The Washington herald., 1913-01-02

and put forth ambassadors and ministers
and their ladies dazzling in their raiment
A little later and the representatives OF
the army and navy poured out OF the
mighty building that so protectively over
hangs the Presidents house across the
narrow highway into the Presidents
yard and so disappeared into the mansion
itself.
Cabinet First Received.
The members of the Cabinet and
their ladies-the Secretary OF State and
Mrs. Knox, the Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. MacVeagh. the Secretary OF
War and Mrs. Stimson, the Attorney
General and Mrs. Wickersham, the Sec
Ietary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer, the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Fisher.
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor
and Mrs. Nagel, the Postmaster General
and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
greeted the President and Mrs. Taft in
the room on the second floor of the White
House.
The President and Mrs. Taft and the
Cabinet party, escorted by the Presidents
military and naval aids, Col. Spencer
Cosby. Maj. Thomas L. Rhoads, Lieut..
John w. Timmons, Capt. Louis F. Little,
L. S. NJ. c.; Lieut.. c. x. Rockwell, u.
s. A.; Lieut. E. st. ]. Greble, jr.- u. S.
DR.. Cary Grayson, L. S. N: Lieut.. Bev-
erly c. Dunn, u. S. a; Lieut.. Henry b.
Claggett, L. S. A; Lieut.. Sterling p.
Rogers, u. S. N, and Lieut.. Sterling, U.
S. N, proceeded downstairs. as the
buglers from the Marine Band played
fan fare, the band playing 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner as the President and
their party took their places in the Blue
Room. There they received the members
CT the Diplomatic Corps and their wives,
who had assembled in the State Dining
room. and the members of the Federaf
and District judiciary and their wives,
who had assembled in the Red Room. OF
the latter there were present Mr.. Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court and Mrs. White, Mr.. Justice Nc
Kenna and Mrs. Mckenna, Mr.. Justice
Hughes and Mrs. Hughes, Mr.. Justice La
mar and Mrs. Lamar. Mr.. Justice Van
Devanter and Mrs. Van Devanter. Nj.
Justice Lurton and Mrs. Lurton, Mr.. jus
tice Pitney and Mrs Pitney, who. with
members of the Cabinet and some per-
sonal friends of the President and his
family, assisted in receiving. Among the
PARTY were the Misses Meyer, daughters
of the Secretary of the Navy; Mrs. Job
Barnard, wife of Mr.. Justice Barnard or
the District of Columbia Supreme Court;
Mrs. Thomas X. Laughlin, sister of Mrs.
Taft; Miss Mabel Boardman, Mrs. Horace
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Hammond, Mrs Beekman Winthrop. wife
of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
and Mrs. Chandler Anderson, wife of the
Third Assistant Secretary of State.
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the
President. and her friend, Miss Rocker,
of New York. did not join the receiving
party until lis o'clock.
The Diplomatic Corps.
The Diplomatic Corps, led by Ambas-
sador Jules Jusserand. OF France, and
Mrs. Jusserand, with Perette de la Roc
ca, counselor of the French Embassy,
and Mrs de la Rocca; Commander
Benoist day, the naval attache; Capt.
de Chambrun, the military attache; Mr..
Dejean, the first secretary; Mrs. L. de
Laboulaye, wife of the second secretary,
and Mr.. de Sartiges, the third secretary
included the British Ambassador and
Mrs. James Bryce, Alfred Mitchell In
mes, counselor of embassy; Capt Heath
coat S. Grant. naval attache, and Mrs.
Grant; Lieut.. Col. Moreton F. Gage, mill
tary attache, and Mrs. Gage: A Kerr
Clark Kerr, Lord Eustace Percy, and
T. NJ. Wilson. secretaries and attache.
Count ]. H. Won Bernstorff. the German
Ambassador, was accompanied by Haniel
Won Haimhausen. counsel of embassy
and Mrs. Won Haimhausen; Mai Won
Herwarth, military attache; Albert KEN
lin. second secretary, and Mrs. Kienlin;
Mr.. Won Bulow and Baron Won Lersuer
attaches.
The Turkish Amba ssador was followed
by his First Secretary of Embassy and
Mime. Abdul Hak Hussein Bey and the
Second Secretary and Nine. Ibrahim Zia
Bey.
Lieut.. Commander Raider de Aquino
naval attache, and Nine. de Aquino:
]. F. de Barres Pimentel, F. de Barros
Cavalcanti de Lacerda, J. J. Moniz de
Aragao, secretaries of the Brazilian EN-
bassy, formed the next embassy group.
The Russian Ambassador, George