PRESIDENT TAFT'S DAUGHTER

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 5

PRESIDENT TAFT'S DAUGHTER

DEBUT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Miss Helen Taft, the only daughter of the President and. Mrs. Taft, was lor-, mally introduced to society reeeutly alter the completion of her studies at tlio college of riryn Mawr. , There have been twelve similar' l'uncLions sinco the establishment of the .Republic, two of them occurring • during the administration of Mr. Kooseveit, both of whose daughters celebrated their debuts at tho-.White House. Miss Helen Taft, who suffered from no superstitious qualms'at the fact that, she is the thirteenth White House debutante, ignored the precedent'which prescribes a white gown for the "daughter otY .the' nation" on the 'occasion of her /'coming out." • She is a tall, slender .girl, and looked' charming in u pink chili'on dress as she received-the guests by the side oi her mother. Contrary to custom, Mrs. Taft'invited not only the younger people of Washington society, but tho_ matrons as well. Some 1200 guests, representing, diplomatic, military", and 'oflicial circles, greeted the fair debutante, in whoso honour every hostess, of importance in Washington will give at least one dancc-in the. course •of the season. Miss Tuft's debut was' marked by. an event to which a " certain political im : portance is ascribed—namely, the appcaranco at.the White.House of' Vice-Presi-: dent and Mrs. Sherman. .Since the bitter controversy arising from Mr. Sherman's opposition to the Roosevelt candidate for the temporary chairmanship of the Republican State Convention of New York the President and the Vice-President have not been on speaking' terms. > /It was supposed that tho breach between them ;was But tht two .statesmen 1 , last evening buried 1 their differences and' thus imparted added 'lustre to' the debut of ' Miss Taft. '-