The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

dining -rooms And two nights lat,..
MISS Ethel vas the guest >or honor az
"a Christmas BAH given IS Mrs. LH\l
/ Leiter IN the whit" ana gold b.lhnnp,
loi her Sl,000,o0o palace on Dupont eli,
Cie. f"re the 80 yOnnc yucst, di,ncci
',' v.%a'. sores 'f gold baskets hnel
WltA pesonias ana hung from pinS,
satin ribbons. while the great mnrnr,,
on the wall Henccted their forms az
he: sltdcd across the floor to music
waited through great screen Of snt.
iaN aud rin6 blossoms
luictidcs Of the Iirnp, rnf,.
And Miss Helen Taft had uuitc al,
n"rrI time during the Christine;
""ch tollowinC her DEBUT in tho Whit,
hpuse. Every night OF that Nec}> sho
Itcsh"en hoth dinner party ana ..
ball at different houses. and tlpon o,,,
night she attended the theatre betwoei,
TWO such functions.
Good-hcarted little ,'harti. To.
hrohabiy had Christmas in ui,d when.
commenting ON his fathers noniu,
tl"n. ne said; But ! am awfullv son
rN Tor Quentin Roosevelt. for dot.t
want him to leave the White Hons.
ie' he can visit me often ana we viii
nay" some fun together
", mere, was no Christmas tree IN tn,
MI .ln House during the Taft regime.
ia'"er 100 big for that Robert was
a, voileGe student throughout his
! S0IleEe until presented to society and
Charlie was in his UncIc uo,o",Js
n3oarIihS school up in Connecticut But
that happy family always had lis win
Ter reunion It the White House duf
Ing the holiday week
N nhr P n, l..,., ns trI, i>ri"Elc.
80 Nr'hEic most Industrious lieu-
,ehhntS Each Christmas Eve willie
IN ne Whit" House he would go over
I" tn" executive oflcc ana therc net
INC part OF Santa CLAUS nv distrihutinr
E,ItS 10 an Of tn" White House en-
n pr ,,oi,d inGiuding more ihan twoscorn
number OF messengers and servants
each of tho married men tho
I,,r T.h you'd present fat turkey
h.tch or the unmarried employees re-
c"ivcd gold piece To The secret
scrviiIc operatives who guard tho
r,es!annt person Mr.. Taft gave each
pin. 9N N'"N"e
And Mrs TAFT. too. remembered each
or the house servants with either a
turkey or gold coin
r3r more than a wecic before tho
TToT =, opened the President and Mrs.
Gfinch day the mail carrier on tho White
liouse route allied his bag with pack
ages from the mansion
White House Babies of To-day
PRESIDENT Wilson has also hro,Ichc-
10 me White House a family past the
, 10y age There are Miss Margaret.
Setticnent worker. whose chief inter-
est Is bringing happiness to the chil
e s,',h 0i me poor; Miss Eleanor, the art
Ntuteht. VINO also has taste for tho
serious things OF life. and the fnrn,n,
Mss MS JeSsie the echoes OF whose we'd
'''IE neiis are still ringing In our ears.
family several babies who will ,loubt
, ,Gss receive Christmas surprises from
Youngsters are the Presidents grand
nieces and grandnephcws. tiny lose
p n.,i nnthran. whose mother, by the
1!eNeland. the last baby born in the
White House. and the on" vino re-
r ,.,,Iy SUCH costly, gifts from foreign
rulers Virginia Pcyton Howe, tho
calls herself Zee Doe and ioseph
I.,,!si3iar, low, IT. namesa<c OF tho
iienan had the honor of eating tho
lrst Niands served in the White House
during. the Wilson administration. Ills
crowning ambition is TO be a cowboy
IN The wild and woolly West
-: Mex Remembers the Grown-Up..
but py n" means are the children of
recipients OF White House Christmas
surprises \ week before each Christ
i mas Day the White House postman
commences to deliver stacks upon
stacks OF gifts sent 10 the President
ana ms wife from all parts OF the
NO, ORG THESE presents now run into
the thousands each year and they
range in variety anywhere from
clothes pms To pieces of furniture and
'Hh t'ou ~ IcWclfN. only about ono
OUT OF hundred OF these gifts comes
from ANY one whom the President
KNOWS. Doubtless the sendcrs picturc
the chief executives surprise and do
light as he opens the packages Cruel
though IT be to spoil the illusion all
are really opened by a clerk
II has long been the White House
rule TO return all such gifts OF large
intrinsic value received from other
Than intimate friends and relatives or
the executive families Thus n hand
some brooch containing gems worth
tuiiy $1,000 and sent TO Mrs. Cleveland
as Christmas gift. was returned he
cause ~" sender was a stranger
copyright, 1913 by John E,lfreth