Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-22
WHITE HOUSE GETS
THREE YULE TREES
Mrs. Coolidge and Son Will
Trim Them, With President
as Main Spectator.

The Yuletide decorations at the
White House this year will include
| three large Christmas trees instead of
one, as has been the custom.
These trees, of the tall, straight,
symmetrical Norway spruce variety,
arrived at the White House yesterday
and will be put in position some time
today. The matter of their arrange
ment has not been determined. 1t has
been left to Mrs. Coolidge. whose idea
it was to have three trees instead of
one, to decide whether to erect the
trees in one room or in different
rooms. s~.r--
Although Mrs Coolidge has not
made up her mind yet as to this detail
she has determined to have the trees
erected on the first floor of the White
House instead of on the second floor,
as heretofore. Her first choice is the
famous blue room, which is the formal
reception chamber of the White House
and which is generally conceded to be
the handsomest room in the old man
sion. If she decides to not place all
the trees in this room she will have
one placed in the green room and one
in the red room, which rooms are on
either side of the blue room.
Will BE Decorated Friday.
The trees will be put in position to.
day, but the work of decorating them
will not be entered on until the day
before Christmas. The decorating of
the trees will fall to Mrs. Coolidge and
John Coolidge, who is home from Am
herst to spend the Christmas holidays
with his parents. If Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank w. Stearns of Boston, who have
been visiting at the White House for
the past month, decide to remain for
Christmas they will assist in the tree
trimming.
Mrs. Coolidge has been trimming
trees for her little family for a good
many years and she prides herself on
being something Of an expert. She has
declined TO turn over this work to any
OF the servants or other attaches
since her husband became President.
She always has said she gets too
much fun out of it, to let anybody
else do this for her.
The White House trees not only
will be trimmed with tinsel and all
sorts of brilliant ornaments, but will
contain candy-filled cones and will be
electrically lighted. AT the base of
each tree will be placed little colored
images of Santa Claus. Although the
President has little TO do with the ac-
tual tree trimming, he likes to be on
hand TO enjoy the proceeding and TO
give suggestions. During the former
tree etrimming occasions, since he be-
came President, Mr.. Coolidge has
never failed to be an interested spec
tator for at least a part of the time.
Many Gifts Arrix,a
Presents for PRESIDENT and Mrs.
Coolidge are arriving in such numbers
as to indicate that all previous records
for Christmas gifts will be broken
this year. These remembrances are
being sent not only by personal
friends and relatives, but by unknown
admirers from all sections of the
country. Besides these there are the
many greeting cards arriving. At the
rate these latter are being received it
is estimated that they will run into
the thousands.
Among the gifts are three large
turkeys. These have arrived within
the past two or three days, and were
killed and dressed this morning and
placed on ice until needed. The one
to grace the Christmas dinner at the
White House was a gobbler tipping
the ScdleS at more tnan 50 pounds.
Two came from an admirer in Cleve-
land. Ohio. and the other from Fort
Worth, Tex.
Each day since John Coolidge's re-
turn home he and his mother have
gone shopping downtown. Yesterday
afternoon John, accompanied by Lieut..
Comdr. Joel T. Boone, medical officer
of the Mayf1ower, the presidential
yacht, went for long horseback ride
along the bride paths in Potomac
Park. John looked we'll in his riding
togs. but attracted more than ordinary
attention because he wore no hat.