Deseret Evening News | 1909-01-02 | Page 8 | President Holds Record Reception

11 PRESIDENT HOLDS RECORD RECEPTION Exchanged New Year Greetings With People of All Lands and Every State and Territory VERY PICTURESQUE AFFAIR Ease 1 limit III hl the thellIe lie Line llIe 1 Of l it the I Itt ml Jan 1 President people rep every land and nd even 1 a tale and territory In the Union today lody ox es hapP Nw New Year at atthe the White Igor For three h and a ahlf hlf hOIl hones the alood 1 Ig hag h his guests and when the reception was w ended last lut years er record ot of aUen atten attendance dat dance had been broken by over oyer n nIan Many Ian mn men sod women distinguished In the end and serial lire Ills ot of W legion fJ were wert present The rhe brilliant court dreu or of memo mem wn ben of the diplomatic gave vo a picturesque tulI aspect to the annual function tion which throughout was WIVI marked hy by en anee of The Tho member ot of small m children who were brought by their to shake Which the president Watt was unprecedented un unprecedented The rh woollier weather was cool and bracing And the ot of people who all as 1 tu to greet t lild skewed the tha utmost t good nature their long watt In the White Whit House grounds before thy they gained to th the mansion There Thre was WAIl lees 1 haste than is usual lOuai In urging the callers the receiving party Contrary to 0 the custom of r rent re rent ent years Mrs lIr Roosevelt alI slid I the ladle Idle ot of the cabinet remained In the red room throughout the function There were at the home ot of Ident Fairbanks Speaker Cannon and 11 the members ot of the not The closing of all the government departments and ot of heat concern enabled thousands ot of 0 Ilal and employee to p participate In the d de velt after receiving at tile ale House HouM took a long cross country horseback ride Attending for the time a p public reception at the White house we wethe were the Philippines l ler ere er Legarda end Ocampo who 1 with the crowd In the he state dining room They were amon among lh the brat to towi wi the lie president a happy New Year They talked much with th the representative I or of other Insular of the United States I 1 In tho ho congressional party Speaker I I