Evening star., 1934-12-24
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Four Generations of Family
Present for White House
Celebration.

On the eve Of Christmas day tn,
White House is the scene of the gooc
cheer that goes with an old-fashionee
Yuletide. with four generations Of the
Roosevelt family assembled to observe
the occasion.
President Roosevelt, after spending
some time with members Of his family
during the morning, went to the Exec
utive Once, where for several hour.
he was absorbed in work and received
several business callers. He said ht
did not intend to devote the entire day
to labor, but hoped to close his desk
early and return to the festivities al
the White House.
viii Receive Employees.
Early this afternoon the President
will follow q custom inaugurated by
him last Christmas, receiving all the
employees Of the Executive Once staff
in his office. Not only will he and
Mrs. Roosevelt extend greetings to the
more than $50 employees of the ONCE
but to each will be given q small
Christmas gift To the more intimate
associates Of the ONCE the President
will give an autographed copy of his
latest book. "On Our Way" Last
Christmas he autographed q copy oi
his first book. Looking Forward"
At $3.50 pm, in the historic east
room Of the White House, the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt will receive
what is described as the White House
STAFF. This includes the ushers
porters, servants, chauffeurs and the
members Of the White House police
force. All Of these will be accom-.
panied by the younger members Of
their families and to each Of the
youngsters of the group will be given
toy and to those who have no chill
dren and are single will be given q
fruit cake.
The President at S pm. will broad
cast Christmas greeting to the peo-
pie Of the Nation while he is partici-
pating in the community Christmas
tree celebration in Lafayette Park
At 9 o'clock tonight at the White
House the members of the household
| will listen to the singing of Christina.
carols by the male chorus Of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
Christmas eve celebration by the
Roosevelt family really ofilcially be-
gins Just after the evening meal with
the reading by the President Of
Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol.
Among Those Present.
With the President and Mrs. Roose.
welt for the celebration Of Christina,
are Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, 80
year-old mother of the President
Mrs. James Roosevelt, the widow OF
the Presidents only brother; Mrs
Anna Roosevelt Dali, the only daugh-
ter Of the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt, who has with her her two chill
dren, "Sistie" and "BuzZie";; James
Roosevelt, the eldest Of the Roosevelt
sons, and his wife and 2-year-old
daughter Sara, and Franklin, jr, and
John, the two younger sons, who are
students at Harvard University FL
lott Roosevelt. the second eldest son
Is with his wife and infant daughter
visiting in Texas, and will be unable
to join the family until New Year eve
The Roosevelt family Christmas tree
will be put in position tonight in the
large hallway on the second floor and
trimmed from top to bottom by Mrs
Roosevelt and other members Of the
family after the youngsters have re-
tired. This tree will not be lighted
with colored electric lights as are the
trees on the front portico and the
public Christmas tree in the east
room. In accordance with the old
fashioned ideas of the President, the
family Christmas tree will be illu-
minated by candles. However, to
avoid the dangers of fire, the tree has
been treated chemically.
Fun Starts Tomorrow.
The real fun in the White House
will start early tomorrow when the
grandchildren romp to the President s
bed room to see what has teen placed
in their stockings, to be hung over the
fireplace in his room. The President
will be one Of the leaders in this fun,
too, because he will have a we'll
filled stockings hanging beside those
Of the grandchildren.
Tomorrow morning the President
and other members of his family will
attend services at st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, after which they will
return to the White House for lunch
con and will then enter upon the
happy task Of opening the innumer-
able gifts from friends and admirers
Thousands of gifts have been received
in the White House in addition to
more than 5000 greeting cards and
kilograms and cablegrams
The family dinner will be at 7:45
and only the members and relatives
will be present.
Last night the members Of the
family assembled in the east room
and enjoyed program of carol sing
ing given by about 20 local Girl
Scouts. The young singers afterward
were received by the President and