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Show Li 1 0 1 lkLii 1 1.... . . ..p,,--, . Gathering cfE!;I:r :tsar 1 'Washington CT.c!-I Life Unusually Erilllair.t fuslic keceptic:; ' is VEr.Y la:ci: Candy Uniforms cf rcrc::? Attaches Lend Life rnj Color to Seer ?. WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. .Surround-d .Surround-d by hit family, aimbr of tha t .M not aMul dlsUlufiiishft eonin:y, rraaidtnt Taft today liald htn b-.t Taar't roraption at tha )nto honc. Th gathartng of forainn dn'mi its, amy and navy ofricrni, m"nbani of VUa judiciary aud othar figm in o" w- official of-ficial Ufa wu an unuiual!y -v'ut on and a mild, aunny day bi i s-t out an txtraoTdloarlly large nun::-r of citi sna who awitad In line lit t' h,ie honao grounds for their chwiiii'j to haAa hands with tha prr i-cr. Tha whit hou! aroun-l , r- - i r I on animated avona with th arri,: t mil daparturea of tho fort ,n tt; l', garbal in narioua and hn"i,Hni tr-fnrnii, tr-fnrnii, officara of tha irmv and naw in aplan'Hd full drats; jui n-cs of the b prr m e coort in somber ronvrut ior,i gHXh and tho Womn of Ihn fonivn, rrpraarotativaa of tha wial life of tie capital. Tha official rarption, br'mnin, thortly boforo noon, moved 0n withm , inridrnt, the jpiaata dpri i n s sl.or 1 .? tar gTtating tha preMd'-nt and Taft. Embawadtir Jamrs Uptc, . tfndlnjr hi laat New Yrar'a rrm. at tha whita houao, an he noon J.- bis post, waa ona of tho rriiiarn of m taotion and aharad mira thHn uiul ! tica with several othar nipmiiM t diplomatic rorpa attrnd "d their function of tha kind. Da way Cornea in Carrlaga. Admiral Dr-wev drova to tlic " honao in hi rarriiihra nd 1 n"t t nva with th othr navv o p " marrhrd to tho minion. n in a i i !v f- . th nvr d'-a-n 'tioent. Whan tha offirtal nrt nf tha tt.-h tioa had vawd, tha dor) i n opoa to tha uniting lmr, wt"' n hv i tirna atrt'thpd tar t n ytu.n anil tha largo ptrlr of ei i-m, r aativa bora and mmie a 1 m I 1, in-'. womnA and rhildrta? ntaiv ui'mt' Prasidant Taft fara to t'e'- f -r the 1 r -r time, b flan paaaing baforo tha vchi f riiti v The line wss moved as mp !'v be t! president 'a aides as comfort r-Tinitip-;, that aa many as pon.ihle mi'lit c haV t-hand, t-hand, with Mr. Taft before he ti-rBii.n too wearied. As the line r-l hire, i Mr. Taft bad a hearty grp a pleasant smile for each visitor. .M.nv hung for aa inntant to say a wnr, or twe to the president, and 1n c.-ti instance in-stance the president acknowlck' ( the visiter's greeting with a wor nr a smile before the pressing throi' "ind him hnrried bim along. Oold Lace Plentiful. The rich and gorgooua un: -t of the foreign diplomats, the .' the long line of America,, . . navy officers, and ia the the brilliant scarlet c"at9 ui n . riae bead, were feature, in th renting rent-ing picture of the day's eeiili in tlr white house. The president and Mr.. Taft prr pared at il o'clock to wish a Impi New Year first to members of tin cabintiV and their wive, and to Undiplomatic Un-diplomatic corps. These wt-re followi- l bv the members of the tuprcmu conn, ami by the judges of the other courts here: then former cabinet officers, embassadors em-bassadors and ministers; neTt members of congress; then the army, navy and aiarins corp. officers, after whirh came a long line of rtvcrnment official, member, of commissions, then member- of tbo (trend Army of the Republic and a number of other military soi ictice. After all these bad been greeted ths door, nt the white home stood opon to thn humblest citizen in the laud, and he, toe, waa assured of a hearty hand-.hake hand-.hake and a smile. One restore Missing. V)ne picturcanue touch al"cut from tha ew Year kaleidoscope of color ni. the white house for the fim time iu ten years, was miseing. because Itnrou riengelmullor, eiuimseador irom .u?-tria-Hungary, dean of the diplomat"-corps, diplomat"-corps, was not in the city, ilia royally gorgeous costume of ri-h purple an.L red always attracted pitirh atlcutintt: ekreral other diplomats wero unaMiv to be preaeut because of sirknCM-, the 4:hilesu and Columbian tuiiiitttem being among the number. The diplomatic line was led by Embassador JuwruDd nt . r"rance. For ene embassador, Yioeoiinl nimtn of Japan, it a his Bret appearance at a New Year reception, while a aum-. her of the ministers had never at- teuded eae beforu, iai'luiliug riprcwnls ' tives from the Donittnemi rcpultlic. ' Pent, Mwvden, Hiam, llnn lnmh, lies-mark lies-mark and Panama. The army and navy contingent made a brilliant spectacle. Kvery officer ' ' the two .ervieee, as well of tho mi-ritte mi-ritte branch, now iu Vfahiugton wn ' under orders to report at the war bimI . naw departments. The former gain ered f the office. .f Major fienenil Wootl, chief of r.tnff. and, headed o-that o-that officer and Lieutenant Ccncntl Miles (retitcd). In donhle file, mmr.! lowlv throuvh the corridors ami ilo" the granite taiiva. on the pastern a' nroaeh and across K..xccutive avenue t" the white home. |