The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

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THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT
among the cabinet officers. After Mrs. Hay the ladies stand
in line and bow to the visitors as they pass along, as follows:
the wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, the wife of the
Secretary of War, the wife of the Attorney-General, the wife
of the Postmaster-General, the wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, the wife of the Secretary of the Interior, the wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture, and the wife of the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor. In cases where a cabinet officer is a
widower, as is the case with Secretary Wilson, of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, his daughter, or some other lady of the
family, is entitled to the place. The visitors are not intro-
duced to any of the cabinet ladies, but simply pass on into the
East Room. The cabinet officers themselves generally stand
back of the ladies.
FOUR OTHER RECEPTIONS
In addition to the public reception there are four other
receptions each winter. To attend these it is necessary to
have an invitation.
These invitations are sent to all the officials in Wash-
ington, their wives and daughters who are in society, as well
as to resident society in the national capital according to a
selected list. One of these receptions is given in honor of the
Army and Navy. The other three are as follows: one in honor
of the Diplomatic Corps at Washington, one in honor of the
members of Congress, and another in honor of the Judiciary.