the National Capital
witnesses in the entire year. Be-
decked and beribboned with the or
ders of their monarchs, III all the
splendor of their court costumes the
reresentative,p of the foreign ma
tions filed past the President. 1t was
a brilliant panoply of colors---of red
and gold and blue, scintillating here
and there with the shining helmets
of the Germans and the silks of the
Oriental ambassadors and ministers.
The ambassadors were led by Baron
Hongelmuller Won Hengervar, the
Ambassador, who,
since the last New Years reception
has succeeded to the rank Of dean of
the diplomatic corps. Following him
came the ambassadors arranged ac-
cording to their senlority-those
most recently accredited to the Unit
ed States coming last in line. The
last ambassador in line was Macche-
so Cusani Confalonieri, the newly ap-
pointed Italian Ambassador. Fol-
lowing him were the charges DAT
faires of the Brazilian and Chilean
embassies, the representatives OIL
those countries having died in the
past year, and no successors having
as yet been sent by their govern
ments.
After the ambassadors came the
headed by Senor Don Joa
quin Bernardo Calvo, the Costa Ri
can Minister, who has been for years
dean of the ministerial contingent.
: ne last il this line was Mr.. H. H.
Bryn, Minister fro mNorway, who
was presented to the President onlyi
a few weeks ago. Each ambassador
and minister was accompanied by his
wife an the members of his suite.
Before the last diplomat had pass
ed from sight the new Chief Justice
the United States, Edward Doug
lass White led the associate justices
of the Supreme Court into the re-
ceiving room. They were followed
by other members of the judiciary,
among them the judges of the new
courts of Commerce and Customs APP
peals. Then the President shook !
hanls with the senators and repre-
sentatives who remained in Washing
ton during the Holidays. There
were only few of them.
With the posing of the military,
the spectacular features of the re-
ception were at an end, and the less