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Show I THE TAFTS CELEBRATE 1 Twenty-fifth Anniver-I Anniver-I sary of Marriage Is a i- Happy Event K Washington, Juno 19. President fcTaft and Mrs, Tnft celebrated their R silver wedding today. Twenty-five M 'years ago, William Tail married Miss Ir Helen Hcrron, at her father's home W in Cincinnati. Mr. Taft was a young E. lawyer. Miss Herron, a school teacher W Today, in the White House, they colc-1? colc-1? forated the quarter century of married tf life, during which Taft became a Unl-K Unl-K ted States judgfc, a commissioner of m the Philippines, secretary of war and Ic president. I The celebration began this morning i. with the arrival of a delegation of I commercial clubs of Cincinnati, thlrty-K thlrty-K Ave Btrong. The visitors reached Wash-E Wash-E ington in a special train. Many of I them called at the Whlto House soon I after arriving, but other waited to k greet the president at tho luncheon k they had arranged In hi3 honor at tho L Chevy Chase club. The reception i comes tonight. If the weatiier is good as It ap-I; ap-I; peared earlj', tho reception will be f held on tho grounds west of the White f House, but, ff rain interferes, tho L president and staff will receive In the blue room, as In winter receptions. t- Both Inside and outside evory prop-tl prop-tl nration has .been made today for tho I reception. Every anglo and corner of 1 the White House has been festooned with cloctrlc lights, and a searchlight f has been mounted nearby to play on I the fountain near which, the president I and Mrs. Taft will receive. Six thou- sand lights have- boen used In prepar-I prepar-I ing for the display. Japanese lan- terns will add to the plcturesquenoss. ? One spot light will be used to throw I in relief the American flag that floats " over tho Whlto House when tho pres- ident is at home. At the suggestion of am Mrs. Taft, a cluster of silvered Incan-ffl Incan-ffl descent lamps forming tho figures IMy '18SG-1911,M was put up today on tho Sf lawn noar the point whero the guests Jfil will (be received. iliuf. f Expressmen were still busy today SI I delivering prosonts at tho White tg I, House. Thoy havo come from overy iwi i section of tno country. Former aLj! -President and Mrs. Roosovolt havo Myfr sent an antique silver bowl. c3Ji.r In addition to the silver service sent jfiSp toy the Senate, the vice-president anu uS 'Irs" -kerman individually sent a tall Eg silver vase marked with tho mono-?-$ grams of tho president and Mrs. Taft. ?Hi Tho speakor of the House and Mrs !yKJ Clark sent 25 American -beauty roses, ypfcj one for each year of the married Ufo TBuj of the recipients. The House sent jm!LJ three dozen silver service plates. The SSti secretary of state and Mrs. Knox sent jgKt, a masslvo silver vaso for American ?' beauty roses. &Si From tho secretarj' of the treasury ttj and Mrs. MacVeagh, tho president and 9m Irs- Tl l have received a fruit plnt-yjQhi plnt-yjQhi ter of silver, designed by Mrs. Mac-gjjjy Mac-gjjjy Veagh, and intended for state dinners $ It is oblong in shape, two feet wide iA and very deep, with an Inner rim of jyTCf gold. At either end is a spread eagle JSHlf "'tD tne co- arms &6 United jti States. J J, The gift of the secretary of war S and Mrs Stlmson Is a tall slher vaso S? i1 and a silver tray. The attorney gen-l gen-l i eral and Mrs. WIckersham havo sent j?J '- a large repousse silver Jewel case. It tm1 , is considered a rare pleco of work-fJSl work-fJSl f manBhlp. From the postmaster gen-Ji gen-Ji ( eral, there is a handsome silver vase Inscribed with the initials of the prcs-55 prcs-55 'j ident and Mrs. Taft and the date. The J secretary of the navy and Mrs Meyer 5j5 ? have sent a loving cup There are ffSl gifts In silver from all tho other mem-!jw mem-!jw bers of the cablnot- Charles D Nor-'5 Nor-'5 i ton former secretary to the president "5 and Mrs. Norton, sent a largo silver fjgl jewel case. ife Former Speaker Cannon also sent a sfe' large 'bunch of American beauty roses. 5JSJS 3fr .and Mrs. P. W. Cram of Bangor, jt Me., old camping friends ol the prosi-ijgH prosi-ijgH dent and Mrs. Taft. sent one of the d& I best salmon ever caught in the Pen-jjq Pen-jjq obscot river. Many other gifts, some i of groat beauty and all of much Inter-Jjn Inter-Jjn est, have been received by tho presl-55 presl-55 : dent and Mrs. Taft during tho lost few iS ? dayB p? ; President Taft took time, despite ijjwf ' the hurry and rush, to send an auto-'ffijjj' auto-'ffijjj' graphed photograph to an old man In &' the Episcopal church home on Long gi Island, who sent his congratulations !; and exprosscd the hope that the Pres-M Pres-M i idont and Mrs Taft might be spared M , to celebrate their diamond wedding. B Despite the clear skies and bright t sun of the forenoon, Prof. Willis L. Hj Moore, chief of tho weather bureau, Hl took a decidedly pessimistic view of kwpli the outlook for the ovonlng Hjft "The President has only one chanco JB in a hundred of having a garden par-H par-H ty,' he declarod at tho While Houso. Vfl j Prof. Moore did not trust his pre-V pre-V :- diction to the ordinary messenger, W but brought it over to the President ji ' himself. IXM "Conditions arc most unfavorable," Brt J he 8nld, 'there will proably be show-K show-K crs this afternoon and tonight It Is H ') raining nlmost evorywhero, even iu H; the British islands and In Scandin-H Scandin-H nvla." H One of the early callers at the White H ;k House was Monslgnor Frilconio, the H Papal delegate. He felicitated the H - President for himself and also brought HL the congratulations of Pope Plus. jH- The President received from MIsb JH Harriott Waters Forbush of Lancas-H Lancas-H ter, Mass., a wedding slipper worn by HH i' his great-great grandmother. |
