Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-25
GREETINGS TO TAFT
Are Large as to Numbers and
Cordial as to Tone.
PRESIDENTS QUIET DAY
Has a Family Celebration, But No
Christmas Tree.
PUTS BAN ON PHOTOGRAPHS
White House Objects to Using Like
ness Of President for Purposes
Of Advertising.
PUTS BAN ON PHOTOGRAPHS

President Taft's Christmas has been
made unusually happy by tho receipt
OF many hundreds of letters and tele-
grams from friends and well wishers
in all parts Of the country. The White
House executive force kept on duty
part Of the day. was confronted by
mass OF these greetings. The President
has always been remembered this way
but the greetings today were ten times
as numerous as in the past, and
breathed a spirit of cordiality that
Kept the clerks who handled them in
the best Of humor.
PRESIDENT Taft spent only a few min
utes in his office during the day. He
received no visitors. but signed some
letters and some Christmas messages
He spent very quiet morning in his
library. reading newspapers and other
publications. and joining with Mrs
Tart and their children in looking over
the many presents received The three
Taft children, Robert. Charles and
no Christmas tree or other display
but happy family gathering.
Big Turkey for Dinner.
At dinner at 1880 o'clock tonight the
only guests will be Miss Harriet
Anderson. Mrs. Tafts niece, and Miss
Edith Morgan of New York. A forty
pound turkey, from Tuscaloosa Ala
the biggest bird the White House has
ever had, will grace the table. It. is
from All admirer of the President in
the south
The President hopes to have a rest
full week, part Of the time devoted to
outdoors. He sees a strenuous winter
Of politics and legislation ahead. and
ne is not anxious to hurry into it too
soon. Despite the heavy rain yester-
day afternoon. he went with Mrs. Taft
for a long walk, dropping in at the
homes of few friends to extend the
seasons greetings.
No More Composite Photographs.
The White House. in reply to a let
ter, has requested a Pennsylvania
avenue photographer to make no more
composite photographs of President Taft
and various sundry citizens who may
wish the notoriety Of appearing on
terms of intimacy with the President
Clarence L. Wilson, United States at
torney of the District issued an order
forbiddfng these photographs, and the
photographer has been fighting the Or
der.
He wrote President Taft, Directing to
the order Of the United States attorney,
but the White House has requested that
the scheme be discontinued, basing its
objections largely upon the ground that
these and similar pictures are being used
for advertising purposes. In some in
stances photographs have appeared rep
resenting the President receiving from
some citizen bottle of patent medicine
and thanking the giver for the precious"
medicine.
The photographs that have caused trou-
BILE here are of the President standing up
shaking hands with another, this other
hot,, yxyi11i to for tic
supposed distinction. In Roosevelts ad
ministration similar enterprise was
quickly stopped. Mr.. Roosevelt was pic
tured as talking over the affairs Of state
with a negro coal driver.
Photographers throughout the country
are interested in the decision OF the
White House and the United States at
torney.