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Show STATE RECPTiOH AT WASHINGTON Washington. Jan. 4. Tho first and probably the most brilliant of the formal state receptions planned tor the present was glen tonight In favor of the diplomatic corps About 1,500 guests were Invited. Mrs. Taft wa3 present throughout. Tonight's reception recep-tion market? a radical change in the conducting r.f the great slate afialra nt the White House, and for the first time In many administrations refreshments refresh-ments were served. The "Blue Room Circle," which nourished during the Roosevelt administration, was a selected se-lected courie of social lriends Invited in behind the line, was entirely dono away with. The number of Invitations Issued to each of the big recep.ious has been materially reduced by Mrs. Taft, whose idea Is said to be thai every guesL piesent should feel himself or herself Hie personal guest of tho ju t sklent and his wife, and all should bo treated alike. In the receiving line were Vice-President Vice-President and Mrs. Sherman, the members of tiie cabinet and the ladies of their households. The guests assembled In the famed East Room. The diplomatic corps, In lespknJent uniforms, accompanied by their LUiUs, given the color and brilliancy bril-liancy of u court function. Tho n-ii e. l.monts served In tho state dining room consisted of creamed oysters, salads. Ices and i champagne punch. j |